Trump mocks ‘Laughing Kamala’ Harris amid rumors she’ll replace Biden atop ticket

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump poked fun at Vice President Kamala Harris during a rally Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his first since he was nearly assassinated last week.

As Trump began to talk about taking back the White House in November, he went on a tangent about Harris and the way she laughs.

“I call her Laughing Kamala,” Trump said. “You ever watch her laugh? She’s crazy. You know, you can tell a lot by a laugh. No, she’s crazy. She’s nuts.”

Trump contended that Harris is “not as crazy as” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) before telling his audience that the former speaker of the House “turned on [Joe Biden] like a dog,” a reference to her changing stance on whether the president, 81, should remain in the race.

Last week, Pelosi encouraged Biden “to do whatever he decides to do” — a comment she made after the president declared he would stay in the race. This week, she told him that polling shows he cannot defeat Trump.

Biden has become more receptive to the idea of withdrawing from the race, fueling speculation about who could replace him. Given her status as vice president, Harris may be the leading candidate.

The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Trump up nearly 2 percentage points on Harris, a better sign for Democrats than his 3-point advantage over the incumbent.

After Trump picked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate, Harris released a video in which she called her opponent a “rubber stamp for [Trump’s] extreme agenda.”

“Make no mistake,” Harris said. “J.D. Vance will be loyal only to Trump, not to our country. And unlike Mike Pence, Vance said he would have carried out Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election.”

Before Trump took the stage Saturday, Vance hit back at Harris.

“Kamala Harris said something to the effect that I have no loyalty to this country,” Vance said. “Well, I don’t know, Kamala. I did serve in the United States Marine Corps and built a business. What the hell have you done other than collect a check?”

When the Trump and Biden campaigns agreed in May to two presidential debates, they also agreed to one vice presidential debate, either July 27, Aug. 13, or Aug. 14. However, amid the uncertainty within the Democratic Party, Trump campaign senior adviser Brian Hughes said in a statement that “we can’t lock in a date before their convention,” which is scheduled for Aug. 19-22.

“To do so would be unfair to … whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate,” Hughes said.