Donald Trump’s campaign is preparing a plan of attack to take down Kamala Harris if Joe Biden drops out of the race.
If Biden steps aside as the Democratic nominee, Harris will likely replace him, and Trump’s team has already begun formulating a strategy to oust her.
The plan includes a wave of ads that will focus on Harris’ record in her current role, as well as her time in office in her home state of California.
Trump campaign strategists have prepared opposition research books on Harris, two people briefed on the matter told The New York Times.
According to the two people, anti-Harris signs and videos were made to be shown to delegates on the floor of the Republican National Convention and to television audiences at home.
Donald Trump’s campaign prepares an attack plan to take down Kamala Harris if Biden drops out of the race
Similar books have been prepared about other high-profile Democrats who could run if Biden drops out.
Since Harris is the most obvious backup choice, most of the Trump team’s preparations have focused on her.
This Republican preparation is based on the assumption that if Democrats were to sideline the first black woman to serve as vice president, the party would become even more divided and black voters would feel alienated.
These preparations include recently conducted polls to gauge public opinion on the current vice president.
Shocking new polls have revealed whether Democrats really want Kamala Harris to become president as Biden’s campaign implodes and his popularity on the left declines.
One poll found that about six in 10 Democrats think Vice President Harris would do well if Biden stepped aside and she became president.
The survey, which was conducted by the AP-NORC Public Affairs Research Centerdetermined that most Democrats believe the country would be in good hands if Harris took power.
About 58 percent of Democrats think Harris would make a good president, while 22 percent think she would not and 20 percent “don’t know enough to say.”
This compares to 30 percent of the general public who think Harris would be a good president and a staggering 87 percent of Republicans who said she would NOT be a good president.
If Biden steps aside as the Democratic nominee, Vice President Harris will likely replace him, and Trump’s team has already begun forming a strategy to oust her.
Trump’s team has also been thinking a step beyond who their opponent will be and how they can defeat him: They are also researching potential running mates for Harris and preparing strategies to defeat them as well.
Among the names being considered for a possible running mate is Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Pennsylvania is the state that Trump’s campaign has focused most on to prevent Democrats from winning a second term in the White House.
Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Harris’ campaign, said in a statement to the Times: “After the bipartisan border deal collapsed, Donald Trump has resorted to lying about the vice president’s record.
“As a former district attorney and attorney general, he has stood up to crooks and criminals like Trump throughout his career. Trump’s lies will not stop him from moving forward with the case against him on the most important issues in this race.”
The Trump campaign has reportedly been relatively lenient toward the President since his disastrous performance in the June 27 debate.
The move is being made in the hope that Biden will remain the Democrats’ nominee, as Republicans believe it will be easier to beat Biden than other potential opponents.
If Biden agrees to withdraw from the presidential race but does not step down as acting president, Republicans will argue that the same reasons he dropped out of the race make him unfit to lead the country, according to the people briefed on the situation.
