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Trump calls Harris a Marxist, a communist, even a fascist. Why his wild punches don't land
In over-the-top attacks, Donald Trump calls Vice President Kamala Harris a communist, sometimes even a fascist. Why his wild swings aren't connecting.
www.latimes.com
WASHINGTON —
Over the six weeks since Kamala Harris succeeded President Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee, Donald Trump has charged relentlessly that she’s a radical whose views are out of step with voters.
“She’s a Marxist. She’s a fascist,” the former president declared last week, weirdly combining labels that normally contradict each other.
Trump claimed, without a shred of evidence, that Vice President Harris, whom he has dubbed “Comrade Kamala,” “wants this country to go communist.”
Trump has openly explained his strategy to reporters: “All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or a socialist.”
But his wild punches aren’t landing.
A barrage of public opinion polls shows that Harris has risen steadily in voters’ eyes and holds a narrow lead in the national popular vote. A Wall Street Journal poll released last week found that the vice president is viewed positively by 49% of voters, a gain of 14% since July.
The same poll found that 59% of voters consider Trump “too extreme” to be president, but only 46% consider Harris too extreme. (That number, 46%, roughly matches already committed Trump voters’ share of the electorate.)
