In an unprecedented second in fashionable American historical past, the 2024 Republican and Democratic presidential candidates will face off of their first debate after simply seven weeks of campaigning towards one another.
The New York Occasions analyzed what the 2 candidates have stated about one another on social media from July 21, when President Biden dropped out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris turned the frontrunner to exchange him because the Democratic nominee, via Sept. 6. (For essentially the most half, their statements on social media mirror their public feedback at rallies and different occasions.)
Whereas each candidates assault one another, The Occasions discovered that former president Donald Trump targets Ms. Harris rather more steadily, a median of greater than 3 times per day, and his posts (on Reality Social) virtually at all times embody a private smear.
What Harris says about Trump in private phrases
Ms. Harris’s posts about Mr. Trump (on X) have a tendency to not go for the jugular. A handful of occasions, she has drawn consideration to his historical past of authorized bother, saying, for instance, that she is aware of “Donald Trump’s sort” as a result of she “took on predators, fraudsters and cheaters” as a prosecutor.
She has additionally described him within the following methods:
What Trump says about Harris in private phrases
Against this, Mr. Trump’s assaults on Ms. Harris resemble the name-calling insults of a sexist schoolyard bully. He steadily drops private slights into political assaults, however he has additionally attacked Ms. Harris quite a few occasions in private phrases with out making any explicit reference to her insurance policies or political file. A few of these posts have touched as an alternative on her racial id or included generic insults referencing her authenticity or functionality.
Right here is how he has described her:
‘HORRIBLE INCOMPETENT BORDER CZAR’
July 22
‘“Dumb as a Rock” Kamala Harris’
July 22
‘completely failed and insignificant Vice President’
July 22
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 23
‘Lyin’ Kamala’
July 23
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 23
‘most unpopular Vice President in historical past’
July 23
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 23
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 24
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 24
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 24
‘LYIN’ KAMALA HARRIS’
July 24
‘GREAT EMBARRASSMENT TO AMERICA’
July 25
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 25
‘RADICAL LEFT MARXIST, AND WORSE!’
July 25
‘Lyin’ Kamala Harris’
July 28
‘ORIGINAL Marxist District Legal professional’
July 29
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 29
‘CRAZY KAMALA HARRIS’
July 29
‘Loopy Kamala’
July 30
‘CRAZY KAMALA HARRIS’
July 30
‘CRAZY KAMALA HARRIS’
July 30
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 30
‘WORST Vice President in American historical past’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 31
‘Wack Job’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
July 31
‘Loopy Kamala’
July 31
‘Stone chilly phony’
Aug. 2
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
Aug. 2
‘Loopy Kamala’
Aug. 2
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
Aug. 2
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
Aug. 3
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
Aug. 3
‘LOW I.Q. INDIVIDUAL’
Aug. 3
‘can’t put two sentences collectively’
Aug. 3
‘Low IQ’
Aug. 3
‘Worst Vice President in Historical past’
Aug. 3
‘doesn’t have the psychological capability to do a REAL Debate’
Aug. 3
‘actually DUMB’
Aug. 3
‘extraordinarily Low IQ’
Aug. 3
‘unable to place two sentences collectively’
Aug. 3
‘unable to talk correctly with out a Teleprompter’
Aug. 3
‘Loopy Kamala’
Aug. 3
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
Aug. 3
‘Loopy Kamala’
Aug. 4
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
Aug. 4
‘incompetent Vice President’
Aug. 4
‘Loopy Kamala’
Aug. 5
‘Radical Left Lunatic’
Aug. 5
‘VERY STUPID’
Aug. 5
‘INCOMPETENT’
Aug. 6
‘Kamabla is the WORST V.P.’
Aug. 6
‘Loopy Kamabla is, certainly, CRAZY’
Aug. 7
‘Loopy Kamabla’
Aug. 7
‘CRAZY KAMABLA HARRIS’
Aug. 7
‘Loopy Kamabla’
Aug. 7
‘Loopy Kamabla’
Aug. 7
‘Loopy Kamabla’
Aug. 8
‘Incompetent’
Aug. 8
‘WORST BORDER CZAR IN HISTORY’
Aug. 8
‘WORSE than Biden’
Aug. 8
‘Loopy Kamala Harris’
Aug. 10
‘low-IQ’
Aug. 10
‘grossly incompetent’
Aug. 10
‘Weak’
Aug. 10
‘Failed’
Aug. 10
‘DOESN’T HAVE A CLUE’
Aug. 10
‘has no concepts’
Aug. 10
‘has no creativeness’
Aug. 10
‘Comrade Harris’
Aug. 11
‘FAKE’
Aug. 12
‘fraud’
Aug. 18
‘Comrade Kamala’
Aug. 18
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 18
‘Communist’
Aug. 18
‘LIAR’
Aug. 18
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 18
‘Crooked Radical Left Politician’
Aug. 18
‘STONE COLD LOSER’
Aug. 19
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 19
‘Radical Left Marxist’
Aug. 19
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 19
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 21
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 21
‘Worst Vice President within the Historical past of the US’
Aug. 21
‘Comrade Kamala’
Aug. 21
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 21
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 22
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 22
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 22
‘Radical Left Marxist’
Aug. 22
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 22
‘Worst Vice President (and Border “Czar”) within the Historical past of the US’
Aug. 22
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 22
‘COMRADE KAMALA’
Aug. 22
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 22
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 22
‘Comrade Harris’
Aug. 24
‘Worst Vice President’
Aug. 24
‘Weakest Presidential Candidate’
Aug. 25
‘Comrade Kamala’
Aug. 25
‘Radical Left Marxist’
Aug. 25
‘Marxist Candidate’
Aug. 26
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 26
‘Radical Left, No Fracking Marxist’
Aug. 26
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 27
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 27
‘Comrade Kamala’
Aug. 27
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 27
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 27
‘Comrade Kamala’
Aug. 28
‘Comrade Kamala’
Aug. 28
‘Comrade Kamala’
Aug. 28
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 28
‘FAKE’
Aug. 28
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 29
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 29
‘completely inept’
Aug. 29
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 29
‘completely inept’
Aug. 29
‘COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS’
Aug. 29
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 30
‘Comrade Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 30
‘fraud’
Aug. 30
‘Election WEAPONIZING MARXIST’
Aug. 30
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 30
‘COMRADE KAMALA’
Aug. 31
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Aug. 31
‘lies about every thing’
Sept. 1
‘Light-weight V.P. Kamala Harris’
Sept. 1
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 1
‘weak’
Sept. 1
‘ineffective’
Sept. 1
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 2
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 3
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 3
‘Comrade Kamala’
Sept. 3
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 4
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 4
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 4
‘Communist’
Sept. 4
‘COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS’
Sept. 4
‘Loopy Kamala’
Sept. 4
‘Comrade Harris’
Sept. 5
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 5
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 5
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Sept. 5
‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
Mr. Trump informed rallygoers in North Carolina final month that he’d had bother developing with a “title” for Ms. Harris, however that he was deciding on “comrade.”
“I believe that’s essentially the most correct title,” he stated.
What the candidates say about one another on the problems
Whereas each candidates additionally criticize one another on coverage issues, Mr. Trump practically at all times sprinkles in a private jab (or two or three) about Ms. Harris.
Mr. Trump’s posts about Ms. Harris steadily embody spelling errors, falsehoods and his distinctive type of grammar and capitalization. He spent a couple of days in August steadily calling Ms. Harris “Kamabla,” although he has since deserted that moniker. Ms. Harris’s posts are extra typical of a conventional politician.
The border is an particularly contentious situation.
In making immigration a central theme of his marketing campaign, Mr. Trump repeatedly and falsely calls Ms. Harris the Biden administration’s “border czar.” Ms. Harris notes that Mr. Trump pressured Republicans to oppose a bipartisan immigration deal.
Trump · July 22
Lyin’ Kamala Harris, the Biden appointed “Border Czar” who by no means visited the Border, and whose incompetence gave us the WORST and MOST DANGEROUS Border anyplace within the World, has completely horrible pole numbers towards a nice and sensible younger man named DONALD J. TRUMP!
Harris · Aug. 10
Donald Trump tanked the hardest bipartisan border safety invoice in a long time as a result of he thought it will assist him win an election.
Each accuse one another of being extremists.
Ms. Harris ties Mr. Trump to Mission 2025, a set of conservative coverage proposals that Mr. Trump has not too long ago tried to distance himself from. Mr. Trump (falsely) claims Ms. Harris is a “communist” who will “destroy America.”
Trump · July 25
We’re not prepared for a Marxist President, and Lyin’ Kamala Harris is a RADICAL LEFT MARXIST, AND WORSE!
Harris · Aug. 28
Mission 2025 is the blueprint for Trump to make himself essentially the most highly effective president ever. We will’t let him win.
Ms. Harris assaults Mr. Trump over abortion rights.
The vp usually reminds voters that Mr. Trump appointed the Supreme Court docket justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Mr. Trump not often mentions reproductive rights.
Harris · Aug. 30
Donald Trump made his place clear when he hand-picked three Supreme Court docket justices to overturn Roe—which has decimated reproductive freedom and jeopardized IVF entry for American girls. I’ve by no means wavered on this, so imagine me once I say: I’ll at all times shield reproductive freedom.
Their barbs on the economic system are extra classically partisan.
Ms. Harris accuses Mr. Trump of solely caring about rich Individuals. The previous president blames Ms. Harris for inflation.
Trump · Aug. 5
After all there’s a huge market downturn. Kamala is even worse than Crooked Joe. Markets will NEVER settle for the Radical Left Lunatic that DESTROYED San Francisco and California, as an entire. Subsequent transfer, THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024! You may’t play video games with MARKETS. KAMALA CRASH!!!
Harris · Aug. 17
Donald Trump fights for billionaires and huge firms. I’ll battle to present a reimbursement to working and middle-class Individuals.
