{"id":116475,"date":"2024-10-20T22:39:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116475"},"modified":"2024-10-20T22:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:39:45","slug":"as-harris-turns-60-democrats-cast-trump-as-old-and-unhinged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116475","title":{"rendered":"As Harris turns 60, Democrats cast Trump as old and \u2018unhinged\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq05cs004e2cp54vgz815s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/17\/politics\/blue-wall-kamala-harris-election\/index.html\">Kamala Harris<\/a> turns 60 on Sunday \u2013 and, her campaign wants voters to know, that makes her 18 years younger than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-45\">Donald Trump<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb00093b6mqg08l167@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris\u2019 campaign is increasingly questioning the former president\u2019s mental and physical fitness in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential race.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000a3b6m816be8fp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe\u2019s becoming increasingly unstable and unhinged, and it requires that response,\u201d Harris told reporters Saturday in Detroit. \u201cI think the American people deserve better than someone who actually seems to be unstable.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000b3b6mntog37ew@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/08\/politics\/biden-age-concerns-analysis\/index.html\">reversal of the strategy<\/a> Republicans, led by Trump, used to attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/joe-biden\">President Joe Biden<\/a> for years \u2013 and a remarkable turnaround for Democrats after the 81-year-old incumbent dropped out of the race in July.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000c3b6mh08xhcmt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris herself has pointed to age repeatedly in recent days to differentiate herself from Biden \u2013 and, implicitly, the 78-year-old Trump, too.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000d3b6mros5u0ap@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI represent a new generation of leadership,\u201d Harris said in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000e3b6mt0h2htaa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s a new generation of thinking, as much as anything else,\u201d she told NBC News two days later.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000f3b6mve1d0ow6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris\u2019 campaign on Friday seized on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/10\/18\/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis\/trump-skips-another-interview-00184327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico report<\/a> that a Trump adviser had told \u201cThe Shade Room,\u201d a podcast the former president was considering going on for an interview, that he would not do so because he was \u201cexhausted\u201d and declining interviews. Trump\u2019s campaign denied he was exhausted, without addressing the back-and-forth with the podcast.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000g3b6mghlzxm2x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris senior adviser David Plouffe told CNN\u2019s Dana Bash on Friday that the Politico report \u201craises real questions if somebody can\u2019t handle the campaign trail because they\u2019re so exhausted, whether they\u2019re fit to be president.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000h3b6mz5eykrt0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris\u2019 campaign also launched a new television advertisement Thursday describing the prospect of a second Trump term in the Oval Office as \u201cmore unhinged, unstable and unchecked.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000i3b6mi9ey2x25@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris told reporters ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/19\/politics\/president-election-michigan-harris-trump\/index.html\">campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan<\/a>, on Friday that she thinks it\u2019s a \u201clegitimate question\u201d whether Trump is \u201cfit to do the job\u201d of president, pointing to him turning down multiple high-profile media appearances.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000j3b6mmcfgiw4v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI\u2019ve been hearing reports that his team, at least, is saying he\u2019s suffering from exhaustion, and that\u2019s apparently the excuse for why he\u2019s not doing interviews. And, of course, he\u2019s not doing the CNN town hall. He refuses to do another debate,\u201d Harris said. \u201cAnd, you know, look, being president of the United States is probably one of the hardest jobs in the world, and so we really do need to ask: If he\u2019s exhausted being on the campaign trail, is he fit to do the job?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000k3b6m222n1kej@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She also cited former Trump administration officials who have opposed the former president\u2019s bid for another term.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000l3b6mzitu1uea@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Democratic emphasis on a report about Trump being exhausted comes a week after Harris\u2019 campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/12\/politics\/kamala-harris-health-records\/index.html\">released a letter from her doctor<\/a> detailing her medical history. Harris then immediately blasted Trump for not disclosing as much detail about his own health.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq082j00003b6mgd07idyt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to Trump\u2019s campaign for comment about Harris\u2019 questioning of his fitness for office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000m3b6mcrbs54uw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Top Harris allies have also leaned into the strategy of casting Trump as old and mentally unfit in recent days.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000n3b6m9aqjw9o3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris\u2019 running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, while campaigning last week in Pittsburgh, pointed to a recent episode in which the former president abruptly cut off a planned town hall and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/15\/politics\/video\/trump-dancing-pennsylvania-ldn-digvid\">played music for his supporters<\/a>, again suggesting Trump is mentally unfit to serve.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000o3b6m3bsa10hn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was strange, but if this was your grandfather, you would take the keys from him,\u201d Walz said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000p3b6mc9b6pgc2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Former President Barack Obama, as he campaigned for Harris in Arizona on Friday, told a Tucson crowd that America doesn\u2019t need to see what an \u201colder, loonier Donald Trump looks like, with no guardrails.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000q3b6m88bqecsk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Obama mocked Trump\u2019s speeches, including his repeated references to the \u201clate, great Hannibal Lecter,\u201d the cannibal villain from the movie \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000r3b6mzei28is7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHave you seen him lately? I mean, he is out there, he\u2019s giving two-, two-and-a-half-hour speeches, just word salads. You have no idea what he\u2019s talking about,\u201d Obama said. \u201cHe\u2019s talking about Hannibal Lecter, he\u2019s talking about this, he\u2019s talking about that.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000s3b6m0tol1d25@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump, at times, seems to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/18\/politics\/fact-check-trump-october-immigration\/index.html\">tie migrants who seek asylum<\/a> in the United States to the character of Lecter being detained at an insane asylum. He hasn\u2019t explained why he draws such a connection. However, he has also repeatedly and without evidence claimed that foreign governments are \u201cemptying out insane asylums\u201d to send migrants to the US-Mexico border. It\u2019s not clear whether Trump is conflating insane asylums and the legal process of seeking asylum \u2013 two things that are entirely unrelated.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000u3b6mszswa12u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Obama also criticized Trump for referring to the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol as \u201ca day of love,\u201d and for declaring himself the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/16\/politics\/ivf-donald-trump-abortion\/index.html\">father of IVF<\/a>,\u201d referring to in vitro fertilization. \u201cI do not know what that means. You do not either,\u201d Obama said of his successor.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gq3lmb000v3b6mfrvtaerr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cYou would be worried if your grandpa was acting like this,\u201d Obama said. \u201cSo, imagine it coming from a guy who wants to be given unchecked power.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2gqdlh7000z3b6mts3lspvr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Veronica Stracqualursi, Aaron Pellish, Ebony Davis, Andrew Millman and Betsy Klein contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/20\/politics\/kamala-harris-birthday-trump-fitness-president\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Vice President Kamala Harris turns 60 on Sunday \u2013 and, her campaign wants voters to know, that makes her 18 years younger than Donald Trump. 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