Lara Trump, the former president Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, appeared to be carrying on the family’s longstanding practice of insulting political rivals when she turned to Fox News on Monday to make a colorful attack on Vice President Kamala Harris. She compared Harris to a high-end purse that was actually a “trash bag” made to look into a previous $2,000. Balenciaga creation.
“It’s incredible to see how they try to sell Kamala Harris as an amazing political figure,” Trump quipped, implying that Democrats are attempting to market Harris to the public in much the same way a high-fashion brand might hawk an outlandish product.
The bizarre analogy is just the most recent in a string of insults from Republicans directed at Harris as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president, frequently focusing on her gender and color. She has been written off by some Republican senators as a “DEI hire,” a phrase that has come under fire for having racist overtones.
The ferocity of the assaults has even prompted rebukes from Republican colleagues. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson recently urged his colleagues to focus on policy disagreements rather than focusing on Harris’s gender and ethnicity. In a similar vein, centrist governor of New Hampshire Chris Sununu advised former president Trump and his followers to avoid personal jabs and focus on important campaign topics.
In a candid Sunday interview, Sununu reflected on Trump’s recent behavior, noting, “Hopefully, they can get back on track. I think he was on track for a couple of months there.” He acknowledged the challenge of influencing Trump’s tactics, adding, “Nobody can get Donald Trump to do anything. But hopefully, the numbers, the polls, will get Donald Trump to realize what was working and what didn’t.”
