{"id":2339450,"date":"2024-09-10T22:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T02:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-taunts-trump-with-comments-on-rally-crowd-sizes-in-first-debate-showdown-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T22:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T02:39:28","slug":"harris-taunts-trump-with-comments-on-rally-crowd-sizes-in-first-debate-showdown-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-taunts-trump-with-comments-on-rally-crowd-sizes-in-first-debate-showdown-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris taunts Trump with comments on rally crowd sizes in first debate showdown &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-taunts-trump-with-comments-on-rally-crowd-sizes-in-first-debate-showdown-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2339450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent debate, \u200cVice President Kamala Harris confronted former\u2064 President\u2064 Donald Trump by mocking the crowd sizes at his rallies. She encouraged him \u200dto attend\u200c one of\u2062 his own events,\u2064 illustrating her point about the\u2064 peculiar nature of his speeches, which often include references to fictional characters and bizarre claims. Harris suggested that attendees at Trump&#8217;s rallies often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-cleanup-begins-as-burning-man-party-is-over\/\" title=\"Cleanup underway after Burning Man party ends.\">leave early due<\/a> to boredom, prompting a defensive response from Trump, who countered that few attend\u2064 Harris&#8217;s rallies and\u200c accused her of paying people to join. This exchange marked a significant moment in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haley-seeks-to-neutralize-desantis-home-field-advantage-at-third-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Haley aims to level the playing field against DeSantis in third GOP debate.\">debate showdown<\/a>, \u200cshowcasing Harris&#8217;s strategy to unsettle Trump by highlighting\u200b his vulnerabilities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris taunts Trump with comments on rally crowd sizes in first debate showdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1748571\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris sought to get under former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s skin while facing off against him on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-presidential-debate-live-updates-trump-harris-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate stage Tuesday night,<\/a> needling him on several issues in an attempt to veer the former president off topic. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> was eventually successful when she brought up one of Trump&rsquo;s most sensitive topics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-presidential-debate-live-updates-trump-harris-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the crowd sizes at his rallies<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to actually do something really unusual,&rdquo; Harris said, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m going to invite you to attend one of Donald Trump&rsquo;s rallies. Because it&rsquo;s a really interesting thing to watch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris criticized Trump&rsquo;s behavior on the rally stage, which routinely features the former president referring to fictional characters such as Hannibal Lecter or odd claims that &ldquo;windmills cause cancer.&rdquo; The vice president then went further, claiming attendees &ldquo;start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom&rdquo; &mdash; a claim that Trump couldn&rsquo;t let pass by. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me respond to the rallies. She said people started leaving. People don&rsquo;t go to her rallies. There&rsquo;s no reason to go,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And the people that do go, she&rsquo;s busing them in and paying them to be there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People don&rsquo;t leave my rallies,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics. That&rsquo;s because people want to take their country back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The jab from Harris comes after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s campaign released an ad ahead of the debate hitting Trump on his obsession with his rally sizes, featuring a video from former President Barack <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/shorts\/TrV48mN2oOA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Obama&rsquo;s speech at the Democratic National Convention<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>During that speech, Obama made a gesture while joking about crowd sizes before glancing down at his hands in a suggestive manner. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ad then compiles footage of smaller crowds at Trump rallies before showing large and enthusiastic crowds supporting Harris. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tonight&rsquo;s debate will present the stark choice Americans will face at the ballot box: between Vice President Harris who is fighting for the people to make our lives better, and the guy who can&rsquo;t seem to stop obsessing about himself and the size of his crowds,&rdquo; Harris campaign Communications Director Michael Tyler said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1748571\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1748571\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In their first debate, Vice President Kamala Harris aimed to provoke former President Donald Trump by addressing various issues, ultimately focusing on a particularly sensitive subject for him: the size of his rally crowds. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to do something quite unusual,&#8221; Harris remarked, inviting Trump to attend one of his rallies because they are &#8220;really interesting&#8221; to observe. She criticized Trump&#8217;s behavior during these events, where he often makes bizarre references and claims, such as suggesting that &#8220;windmills cause cancer.&#8221; Furthermore, she asserted that attendees frequently leave his rallies early due to boredom and fatigue\u2014a statement that Trump quickly countered. He claimed that people don&#8217;t attend her rallies and accused her of busing in supporters and paying them to show up. &#8220;People don\u2019t leave my rallies,&#8221; he insisted, boasting about having the largest and most impressive gatherings in political history because people want to reclaim their country.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s comments followed the release of a campaign ad highlighting Trump&#8217;s fixation on crowd sizes. The ad featured footage from former President Barack Obama&#8217;s speech at the Democratic National Convention where he humorously gestured about crowd sizes before looking down at his hands suggestively. It contrasted smaller crowds at Trump\u2019s events with large enthusiastic audiences supporting Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Tyler, Communications Director for Harris&#8217;s campaign, stated that the debate showcased a clear choice for Americans: between Vice President Harris who is dedicated to improving lives and Trump who seems preoccupied with himself and his rally attendance figures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2339451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Donald_Trump_Debate_bb34.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,4021,37888,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2339450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-harris","tag-rally-crowd-sizes","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Donald_Trump_Debate_bb34.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}