Yahoo News reports:
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung rushed to defend J.D. Vance for bizarrely storming Air Force 2 to unsuccessfully confront Kamala Harris Wednesday evening with an unsavory comment regarding the smell of the plane.
“Make sure AF2 is deep cleaned because Lord only knows what @KamalaHarris and her team have done on there,” Cheung wrote on X. “The smell alone on that plane must be crazy.”
Cheung’s post appears to lean into racial stereotypes and some X users have commented that his remarks are a racist dog-whistle meant to indicate that she smells because of one or both of her heritages.
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Make sure AF2 is deep cleaned because Lord only knows what @KamalaHarris and her team have done on there. The smell alone on that plane must be crazy. https://t.co/0Kr0K3QXYR
— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) August 7, 2024