By Our Foreign Correspondent
Washington, Aug 27 (IVC) In the opinion polls of the US presidential election race, the democratic party candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris went ahead of her rival Donald Trump.
Before the withdrawal of the President Joe Biden from the electoral fray on July 21, Donald Trump, Republican party nominee, was ahead of Ms Kamala Harris.
The drop of Biden from the race was a booster to Kamala Harris . Besides, the selection of Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz as the Vice President nominee of the Democratic Party has paved the way of Harris easy to reach White House after November 5 election.
Moreover, Trump’s personal attack on the Democratic presidential candidate Harris as described by the Republican party leaders themselves as cheap and below the dignity of an American presidential candidate, either Republican or Democratic.
Even the candid laugh of Harris found her rival Trump for worth criticism. Of the many things that Kamala Harris is accused of, having the ‘laugh of a crazy person’ must be the most interesting. The ‘critique’ sheds more light on the critic –Donald Trump- than on the person being criticized. The Republican party candidate Trump repeated the jibe on August 17 at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania. On Trumps remark , even the Republican party leaders wondered about what is Harris’ style of laugh to do with American presidential election.
Trump in his campaign rally maintained that he was “better looking” than Kamala Harris which triggered another cascade of memes and jokes, according to media reports here. Even Trump’s political allies held that he was shooting up his own campaign to an extent he could lose the election.
Senator Lindsey Graham among others sounding the alarm ,rushing to TV talk shows to warn that Trump the “showman and provocateur” is not going to win unless he focused on policy issues, say the media reports.
But the precise policy prescriptions have been at a premium in Trump rallies as he continues to denigrate his opponent in crude personal attacks, disparage allies, praise dictators and demonize immigrants, all while painting a dark, dystopian future for America unless Trump is elected.
At Saturday’s (17-8-2024) rally , Harris’ looks and race were again triggered for Trump’s piques as he babbled about a Time magazine cover featuring her, saying they had made her (Harris’) look like Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor by using a sketch instead of a photograph.
Apart from personal barbs, Trump attacks on Harris now includes describing her as a “socialist lunatic” who as a “border czar” is deliberately letting in illegal immigrants to destroy America. Not enough of it “ who the hell is Harris” asked Trump.
The people of America did not like personal denigration of Harris by Trump. The want their presidential candidates’ speeches would be based on the policy issues and not on cheap publicity gimmicks. Personal denigration rival was considered as standard practice even in electioneering.
Trump’s utterances turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Harris. As a result not only in opinion polls the rating of Harris went up and now Harris is ahead of Trump , the flow of funds to the Democratic party’s campaign also continuous well. The democratic party campaign has raised $540 million as on Aug 25. Tis just over a month since President Joe Biden dropped out of the White House race on July 21.
Kama Harris’ US presidential campaign has raised more than half a billion US dollars in just over a month “a record for any campaign in history”. One third of those donations were from first-time contributors, Campaign Chair , Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a memo.
