Washington: Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted he is “entitled” to launch personal attacks on his Democratic rival for the White House, saying he was “angry with her” and, besides, she had also attacked him personally, calling him “weird”.
Trump has questioned Harris’s ethnicity, mispronounced her name, called her “crazy”, mocked her laughter and doubted her intelligence at election rallies, press conferences and social media postings as he has struggled to define her on his terms and regain control of the race.
He is trailing Harris in polls after leading President Joe Biden from the time the contest got underway to the latter dropping out and endorsing Harris.
Trump allies and advisers have urged him to focus on policy differences with Harris and issues like the economy and illegal immigration, where he has an advantage and not squander his equity on personal attacks that do not sit well with voters.
“I’m very angry at her that she’d weaponised the justice system against me and other people,” Trump said at a news conference at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey. He did not specify, but he might have been referring to the criminal charges brought against him by the Justice Department of the Biden-Harris administration, although there is no evidence that either Harris or President Joe Biden directed these prosecutions.
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