Harris 'enlists bullying Trump stand-in' to prepare as debate day looms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : With polls showing the election will likely be razor close in many states, the debate between Trump and Harris has taken on added importance.
34% : Also at that debate, Trump prowled behind her on the debate stage, putting himself just feet from her as she spoke.
33% : " Chavez says Harris must watch out for Trump trying to distract her.
31% : She is also sure Harris's team is working on some "zingers" to deliver against Trump.
29% : Strong but not bitchy, in control but not bullying - Harris and Trump will try to appeal to a whopping 18 per cent of undecided voters in the critical showdown Donald Trump's campaign claims he "doesn't need" to prepare for the presidential debate as he gets the same experience on the campaign trail.
29% : When Biden debated Trump in June, legal adviser Bob Bauer, who has often played the role of the former president in mock debates, reprised that role.
25% : For all the differences, there is one thing both sides agree on: this debate could prove hugely consequential in deciding who wins the White House in November. Millions are expected to watch to see if Harris can make a case for herself, and whether Trump can remain disciplined enough to stick to his arguments and avoid personal attacks.
25% : Had Biden not performed so badly against Trump in their June debate, and exposed his physical and mental frailties, he might not have been forced to end his bid for re-election and instead endorse his vice president.
25% : "A lot of voters are tuning in because they're going to get an opportunity to see her in action - no teleprompter, no script, and see how she does against Trump.
23% : As America awaits what may be the only debate between Trump, 78, and Harris, 59, before voters cast their ballots, such details are a snap shot of how the two sides are preparing for the encounter.
14% : Trump sought advice from a former Democratic congresswoman who delivered damaging verbal blows to Harris during a 2019 primary debate.
13% : Trump has spoken to former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard - who is now supporting him - about her 2019 encounter with Harris when she delivered what is remembered as a stinging attack.
10% : Harris reportedly tasked someone to imitate Trump and his bullying bluster to stand in for the former president in a mock debate and try and throw her off her game.
10% : Those were the rules when Trump and Biden debated in June, but the Harris team had tried to have them left on in the hope Trump would be unable to resist attacking her in a way that turned off the very voters he was trying to win over.
10% : Earlier this year, Trump questioned whether Harris - who is of mixed heritage - was actually black, a line of racist attack with which she has chosen not to engage.
2% : When Trump debated Hillary Clinton in 2016, he invited four women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual abuse, to sit close to the stage in an attempt to put her off.

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