The Trump campaign has taken direct aim at Mark Cuban, a billionaire entrepreneur and prominent surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris, over what it calls his “extremely insulting” remarks toward pro-Trump women.
As reported by Fox News [1], Cuban made the controversial comments during an appearance on “The View” Thursday, where he claimed, “Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever. It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them.”
DISGUSTING: Top Kamala surrogate Mark Cuban says no “strong, intelligent women” support President Trump.
They’re now openly attacking the millions of strong, intelligent women fighting alongside President Trump every day to Make America Great Again.
Will @KamalaHQ [2] disavow? pic.twitter.com/5sPihbzJ8t [3]
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 31, 2024 [4]
Karoline Leavitt, Trump campaign national press secretary, swiftly responded, slamming Cuban for insinuating that female Trump supporters lack strength and intelligence.
Leavitt countered, stating, “Joe Biden called Trump supporters ‘garbage,’ and now Kamala’s top surrogate Mark Cuban insinuated female Trump supporters are ‘weak and dumb.’”
.@mcuban [5] this is extremely insulting to the thousands of women who work for President Trump, and the tens of millions of women who are proudly voting for him.
These women are mothers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.
And yes, we are strong AND intelligent! #WomenForTrump [6] https://t.co/aYpoVLAtiU [7]
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) October 31, 2024 [8]
She emphasized that the Trump campaign’s support includes countless women who serve as mothers, entrepreneurs, and leaders across industries, all of whom she described as both “strong and intelligent.”
Leavitt continued, arguing that Cuban’s remarks display a “disturbing level of disrespect” from Harris’s camp toward the millions of Americans supporting Trump.
“The joy at Kamala HQ has been replaced by division and vitriol,” Leavitt stated, before challenging Harris directly to “immediately condemn” Cuban’s comments.
According to Leavitt, the former president’s campaign prioritizes issues like border security, crime reduction, and economic prosperity—values, she asserts, that drive women to support Trump.
.@kayleighmcenany [9] SLAMS Kamala Surrogate Mark Cuban for disparaging the women around President Trump:
This is SO PROFOUNDLY OFFENSIVE. I worked for Donald Trump. I consider myself a strong woman. I consider those around me strong women… what about the women who vote for… pic.twitter.com/0DXw5HPzwq [10]
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 31, 2024 [11]
While Harris’s team has not issued a response, the exchange arrives just days after President Biden was accused of referring to Trump supporters as “garbage” during a Zoom meeting with Voto Latino.
Responding to a comment on Puerto Rico made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, Biden reportedly said, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters [12].”
Though the White House has since tried to clarify [13] the statement, calling it “taken out of context [14],” the Trump campaign hasn’t held back in responding.
In a separate Wisconsin rally, Trump took Biden’s remark in stride, appearing in a “Make America Great Again” garbage truck [15] and a high-visibility vest.
Speaking to his Green Bay supporters, Trump jabbed, “He called them garbage [16] — and they mean it, even though, without question, my supporters are far higher quality than Crooked Joe and Lyin’ Kamala.”
Trump’s final message was clear: “My response to Joe and Kamala is very simple: You can’t lead America if you don’t love Americans. And you can’t be president if you hate the American people, and there’s a lot of hatred there.” he declared.