'Not Scared' Trump Calls For Kamala Harris To Be Disqualified

Bess Levin at Vanity Fair examines Trump's claim that he isn't worried about Kamala Harris:

As The New York Times notes, “The crowds at Ms. Harris’s events, including one in Detroit outside an airplane hangar, were witnessed by thousands of people and news outlets…and the number of attendees claimed by her campaign is in line with what was visible on the ground.”

Beyond the fact that Trump’s claims are simply not true—nothing new there—his posts give off strong vibes of a guy who is figuratively, and perhaps even literally, s--tting his pants over competing with Harris, hence the call for her to be “disqualified.” If he thought he was going to sail to victory, he’d be happy to go up against her, just like he was happy to face Joe Biden.

Even before his ridiculous claims of “A.I.’d” crowds, Trump’s panic over Harris was extremely evident. On Thursday, amidst a fact-free press conference, he insulted the vice president’s intelligence numerous times, falsely claiming she couldn’t pass the bar and calling her “barely competent” and “not as smart” as Biden. Then, on Saturday, the Times reported that since Harris’s move to the top of the ticket, Trump had:

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