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Donald Trump's niece says that Kamala Harris terrifies her 'flailing' uncle to the 'point of incoherence' (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 3 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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Former President Donald Trump is out of his depth facing the prospect of running against Vice President Kamala Harris instead of President Joe Biden, wrote his niece Mary Trump in her latest email blast — and he's "terrified."

[...] "Donald also hates women (especially strong women) and minorities, so you can see why current Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris terrifies him to the point of incoherence. He says she’s 'crazy,'" Mary Trump says.

She continues: "His childish nickname for her is 'laughing Kamala' because she feels joy, and joy is something he [Donald Trump] has never experienced and doesn’t understand. Faced with the reality that he is now running against a vibrant, intelligent, experienced woman who is fully two decades younger than he is, Donald spent Sunday and Monday flailing, trying to find an angle of attack that would stick."

He's so lost trying to figure out what to do, she added, that he's even continuing to attack Biden, despite knowing Biden has already decided to exit the race.

Combine that with the fact that Democrats have seen a massive surge in donor support and that tech billionaire Elon Musk appears to be backing out of his plan to give a pro-Trump PAC $45 billion a month, Ms. Trump wrote, "Donald and his sycophants, enablers, and backers are scared."

"And they should be," she noted.

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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Oh no, not laughing Kamala! Anything but laughing Kamala!

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Laughing Kamala and dour don.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 12 points 3 months ago

I refuse to vote for anyone who laughs. My president must, like me, live an ascetic life devoid of humor and hedonism 😤

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That will certainly make the upcoming debates even more entertaining.

[–] tardigrada@beehaw.org 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it could get better, according to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell: "Trump is going to have to get used to hearing Harris’ prosecutor record"

Here is a video (17 min): https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=5JbXbqe5t_w

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love how the election's setting turned to "two old guys (one of which is a convicted felon)" to "convicted felon vs prosecutor" in just few days.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd love it if her record as a prosecutor weren't so lopsided against truants and nonviolent drug users, but it's objectively better than having two candidates in clear cognitive decline.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago

Just remember that the non-violent drug users were likely part of the Back on Track program, in which they would accept the felony in the promise that it would be expunged after completing the program.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 months ago

I really doubt he will agree to another debate. But the best way for it to begin would be at the beginning, when they thank everyone for making it happen, if she thanked Trump for his donations to her previous campaigns. She wouldn't be there if it weren't for donors like him.

It would immediately piss him off for the entire event.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No way in hell they let him speak to an adult that can string together coherent sentences in public

[–] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Elon Musk appears to be backing out of his plan to give a pro-Trump PAC $45 billion a month

$45 BILLION a month? That's not a small typo.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, this was announced at the end of last month/beginning of this month, it's been circling around for a few weeks now.

[–] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago

Yes, but it was supposed to say 45 million, not billion.

[–] coffeetest@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago

"incoherence" so, no change?

[–] senseamidmadness@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

I'm a Trump hater but this sounds like serious exaggeration