Republican attacks on Kamala Harris to get ‘as ugly and bigoted as they can’

‘The same playbook that we saw in 16 we’ll see again and probably even more eagerly because the right wing has gotten more Maga.’ Illustration: Guardian Design

For Barack Obama there was “birtherism” and a name they said sounded like a specific Middle East terrorist. For Hillary Clinton there was “Lock her up” and merchandise that said, “Trump that bitch”, “Hillary sucks but not like Monica” and “Life’s a bitch: don’t vote for one.”

Rightwing playbooks deployed in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault against Vice-President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic nominee aiming to become the first Black woman and first person of south Asian descent to be US president.