Presidential politics has a long history of age-related dynamics – and now, the VP Harris campaign is turning the tables by using tactics once employed by former President Trump against President Biden to challenge Trump’s age.
But in a statement to Fox News Digital, the Trump campaign dismissed the strategy and defended the former president, saying, “it’s not about age, it’s about competence.”
“And Kamala Harris has proven to be just as incompetent and ineffective as Joe Biden,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump campaign press secretary said. “Kamala hides from the press and hasn’t sat down for an interview in more than 30 days because her advisers know she’s incapable of defending her failed record. On the other hand, President Trump takes tough questions from hostile media almost every day and continues a relentless schedule, despite endless legal witch-hunts and even an assassination attempt on his life.”
“Reagan comes up with his great line about not exploiting for political purposes the youth and inexperience of his opponent, and that kind of diffused the issue,” Troy said. “Mondale said he knew at that moment that he lost the election.”
Fox News Digital did not hear back from the Harris campaign by publication deadline.
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