Republican attacks on Kamala Harris to get ‘as ugly and bigoted as they can’

Rightwing playbooks used in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault on the vice-president

For Barack Obama there was birtherism" and a name they said sounded like a specific Middle East terrorist. For Hillary Clinton there was Lock her up" and merchandise that said, Trump that bitch", Hillary sucks but not like Monica" and Life's a bitch: don't vote for one."

Rightwing playbooks deployed in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault against Vice-President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic nominee aiming to become the first Black woman and first person of south Asian descent to be US president.