In a press conference that felt more like a chaotic rally than a presidential address, the former president Donald Trump He spoke from his Mar-a-Lago home. Florida His speech on Thursday afternoon featured a focused but disjointed attack. Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Vice President Kamala Harris.
“She’s a level of radical leftism that nobody’s ever seen before,” Trump said. “She’s picked a radical leftist who gets things done and whose positions are things you can’t believe even exist.”
Harris on Tuesday announced Waltz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, putting the two in a running mate position against Trump and his running mate. Ohio Republican U.S. Senator J.D. Vance. Before Harris selected Vance as her No. 2 Democratic candidate, Walz successfully branded him and the Republican Party “nuts.”
“He doesn’t want a border. He doesn’t want a wall. He doesn’t want any form of security for our country,” Trump said.
The Republican nominee also painted a dire picture for the country’s future, predicting an economic collapse comparable to the Great Depression and an impending world war. “Our leaders don’t know anything,” he declared.
Trump also criticized Walz’s endorsement record. LGBTQ+ people and accused the Minnesota governor and Harris of being “radical left-wing” and “deeply involved in the transgender world,” Trump claimed.
The former president’s rhetoric on immigration was similarly alarming, with Trump falsely claiming that 20 million people had crossed the U.S. border illegally under Biden’s administration.
“Whether it’s 15 or 20, that’s a number nobody’s heard of,” he argued. But his claim stands in contrast to recent data from NBC News. Reported Border crossings in June were the lowest since President Biden took office, with just over 84,000 migrants apprehended.
Unrelated to his conversation with a reporter, another of Trump’s incomprehensible attacks on transgender people was, “I mean, transgender people have become a big issue, and they’re doing all sorts of things, but they always say, ‘We’re going to raise your taxes.'”
Trump also announced proposed debate dates with the major networks, despite declining to appear on ABC’s debate scheduled for Sept. 10. “We’ve agreed with Fox on September 4, with NBC on September 10 and with ABC on September 25,” he said. While the networks have yet to confirm the dates, Harris had previously asked Trump to commit to participating in the Sept. 10 ABC debate.
Harris’ campaign was not shy about criticizing Trump’s performance. In a strongly worded press release, the campaign described Trump’s appearance as a “public meltdown.” The statement read: “Donald Trump paused for a break to put his pants on and present a public meltdown.”
The Harris campaign highlighted Trump’s inaccuracies and omissions, pointing out numerous falsehoods, including exaggerating the size of the crowd and avoiding a question about Florida’s abortion referendum, as well as lies about key issues such as immigration, gun control and Social Security.
President Trump’s repeated, unfounded claims of election fraud also resurfaced during discussions of the presidential election. Joe Biden’s His recent resignation and decision to recognize Harris’ candidacy for president: “They took the presidency away from Joe Biden.” Election denier He said.
A Harris campaign staffer fired back, writing, “In this afternoon’s chaos at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, the facts were hard to track and even harder to find. Trump lied. He attacked the media. He made excuses for why he’s off the campaign trail.”
“His staff are clearly not helping so we are here to help,” the statement said.
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