Republicans Are Coalescing Around a New Message: Harris Is Worse Than Biden

JD Vance tried out the new lines on the campaign trail in Virginia.

JD Vance at Radford University in Radford, Va
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance focused on Kamala Harris’ immigration record at the Virginia rally. Chris Jackson/AP

RADFORD, VA — President Joe Biden is old news on the campaign trail.

Sen. JD Vance made his first campaign appearances as Donald Trump’s running mate Monday with a brand-new line of attack: Vice President Kamala Harris is actually “a million times worse” than Biden, the Ohio senator said in his rural Virginia rally.

“She signed up for every single one of Joe Biden’s failures, and she lied about his mental capacity to serve as president,” Vance said on the stage, where he was joined by hundreds of people who attended his rally.