Maggie Haberman points out 'specific' pattern in Trump's attacks on Kamala Harris and other female rivals

WASHINGTON, DC: New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman recently evaluated Donald Trump's approach to campaigning against Kamala Harris.

The vice president emerged as the presumptive Democratic nominee following President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 race. 

Maggie Haberman points out Donald Trump's pattern of employing a particular line of attack against women antagonists 

In a video shared on the NYT website, Maggie Haberman explained that Donald Trump's campaign was "built to take on" 81-year-old Joe Biden, who experienced a disastrous debate performance against the former president last month, as per Mediaite.

While campaigning, Trump, 78, has frequently highlighted Biden's age and depicted him as weakened. 

"They believed Joe Biden would dig in," said Haberman, adding, "And they did not believe the Democrats would coalesce around Kamala Harris quite so fast."

She pointed out how the vice president is emphasizing Trump's status as a convicted felon and contrasting it with her background as a prosecutor.

"Trump is dripping with contempt for Harris," noted the journalist. 

The NYT video featured a segment of Trump speaking at a rally, where he made a declaration, "There’s never been a lunatic like this in the White House."

Haberman subsequently clarified that the GOP nominee is struggling to find the appropriate strategy to target Harris. Her commentary was punctuated with excerpts of Trump's remarks from recent campaigning events. 

"He has described her as 'dumb as a rock.' He’s been trying out different nicknames for her, which is often a sign that he isn’t quite sure how to attack someone," said Haberman.

In a clip, Trump was seen trying out nicknames for Harris. He said, "I call her Laffin’ Kamala. Lyin’ Kamala Harris. L-Y-I-N apostrophe."

To this, Haberman responded, "Trump is pretty harsh about both female and male antagonists, but he does have a specific line of attack that he uses on women. He always describes them as mentally unstable."

"No, she’s crazy. She’s nuts. She’s not as crazy as Nancy Pelosi. Crazy Nancy," asserted Trump in the same clip.

Haberman went on to say, "Or describes them as weak, in the case of Hillary Clinton, saying...." The former president's clip showed him saying, "She doesn’t have the strength and she doesn’t have the stamina to be president. She doesn’t."

The NYT journalist went on to say that Trump's decision to attack Hillary Clinton in 2016 carried less risk because she had been in the public eye for decades.

"She had accumulated baked-in negative reactions with a portion of voters," remarked Haberman, adding, "Despite serving as vice president for four years, Kamala Harris is someone new to a lot of voters. She could increase turnout among Black voters. She could increase the gender gap that Trump is already facing."

She also highlighted how so far Trump has chosen to portray Harris as a radical liberal. Haberman concluded, "That is the message that they want to frame." 

Internet slams Donald Trump as Maggie Haberman points out the line of attack he specifically uses on women antagonists

Soon after Maggie Haberman's analysis of how Donald Trump paints his women antagonists as "mentally unstable" came to light, netizens were quick to bash the Republican nominee. 

One said, "Trump insults are repetitive and moronic," and another added, "Wow- desperate stupid and smelly is no way to go through life genius."

"Grifting and calling people names are Trump’s only two skills. He su-x at everything else," declared a person, while someone else expressed, "Trump's comments about women speak of a man who has been turned down excessively."

"Trump has been a misogynist for 60 years," echoed another person, with one more saying, "Trump just makes a fool of himself when he makes up immature names. Of course, he can't go after her on anything substantive because he has no idea what he's talking about!! Childish taunts is all he has! What an embarrassment Trump is."

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