Donald Trump obsessed over Kamala Harris’s appearance yet again in Wilkes-Barre, on Saturday – this time declaring that he’s “better looking” than his Democratic rival and mocking those who call her “beautiful”. During his appearance in the crucial swing state, the former president dedicated some time to mocking Harris’s magazine cover by insinuating the graphic made her look better. “ magazine doesn’t have a picture of [Harris].
They have this unbelievable artist drawing her and I said ‘Is that Sophia Loren?’ I couldn’t tell,” Trump told the crowd of supporters. Trump went on to criticize columnist Harris’s “beauty” was an advantage in the presidential election in a recent op-ed. “So I decide to go back and re-read,” Trump said.
“But I say that I am much better looking than her.” The crowd of supporters erupted into applause, leading Trump to repeat: “I’m a better looking person than Kamala.” This marks the president has mentioned the magazine cover during a speech, interview or rally as he continues to make personal attacks against his political opponent.
It’s a strategy that he carried out when running against President Joe Biden, with Trump often mentioning the president’s age and questioning whether or not he was mentally competent. That attack, in combination with Biden’s disastrous presidential debate performance, resonated with voters who agreed that Biden’s age posed a problem for him to run the country for the .