“He Is in Arizona”: Kamala Harris Campaign Calls Out Trump for Latest Blunder
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The campaign team of 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has pointed out yet another mistake made by her opponent, Donald Trump. During a recent event in Tucson, Arizona, Trump made a slip-up that has drawn widespread attention. Speaking to the crowd, Trump said, “Pennsylvania, remember this when you have to go to vote,” despite the fact that he was in Arizona at the time.
Harris’ campaign headquarters quickly responded on X (formerly Twitter), highlighting the error. “He is in Arizona,” the campaign emphasized in their post, sharing a video of the moment. Bhavik Lathia, Harris’ battleground mobilization director, added his thoughts, saying, “This after his disastrous debate performance is not good for his campaign.”
This incident comes on the heels of growing concerns about Trump’s cognitive health. Last month, several experts suggested that the 78-year-old former president may be experiencing a decline in his mental faculties. According to The Daily Beast, Boston University neurology professor Andrew Budson told Stat that Trump’s wandering speech patterns could be indicative of deterioration in his frontal lobe, the part of the brain most affected by aging.
Clinical psychologist Ben Michaelis also weighed in, saying, “There’s reasonable evidence suggestive of forms of dementia. The reduction in complexity of sentences and vocabulary does lead you to a certain picture of cognitive diminishment.”
Concerns over Trump’s mental state have been circulating for some time. Back in March, Newsweek reported that Dr. Lance Dodes, a retired professor from Harvard Medical School and an expert in psychoanalysis, shared similar concerns. He noted, “Unlike normal aging, which is characterized by forgetting names or words, Trump repeatedly shows something very different: confusion about reality.”
These observations have raised alarms among political experts, who argue that Trump’s mental lapses could affect his ability to lead. Harris’ campaign appears to be capitalizing on these concerns, using the latest Arizona slip-up as further evidence of Trump’s diminishing cognitive capacity, told the publication Stat.
As the campaign season progresses, both candidates will likely face increased scrutiny over their mental and physical fitness for office. However, this recent incident has only fueled the ongoing narrative that Trump’s grasp on reality may be weakening, a narrative that Harris’ team is eager to highlight as Election Day draws near.
