Kamala Harris says she will beat ‘extreme’ Trump

Kamala Harris has vowed to beat Donald Trump and his “extreme” political agenda in the US presidential race.

Ms Harris, tipped to become the next Democrat presidential nominee after Joe Biden stepped down earlier today, said she will “do everything in my power” to keep Mr Trump out of the White House.

“We have 107 days until Election Day,” Ms Harris said in a statement. “Together, we will fight. And together, we will win”.

Moments after Mr Biden bowed out of the race, former President Trump told CNN he believes Ms Harris will be an easier opponent. But privately there are more than a few panicked texts being exchanged in GOP circles.

The Trump campaign firmly believed that Joe Biden was the easiest candidate for them to beat. Polls showed the biggest concern voters had about the Democratic candidate was his age. 

That, along with Ms Harris’s potential to appeal to female voters, is now more of a liability for Trump than it is for any of his opponents.

One GOP strategist, Dennis Lennox, told The Telegraph: “This is a whole new race.”

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