On Tuesday, the Joe Biden campaign announced that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee had chosen California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Subsequently, the criticism from President Donald Trump and his allies swiftly came pouring in — this Wednesday morning, Trump kept up the obsessive antagonism, mockingly tweeting that Harris is ” the kind of opponent everyone dreams of” because of her loss in the presidential primary. On Wednesday morning, Trump also tweeted some barely veiled racism, claiming that the “suburban housewives” are “thrilled” that he’s keeping “low income housing” from “invading” their neighborhoods. Could the racial overtones be any more obvious? “Suburban housewives” clearly seems to refer to white women, and who mostly lives in the low income housing that Trump seems so afraid of? Marginalized communities, like black Americans.
Trump tweeted:
‘@KamalaHarris started strong in the Democrat Primaries, and finished weak, ultimately fleeing the race with almost zero support. That’s the kind of opponent everyone dreams of!’
.@KamalaHarris started strong in the Democrat Primaries, and finished weak, ultimately fleeing the race with almost zero support. That’s the kind of opponent everyone dreams of!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
In reality, Harris was just about always an “underdog” candidate in the presidential primary — and even with that status, she did comparatively quite well, since she even reached double-digit levels of support for a short while in the absolutely packed field of candidates. (Biden himself led for most of the Democratic presidential primary season.) Harris clearly has some popularity — she is a current U.S. Senator from California, after all, and before that, she served as the state’s Attorney General, among other roles. Biden and Harris together seem to be a formidable political force.
Meanwhile, as for the racist rant about “low income housing,” Trump tweeted:
‘The “suburban housewife” will be voting for me. They want safety & are thrilled that I ended the long running program where low income housing would invade their neighborhood. Biden would reinstall it, in a bigger form, with Corey Booker in charge! @foxandfriends @MariaBartiromo’
96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you! Also, leading in most swing states!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
Watched @billmaher last week for the first time in a long time. He’s totally SHOT, looks terrible, exhausted, gaunt, and weak. If there was ever a good reason for no shutdown, check out this jerk. He never had much going for him, but whatever he did have is missing in action!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
Trump also congratulated Marjorie Taylor Greene on her Republican primary win in Georgia. Greene is a believer in the lunatic conspiracy theory known as QAnon, which focuses on supposed secret plots against folks like Trump.
Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent. Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up – a real WINNER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response below:
