Within hours of Biden dropping out of the race and endorsing his vice president on Sunday, Trump’s campaign managers had released a blistering statement tying Harris to the administration’s policies.
Instead, Trump’s team had orchestrated an exacting campaign around defeating Biden.
But it was soon widely acknowledged within Trump’s camp that Biden bowing out would also throw their own campaign into uncertainty.
Trump’s campaign also began privately ramping up and testing new lines of attack on Harris — someone they had largely ignored since she was sworn in as vice president.
While polling has shown Harris is the best known among possible Democratic candidates to replace Biden, Trump’s advisers and allies maintain that most Americans don’t know much about her, creating an opening to define her to the public.
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