US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris phones the parents of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin to express her condolences over his murder in captivity, as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump blames the vice president for the hostage crisis.
“Doug and I just spoke to Jon and Rachel, Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents, to express our condolences following the brutal murder of their son by Hamas terrorists. My heart breaks for their pain and anguish,” Harris tweets.
“I told them: As they mourn this terrible loss, they are not alone. Our nation mourns with them,” she adds.
Meanwhile Trump posts on Truth Social that “The Hostage Crisis in Israel is only taking place because Comrade Kamala Harris is weak and ineffective, and has no idea what she’s doing.
“I look forward to seeing her at the Debate!” he adds. “THE OCTOBER 7th ISRAELI CRISIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE PRESIDENT!”
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