Trump Risks Losing Voters He Needs With Loaded Attacks on Harris
- Republicans audition fresh attacks on new Democratic rival
- GOP leaders warn against using sexist, racist messaging
Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 24.
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Donald Trump’s campaign is frantically revamping its strategy, scrapping moot plans to characterize ex-opponent Joe Biden as feeble and testing new attack lines on Kamala Harris, who is two decades younger than the Republican nominee.
With roughly 100 days until Election Day — and less than two months before voting begins in some states — Trump, 78, has little time to define a Democratic opponent who emerged just days ago. He auditioned new messages, with mixed results, this week on a call with reporters about the US-Mexico border, in TV appearances and his social media platform.