Trump hurls insults, racist tropes at Kamala Harris as US election inches closer

Trump said Kamala Harris was “lazy as hell” for not holding a campaign event.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at his Tuesday night rally in North Carolina Picture: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” and repeatedly questioning her intelligence.

At an event in Miami aimed at courting Latino voters, he said Ms Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee for next month’s US election, was “lazy as hell” for not holding a campaign event.