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In a long and, at times, rambling news conference on Thursday, former President Donald Trump repeated numerous falsehoods as he lashed out against Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in the presidential race.
Trump led the event, his first open news conference since Gov. Tim Walz was named Harris’ running mate, by announcing he agreed to ABC News’ Sept. 10 debate against Harris. Trump did not mention Walz by name during the news conference at Mar-a-Lago, which went on for over an hour.
Trump responded to several questions from the press but went off-topic several times to push false claims on several topics, including the outcome of the 2020 election. Here are some of the major takeaways.Trump continues attacks on Harris’ race, gender, intelligence
Trump continued to push racist rhetoric about false claims that Harris only recently brought up her Black heritage.
“Well, you’ll have to ask her that question because she’s the one who said it; I didn’t say it”, Trump falsely stated. “So, you’ll have to ask her.”
Earlier, Trump also appeared to attribute Harris’ success to her gender while questioning her intelligence.
“I’m not a big fan of his brain, but I think that she’s actually not as smart as he is”, he said, bringing up his former opponent, President Joe Biden.
“Well . uh, she’s a woman. She represents certain groups of people”, Trump added.
Harris was asked about Trump’s comments later in the day.
“I was too busy talking to voters. I didn’t hear them”, she told reporters.Trump gets defensive when asked about Harris’ rallies
Trump grew increasingly angry when asked about Harris’ crowd size at her recent rallies.
