Sen. Kamala Harris ripped President Trump Tuesday for politically assailing former Vice President Joe Biden during the president’s recent trip to Japan.

“The president of the United States when speaking has a profound amount of authority and power, and must then use the microphone before her in a responsible way,” the junior California senator and Democratic presidential hopeful said during an MSNBC town hall in Spartanburg, S.C.

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