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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Kamala Harris allies deploy new Trump attack line: he is ‘just plain weird’

Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in West Allis, Wisconsin, on 23 July.
Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in West Allis, Wisconsin, on 23 July. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

US Democrats have spent recent days trying out a relatively new attack line on Donald Trump: that he is weird. The tactic is almost certainly calibrated to resonate with young and independent voters who, polls show, are moving from marked lack of interest in the now-dropped matchup between Joe Biden and his presidential predecessor to engagement in the 100-day contest between Trump and Kamala Harris.

In a press release on Thursday, the vice-president and presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, issued a list of the main takeaways of what Trump had given the American people. “Is Donald Trump OK?” the X message said. The seventh of nine entries was: “Trump is old and quite weird?”

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