Donald Trump appeared to confuse Vice President Kamala Harris and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley during a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday night.
At his first rally since President Joe Biden endorsed Harris for the candidacy, Trump attempted to give his “radical” new opponent his full attention—but he couldn’t seem to muster the specifics necessary to actually attack her policies.
At one point, he appeared to mix her up with another Indian female politician.
“And you know, they’re talking about, he was talking about, she was talking about re—lifting the retirement age,” Trump said. Only, that policy is not part of Harris’s platform. It was a part of Haley’s, though.
Trump: They’re talking about, he was talking about, she was talking about re— lifting the retirement age pic.twitter.com/mbaFepUhEs
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 24, 2024
The former president worked his way through a few other strange moments on stage Wednesday. At one point, he appeared to forget the word “abortion,” and pivoted to audience participation.
“She’s also a total radical on a word called im-bo—you know this right? A word called what? Abortion,” Trump said.
Trump completely glitches out while trying to say the word ‘abortion’: “She’s also a total radical on a word called im-bor uh. Do you know this right?” pic.twitter.com/yJhampSHSJ
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 24, 2024
And of course, the bit that needs no introduction: Trump once again gave a shout-out to his favorite serial killer, while claiming immigrants had entered the country from “prisons, jails, and insane asylums.”
“You know they go crazy when I say ‘the late great Hannibal Lecter.’ They say, ‘Why would he mention Hannibal Lecter, he must be cognitively in trouble,’” Trump said. “No. These are real stories. Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lamb.”
Trump: The late great Hannibal Lecter. They say why would he mention Hannibal Lecter, he must be cognitively in trouble. No. These are real stories. Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the lamb pic.twitter.com/XsIl4Ryxr1
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 24, 2024
