Former President Donald Trump did an about-face on Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview Friday, saying he now believes she is a “better” choice for the Democratic nomination than President Biden.
“I think she would be better than him, actually,” Trump, 77, told radio host Hugh Hewitt after given a less than complimentary response to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in August when he was asked the same question.
The former president told Carlson during an interview broadcast on
“I don’t think other people will accept it,” Trump said of Harris’ dismissal as Biden’s running mate. “She has some bad moments. Her moments are almost as bad as his, I think his are worse actually.”
Former President Donald Trump changed his mind about Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview Friday, saying he believed she was a “better” choice for Democrats than President Biden. REUTERS The former president previously said that “a lot of people,” although he never said who, wanted Harris to be chosen as the Democratic candidate in 2024 and that her appearances made a “bad” impression. AFP via Getty Images
“She speaks in, uh, rhyme. Is rare. “It’s strange,” Trump added. “Because of the way she talks: ‘The bus will go here.’ And then the bus will go there. Because that’s what buses do. Is rare. “This is all strange.”
During an October 2022 speech in Seattle to tout the Biden administration’s $1 billion in funding for electric school buses, Harris had reflected on the “nostalgia” she feels at the sight of a “yellow school bus.”
“Who doesn’t love a yellow school bus, right? Can you raise your hand if you love a yellow school bus? Many of us went to school on the yellow school bus, right? It is part of our growing experience,” he said in a speech at Lumen Field.
Critics have regularly mocked the vice president for her word salads and repetitive definitions during her tenure on topics ranging from “artificial intelligence” to “women’s history.” AP
“It is part of a nostalgia, a memory of the excitement and joy of going to school to be with your favorite teacher, be with your best friends and learn. The school bus takes us there.”
Critics have regularly mocked the vice president for her inarticulate speeches and repetitive definitions during her term on topics ranging from “artificial intelligence” to “culture” to “women’s history.”
Trump had told Carlson that he hoped Democrats would organize “some kind of primary and other people would get involved,” and named California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a possible Democratic challenger.
On Friday, Trump sounded optimistic about Harris’s presidential ambitions, as Democratic concerns grew about Biden’s age and sagging poll numbers. REUTERS
But on Friday, Trump sounded optimistic about Harris’s presidential ambitions, as Democratic concerns grew about Biden’s age and sagging poll numbers.
“Mr. President, if people are voting for Joe Biden, are they really voting for Kamala Harris? Hewitt had initially asked.
“I think so,” Trump responded. “I mean, let’s see what happens. To be honest, I’m not sure I’ll make it through the starting gate. I don’t know… It seems like he’s stuck in it for many reasons.
Harris recently lashed out at Trump for saying illegal aliens were “poisoning the blood of our country,” before stumbling over her words when describing how much is at stake in the election. AFP via Getty Images
“It would seem that the Democrats, if he doesn’t run, would have to run her,” he added. “That’s what all professionals like you say. I’m not sure that’s correct, but that’s what they say.
“Yes, you are trapped in it. And it could be, I can’t say worse. I think she would be better than him, in fact. In fact, I believe that.”
The former president called Biden, 81, “extremely incompetent” at the beginning of the interview, but added that he was equally effective “25 years ago” when he served as a U.S. senator.
“He is not fit for office. And I truly believe that he is a danger to democracy. I really believe it because of his incompetence,” Trump said, parroting typical Democratic lines of attack against his own candidacy.
The former president called Biden, 81, “extremely incompetent” at the beginning of the interview, but added that he was equally so “25 years ago” when he served as a U.S. senator. AFP via Getty Images
Harris recently lashed out at Trump for saying that illegal aliens entering the United States through the southern border were “poisoning the blood of our country,” before failing in an attempt to describe what is at stake in next year’s election. anus.
“You know, every election cycle we talk about is the most important election of our lifetime,” Harris told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on “The Last Word.”
“Lawrence, this is it, this is it,” he added, without correcting himself.
The former president currently leads Biden by 2.3 percentage points nationally, according to the latest polling average from RealClearPolitics.
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