Trump's nephew declares support for Harris
Fred Trump III, former president Trump’s nephew, said he plans to vote for Vice President Harris on Tuesday, going against his family.
“I believe in policy over politics, and without question, Kamala Harris’s policies are what I get behind,” he said in an interview on “The View.” “So I will be voting for Kamala Harris.”
“And if I’m asked, I will campaign for her without hesitation,” he added.
Fred Trump and his sister, Mary, have been vocal critics of their uncle. In an ABC News interview earlier Tuesday, he called the former president’s way of doing things “complex and sometimes cruel.”
“And within every family, people know this, families are complicated. Every family has their crazy uncle,” he said on “Good Morning America.” “My uncle Donald is atomic crazy. And he has put his mark on the family history.”
Trump was promoting his new book, "All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way," which features "never-before-told stories" about the Trump family and Fred Trump's complex relationship with the former president.
During one of his trips to the Oval Office, Fred Trump claimed his uncle suggested those with disabilities “should just die.” He said a similar incident occurred on a phone call with Trump to tell him the medical fund set up by the family for his son, William, who had a disability, was running low.
“Without hesitation [Trump] said, ‘Your son doesn’t recognize you. Let him die and move to Florida,'” Fred Trump said. “My response was, ‘No, Donald. He does recognize me.'”
“Was I surprised? I don’t think you could hear something like that and not be surprised,” he added. “But that is what he has become. It’s sad.”
Trump communications director Steven Cheung denied Fred Trump’s claims in a statement to The Hill.
“This is completely fabricated and total fake news of the highest order,” he said. “It is appalling a lie so blatantly disgusting can be printed in media. Anyone who knows President Trump knows he would never use such language, and false stories like this have been thoroughly debunked.
“This is nothing more than a cheap shot to sell copies of a book that belongs in the bargain bin of the fiction section,” he added.
Miranda Nazzaro contributed.