Live Updates: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris Election News

Former President Donald Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris “retarded” as she tried to persuade top Republican donors to pour more money into his campaign, The New York Times reported Saturday.

According to the Times, the former president’s offensive remark came during a dinner with donors at his penthouse apartment last month. Donors in attendance included Trump’s former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her husband, as well as hedge fund manager Paul Singer, investment banker Warren Stephens and billionaire Joe Ricketts.

To the group of wealthy donors, Trump argued that his tax policies were favorable to them and argued that they should be grateful to him and support his campaign more, according to the Times.

Sources told the Times that Trump is frustrated with the fundraising numbers as Harris continues to take in more money.

Since joining the race in late July, Harris has raised $1 billion. Meanwhile, researchers at OpenSecret, a nonpartisan group that tracks election money, noted in a report this week that at this rate, Trump may struggle to achieve anything like what his political operation brought in in the 2020 campaign.

Trump has often made disparaging comments about his opponents, including about President Joe Biden’s mental acuity while he was still in the race. Late last month, at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Trump publicly insulted Harris’ mental state, calling her “mentally impaired.”

During her first presidential campaign in 2019, Harris came under fire for responding “Well said” to a lengthy question from a voter who had called Trump’s behavior “mentally retarded.”

At the time, Harris posted an apology from her presidential campaign account on Always.”