Donald Trump heightened his disparaging rhetoric about Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally on Saturday, claiming she was born mentally impaired and is mentally disabled in his speech.
The former president made the false assertions to a room of supporters in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, seemingly as a way to undermine Harriss leadership on immigration.
Joe Biden became mentally impaired. Kamala, was born that way, Trump said to the audience, who erupted into laughter. She was born that way.
The former president continued: And if you think about it, only a mentally disabled person couldve allowed this to happen to our country. Anybody would know this.
The this Trump was referring to is the influx of migrants who have come into the United States over the last year. A pillar of Trumps campaign is blaming Harris for migrant crossings by falsely claiming it was her responsibility as vice president to tackle the issue.
Multiple Biden administration officials have said that Harris was only tasked with understanding the root cause of mass migration in Central American countries and leading diplomatic efforts to reduce those causes.
Maria Town, the president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, said Trumps language was ableist.
"Donald Trumps ableist comments today say far more about him and his inaccurate, hateful biases against disabled people than it does about Vice President Harris, or any person with a disability, she said in a statment.
Trump holds the ableist, false belief that if a person has a disability, they are less human and less worthy of dignity. AAPD continues to call for the leadership of both parties in the 2024 election to condemn the use of ableist language like Trump used today.
Town reminded people that multiple former presidents lived or are living with a disability. Franklin Delano Roosevelt survived polio and used a wheelchair. John F. Kennedy had Addisons disease, ulcerative colitis and chronic pain. Ronald Reagan had a hearing impairment and President Joe Biden has a stutter.
The presence or absence of disability alone is wholly insufficient to determine a persons fitness to hold elected office, Town added. The former president spent much of his hour-long rally on Saturday evening insulting Harris a common occurrence in his recent speeches. He called her incompetent and a bad person and claimed her speech from the border on Friday evening was bulls****.
Just look at all that projection.For the first time ever, Im going to wholeheartedly agree with this absurdly overused word, and say in this case it is absolutely, undeniably, and authentically projection.
Every accusation is a confession.
Trump talked shit about "Sleepy Joe" for months, then "Sleepy Joe" pushed his shit in at the polls.I think the funniest part is that Dump clearly misses Biden. "Sleepy Joe" was all he had, and now his dementia riddled mind constantly brings Biden up like he was the Goku to his Vegeta.
Just look at all that projection.
Can't she sue him for defamation?
Has a Presidential candidate ever directly sued another Presidential candidate?
Just look at all that projection.
Can't she sue him for defamation?Get this you're allowed to lie when running for office, it's just straight up legal.
Joe Biden became mentally impaired. Kamala, was born that way
It would be insane because
1. The negative publicity
2. It's almost certainly not actionable. How can she prove damages? How would she prove it's not only a lie but that he believes it's a lie?
The only surprising part of this is that he used the term "mentally disabled."This is what I was thinking. Trump's first draft of the speech was undoubtedly "That N is R". Someone made him tone this down
I'm assuming there were at least seven temper tantrums derived from his aides explaining that he couldn't outright drop the R slur.
The media has been totally enabling these intelligence insults. In the last few weeks I'm still seeing these headlines about how Harris won't do interviews, implying she isn't smart enough to answer the questions or won't get into details on her policies.
The media has been totally enabling these intelligence insults. In the last few weeks I'm still seeing these headlines about how Harris won't do interviews, implying she isn't smart enough to answer the questions or won't get into details on her policies. Then here comes Trump leaning into it even harder as a racial dogwhistle.
Of course it's 100% obvious this is reporting from an alternate reality.
Harris is clearly intelligent, and even people who support Trump admit she won the debate, meanwhile Trump cannot answer a single question on any subject like economy or climate without falling into an incomprehensible conspiracy theory rant on immigrants.
It's sanewashing. Trump goes up and rambles incoherently, they do headlines like "Trump sharpens critique!"Trump gets views.
The media fucking loves him and they're pissed at Harris she won't give them access. they learned NOTHING from 2016 when they slammed Hillary relentlessly over "EMAILZ" and promoted Trump endlessly.
Why does he keep saying she is in charge of the country? Is he stupid?
Isn't it basically confirmed that if Trump had power again he'd basically try to execute anyone mentally disabled in this country?
Harris is clearly intelligent, and even people who support Trump admit she won the debate, meanwhile Trump cannot answer a single question on any subject like economy or climate without falling into an incomprehensible conspiracy theory rant on immigrants.Remember when his answer to "How will you address climate change?" was an off-topic rant about Hunter Biden? Fun times.
Isn't it basically confirmed that if Trump had power again he'd basically try to execute anyone mentally disabled in this country?
I don't know about executing them, but according to his nephew, Trump did say parents raising disabled children should just let them die because it's costly to provide for them.
So Trump is saying he got defeated by a mentally disabled person?
His psyche won't allow him to admit defeat to anyone, let alone a woman of color, so naturally he claims he won their debate.He does claim Biden became mentally impaired.
Joe Biden became mentally impaired. Kamala, was born that way, Trump said to the audience, who erupted into laughter.
He's said this about people before. He's a genetic determinist, and he thinks that success and political views are genetic. He chocks his accomplishments to genetics, and tells people he likes that their kids will be successful because they have "great genes" He used to claim that people who criticized or didn't like him were just jealous due to their lack of success, intelligence, or their laziness problems.