Trump attacks Harris with racist stereotype, eyes 'extreme power' as president [View all]

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Trump attacks Harris with racist stereotype, eyes ‘extreme power’ as president
An event with Latino supporters quickly swerved off topic as Trump bashed solar farms as a threat to rabbits and pushed falsehoods about electric vehicles.


Former president Donald Trump participates in a Latino business roundtable Tuesday at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Fla. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

By Sabrina Rodriguez and Isaac Arnsdorf
October 22, 2024 at 3:31 p.m. EDT

DORAL, Fla. — Republican nominee Donald Trump used a racist stereotype to attack Vice President Kamala Harris and described his desire to exercise “extreme power” as president during an event Tuesday that was billed as a summit to highlight his support among Latinos.

“I was going to hit her really hard on the trail today, but now I don’t have to, because she’s off,” Trump said of Harris, who is spending the day in Washington between campaign travel on the other days of the week. “You know why? She’s lazy as hell, and she’s got that reputation.”

Harris recorded multiple media interviews on Tuesday, according to her public schedule, after campaigning in three battleground states on Monday.

Trump’s coded language tries to undermine Harris’s qualifications based on her race and gender, said Rachel Noerdlinger, a Democratic communications strategist and senior adviser to Win With Black Women. ... “Trump is reviving the old trope that Black women are unqualified for jobs historically held by White men,” she said. “Not having a campaign event while you’re in the middle of also governing isn’t ‘lazy’ — making almost 300 trips to the golf course as president is.”

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By Sabrina Rodriguez
Sabrina Rodriguez is a national politics reporter for The Washington Post. She chronicles the evolving demographics in battleground states and the ways candidates, campaigns and interest groups seek to mobilize voter blocs large and small.follow on X @sabrod123

By Isaac Arnsdorf
Isaac Arnsdorf is a national political reporter covering the Trump campaign. His first book, "Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy," was published in 2024.follow on X iarnsdorf

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