Republicans Condemn Trump Over Insults of Harris

The Facts

• Some Republicans, including former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, have urged Donald Trump to avoid making personal attacks on Kamala Harris.[1][2]
• Minnesota representative Tom Emmer, a member of Trump's running mate JD Vance's debate team, said that the GOP presidential candidate should "stick on the issues" during the campaign.[3][4]
• Hogan, who's running for the US Senate, criticized the former president calling Vice Pres. Harris "mentally impaired" and termed his comments "outrageous and unacceptable."[5][6]
• At a rally in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, Trump had quipped that "Joe Biden became mentally impaired" and "Kamala was born that way."[7]
• Referring to Biden and Harris' policies, Trump added that "only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country."[8]
• Meanwhile, Maria Town, president of the American Association of People with Disabilities, has said that Trump's comments "say far more about him and his inaccurate, hateful biases against disabled people than it does about Vice President Harris."[9]

Sources

[1]Independent [2]CNN [3]The Irish Times [4]FOX News [5]The Hill [6]Breitbart [7]New York Times [8]Forbes [9]Guardian

The Spin

Anti-Trump narrative

Donald Trump's attacks on Kamala Harris reflect a disturbing pattern of demeaning personal rhetoric. His refusal to focus on policy debates, instead resorting to deeply personal jabs, illustrates his tendency to bypass norms of political discourse. They reveal an attempt to regain control through nastiness rather than substantive engagement.

The Hill

Pro-Trump narrative

Kamala Harris has opened herself up to personal attacks through her actions, particularly her role in "weaponizing the justice system" against Donald Trump. She, too, targets him personally, calling him "weird." Harris' calls for civility during the campaign deserve to be dismissed given her behavior towards her opponent.

Newsweek