Trump paints Harris as an 'ultra liberal' radical in first rally since Biden's exit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : About 10,000 Trump supporters filled Bojangles Coliseum, including Daune Galbraith, who arrived at 8 a.m. -- 10 hours before Trump was scheduled to begin speaking -- for her first Trump rally.
78% : "I became nice," Trump said.
63% : Trump picked U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to be his vice president.
57% : Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who won the state twice with Trump on the ballot, is among the top contenders to be Harris' vice-presidential choice.
54% : "He's for the people," said Galbraith, who lives in Greensboro and said she is excited to vote for Trump a third time.
50% : After the incident, Trump and other Republicans signaled the experience would lead to a change in his temperament and calls for unity in the divided nation.
47% : Over and over, Trump -- the former president who has won the Republican presidential nomination for the third consecutive time -- labeled Vice President Harris as "ultra liberal," a "radical-left lunatic" and "the most liberal elected politician in American history.
44% : "The most incompetent and far-left vice president in American history," Trump said near the beginning of a 90-minute speech before a capacity crowd at Charlotte's Bojangles Coliseum.
39% : "Trump carried North Carolina twice -- including by less than 1.5% in 2020 -- and has been favored to do so again, even as Democrats have made frequent campaign stops across the state.
38% : And when Trump encouraged the crowd to vote for North Carolina Republicans -- listing them by name -- Robinson, the GOP's gubernatorial candidate, wasn't mentioned.
37% : "He quit because he was losing so badly in the polls," Trump said.
27% : Trump sustained an ear injury during the incident, which occurred at a rural, open-air rally.
25% : With Harris' ascension to the top of the ticket, Democrats hope to turn the election into a referendum on Trump -- who has twice lost the popular vote -- rather than a debate about the ability of Biden to do the job for another four years.
24% : Trump didn't mention Cooper or any other potential Democratic vice presidential candidates.
22% : Perhaps trying to neutralize a political weakness, Trump defended his position on abortion -- seen by Democrats as a potential liability for Trump, who appointed three Supreme Court justices that voted to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
22% : Trump, as he has in the past, said the issue should stand with the states.
21% : Harris took in record fundraising hauls and some polls have shown a tighter race between Harris and Trump.
21% : Nearly every speaker made reference to the incident, citing God's hand in preventing Trump from more serious injury.
10% : "Trump defeated Hilary Clinton in 2016 before losing to Biden and Harris in 2020.
3% : Trump said Harris "can't ever be trusted" and that she "brazenly" lied about Biden's mental capacity.

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