Kamala Harris has once again skewered Donald Trump(Image: AFP via Getty Images)

Kamala Harris taunts Donald Trump at US election rally as crowd chants 'lock him up'

01 Nov 2024, 04:34 by Bradley Jolly · Irish Mirror

Kamala Harris slammed comments made by Donald Trump as "offensive" in a feisty rant at a rally today.

Speaking in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Democratic presidential candidate said it is clear Trump, 78, doesn't understand women. She blasted her rival in the wake of his address earlier this week, in which he had claimed he will protect women, "whether the women like it or not."

As the US election looms, Harris, 60, called on the US to choose "a new generation of leadership" and suggested Trump was obsessed with revenge. It is believed Trump will restrict access to birth control and make abortion illegal in most US states if he's elected. Harris's comments appear to allude to a 2022 decision by the US Supreme Court which overturned federal abortion rights. Trump appointed three of the justices to the court who formed the conservative majority.

Responding to a chant of "lock him up" from the crowd, Harris said: "I hear you - the courts are going to handle that." She said of her opponent, who spoke at a rally in the same city a few hours earlier: "Listen to what he's saying in his closing argument. It's all about hate and division... He lives crowd sizes. You may have heard i had a rally in Washington DC - I had 100,000."

The media personality, who was president from 2017 to 2021, is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign’s final days. It’s a risky detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates haven’t won in decades.

Donald Trump is pictured at his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin(Image: Getty Images)

Kamala Harris speaks during a previous campaign rally earlier this week(Image: Getty Images)

When Trump appeared at Green Bay, in Wisconsin, the dad of five donned an orange hi-vis vest to deliver an address, which was blasted as "threatening" by some.

He had said: "And my people told me about four weeks ago. I want to protect the people, I want to protect the women of our country, I want to protect the women.” In one of his characteristic rambling skits, he also impersonated a tired staffer begging him not to say the "inappropriate" follow up, in which he vowed to be a "protector" whether women "like it or not".

He continued: "Sir, please don’t say that … We think it’s very inappropriate to say so.” Impersonating himself, he added: “Why? I’m president, I want to protect the women of our country.” Ultimately ignoring the staffer's advice, he forged ahead, concluding: “Well, I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not."

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