Video shows Trump saying that Kamala Harris doesn’t know how to hold a press conference.
Donald Trump on Thursday held his first press conference since Tim Walz was named Kamala Harris’ running mate, and the event featured ambitious claims about the former president’s popularity and disparaging comments about his Democratic opponents.
Trump said his speech on the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, just before the Capitol riot drew a bigger crowd than the one at Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous « I Have a Dream » speech in 1963. He also called Harris a « radical » and said her record is « horrible. »
In the fallout after the news conference, one viral comment on social media suggested that Trump had said women were not « smart enough » to hold press conferences or govern the country.
The Claim
A Friday post on X (formerly Twitter) by public speaker Kenny Akers has been viewed 1.4 million times. It said: « Trump said women are not smart enough to do news conferences and are not smart enough to run this country—operation: ‘Let Him Speak’ is coming along nicely. »
The post included a video from Trump’s press conference, in which he said: « Excuse me, what are we doing right now? She’s not doing any news conference. Do you know why? You know why she’s not doing it?
« Because she can’t do a news conference, she doesn’t know how to do a news conference, she’s not smart enough to do a news conference, and I’m sorry, we need smart people to lead this country.
