Donald Trump’s excesses against his rival went up a notch this weekend.
At a meeting in Wisconsin, the Republican candidate described his rival as “mentally disabled”.
An outing that makes people cringe even in their own camp.
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“Joe Biden became mentally retarded. Kamala was born like that”. Former American president (new window) unleashed himself against his rival in the race for the White House, during a meeting in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. A state for which the fight is still very close between the two candidates, with a slight advantage of two points for the current vice-president according to the average of the polls carried out by the New York Times (new window).
Donald Trump was particularly excited during his visit to this town of some 6,000 inhabitants east of Milwaukee, built by the French in the 17th century. During the same speech, he also called Kamala Harris a“idiot”d’“incompetent”and “bad person”he who refuses to hold a new debate as proposed by his opponent. “She’s stupid.”added one of his supporters in the audience, to which Donald Trump responded: “You are right”.
Quiet criticism in his camp
Several figures from the Republican camp have criticized the former president for his insults addressed to Kamala Harris, starting with Lindsey Graham. The senator from South Carolina, a party baron, thus considered that it would be better to confront the vice-president with her record, rather than attack her personally. The most direct criticism of Trump from his camp came from former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan: “I find it insulting not only to the vice-president, but also to people who actually have a mental disability”estimated this Republican campaigning for the Senate. “I’ve been saying for years that Trump’s divisive rhetoric is something we can do without.”he continued on CBS News (new window).
They’ll come into your kitchen, they’ll slit your throat
Donald Trump on migrants
If Donald Trump was virulent against Kamala Harris during this meeting in Wisconsin, his attacks against migrants were also of rare violence. “They’re going to come into your kitchen, they’re going to slit your throat.”he assured, also believing that “These people are animals”. If he did not repeat his accusation against Haitian migrants who eat dogs and cats in Ohio, he maintained that “hundreds of small towns” were “occupied by migrants with MK-47s”a semi-automatic assault rifle.
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