Equality
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

By Nancy Cook
July 25, 2024 at 8:00 AM EDT

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.

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