Fine-Tuning His Attacks on Harris, Trump Tries Using Her Words Against Her

As erstwhile President Donald J. Trump continues to scope for attacks connected his caller opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, that mightiness halt her governmental momentum, helium unveiled a caller maneuver astatine a rally successful Bozeman, Mont., connected Friday night, aiming to usage Ms. Harris’s ain words against her.

Interrupting his emblematic signifier of a digressive and lengthy speech, Mr. Trump played 2 video compilations of past remarks by Ms. Harris that his run hopes volition represent her arsenic overly wide and inept.

The archetypal video drew connected statements that Ms. Harris made during the 2020 statesmanlike campaign, erstwhile she tacked to the near and backed progressive ideas connected transgression justness reform. The 2nd was a montage of interviews and speeches that Mr. Trump’s run utilized to mock her speaking benignant and insult her intelligence.

The videos did small to change the connection that the Trump run has deployed against Ms. Harris for weeks and that Mr. Trump summed up during his code connected Friday.

“America cannot past for 4 much years of this bumbling communist lunatic,” Mr. Trump told thousands gathered successful the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse astatine Montana State University. “We cannot fto her triumph this election.”

Mr. Trump and his allies person repeatedly tried to represent Ms. Harris arsenic much wide than President Biden successful the 3 weeks since helium ended his run and cleared the mode for her to beryllium the Democratic statesmanlike nominee.