‘Trump is old and quite weird’: Harris campaign press releases give trolling a try

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One release in particular, sent out on Thursday, caught the attention of social media users after describing Donald Trump as, among other things, “old and quite weird.” “Statement on a 78-Year-Old Criminal’s Fox News Appearance,” the statement was titled. Mail-in voting is bad…” The Harris campaign has become known for tapping into popular culture including internet memes Things took a turn when the statement added:“ Praised dictators because he wants to be one; Trump is clearly worried he made the wrong pick in JD Vance; Trump is old and quite weird? This guy shouldn’t be president ever again “If anyone wants an alternative, Kamala Harris is offering one.” Social media users reacted with delight to the new lines of attack, with one writing: “Kamala appears to be all-in on the ‘these guys are f***ing weird’ strategy’.” Sharing the release, another added: “This is an official Kamala Harris campaign press release, and I don’t think that Donald Trump, or his bizarre fan club, are emotionally or intellectually prepared for what’s coming his way.” After Trump gave a speech at an event hosted by Turning Point USA, the campaign released another statement, in which spokesperson James Singer described the former president as sounding like “someone you wouldn’t want to sit next to at a restaurant.” Singer wrote: “Tonight, Donald Trump couldn’t pronounce words, insulted the faith of Jewish and Catholic Americans, lied about the election, lied about other stuff, bragged about repealing Roe, proposed cutting billions in education funding, announced he would appoint more extremist judges… “Revealed he planned to fill a second Trump term with more criminals like himself, attacked lawful voting, went on and on and on, and generally sounded like someone you wouldn’t want to sit near at a restaurant – let alone be President of the United States. “America can do better than the bitter, bizarre, and backward looking delusions of criminal Donald Trump.” Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance have both been targeted by the Harris campaign’s ‘scathing’ attacks One online user deescribed Singer’s statement as “scathing,” adding “every single American needs to see this.” The Harris campaign has also set its sights on Vance, who was officially selected by Trump as a running mate at the Republican National Convention, and specifically his anti-abortion stance.