From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to ‘Comrade Kamala,’ Republicans sharpen their tone against Democrats in US presidential race

From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to ‘Comrade Kamala,’ Republicans sharpen their tone against Democrats in US presidential race
From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to ‘Comrade Kamala,’ Republicans sharpen their tone against Democrats in US presidential race

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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A screen displays the presidential debate hosted by ABC between Republican presidential nominee, former Us President Donald and Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 10, 2024. — Reuters pic

PARIS, Sept 15 — A “Marxist” and a “radical” who wants to “destroy” America: as Democrats rally around the candidacy of Kamala Harris, Republicans have begun employing significantly more negative and aggressive rhetoric than they had against Joe Biden.

An AFP analysis of the language used in nearly 120 hours of televised speeches and remarks by both parties’ candidates and their surrogates, from May 1 to September 1, reveals the strategies Republicans have adopted to undermine the Democratic candidate’s credibility.

After dismissing President Biden as “crooked,” “bad” and “sleepy,” Trump and his supporters now mock Harris as a “border czar,” for what they say is her badly failed work in curbing undocumented migration to the United States.

That nickname has popped up 80 times in rallies — once every 14 times the former California senator’s name is mentioned.

Republicans have repeatedly accused Harris of an “open border” policy, which they say allows “millions of illegal aliens” to flood into the country.

The negative rhetoric is much more prominent now — 30 per cent more — than it was against Biden before he dropped out of the race on July 21. Trump supporters appearing on television associate her with negative words like “crime,” “destroy,” “suffer” and “bad.”

At the same time, Democrats have been using much more positive, enthusiastic language since Harris succeeded Biden as the Democrats’ flag-bearer, with words like “freedom,” “joy,” “win” and “care” being used 30 per cent more often on talk shows and 70 per cent more in rallies.

‘Radical left’

Trump and his surrogates have portrayed Harris as far more radical than Biden, applying the labels “left” and “radical” to her twice as often as they did to him.

And since July 21, their use of the term “liberal” in describing Harris has exploded — used eight times more in rallies and six times more in talk shows — while adjectives like “socialist” and “Marxist,” rarely applied to Biden, have become commonplace in Republicans’ vocabulary.

In the United States, the “Red Scare” — fear of subversion by far-left elements, including immigrants — hit its peak in the early 1950s. But years after the Cold War ended, any hint of communist sympathies remains anathema among US politicians.

This, presumably, was behind Trump finally settling on “Comrade Kamala” as his favoured nickname for his Democratic rival — he has used that term at least 30 times in his rallies.

Through the entirety of Republican remarks analysed by AFP, “Comrade” and the name of the vice president represent the seventh-most common pairing of words.

The two words most frequently linked, not surprisingly, are “Biden” and “Harris,” as Republicans seek to leverage Biden’s unpopularity — even after he dropped out of the race. The president’s name comes up every five or six times that Harris is mentioned.

By comparison, Democrats are only half as likely to link the names of Biden and their new candidate.

They describe Harris with words including “leader” and “ready” — ready to be president, that is.

Also among the top 20 terms used to describe her are “fight,” “freedom” and “believe” — reflecting the renewed sense of hope that her rapid ascension has brought to many Democrats. — AFP

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