On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris made the suggestion that former President Donald Trump is attempting to reenter the White House without providing the public with the information they need to make an educated decision on his health and policy goals.
At a boisterous event in North Carolina, a state known for its political prowess, Harris claimed that Trump isn’t being “transparent with voters.” She brought up his rejection of her offer to debate again and his choice to back out of an interview with CBS News’s “60 Minutes” during the program’s customary presidential election special. She also questioned why Trump hasn’t released an extensive health report to the public.
Harris declared, “He is not willing to meet for another debate.” And here’s the problem—this is the stuff that raises questions. It begs the question, why would his staff wish for him to disappear? It begs the question: Are they worried that the public will realize he is too frail and unstable to govern America? Is it the current situation?
Reminding viewers that Trump is the oldest presidential contender in American history at 78 years old and that Harris and Trump are a generation apart in age may be Harris’s special aim in bringing up Trump’s medical background.
On Saturday, Harris made public an overview of her medical background. Her physician in the White House stated that she is a “healthy 59-year-old female with a medical history notable for urticaria, or hives, and seasonal allergies.”
In August, Trump declared to CBS News that he would make his medical records public. He responded, “Oh sure, I would do that very gladly, oh sure.”
In a news release sent on Saturday, the Trump campaign published a three-paragraph statement from Trump’s personal physician dated November, which said that the president was in “excellent” general health, with his physical examination results falling within a “normal range” and his cognitive tests coming in at “exceptional.”
Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, released a statement saying, “He has maintained an extremely busy and active campaign schedule unlike any other in political history, whereas Kamala Harris has been unable to keep up with the demands of campaigning and reveals on a daily basis she is wholly unqualified to be President of the United States.”
Two letters from Ronny Jackson, the former Trump White House physician who is currently a Republican House member from Texas, were also released as part of the release. Jackson had provided updates on Trump’s health following his gunshot wound from the July assassination attempt.
At the event, Harris stated, “Check this out.” “He won’t give up his medical records. I completed it. In the contemporary age, every other presidential contender has done it.
In North Carolina, which hasn’t supported a Democratic presidential candidate since Barack Obama in 2008, Harris is fiercely vying for votes. Jimmy Carter won the state in a 1976 general election, making Obama the most recent Democratic presidential contender to do so.
According to polls, North Carolina is close to being decided, and Democrats are trying to flip the state in order to make it more difficult for Trump to receive the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the president.
Democratic campaign aides approached Harris fans as they waited in line to enter the arena on Sunday, holding clipboards and asking them to work phone banks and knock on doors on her behalf.
“It’s all over if we win in North Carolina. Attendee Chris Schulte, chairman of the Onslow County party, declared that there was no way for Trump to succeed.
under her 25-minute speech, Harris returned to well-worn themes, promising to protect constitutional rights that she claimed are under danger if Trump is re-elected in November and to enshrine abortion rights into law.
The audience started chanting “Lock him up!” as she threatened to “weaponize” the Justice Department “against his political enemies.”
With a gesture toward the assembly, Harris dissuaded the chant that Trump fans have long employed to disparage his political opponents.
“Stay put,” Harris advised. “Leave that to the courts. Let’s tackle November, too.
Hours before Harris’s scheduled visit at the East Carolina University basketball stadium, fans formed a queue. Before she arrived, they had packed the 8,000-seat venue and danced on the gym floor to the Commodores’ “Brick House” and other hits that were blaring from overhead speakers.
A disc jockey, somewhat of a campaign oddity intended to keep the crowd excited throughout, entertained Harris’s supporters while they waited for her to hit the stage. It was successful.
Harris was met with a raucous greeting that at times made it difficult for her to be heard above the roar of cries and cheers.
Harris’s supporters stated that the fact that people were ready to turn out on a Sunday, in the heart of football season, showed that she had a legitimate chance of winning the state.
Tanyetta Hill, 40, the second vice chairman of the Onslow County Democratic Party, attended the event and stated, “In the South, it’s God, family, and football.” “On a Sunday, folks aren’t watching football or going to church because they’ve been waiting in line for the demonstration. Thus, the level of participation is astounding.
