What Harris and Trump Say About Each Other

In an unprecedented second in fashionable American historical past, the 2024 Republican and Democratic presidential candidates will face off of their first debate after simply seven weeks of campaigning towards one another.

The New York Times analyzed what the 2 candidates have mentioned about one another on social media from July 21, when President Biden dropped out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris grew to become the frontrunner to interchange him because the Democratic nominee, via Sept. 6. (For probably the most half, their statements on social media mirror their public feedback at rallies and different occasions.)

While each candidates assault one another, The Times discovered that former president Donald Trump targets Ms. Harris rather more incessantly, a mean of greater than 3 times per day, and his posts (on Truth Social) nearly at all times embrace a private smear.

What Harris says about Trump in private phrases

Ms. Harris’s posts about Mr. Trump (on X) have a tendency to not go for the jugular. A handful of occasions, she has drawn consideration to his historical past of authorized hassle, saying, for instance, that she is aware of “Donald Trump’s kind” as a result of she “took on predators, fraudsters and cheaters” as a prosecutor.

She has additionally described him within the following methods:

What Trump says about Harris in private phrases

By distinction, Mr. Trump’s assaults on Ms. Harris resemble the name-calling insults of a sexist schoolyard bully. He incessantly drops private slights into political assaults, however he has additionally attacked Ms. Harris quite a few occasions in private phrases with out making any explicit reference to her insurance policies or political file. Some of those posts have touched as an alternative on her racial identification or included generic insults referencing her authenticity or functionality.

Here is how he has described her:

Mr. Trump informed rallygoers in North Carolina final month that he’d had hassle arising with a “identify” for Ms. Harris, however that he was selecting “comrade.”

“I believe that’s probably the most correct identify,” he mentioned.

What the candidates say about one another on the problems

While each candidates additionally criticize one another on coverage issues, Mr. Trump almost at all times sprinkles in a private jab (or two or three) about Ms. Harris.

Mr. Trump’s posts about Ms. Harris incessantly embrace spelling errors, falsehoods and his distinctive model of grammar and capitalization. He spent a couple of days in August incessantly calling Ms. Harris “Kamabla,” although he has since deserted that moniker. Ms. Harris’s posts are extra typical of a conventional politician.

The border is an particularly contentious challenge.

In making immigration a central theme of his marketing campaign, Mr. Trump repeatedly and falsely calls Ms. Harris the Biden administration’s “border czar.” Ms. Harris notes that Mr. Trump pressured Republicans to oppose a bipartisan immigration deal.

Both accuse one another of being extremists.

Ms. Harris ties Mr. Trump to Project 2025, a set of conservative coverage proposals that Mr. Trump has lately tried to distance himself from. Mr. Trump (falsely) claims Ms. Harris is a “communist” who will “destroy America.”

Ms. Harris assaults Mr. Trump over abortion rights.

The vp frequently reminds voters that Mr. Trump appointed the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Mr. Trump hardly ever mentions reproductive rights.

Their barbs on the financial system are extra classically partisan.

Ms. Harris accuses Mr. Trump of solely caring about rich Americans. The former president blames Ms. Harris for inflation.