Kamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speech excoriating Trump

Democratic presidential candidate speaks in San Francisco in first significant appearance since election defeat

Kamala Harris delivered a searing indictment of Donald Trump's first 100 days in power, warning in her first major address since leaving office that the nation was witnessing a wholesale abandonment of America's highest ideals" by its president.

Speaking to an audience of Democrats in San Francisco, the former vice-president struck a defiant posture as she praised the leaders and institutions pushing back against Trump and his aggressive agenda - from the members of Congress acting boldly to the judges who uphold the rule of law in the face of those who would jail them", the universities defying the administration's unconstitutional demands", and the everyday Americans rallying to protect social security.