While attacking Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California on Friday, President Donald Trump seemed hung up on the fact that if she were elected vice president, she would have the potential to become the country’s first woman president.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Florida, Trump insisted that this can’t be allowed to happen, though at first he didn’t say why. But then he moved on to the complaint that Harris is supposedly a socialist — a claim that any actual socialist would tell you is not true. (He also mispronounced her name, for an extra insult.)
“By the way, Kamala will not be your first female president,” he said. “She will not be your first female president. That’s not the way it’s suppose do to be. We’re not going to have a socialist — look, we’re not going be a socialist nation, we’re not going to have a socialist president.”
Then, cracking a smile and stifling a laugh, he added: “Especially a femalesocialist president. We’re not going to have it. We’re not going to put up with it. It’s not going to happen.” Continue reading.