- Donald Trump launched a new nickname for Kamala Harris on Monday night
- The former president and his allies have repeatedly mispronounced his name.
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Donald Trump fired another name-calling at Kamala Harris on Monday night, trying out his latest attack as his Democratic rival for the presidency dominates headlines with his choice of running mate.
In a series of posts on his Truth Social website, Trump referred to Harris as “Kamabla,” the latest in a series of slights aimed at her Indian name.
He and his supporters have repeatedly mispronounced her first name and last week Trump accused her of recently recalling her black heritage, even though she has long spoken of her biracial roots with an Indian mother and Jamaican father.
Harris supporters said it was just a sign of the insults and chaos they expect from the Trump campaign.
Trump unveiled his new nickname Monday night.
Former President Donald Trump tried out a new nickname for Kamala Harris on Monday night
“People vote with their STOMACH, and food is now at record prices due to Kamabla/Biden’s INCOMPETENCE,” he wrote, in his trademark mix of capital letters.
‘With them in charge, EVERYTHING WILL ONLY GET WORSE!’
He used it again in two more publications.
‘Kamabla has stated, time and time again, that he wants to DEFUND THE POLICE AND, WITHOUT A DOUBT, BAN FRACKING,’ he wrote in the following.
“NO MORE FOSSIL FUELS.” This will quadruple the cost of energy in the US! SOMEONE GET DEPRESSED!
Trump’s allies initially reacted with joy when Biden announced he was dropping out of the race.
But they are increasingly concerned about how Democrats avoided weeks of infighting by uniting behind Harris.
As a result, he has enjoyed a surge in fundraising and gained ground in the polls.
An average of polls maintained by the statistics site FiveThirtyEight puts her ahead of Trump by 45.5 percent to 43.5 percent.
Kamala Harris was confirmed as the Democratic nominee on Monday evening. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has been stepping up his attacks on her.
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Trump’s own pollster has dismissed the surge as a short-lived “honeymoon,” but it has nonetheless forced Republicans to recalibrate their strategy and try to reclaim headlines from a shiny new object on the Democratic side.
Last week, Trump sparked widespread outrage when he claimed Harris had only recently begun speaking out about her black heritage.
“I’ve known her indirectly for a long time, but not directly,” he said at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago.
‘She always had Indian ancestry and she just promoted that ancestry. She didn’t know she was black until a few years ago when she became black. And now she wants to be known as black.
-So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she black?
Harris’ campaign denounced her comments, saying they were “a testament to the chaos and division that have been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies throughout this campaign.”
