Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the racist comments made at Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, saying the event was “intentional and fuels division in the United States.”
The Democratic presidential candidate spoke to reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews on Monday before heading to Michigan, where she is making several campaign stops in the swing state.
Her comments about Trump’s rally come after the Republican presidential candidate filled the New York City arena on Sunday, but is now facing backlash after a series of speakers made racist and sexist comments during the programming.
“I think Donald Trump’s event last night at Madison Square Garden really highlighted a point that I had been making throughout this campaign. “He is focused and basically fixated on his grievances, on himself and on dividing our country,” the vice president said.
Harris described it as “intentional and fueling efforts to divide our country.”
Vice President Kamala Harris walks aboard Air Force Two to depart for Michigan on Monday. Before heading to the swing state, she responded to Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden amid criticism of speakers’ racist and sexist comments.
The vice president labeled the event as something that in no way contributes to strengthening American families and workers.
She claimed the ex-president is doing nothing to “support the aspirations, the dreams and the aspirations of the American people.”
Trump’s campaign is now in damage control mode after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico an “island of trash” during the rally. His campaign said the joke does not reflect the views of the ex-president or the campaign.
Hinchcliffe also made offensive jokes about Latinos having sex and about Jews and Muslims.
Other speakers at the event mocked Harris’ ethnicity, calling her “low IQ,” an “antichrist” and calling her “pimp handlers.” One speaker called Hillary Clinton a “sick son of ab****” and the Democrats “degenerate.”
Former President Donald Trump speaks during his rally at Madison Square Garden. Harris said the ex-president is ‘fixated on his grievances, on himself and on dividing our country’
The Trump campaign is trying to distance the ex-president from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe after he called Puerto Rico an ‘island of trash’ during Trump’s rally in New York City
But Harris said Monday what Trump did Sunday night ‘is not a discovery.’
“It’s just more of the same and maybe more lively than usual,” she told reporters.
She accused Trump of trying to get Americans to point fingers at each other full-time and argued that the American people are exhausted of him.
‘People are literally willing to turn the page. They’re fed up, she said.
The Trump rally in New York City came as Harris unveiled her plan for Puerto Ricans on Sunday with a visit to a Puerto Rican restaurant in Pennsylvania state.
The vice president praised the plan that focuses on economic opportunities for the people of the island and modernizing the network, noting the support of superstars including Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez.
Harris spoke to reporters on Oct. 28, 2024. The vice president praised support from celebrities, including Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez, after unveiling her plan for Puerto Rico. She said she had their support even before the “nonsense” at the Trump rally in NYC
The vice president said she had their support even before “that nonsense last night” because they want someone who will uplift the people and “not call America a dumpster fire.”
On Monday, Harris will campaign in Michigan, where she will focus on production ahead of a rally at the University of Michigan with her running mate Tim Walz and singer Maggie Rogers.
Rogers is the latest in a series of celebrities and political heavyweights to join the vice president on the campaign trail in the final stretch.
Harris campaigned in Michigan on Saturday with former First Lady Michelle Obama, who is seen as one of the most well-received speakers in the Democratic party.
At that meeting in Kalamazoo, Obama painted a moving picture when she made a direct appeal to men not to leave reproductive health care and women’s lives in the hands of politicians like Trump.
The former first lady also questioned why Harris is being held to a higher standard than Trump during the campaign.
Harris was asked by a reporter Monday about Obama’s comments and the double standard, but she sidestepped the question.
“My role and responsibility in the presidency of the United States is to plead my case before the American people and earn their support,” Harris said.
She stated that this is why she is spending time traveling around the country, listening to voters and sharing her plans to support them.