Kathrine Frich
He told supporters he wanted a female president, but it shouldn’t be Harris.
Political campaigns usually focus on taxes and the cost of daily life.
But sometimes the debate abandons policy completely. When that happens, voters get personal insults instead of solutions.
A rally in Tennessee
Donald Trump spent his weekend addressing an enthusiastic crowd in Clarksville, Tennessee. He stepped up to the podium and shifted the conversation away from standard political talking points.
The former president decided to take aim at Vice President Kamala Harris. Instead of challenging her record, he attacked her looks according to Irish Star.
He paused during his speech to question why anyone would ever compliment her. “Remember when Biden, and Kamala, remember that beautiful Kamala, somebody said she’s so beautiful, really?” he asked his supporters.
Online backlash
The rally crowd loved the joke. But people on the internet felt very differently. A video clip of the speech surfaced on the social media platform X, drawing immediate anger.
An account called FactPost shared the footage. They accused Trump of calling Harris ugly, and viewers flooded the comment section to complain.
Many users wondered why a candidate was wasting time on superficial insults. One person sarcastically noted that mocking someone would not lower the price of gas.
Another user pointed out the lack of fresh political ideas. “He has got no new material to help his party get elected, so he goes with the same old stuff from years gone by,” the user wrote.
History of insults
This weekend’s remark is just the latest chapter in a long and bitter story. Trump has spent years firing personal shots at his former Democratic opponent.
In September 2020, he launched a very similar attack during a campaign stop in North Carolina. He loudly told his audience that nobody liked Harris. Then he claimed her primary run was a complete disaster.
He firmly rejected the idea of her ever leading the nation. “She could never be the first woman president. She could never be. That would be an insult to our country,” he said at the time, according to US media reports.
Pushing for family
He went much further at a rally in New Hampshire that same year. While he told supporters he wanted a female president, he insisted Harris lacked the necessary skills.
“They’re all saying, ‘We want Ivanka’. I don’t blame you,” he told the crowd.
These repeating patterns show his playbook remains exactly the same.
