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During a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Saturday, Donald Trump once again obsessed with Kamala Harris’s looks, this time declaring he looks “better” than his Democratic rival and mocking those who call her “beautiful.”
During his appearance in the crucial swing state, the former president devoted some time to mocking Harris’ Time magazine covers by suggesting that the graphics made them look better.
“Time “The magazine doesn’t have a picture of (Harris). They have this incredible artist who draws her, and I said, ‘Is that Sophia Loren?’ I couldn’t tell,” Trump told the crowd of supporters.
Trump continued to criticize Wall Street Journal Columnist Peggy Noonan, who claimed in a recent opinion piece that Harris’s “beauty” was an advantage in the presidential election.
“So I decided to go back and read it again,” Trump said. “But I say I look a lot better than her.”
The crowd of his supporters erupted in applause, whereupon Trump repeated: “I look better than Kamala.”
This is at least the fourth time that the President has Time During a speech, interview or rally, he appears on the cover of a magazine while continuing to launch personal attacks against his political opponent.
He also used this strategy when running against President Joe Biden. Trump often mentioned the president’s age and questioned his mental capacity. This attack, along with Biden’s disastrous performance in the presidential debate, resonated with voters, who agreed that Biden’s age poses a problem for him to govern the country for the next four years.
But with Biden out of office and Harris entering the presidential race, Trump must refocus his attacks and find new ways to attack Harris.
The former president has previously questioned Harris’ ethnicity, claiming she suddenly “turned black.” He has tried to brand Harris’s distinctive laugh as that of a “madwoman” and portray her as unpopular by claiming – without any evidence – that Biden “hates” her.
He has also made wild, unsubstantiated claims that Harris would plunge the U.S. economy into a Great Depression-style collapse or lead the world into World War III.
