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Trump vs. Harris poll shows ties in key battleground states as candidates cross battleground states

Trump vs. Harris poll shows ties in key battleground states as candidates cross battleground states

Vice President Kamala Harris responded to the former president for the first time Donald Trump’s comments about former Congresswoman Liz Cheneysaying that his rhetoric against his political opponents has become increasingly violent.

“It’s probably disqualifying,” she told reporters after arriving in Wisconsin to campaign. “Anyone who wants to be president of the United States and uses such violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified and has no right to be president.”

Harris said she hasn’t spoken to Cheney since Trump attacked her during a live interview with Tucker Carlson on Thursday, but called her a “true patriot” who puts her nation before her party.

“I know Liz Chaney well enough to know that she’s tough, she’s incredibly courageous and she’s been a true patriot at a very difficult time in our country,” Harris said.

The vice president accused Trump of pitting Americans against each other and said he spends “a significant amount of time planning his revenge” on political opponents.

“The list of his enemies has become longer. His rhetoric has become more extreme and he is even less focused than before on the needs, problems and challenges facing the American people,” Harris said.

She reiterated her plan to “be president for all Americans.”

“America deserves better than what Donald Trump is offering,” Harris said. “America deserves a president who understands our role and responsibility to our people and the rest of the world, to lead by example.”

In addition to criticizing Trump for his remarks about Cheney, Harris blasted her Republican opponent for saying at a rally in Nevada that if elected, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would serve in a second Trump administration to “work on health and wellness women”. health”.

Harris said Kennedy “continually promotes scientific nonsense and crazy conspiracy theories” and “is the last person in America who should be setting health care policy for America’s families and children.”