Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
Billionaire investor says presidential candidates should be able to hug people Mark Cuban.
The “Shark Tank” star made the comments in defense of the vice president Kamala Harris After a conservative commentator Ben Shapiro A video of Harris hugging a supporter was criticized.
“If you want your presidential candidate to hug you, please get psychological help,” Shapiro wrote in an X post on Monday.
Cuban, however, had a different reaction to Harris’ actions.
“If you don’t want to be able to hug a presidential candidate, please get psychological help. Empathy and kindness are skills that great leaders have in 2024,” Cuban wrote in response.
Cuban and Harris campaign representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.
Cuban, A Voice supporter Of Harris, argued the approachability of the Democratic nominee.
When Harris Gov. Tim Walz As his running mate in Minnesota last month, Cuban said Harris-Wolz’s ticket would be higher than the former president’s. Donald Trump And his running mate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, because of them A non-elite academic background.
Harris and Walz did not attend any Ivy League colleges, unlike Trump and Vance, who went to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Yale Law School, respectively.
“People are tired of ideologies and hate from both sides,” Cuban wrote in an X post on Aug. 6.
“They want to vote for ordinary people they can relate to. Walz can sit at the kitchen table and make you feel like you’ve known him forever. That’s an amazing skill these days.”
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