Donald Trump said Kamala Harris shouldn’t be allowed to run for the presidency because she’s ‘committing crimes’, and our irony meter has melted
Spare a thought for Donald Trump and his team, who had spent months and millions of dollars honing their attack lines against an elderly white man, only to be faced with an opponent who is a much younger woman of colour.
That thought can be LOL, if you like.
My uncle is panicking. He’s running against a strong Black woman—and a former prosecutor—who isn’t afraid to call him out or mock him. His whole campaign strategy was based around attacking Joe Biden—his age, his infirmity, his cognitive decline. It was all projection, of course,…
— Mary L. Trump (@MaryLTrump) July 24, 2024
He hasn’t even come up with a decent nickname for her – falling back on the frankly uninspired, generic ‘Lyin’ Kamala’.
Trump takes a crack at a nickname for Harris: “Lyin’ Kamala Harris” — his least inspired work yet? The magic may be gone. pic.twitter.com/VCEVvUUQF4
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 23, 2024
In a rally at Charlotte, North Carolina, he fell back on another Trump classic – accusing the opponent of being a criminal. Let’s take a look.
Trump: Kamala Harris shouldn't even be allowed to run for president. She's committing crimes. pic.twitter.com/TT2AOWqvhP
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 24, 2024
“She shouldn’t be allowed to run for president, what she’s done, she’s committing crimes.”
Seldom has the question ‘U wot m8?’ been more apt. The Kamala HQ account boosted the astonishing claim.
Trump claims Kamala Harris “shouldn’t even be allowed to run for president” because she’s “committing crimes”
(He is literally a convicted felon) pic.twitter.com/MZ2lkOwCgW
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 24, 2024
There was much facepalming, and lots of reactions like these.
1.
Yes, coming from a convicted felon, tax evasion and alleged rapist and racist. Oh well you decide.
— Stella Parton (@StellaParton) July 25, 2024
2.
Kamala Harris literally locked up Sexual Traffickers and fraudsters.
Trump literally was convicted of fraud and held liable for sexual abuse.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) July 24, 2024
3.
If i had a nickel for every time Trump accused a female presidential nominee of being a criminal I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice right? https://t.co/d7qphjxxTW
— Kailin Kentigian (@KKentigian) July 25, 2024
4.
What crimes is she commiting? I would expect the former Crimer in Chief to be able to tell us. He's the expert.
— ❤️ A To The Z ❤️ (@A_tothe_Z_Amber) July 24, 2024
5.
Oh, committing crimes is disqualifying now is it, Grandpa Woo Woo? Off you pop then. Nap time for you. https://t.co/OZnvCZ5hQT
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) July 25, 2024
6.
(he is literally a convicted felon) is sending me https://t.co/DifxFjnrQR
— maybe: diane (@dianelyssa) July 25, 2024
7.
Literally he’s got nothing https://t.co/rFs5GMBbXi
— Lindsey Boylan (@LindseyBoylan) July 25, 2024
8.
Says the one who has a mugshot
— Richard Staple, BSN, RN (@RichStapless) July 24, 2024
9.
Lmfao
Commiting crimes a deal breaker for ya Don?
— Bill DeMayo (@BDeMayo) July 24, 2024
10.
Trump doesn’t give speeches. He tells long fake stories that provide an alternate reality in which he’s the hero and allow his audience to conflate themselves with him as he pretends to vanquish imaginary enemies like “Sleepy Joe” “Crooked Hillary” “the Deep State” & “Fake News”
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) July 25, 2024
11.
He’s senile. https://t.co/uW2Xcy875u
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) July 25, 2024
12.
He said the same thing about Hillary Clinton in 2016 and about Joe Biden in 2020. He’s such a liar and so predictable.
— Island Girl – 100% Pro-Choice, Vote Blue (@bluepolitics_) July 24, 2024
13.
Every. Accusation. Is. A confession.
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) July 25, 2024
14.
More projection than an IMAX theater. It never ends.
— (@ChidiNwatu) July 24, 2024
There was another element of the Trump rally clip which caught the attention of a couple of people.
is anyone talking about the deplorable on the right who is clearly trippin’ balls on some substance. i guess if i had to suffer through the hannibal migrant crime word salad speech, i suppose id want to be high as kite too.
but this is kinda creepy. https://t.co/mHKVW1wWmH
— KAMALA! (OG #khive, voting KH since 2010) (@maison21) July 25, 2024
That’s probably his campaign manager.
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