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<p>Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday (August 17) he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some polls showed her edging ahead in the race for the Nov. 5 presidential election.</p><p>Trump, the former president, spoke at a rally in Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania, a state looming large in the campaign. Vice President Harris will conduct a bus tour of western Pennsylvania starting in Pittsburgh on Sunday (August 18), ahead of the kickoff of the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Chicago.</p><p>&quot;I believe she will be easier to beat than him,&quot; said Trump, referring to her as &quot;radical&quot; and a &quot;lunatic.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/8/17/unnerved-and-exposed-trump-struggles-to-regain-campaign-mojo-1257">READ: Unnerved and exposed, Trump struggles to regain campaign mojo</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/8/17/kamala-harris-and-the-month-that-changed-everything-1234">READ: Kamala Harris and the month that changed everything</a></div><p>Trump has sought to portray Harris as far left on a number of policies. At the rally, he highlighted her previous call for a ban on fracking, an industry important to the state. Harris&#x27; campaign has recently indicated she would not support a ban.</p><p>He also continued to attack Harris on personal terms, even as some political analysts say such comments could hurt Trump with moderate voters.</p><p>&quot;Have you heard her laugh? That is the laugh of a crazy person,&quot; Trump said, adding that he was displeased by the illustration of Harris on the cover of the latest issue of Time magazine. &quot;I&#x27;m much better looking than her.&quot;</p><div><em>(Production: Hussein Waaile; Ashraf Fahim)</em></div>

<p>Trump has sought to portray Harris as far left on a number of policies.</p>

Trump has sought to portray Harris as far left on a number of policies.

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Trump says 'socialist lunatic' Harris easier to beat than Biden

Trump says 'socialist lunatic' Harris easier to beat than Biden

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