MILWAUKEE: Vice President Kamala Harris attacked Donald Trump on Tuesday at her first campaign rally since replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee, as a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed her ahead of Trump. , the Republican candidate has surpassed.
“On this campaign, I promise you that I will proudly hold my record against him every day,” he told a cheering crowd of thousands at West Allis Central High School in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I will put a week. November 5 election
Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law or a country full of chaos, fear and hatred? he asked.
Harris led Trump 44 percent to 42 percent in a national Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted on Monday and Tuesday after Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed Harris as his successor.
Previous polls conducted before Biden left showed Harris and Trump tied at 44 percent a week ago, and Trump leading him by 1 percentage point at the beginning of the month.
In all three cases, the difference was within the poll's 3-point margin of error, but the results could indicate limited movement in the Democrats' direction — and may indicate that Harris' promotion to the top has dampened any momentum Trump might have. Taken from last week's Republican National Convention, also in Milwaukee.
Harris quickly consolidated his party's support after Biden, 81, dropped out of his re-election campaign under pressure from members of his own party who worried about his ability to defeat Trump or serve another four-year term.
The campaign said he wrapped up the nomination Monday night by securing the pledges of a majority of delegates who will determine the party's nominee at next month's convention.
Most Democratic lawmakers have rallied behind Harris' nomination, including Senate and House party leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, who endorsed Harris at a joint press conference on Tuesday.
An unofficial poll of delegates by the Associated Press showed Harris with more than 2,500 delegates, well over the 1,976 needed for the nomination. Delegates could still change their minds, but no one else received any votes in the AP poll. 54 representatives said they were undecided.
The emergence of Harris dramatically changes the shape of an election in which many voters were unhappy with their options.
With concerns about his health and persistently high prices weighing on the financial costs of American families, Biden has strengthened his position against Trump in polls, particularly in competitive states that are likely to decide the election, including Wisconsin and the Sun Belt states of Arizona. had given up and Nevada
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The Wisconsin event offered another opportunity for Harris, the first black and Asian-American woman to serve as vice president, to realign the Democratic campaign.
Harris has been involved in ad campaigns. His campaign announced Monday that it had raised $100 million as of Sunday, up from the $95 million the Biden campaign had in the bank at the end of June.
As a wave of senior Democrats has rallied behind Harris, the racial justice group Black Lives Matter on Tuesday challenged the party's swift move.
The organization called for a virtual national primary before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where the party will formally nominate its nominee.
“We urge the Rules Committee to create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just nominations by party representatives,” Black Lives Matter said in a statement to Reuters.
RUST BELT PUSH
Biden said on X-Day that he would speak from the Oval Office on Wednesday night and explain his decision to end his campaign. He was returning to Washington on Tuesday after spending several days in isolation at home with Covid-19. The White House doctor said in a letter Tuesday that the president tested negative and is no longer symptomatic.
Biden's dramatic exit followed Trump's July 13 assassination attempt, which raised questions about security failures at the US Secret Service. The agency's director, Kimberly Chittle, resigned Tuesday after many lawmakers called for her resignation.
Trump and his allies have tried to tie Harris to some of Biden's more unpopular policies, including his administration's handling of the wave of migrants on the southern border with Mexico.
“Kamala Harris' deplorable record is one of total failure and utter incompetence. Her policies are Biden's and vice versa,” Trump spokesman Steven Chung said.
Wisconsin is one of three Rust Belt states, along with Michigan and Pennsylvania, that are critical to Democrats' chances of defeating Trump.
“There are independents and young people who didn't like their choices, and Harris has a chance to win them over,” said Paul Kendrick, executive director of the Democratic group Rust Belt Rising.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a Democrat, said Harris could also help win back important black voters.
“A lot of them didn't come because they were distracted by his (Biden's) age and his looks,” he said.
In an interview with NBC's “Today” show, Democratic National Committee Chairman Jimmy Harrison said the party must move quickly to get ballots in all 50 states and that the vice-presidential pick should be made by Aug. 7.
“This process will be fair, transparent, open, but it will be fast,” Harrison said.
Possible candidates include Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. are familiar .
