WASHINGTON - Vice-President Kamala Harris cast herself as an "underdog" in the presidential race against Donald Trump on July 27, despite polls showing the rivals in a virtual tie, and said much of the rhetoric coming from her Republican opponent and his running mate, JD Vance, was "just plain weird."

Ms Harris, speaking at a private fund-raiser headlined by singer-songwriter James Taylor in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, also hit many of the themes she evoked this week during a blitz of campaign appearances since ascending to the top of the ticket after Democratic President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid.

She again contrasted her background as a prosecutor with Trump's record as a convicted felon and said her campaign was about the future, while Trump wanted to return the country to a "dark past."

Her use of the word "weird" to describe her opponents was part of a new strategy from Democrats. The Harris campaign called Trump "old and quite weird" following his appearance on Fox News on July 25, prompting at least one supporter to show up at the event with a sign proclaiming "Trump is weird."

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