Harris counters Trump's insults: "Anyone who puts others down is a coward"

FR Harris counters Trump's insults: "Anyone who puts others down is a coward" Article by Jekaterina Jalunina • 4 hours • 2 minutes reading time While Chicago is preparing for the Democratic Party Convention, the election campaign is intensifying in the key states. Harris is reacting clearly to Trump's latest rhetoric. Washington, D.C. - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has countered the personal attacks of her Republican opponent Donald Trump with an indirect swipe at his leadership skills. Shortly before the start of the Democratic Party Convention, she and vice-candidate Tim Walz campaigned for votes in the contested state of Pennsylvania. The Democratic duo are to be celebrated in Chicago in the coming days with much pomp and prominent guests. Trump and his deputy J.D. Vance are meanwhile planning a counter-program in the particularly contested states. In Pennsylvania, Harris and Walz traveled by bus, accompanied by their spouses Doug Emhoff and Gwen Walz. Together, the four visited a campaign office, a football practice at a school, a fire station and a restaurant, among other things. Trump insults Harris and calls the Biden administration "stupid" In a speech to campaign workers in Rochester, Harris and Walz encouraged the volunteers present in their efforts. Harris indirectly criticized Trump's campaign rhetoric. "Anyone who puts other people down is a coward," said the Democrat, without mentioning Trump by name. True leaders are characterized by building others up. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, expressed himself similarly: "We don't insult each other, we don't do that," said the vice president, regretting the political divide that can therefore also be felt in the everyday lives of many Americans. The 78-year-old Republican Trump claimed on Saturday during an appearance in Pennsylvania that he looked "much better" than Harris and called the 59-year-old a "socialist lunatic" with the "laugh of a madwoman." He described the current US government under President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris as "stupid". The former president keeps making headlines with such statements - contrary to the advice of allies to focus more on substantive criticism of the Democrats. A confidant of Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham, said the former president could win the US election with his good content - but "Donald Trump, the provocateur, the entertainer, may not win the election". In the remaining 80 days until the election in November, Trump must clearly explain what he will do for the country, for example with regard to migration at the US southern border with Mexico and with regard to the high inflation rate, Graham told NBC News. (dpa/jal)