Donald Calls Harris a B* She Turns It Back on Him

Former President Trump speaks at a rally on Aug. 9, 2024, at Montana State University in Bozeman. Photo: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

Former President Trump has been in a foul mood the past few weeks and has repeatedly called Vice President Harris a "bitch" in private, the N.Y. Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan report.

Why it matters: Axios has written extensively about this as the girls vs. boys election, with Democrats crushing the women's vote. Trump advisers privately concede his misogynistic language is deeply problematic, and something they worry he will unload in a public debate to his detriment.

Steven Cheung, Trump's campaign communications director, told The Times: "That is not language President Trump has used to describe Kamala, and it's not how the campaign would characterize her."

Catch up quick: Trump said about Harris on Wednesday in a phone interview with "Fox & Friends": "I heard she's sort of a nasty person."

• At his Mar-a-Lago news conference on Thursday, he asserted Harris is "not smart enough to do a news conference."

Harris hits Trump for showing NABJ "disrespect"

Vice President Kamala Harris in Houston, Texas, last week. Photo: Montinique Monroe/Getty Images

Vice President Kamala Harris responded to former President Trump's interview comments at Wednesday's NABJ convention during which he falsely accused her of misleading voters about her racial identity.

What she's saying: "Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists. And it was the same old show," Harris said during an address to Sigma Gamma Rho, a historically Black sorority, in Houston, Texas.Share on facebook (opens in new window)