Kamala Harris calls Trump a politician who ‘incites hate.’

Vice President Kamala Harris condemned former President Donald J. Trump as a leader who “incites hate” during an address on Saturday at a convention of Asian American voters in Philadelphia.

“Someone who vilifies immigrants, who promotes xenophobia, who stokes hate and who incites fear should never again have the chance to stand behind a microphone,” Ms. Harris said. “And never again have the chance to stand behind the seal of the president of the United States of America.”

During the pandemic, Mr. Trump often referred to Covid-19 as the “China virus” or the “Kung Flu,” angering Asian Americans who said he was being racist.

The Biden campaign has been battling to turn the nation’s attention back toward Mr. Trump after the president’s poor debate performance caused panic among some Democrats who worry he is too old to win re-election. Polls show that a majority of Democratic voters now want Mr. Biden to drop out of the race.

Ms. Harris tried to move beyond those concerns, keeping her focus on Mr. Trump and his record on abortion, the threat she said he posed to American democracy and his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

“Ultimately, in this election, we each face a question: What kind of country do we want to live in?” she said, presenting the choice voters face as between “a country of freedom, compassion and rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hate.”