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Kamala Harris challenges Donald Trump's masculinity
There is a reason why Donald Trump does not want to face off against Kamala Harris in a second debate

By Chauncey DeVega
Senior Writer
Published October 4, 2024 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) When President Joe Biden passed the torch to Kamala Harris, she almost immediately went on the attack against Donald Trump. This represented a radical change compared to how Biden approached the Democrats' political battle with Donald Trump and his MAGAfied Republican Party.

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In a bold move, instead of trying to avoid Trump’s perceived strengths, Harris and her campaign attacked them through mockery and ridicule. Trump is notoriously thin-skinned and easily provoked. Harris has used that character flaw against him very successfully; Trump almost always takes the bait.

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In a series of recent conversations with me here at Salon, political scientist M. Steven Fish described Harris’ version of a high-dominance leadership style and how she deployed it to defeat Trump during their debate last month:

During the debate she scrapped the time-worn, fruitless Democratic practice of treating Trump mainly as a dangerous, imperious liar. Instead, she cast him as insecure, tiresome, and small. Playing on Trump’s crowd-size obsession, she invited viewers to attend a Trump rally, telling them they would see the crowds thinning out early as bored spectators headed for the doors. A stammering Trump responded, “We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics!” and then launched into his conspiracy theory lies about how immigrants were eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio.

Rather than just calling Trump a friend of dictators, she got deliciously derisive. She mentioned that “It is well known that he exchanged love letters with Kim Jong Un” and pointed out that “If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now.” Turning to Trump, she said America’s enemies were rooting for him since “they can manipulate you with flattery and favors. And that is why so many military leaders who you have worked with have told me you are a disgrace.”

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They are also attacking Trump in his safe space. Harris’ campaign posted the aforementioned campaign ad on the Trump's Truth Social platform. The Democratic National Committee also reportedly has plans to use billboards and other means to brand Trump as a “chicken” because of his refusal to debate Harris a second time. .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/10/04/kamala-harris-challenges-donald-masculinity/