Donald Trump Calls Kamala Harris a 'S--- Vice President' as His Personal Attacks Ramp Up Ahead of Election Day

Mar. 15, 2025

Donald Trump (left), Kamala Harris.Photo:Scott Olson/Getty; Alex Wong/Getty

Scott Olson/Getty; Alex Wong/Getty

Donald Trumpreferred toKamala Harrisas a “s— vice president” during his latest rally in Pennsylvania.

While speaking at Latrobe’s Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on Saturday, Oct. 19, the former commander-in-chief and current Republican presidential candidate, 78, used the expletive when referring to Harris, as he continues to ramp up personal attacks just weeks beforeElection Day.

“We can’t stand you. You’re a s— vice president.”

Trump’s audience also had the opportunity to use the word “s—” in reference to the Biden-Harris administration at another point during his remarks, per theNew York Times. “Such a horrible four years,” he said. “We had a horrible — think of the — everything they touch turns to —” he said, to which many members of the crowd reportedly yelled “s—.”

Per theNYT, the politician hosted a gathering at his Trump Tower penthouse on Sunday, Sept. 29, and used the term while also airing grievances about the 2024 presidential race and lashing out about donors not appreciating him. A representative for Trump did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment at the time.

Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on Oct. 17, 2024.CRAIG LASSIG/AFP via Getty

CRAIG LASSIG/AFP via Getty

Speaking withPEOPLE last month, the former president’s nephewFred C. Trump IIIsaid that he believes Trump “doesn’t care who gets hurt in the wake of what he’s trying to get accomplished, which is to benefit himself.”

Fred, who endorsed Harris for president, added that he believedJoe Biden’s departure from the race caught the Trump campaign “flat-footed” and that his uncle was “going to go nuts” on people as things progressed. “It’s going to get nasty,” he said. “The race is going to come up in a big ugly way. [Donald] demeans people on a regular basis. … Everybody’s a loser. Everybody is stupider than him. You’ve seen it already.”

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Campaign rallies were a topic of discussion during Harris and Trump’ssole presidential debateon Tuesday, Sept. 10. At the time, Harris described the former president’s rallies as a “really interesting thing to watch.”

“You will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter,” she said. “He will talk about windmills cause cancer. And what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom.”

Trump responded, claiming that voters had “no reason to go” to Harris' campaign events.

Election day is approaching on Nov. 5 as Trump and Harris continue on their respective campaign trails. Some Americans have already filled out their 2024 absentee ballots, including former presidentJimmy Carter, who “absolutely” voted for Harris,per his family.

source: people.com