Donald Trump made a number of false, outrageous and just plain awkward claims during Thursday’s rambling and unfocused media event at his New Jersey golf club.
In one unusual moment, he accidentally praised two figures he typically attacks with slurs and insults: Vice President Kamala Harris and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Trump attacked their home state of California and said the two “destroyed” San Francisco.
“San Francisco y’know was a great city 15 years ago, now it’s considered almost unlivable, you can’t live there,” he said. “What they’ve done to it is a shame, and she’s gonna do the same thing to our country.”
Just one problem with that claim: The “great city” of 15 years ago was led by Newsom and Harris, and had been for years.
Newsom was the city’s mayor from 2004-2011, and Harris was a district attorney for that same period. Newsom in 2011 was elected lieutenant governor, and eventually elected governor, while Harris went on to become state attorney general, U.S. senator and vice president.