'Weird' election turns to how Harris laughs and Trump does not laugh at all

‘Weird’ election turns to how Harris laughs and Trump does not laugh at all
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN

Published 5:03 PM EDT, Mon July 29, 2024

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/politics/laugh-harris-trump-what-matters/index.html


It’s funny, really. In an election where the two leading presidential candidates are miles apart on weighty issues from abortion rights to border policy, for some reason both sides are talking about how Vice President Kamala Harris laughs and former President Donald Trump doesn’t.

Trump, trying out new material to mock Harris, has dubbed his opponent as “Laffin’ Kamala.”

“She’s crazy. She’s nuts,” he said at a recent rally in Michigan, implying there is something maniacal about her laugh.)

His supporters might hear a funny joke, but hers hear a sexist attack in line with the resurfaced comments of JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, who described childless Democrats in a 2021 interview as “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives.”

If you don’t hear any sexism in any of this, consider that Trump also mocked Hillary Clinton for her laughter.

Democrats, meanwhile, are trying a new tactic to deal with Trump’s most outrageous claims – laughing at them to take their power away.


Is this ‘weird?’

Allies of Harris are shifting gears to emphasize not the danger they think Trump poses to the country but instead how “weird” he sounds when he makes outlandish claims.


“Listen to the guy,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” of Trump. “He’s talking about Hannibal Lecter, and shocking sharks, and just whatever crazy thing pops into his mind. And I hought we just give him way too much credit.”

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