Topline
Vice President Kamala Harris mocked former President Donald Trump for his refusal to release his medical records and suggested his staff were trying to hide him from the public eye, prompting an angry retort from the former president suggesting she should be subjected to a cognitive test.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally … [+]
Key Facts
Harris attacked Trump at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina for “not being transparent with the voters”, noting that he “refuses to release his medical records” and pointing out it is something she and “every other presidential candidate in the modern era” has done.
The vice president also pointed out Trump’s refusal to sit for a CBS “60 Minutes” interview or agree to another presidential debate and said: “It makes you wonder, why does his staff want him to hide away?”
Harris then asked if Trump’s campaign is “afraid that people will see that he is too weak and unstable to lead America?”
In a post on his Truth Social platform early on Monday, Trump lashed out at Harris and said she needs to “pass a test on Cognitive Stamina and Agility” and claimed “there could be something very wrong with her.”
The former president then reiterated his earlier claim that CBS replaced Harris’ answers in her “60 Minutes” interview and attacked her as being “slow and lethargic” in answering her questions.
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Crucial Quote
Earlier on Sunday, the Trump campaign dismissed Harris’ latest attack as “HIGHLY CRINGE” and called it “a new scripted line” in a post on X. The post accused her of “projecting again” and claimed Trump “dwarfs” Harris in the number of public appearances and interviews he does.
