Former President Donald Trump ripped Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday for occurring a media blitz because the 1000’s of Individuals are nonetheless reeling from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene.
After largely avoiding media interviews, Harris, 59, had made appearances this week on “The View,” Howard Stern’s radio program and Stephen Colbert’s late-night present – even sharing a sip of beer with the comic.
“She’s on a fundraising comedy tour while people are stranded and drowning all over some of our greatest states,” Trump mentioned throughout a rally in Studying, Pa.
Trump, 78, charged that whereas making the rounds with pleasant retailers and including to her marketing campaign coffers, the vice chairman has presided over “the worst hurricane response since Katrina.”
“As the floodwaters rose in North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee … Kamala flew to a fundraiser in San Francisco, a city she absolutely destroyed,” the previous president mentioned.
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a class 4 storm on Sept. 26 – two days later, Harris spoke at a fundraiser on the San Francisco Palace of Superb Arts.
Each Harris and Trump have visited storm ravaged North Carolina and Georgia since Helene’s landfall.
Trump steered that Harris’ sudden flurry of media interviews is definitely working in opposition to her, arguing that no one is making the case in opposition to her candidacy higher than she is.
“Kamala just said that she can’t think of one thing she’d do differently than [President Biden],” the previous president instructed the group, referring to the vice chairman’s response to a query on “The View” Tuesday.
“Really, nobody makes the case against lying Kamala Harris better than Kamala herself,” Trump mentioned.
Harris, who’s first interview with a significant information outlet got here greater than a month after Biden ended his re-election bid, has additionally just lately granted interviews to “60 Minutes” and Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast.
“Kamala recorded a podcast known for its graphic content. Can you believe it?” Trump mentioned, apparently referring to Cooper’s podcast.
“She did nothing as people struggled on the ground,” he added.
“Despite all of this, Kamala Harris said she wouldn’t do anything – she’s not going to do anything differently.”
Going again to Harris’ look on “The View,” Trump argued that “her answer that she would do nothing different is disqualifying.”
