Trump unleashes a torrent of personal attacks on Harris, calling her 'the worst' and 'lazy as hell'

Former President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of personal attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, saying at a Latino outreach campaign event in Miami that she is "the worst" and "slow," with a "low IQ."

“This woman is the worst. I mean, it’s just unbelievable," Trump said at the roundtable event with Latino leaders.

He first attacked Harris for choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. "I think she made a horrible mistake. We’ll see what happens. On Nov. 5, you know, let’s see what happens. But there’s something wrong with him. Honestly, there’s something wrong, and there's something wrong with her, too. She’s slow, low IQ, something, I don’t know what the hell it is, but they lied.”

"We don't need another low-IQ person," he continued. "We had one for four years. We don't need another."

During the event, during which participants of the roundtable repeatedly praised Trump, the former president also attacked Harris for not appearing on the campaign trail Tuesday.

While Harris is not appearing at campaign events, she is sitting down for interviews with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson and Telemundo’s Julio Vaqueiro. Though she had been criticized by Trump and his allies for a lack of news interviews, she has done a flurry of media appearances in recent weeks, including an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" that Trump himself skipped.

"They lie about everything. And I was going to hit her really hard on the trail today, but now I don't have to, because she's off. She's off. No, I can't get over it. Who the hell takes off?" Trump said Tuesday. "You have 14 days left, and she'll take a couple of more days off, too. You know why? She's lazy as hell, and she's got that reputation, and she's a radical left lunatic, she's further left than Bernie Sanders or Pocahontas," he said, using the derogatory nickname he's given to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCentrist think tank warns 2028 Democrats against swinging too far left on immigration

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRussia’s secrecy after a mysterious plague lab death raises global alarm

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAfter surviving a botched lethal injection, Christa Pike faces unprecedented legal battle

FOR SUBSCRIBERSHunger in a land of plenty: Major food banks face ‘heartbreaking’ need, NBC News survey finds

FOR SUBSCRIBERSInflation and tariffs push U.S. holiday spending projections to a record $1.7 trillion

FOR SUBSCRIBERSWhat happened inside the room where officials tried to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection

FOR SUBSCRIBERSHow we reported the saga of the CIA officer and his gold-bar stash

FOR SUBSCRIBERSBrad Raffensperger gears up to oversee his final election in Georgia

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDiddy is punished following NBC News report on his VIP life in prison and contraband cellphone use

FOR SUBSCRIBERS‘Too young to vote, old enough to be tear gassed’: French protesters’ anger swells

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDOJ gets aggressive in suing states that challenge Trump’s immigration policies

FOR SUBSCRIBERSJustice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson

FOR SUBSCRIBERS‘I just want to hold him’: USS Lincoln sailor to meet his 10-month-old son as ship docks

FOR SUBSCRIBERSSenate candidates run on raising Social Security taxes for higher incomes to prevent benefit cuts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRussian operation that used ChatGPT tricked schools, a politician and media, OpenAI says

Slide 1 of 1

NBC News reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCentrist think tank warns 2028 Democrats against swinging too far left on immigration

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRussia’s secrecy after a mysterious plague lab death raises global alarm

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAfter surviving a botched lethal injection, Christa Pike faces unprecedented legal battle

FOR SUBSCRIBERSHunger in a land of plenty: Major food banks face ‘heartbreaking’ need, NBC News survey finds

FOR SUBSCRIBERSInflation and tariffs push U.S. holiday spending projections to a record $1.7 trillion

FOR SUBSCRIBERSWhat happened inside the room where officials tried to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection

FOR SUBSCRIBERSHow we reported the saga of the CIA officer and his gold-bar stash

FOR SUBSCRIBERSBrad Raffensperger gears up to oversee his final election in Georgia

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDiddy is punished following NBC News report on his VIP life in prison and contraband cellphone use

FOR SUBSCRIBERS‘Too young to vote, old enough to be tear gassed’: French protesters’ anger swells

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDOJ gets aggressive in suing states that challenge Trump’s immigration policies

FOR SUBSCRIBERSJustice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson

FOR SUBSCRIBERS‘I just want to hold him’: USS Lincoln sailor to meet his 10-month-old son as ship docks

FOR SUBSCRIBERSSenate candidates run on raising Social Security taxes for higher incomes to prevent benefit cuts

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRussian operation that used ChatGPT tricked schools, a politician and media, OpenAI says

Slide 1 of 1

Trump frequently refers to Harris, the country’s first Black, South Asian and female vice president, as dumb, weak and crazy. In recent weeks, the former president has been ramping up his ad hominem attacks. At a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, earlier this month, Trump dismissed the people who have advised him to be nicer on the campaign trail.

“I don’t want to be nice. Somebody said, ‘You should be nice, sir. Women won’t like it,’” Trump said, adding: “The women want safety.”

At a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Trump went further with his personal attacks, telling supporters, “You have to tell Kamala Harris that you’ve had enough, that you just can’t take it anymore. We can’t stand you. You’re a s--- vice president.”