President Trump called Joe Biden’s running-mate “a mad woman” as he broadened his attack on “crazy” leading female Democrats despite a poll showing that Kamala Harris is regarded as moderate by many US voters. Some Republicans fear that Mr Trump is falling into a Democratic “trap” with his attacks on Ms Harris, the first black woman chosen as a vice-presidential candidate, given that women make up 54 per cent of voters and recent polls show a majority of them oppose the president. Mr Biden, 77, and Ms Harris, 55, who was announced as his running-mate on Tuesday, had an eight-point lead in the first opinion poll since. It was an unchanged margin for Mr Biden over Mr Trump, 74, and Mike Pence, 61,

Source: The Times August 13, 2020 23:08 UTC