US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived Sunday in Pennsylvania, a key state for November’s presidential election, where she wants to show her commitment on the ground before heading to Chicago for an inauguration ceremony under heavy security.
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The 59-year-old Democrat, who revived his camp’s hopes of victory against Donald Trump after Joe Biden left, is planning a bus tour of this “swing state” in the eastern United States.
The candidate and his running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walls, want to show their support for workers and the working class after narrowly winning 2020 against incumbent President Donald Trump.
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Kamala Harris wants to present an economic plan that focuses on the middle class, released this week.
The Republican candidate, familiar with the stakes, returned Saturday to Pennsylvania, where he was the subject of an assassination attempt in July.
“She’s crazy,” the 78-year-old billionaire said of his rival, whom he described as a “communist.”
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The former president’s strategy, since losing his best opponent since recalling Joe Biden, has consisted of launching broadsides of personal attacks against this opponent, who is now almost 20 years his junior.
But he is struggling to find the right solution against an opponent who is riding high in encouraging polls.
Republican counterattack
The Republican caucus announced a counterattack on Sunday, with campaign events planned in key states each day of the Democratic convention.
Donald Trump will address the economy in Pennsylvania on Monday and crime and national security in Michigan and North Carolina over the next two days. The next day, he will talk about immigration to Arizona on the Mexican border.
According to the Democratic Party, at least 50,000 people — delegates, volunteers, supporters — are expected in Chicago, America’s third-largest city, through Thursday evening for a demonstration of unity and enthusiasm.
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With a tight security system, no less than 2,500 local police officers have been mobilized, while Donald Trump’s assassination attempt is on everyone’s mind.
Pro-Palestinian groups are planning large demonstrations to put the war in Gaza at the center of the debate.
“Most of the demonstrators […] “Quiets” and “their voices should be heard, and we’re going to protect that,” Illinois Gov. JP Pritzker said on CNN Sunday morning. But, “if there are troublemakers, they’re going to be arrested and punished.”
Obama
Instead of nominating an octogenarian president caught in poor polls, the Democratic Party will field a candidate who equals or surpasses his Republican rival.
On Sunday, a new poll The Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos showed the vice president slightly ahead of national voting intent.
Forgotten is the general gloom surrounding Joe Biden’s candidacy and the panic caused by his failed debate against Donald Trump in late June, which left him in tatters.
On the shores of Lake Michigan, party dignitaries will come to support Kamala Harris, starting with former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle.
In his stronghold of Chicago, the charismatic speaker will no doubt further rally Democrats, many of whom say they are finding a euphoria reminiscent of the march to the first White House at this start of the vice presidential campaign. Black President of the United States in 2008.
But it won’t be until Monday evening that Joe Biden, after half a century in politics, delivers both the convention’s first keynote address and a farewell message of sorts.
According to a press release, the President will praise the results of his order, but above all, will ask for support from the Vice President in the face of Donald Trump, a criminal who is not committed to admitting a possible defeat.
According to CNN, as much as America loves Joe Biden, Kamala Harris may even be joined on stage in a very emotional performance.
But Donald Trump’s surprise 2016 convention attendance at Hillary Clinton’s victory will remind happy Democrats to be wary.
