A post shared by the former president on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday took aim at both the vice president, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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Donald Trump shared a bizarre and sexist Truth Social post on Tuesday, that took aim at Kamala Harris and his former political rival Hillary Clinton.
In his latest offensive against the vice president, who currently is leading in the polls, Trump reposted a comment suggesting that Harris slept her way into power by dating former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown in the 1990s.
The sexist attacks by Trump are not new to Harris — and certainly not new to Clinton, who in 2016 became the first woman to win a major party’s presidential nomination. The former president has previously described both women as “nasty.”
Meanwhile, Trump’s running mate – JD Vance – said that Harris should “go to hell” as he denied accusations by staff at Arlington National Cemetery that a member of the Trump-Vance campaign verbally abused and pushed aside a cemetery official during a recent visit.
The alleged incident occured following a wreath-laying ceremony for the 13 servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate in Kabul three years ago.
Also on Wednesday, RFK Jr – who recently dropped his own presidential campaign to back Trump – said he had overcome feelings of “abhorrence” for the former president to support him.
Watch: RFK Jr says he’s overcome ‘abhorrence’ for Trump to support him
Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 03:45
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Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 03:00
Watch: JD Vance mistakenly refers to Abbey Gate as 'Abbey Road’
Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 02:15
Watch: JD Vance defends controversial Trump appearance at Arlington cemetery and tells Kamala Harris ‘go to hell’
Senator JD Vance has defended Donald Trump’s controversial appearance at Arlington cemetery and told Vice President Kamala Harris to “go to hell”.
The Republican vice presidential nominee responded to a question about an "altercation" that reportedly took place at Arlington National Cemetery between Trump campaign and cemetery staff over video recordings, following a wreath-laying ceremony for the 13 servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate in Kabul three years ago.
Watch Vance’s comments here:
JD Vance defends Trump appearance at Arlington cemetery and tells Harris ‘go to hell’
Senator JD Vance has defended Donald Trump’s controversial appearance at Arlington cemetery and told Vice President Kamala Harris to “go to hell”. The Republican vice presidential nominee responded to a question about an "altercation" that reportedly took place at Arlington National Cemetery between Trump campaign and cemetery staff over video recordings, following a wreath-laying ceremony for the 13 servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate in Kabul three years ago. Speaking at a Pennsylvania rally on Wednesday (28 August), Vance said there was evidence that the campaign was allowed to have a photographer there and that Trump was invited by the families to be there.
Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 01:30
RFK Jr says he has thrown support behind Trump despite ‘abhorrence’ for him four years ago
Robert F Kennedy Jr said he has thrown his support behind Donald Trump despite sharing feelings of “abhorrence” for the former president four years ago.
He acknowledged that he would be happier with November’s election going in favor of the GOP than the Democrats, “even though I grew up in the Democratic party and, you know... I had the same kind of orientation towards abhorrence for President Trump, as many Democrats maybe... four years ago.”
Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 01:05
RFK Jr says it is ‘possible’ he has selected the next US president
RFK Jr said that his decision to end his own presidential campaign has made it “possible” that he has selected the next president of the United States.
During his prime-time interview with Dr Phil he was asked about the impact of independent voters on November’s results.
He was asked: “If this comes down to independents... and you've given your support to the Trump candidacy, do you feel like you may very well be the one that selects the next President of the United States by your influence?”
“That's possible,” RFK Jr replied.
“But what we recognized from our polling is that if I stayed in the race, it would have almost certainly swung the race to Vice President Harris, who was trying to throw me off the ballot in all the states. Ironically, I thought that that would not be a good outcome, because I differ with her on all the issues.”
He added that his decision to drop out of the race made it “fair” but that now it was “much more likely” that Trump would win in November.
Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 00:58
RFK Jr says that despite suing Trump ‘a couple of times’ they were still ‘friendly’
Robert F Kennedy Jr says that despite that fact that he has sued Donald Trump “a couple of times,” he and the former president were always “friendly.”
The former independent presidential candidate sat down with TV host Dr Phil for an interview, shortly after he threw his support behind Trump.
“We’ve known each other for a long time, in fact I’ve litigated against him,” RFK said.
“I’ve sued him a couple of times on golf courses that he was building or he was trying to build up in the New York State reservoir... and I was suing to get them from being built.
“But even during that time when I was litigating against him, he ended up giving me a ride to Florida on his on his plane, so and we were friendly, and you know, we had a great time and a lot of laughs. He’s a very congenial annual interesting guy, very warm.”
Trump also sat down with Dr Phil, in an interview that was broadcast on Tuesday night. In the interview he described RFK as “a different kind of guy” and said they were “somewhat friendly” but remained cagey on whether he would be offering him a role in his administration.
Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 00:31
RFK to follow Trump on Dr Phil – interview to broadcast at 8pm ET
On Wednesday evening a pre-recorded Dr Phil interview, this time with Robert F Kennedy Jr will broadcast.
The former independent presidential candidate dropped out of the race on Friday, and threw his support behind Trump.
Speaking about RFK Jr’s endorsement during his own interview on Tuesday, Trump told Dr Phil: “I’m very honored. He’s a smart guy, a different kind of a guy, he loves our country. He has some very good views on a lot of things. I've known him for a long time, we’re somewhat friendly actually.
However, he remaiend cagey on whether Kennedy Jr would be given a job, adding: “I think he’s going to be a great asset. Will I have him in the administration? I don’t know. We haven’t discussed it. But he adds a lot to the election.”
RFK Jr’s interview is due to air at 8pm ET.
Mike Bedigan29 August 2024 00:00
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Mike Bedigan28 August 2024 23:30
Vance admits campaign screwed up awkward donut shop visit: ‘I just felt terrible for that woman’
JD Vance has admitted that the Trump campaign screwed up an awkward visit to a donut shop in Valdosta, Georgia last week.
As the assembled media looked on, Vance struggled to make small talk while buying baked goods, with one of the employees asking to be kept off-camera. The moment has since gone viral.
Gustaf Kilander has the full story:
Mike Bedigan28 August 2024 23:00
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