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Trump Calls Harris A 'Monster,' Reviving A Pattern Of Attacking Women Of Color

In a telephone interview, Trump referred to Harris as a 'monster,' a term he has previously reserved the term "monster" for terrorists, murders and major natural disasters.

President Trump referred to California Sen. Kamala Harris as "this monster" in an interview on Thursday, a continuation of his pattern of attacking Black women with demeaning insults. The president has previously reserved the term "monster" for terrorists, murders and major natural disasters.

Trump's verbal onslaught came the morning after Harris and Vice President Mike Pence met for the in Salt Lake City, Utah. It drew outsized attention as President Trump continues to recover from COVID-19. In a telephone interview on Thursday morning on the Fox Business Channel, Trump referred to Harris as "this monster that was onstage with Mike Pence, who destroyed her last night,

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