Donald Trump slammed Kamala Harris for her frenzied repetition of the phrase ‘Thank you’ before she began her Democrat National Convention speech.
‘Too many “Thank yous,” too rapidly said, what’s going on with her?’ wrote Trump, himself a seasoned practitioner of big rallies from years of campaigning.
Harris said ‘Thank you’ a total of 27 times before she even began her speech. She did so while thanking the ecstatic crowd for their rapturous welcome and appeared to be trying to politely stop the clapping and cheering so she could begin.
The audience could be heard cheering ‘Ka-ma-la’ and ‘U-S-A’, but Harris tried to stop them, saying ‘Let’s get down to business.’ She ended up saying another four ‘thank yous’ at the start of her speech for friends and family members.
Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s sister also noticed the apparent tic, writing: ‘How many times did Kamala just say thank you?’
And conservative commenter Meme’nOnLibs joked: ‘Kamala spending 5 minutes saying “Thank you” because she has nothing else to say’.
Trump also amused his followers with another TruthSocial post saying ‘IS SHE TALKING ABOUT ME?’ The former president was evidently listening to the speech, with his remark likely indented in jest.
Trump also quibbled when Harris saluted running mate Tim Walz’ time as a high school football coach.
‘Walz was an ASSISTANT Coach, not a COACH,’ Trump weighed in.
Trump also took a shot at her biography of serving San Francisco District Attorney before becoming California Attorney General.
‘She’s talking about how great San Francisco was before she destroyed it, probably not a good idea!’ Trump wrote.
He couldn’t help throwing in a ‘WHERE’S HUNTER’ line, days after the president’s son appeared on stage with President Biden during his late-night speech.
He took exception to her long section on January 6, where she said he ‘intends to set free violent extremists who assaulted those law enforcement officers at the Capitol’ on January 6.
Harris said Trump ‘sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol’ and ‘fanned the flames’ when people were begging for help.
‘PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY!’ Trump posted, using words he has applied in the past toward the mob on January 6.
She also said he was ‘found guilty of fraud by a jury of everyday Americans’ in his New York fraud trial and ‘separately found liable for committing sexual abuse,’ in reference to the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
‘These Prosecutions were all started by her and Biden against their Political Opponent, ME!’ Trump countered.
He also continued to hammer Harris on immigration, as he did on a trip to the border Thursday.
‘The Chaos and Calamity is allowing our Country to be infiltrated by Millions of Criminals!’ Trump said.
His comments ranged from the specific to the general, as Harris plugged away at her agenda for ‘freedom’ and lead the crowd in cheers of ‘We’re not going back.’
‘No specific programs, ALL TALK, NO ACTION — Why didn’t she do it three and a half years ago?’ he said.
One of his lengthiest complaints came on abortion rights, a topic that got the crowd on its feat and has some Republicans worried Trump could suffer among suburban women.
‘I do not limit access to birth control or I.V.F. – THAT IS A LIE, these are all false stories that she’s making up, that I’ve never even heard of. It’s just words coming out of her mouth. I TRUST WOMEN, ALSO, AND I WILL KEEP WOMEN SAFE! SHE WON’T, BECAUSE THE INVASION OF OUR COUNTRY AT HER OPEN BORDER IS DESTROYING THE LIVES OF WOMEN, AND THE FAMILIES AND JOBS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS.’
Democrats have spent days hammering Trump on the Project 25 agenda, rolling out stars with a huge printed copy to underline the point.
Trump said what his campaign has said for months about reports based on the policies developed by the outside group, which is stacked with former Trump advisors but is separate from his campaign.
‘LYING AGAIN ABOUT PROJECT 2025, WHICH SHE KNOWS, AND SO DO ALL DEMOCRATS, THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH!’ he wrote.