Donald Trump criticized Kamala Harris on Friday, describing her as a “loser who doesn’t go to any events” after she described him as “exhausted” during the election campaign.
Democrat Harris raised questions about Republican Trump’s physical stamina to serve effectively as president as the two rivals swept through the deadlocked battleground state of Michigan.
Harris, who turns 60 on Sunday, pressed the case to cast doubt on the 78-year-old Trump.
Age had been an issue when President Joe Biden, 81, was still in the race, but had faded after he abandoned his election bid.
Donald Trump criticized Kamala Harris on Friday, describing her as a “loser who doesn’t go to any events” after she described him as “exhausted” during the election campaign.
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris waves to supporters while campaigning in Michigan, a key battleground state, on Friday in Waterford, Michigan.
Harris said Friday that news reports that former President Trump was skipping interviews because he was tired and had passed up the opportunity for a second debate with her raised questions about her fitness for office.
‘It should be a concern. If you can’t handle the rigors of the election campaign, are you qualified to do the job? he told reporters before a rally in Grand Rapids. “That’s a legitimate question.”
Trump has skipped some appearances, but his campaign has not given a reason.
But Trump, speaking to reporters when he arrived in Detroit, rejected such comments, criticizing Harris in the process.
‘What events have I cancelled? I haven’t canceled. She doesn’t go to any events. She’s a loser. She doesn’t go to any events. He didn’t even show up at the hotel last night to see the Catholics. It was insulting. It’s all sound bites,” Trump said, clearly taken aback by Harris’ accusation.
‘Today I was on Fox & Friends at 7 in the morning. Then I went to two more appearances. Then I made about 15 phone calls. “I haven’t rested for 48 days and I have this loser who doesn’t have the energy of the rabbit,” Trump continued.
‘What events have I cancelled? I haven’t canceled. She doesn’t go to any events. She’s a loser. She doesn’t go to any events. He didn’t even show up at the hotel last night to see the Catholics. It was insulting. “They’re all sound bites,” Trump said, clearly taken aback by Harris’ accusation.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives in ‘Trump Force One’ at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday.
‘All they do is post sound bites. Tell me, when have you even seen yourself rest a little? I’m not even tired. I’m really excited. Do you know why? We are killing her in the polls because the American people don’t want her. He didn’t pass his bar exam. She is not a smart person. “She is not a person who should represent our country.”
The polls in the most competitive states in the elections are effectively tied.
During the Fox & Friends interview, Trump also complained about negative television ads on Fox about him and said he would ask Rupert Murdoch, founder of News Corp, the parent company of Fox News, to make sure such ads were not broadcast until Election Day, November 5. .
“I’m going to say, ‘Rupert, please do it this way and then we’ll get a victory, because everyone wants that,'” Trump said.
Trump visited a campaign office in Hamtramck, where he heard praise from the Detroit suburb’s first Muslim mayor, Amer Ghalib.
Trump sought support from Arab Americans in Michigan disenchanted with Democrats, Vice President Harris and Biden over U.S. support for Israel in the Gaza conflict.
‘Ultimately, we all want one thing. We want peace in the Middle East. We are going to achieve peace in the Middle East. It’s going to happen very quickly. “It can happen with the right leadership in Washington,” Trump said, without elaborating.
Democrat Harris raised questions about Republican Trump’s physical stamina to serve effectively as president as the two rivals swept through the deadlocked battleground state of Michigan.
Trump watches a video showing Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris during a campaign event Friday in Detroit.
On Friday night, Trump returned to Detroit. Michigan’s largest city, for a rally after saying Oct. 10 that the rest of the United States would become Detroit if Harris won.
On Friday night, Trump returned to Detroit. Michigan’s largest city, for a rally after saying Oct. 10 that the rest of the United States would become Detroit if Harris won.
Harris, after speaking in Grand Rapids, the heart of Michigan’s most conservative west, was heading east toward Lansing and then Oakland County, which encompasses Detroit’s northwest suburbs, on Friday night.
The Midwestern state has about 8.4 million voters and would give the winner 15 Electoral College votes of the 270 needed to win, which could be a decisive number.
Harris and Trump are fighting fiercely for the state’s Arab American, elderly, union and working-class voters.
On Thursday, Harris said Trump was “heating up” the American public over his loyalists’ deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump recently called the assault a “day of love.”
Public and internal campaign polls show razor-thin margins for Harris or Trump in Michigan and other battleground states. That worries Democrats.
Trump won Michigan by 11,000 votes in 2016. In 2020, Biden beat Trump by 155,000 votes.
Harris is changing the strategy of her breakneck campaign to win over more Republicans and men of all races.
He is also recruiting popular former first lady Michelle Obama, who will campaign for Harris in Michigan on October 26.
Nationally, Harris’ lead has narrowed from a late September lead of 7 percentage points over Trump to just 3 points, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
The high cost of food and rising rent prices continue to worry Americans, and Trump amplifies fears related to migrants crossing the US-Mexico border with increasingly extreme rhetoric.