Citing report that Trump is 'exhausted,' Harris questions his fitness to serve
Beginning a three-stop swing through Michigan on Friday afternoon, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris jumped on a report that Republican former President Donald Trump was "exhausted," calling into question whether he has the capability to serve again as chief executive.
Noting media reports that Trump, at age 78 the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history, has canceled a string of events and interviews, Harris told an audience in Grand Rapids on Friday, "His own campaign team recently said it is because of exhaustion. Well, if you are exhausted on the campaign trail it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughest job in the world."
On Friday, Politico reported that after weeks of discussions about an interview with the Shade Room, a site that has a largely Black audience, staff for the site began to press the Trump campaign for a firm date and were told by an adviser, according to unnamed sources who Politico said were familiar with the conversations, that Trump was “exhausted and refusing (some) interviews but that could change.”
Trump's national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Politico that any report that the former president was exhausted was "unequivocally false.”
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If anything, the fact that Trump was holding three events in Michigan on Friday, including a rally in downtown Detroit, even as Harris was crisscrossing the state seemed to argue against him being exhausted. As he got off his aircraft at Detroit Metro Airport, he suggested it was Harris who was lacking vigor. "I’ve gone 48 days now without a rest and I’ve got that loser who doesn’t have the energy of a rabbit," he said.
“I’m not even tired. I’m really exhilarated," he said.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Harris in Michigan: If Trump is 'exhausted,' he may be unfit to serve