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Despite all the concerns raised by Democrats about former President Donald Trump’s age, it seems that Vice President Kamala Harris is the one running out of steam with less than a week before Election Day. The Trump War Room social media account shared a video of Harris on an aircraft that appears to be one of the administration’s helicopters, yawning and staring blankly while an aide talks to her as she works on her phone.
Trump’s campaign claimed that Harris is “cracking” after just three months as the Democratic Party’s nominee, a position she was “installed” into, they added. “Kamala is exhausted — cracking under the rigors of a presidential campaign after she was installed as a nominee who didn’t earn a single vote. Yikes!” read the post on X.
Just earlier this week, Harris, 60, criticized Trump, 78, as “exhausted,” telling a crowd in Atlanta that the former president is “more confused, more unstable, and more angry” than he was four years ago, according to The Hill. Former President Barack Obama echoed these sentiments, describing his successor as “older and loonier.” However, despite the criticism, Obama seemed less optimistic about Harris’s chances during a private conversation with President Joe Biden, where the two were observed frowning and engaging in brief exchanges.
Before Biden dropped out, Republicans effectively drove home the message that the sitting president, at 81, was too old for the demands of a national campaign. Following his exit, Democrats felt optimistic that a younger Harris would be able to handle the grueling schedule of a three-month campaign against a former president who had been campaigning since mid-2023. “There’s such a contrast between the youthful energy that she brings to this campaign and the joy that she brings to this campaign compared to him being a miserable old man,” Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist and former senior adviser to Harris, told The Hill.
Now, however, it appears she is slowing down, an opinion shared by X users. “I’m not surprised seeing her like that. Spreading lies and hate all day wears you out,” one wrote. “Poor lady. No one should be burdened with so much garbage,” another wrote in reference to Biden’s claim on Tuesday that Trump’s supporters are “garbage.”
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