When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in chief?”

With the bubbly Geraldine Ferraro (Walter Mondale’s 1984 running mate), many voters had their doubts. There was less worry with Hillary Clinton. She was a gold-plated hawk who voted to let president George W. Bush invade Iraq and persuaded president Barack Obama to join in bombing Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya.

J.D. Vance was the darling of Hollywood when Hillbilly Elegy was made into a movie, before he ambitiously code-switched into a Trumper.Credit: AP

It is not surprising, with cascading conflicts, that Republicans are levelling the toughness question at Kamala Harris. This past week, the Trump/Vance campaign released an ad called........

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