Top Republicans call on Trump to stop insulting Harris, refocus on policy

• Donald Trump is facing growing calls from Republican supporters to shift his attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris to focus on policy criticism rather than ad hominem comments and conspiracy theories.
• Trump over the weekend falsely accused Harris of using AI technology to create fake images of her rallies, which have regularly drawn tens of thousands of attendees.
• Harris has yet to unveil official policy proposals, though she said her campaign would roll out an economic policy platform in the coming days.

Former President Donald Trump is facing a wave of calls from Republican supporters to focus his political attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on policy critiques and to scale back his ad hominem insults and conspiracy theories.

"The path forward is to focus on policy. Those are three words for the Republican Party that I think is a path to success: Focus on policy," former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Tuesday on NPR.

"I think Donald Trump has a strong case on all of those counts, and I think he and the Republican Party would be well served to focus on the policy contrasts," said Ramaswamy, who endorsed Trump after dropping his own White House bid earlier this year.

"The winning formula for President Trump is very plain to see: It's fewer insults, more insights and that policy contrast," Kellyanne Conway, a former Trump White House advisor, said Monday in a Fox News interview.

Conway, who managed Trump's winning 2016 campaign, appeared with fellow Trump White House alum Larry Kudlow, who also had some advice for Trump: "Don't wander off, don't call her stupid and all kinds of names, stay on message."

Pleas like these from loyal Trump supporters have echoed through Republican circles in