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By Flynn Nicholls
US News Reporter
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has two new nicknames for Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
In a string of Monday evening posts on Truth Social, Trump intentionally misspelled the vice president's first name as "Kamabla" after a series of posts earlier in the day calling her "Kamala Crash" and accusing her of bringing about the "Great Depression of 2024."
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Trump used the "Kamabla" nickname in a variety of contexts across four posts on Monday, first in relation to food prices, writing: "food is now at an all time high because of Kamabla/Biden INCOMPETENCE."
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He then used it in the context of debate scheduling "Kamabla Harris is afraid to Debate me on FoxNews," before using it too attack her record: "Kamabla is the WORST V.P."
He also used it in a description of what he said were Harris' views on policing and fracking: "Kamabla has stated, over and over again, that she wants to DEFUND THE POLICE AND, WITHOUT QUESTION, BAN FRACKING. "NO MORE FOSSIL FUEL."
Harris has said she wants to redirect some money from police departments to other areas but said the government was "not going to get rid of the police."
Harris did support a national fracking ban but later walked back that position under Joe Biden's administration. In a statement, Harris' team called Trump's allegation an "attempt to distract from his own plans to enrich oil and gas executives at the expense of the middle class."
Trump also called Harris "Kamala Crash" yesterday, after a dismal U.S. jobs report released on Friday was followed by a 13-point plunge in Japan's stock market and the U.S. markets following suit. He blamed her for the economic downturn.
"Of course there is a massive market downturn. Kamala is even worse than Crooked Joe. Markets will NEVER accept the Radical Left Lunatic that DESTROYED San Francisco and California, as a whole. Next move, THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024! You can't play games with MARKETS. KAMALA CRASH!" he wrote on Truth Social Monday.
Conversely, in January, when the stock market set record highs, he wrote "THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET BECAUSE MY POLLS AGAINST BIDEN ARE SO GOOD THAT INVESTORS ARE PROJECTING THAT I WILL WIN, AND THAT WILL DRIVE THE MARKET UP."
Trump has tried several different nicknames for Harris in the weeks since Joe Biden stepped aside and endorsed her, including "Laffin Kamala" and "Lyin' Kamala"
Shortly after Biden dropped out of the race, Trump's former communications director turned fierce critic Anthony Scaramucci, told CNN that Trump was still trying to come up with a nickname that will stick.
"He's flailing right now, he hasn't really figured out what punches are going to work," Scaramucci said.
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