Nigel Farage pictured with Donald Trump in the USA (Image: GETTY)
Nigel Farage has launched a brutal verbal assault on US Vice-President Kamala Harris, branding her a poor public speaker and mocking her “unattractive, hyena-like cackle” while casting doubt over her ability to beat his friend Donald Trump in November.
The Clacton MP, who actually travelled to Minnesota last week for the Republican Party convention which adopted Mr Trump as its US Presidential candidate, did not hold back when speaking to Camilla Tominey and Kamal Ahmed on The Daily Telegraph podcast.
Ms Harris is odds-on to be the Democratic Party's candidate after President Joe Biden, 81, announced he will not be standing for a second term.
He declared: “She’s never been a good public speaker. She has this tendency to burst into a sort of hyena-like nervous cackle, which isn’t particularly attractive.
“There isn’t really much evidence of support for her within the Democrat Party, let alone more broadly in America, and in particular with that blue collar group.
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Kamala Harris is odds-on to be her party's candidate after Joe Biden announced he will not run (Image: Getty)
“Sure, there are other states that matter enormously, you know, whether it’s Arizona or Georgia, but basically whoever takes the Midwest takes the presidency.”
Mr Farage also voiced his belief that it would be “absolutely potty” were Americans to vote for Ms Harris, who has a Tamil Indian mother and a Jamaican father, purely on the basis of her gender and ethnic background.
He warned: “That would be a terrible basis upon which to make a decision.
“The whole identity politics, that everyone must be divided up into different groups according to sexual preference or race, I’m not interested in any of that.
“I think we should just judge people for who they are. Surely we should just pick people on ability?”
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Joe Biden made his announcement earlier this week (Image: Getty)
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Mr Farage also revealed that, while in Minnesota for the RNC, he had spoken to the Trumps about the assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania which came within a whisker of costing the 78-year-old his life.
He said: “I spent quite a bit of time with the family, who are incandescent with rage.
“How can a guy with a high-powered rifle get on to a rooftop 125 yards away?
“I mean, they simply can’t believe… This is a failure of the Secret Service on the most astonishing level”
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United States Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle was given a rough ride yesterday (Image: Getty)
However, he denied the incident would change Mr Trump’s approach, and added: “No. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. He’s 78, he’s done what he’s done.”
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Congressman Nick Langworth told her: "The dereliction of duty is just appalling.
"That you haven't visited Butler is just maddening. It's just maddening to me.”