Former President reportedly has used a slur often targeted at women to describe Vice President during at least two private conversations. His campaign denies it.
The New York Times cited two people who, on different occasions, heard Trump call Harris a 鈥渂鈥斺��.鈥� The people were granted anonymity to describe private discussions.
In response, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said, 鈥淭hat is not language President Trump has used to describe Kamala and it鈥檚 not how the campaign would characterize her.鈥�
Trump, a Republican, has a history of making derogatory statements about women and his political opponents. He has called Harris, the Democrats' presidential candidate, and other women, including 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, "nasty," and he bragged about grabbing women's genitalia in the infamous 鈥淎ccess Hollywood鈥� tape.
He called Carly Fiorina, one of his rivals for the Republican nomination in 2016, 鈥渉orseface鈥� during a campaign debate. Last month, Trump said falsely that Harris, who is Black and of Asian descent, has about her race.
Trump has said that E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused him of raping her, was a 鈥渘ut job鈥� who invented 鈥渁 fraudulent and false story鈥� to sell a memoir. A New York jury found Trump , but not rape, in a civil case filed by Carroll.
Trump has also directed disparaging comments toward men. He branded former rivals Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida 鈥渓iddle Marco,鈥� Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas 鈥渓yin' Ted鈥� and former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida 鈥渓ow energy Jeb.鈥�
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