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What's happening on the campaign trail today
- Vice President Kamala Harris will rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, today, while her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and Gwen Walz, the wife of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, continue their "New Way Forward" tour across the country.
- Former President Donald Trump will address the media in California before he speaks at a rally in Las Vegas.
- Trump announced yesterday that he will not participate in any future debates against Harris, who said at a rally yesterday that they "owe" voters another debate. The two sparred over inflation, abortion and immigration in their first debate Tuesday.
DNC launching Taylor Swift-themed ads
The Democratic National Committee knows the influence of Taylor Swift "all too well" and is launching ads referring to her in Times Square and on the Las Vegas Strip.
The ads refer to Swift with statements such as “We’re in our Kamala era!” and “A new way forward … ready for it?” They also urge voters to visit a website that helps them research where and how to vote.
“As we drive the contrast between Vice President Harris’ New Way Forward and Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda, which would rip away reproductive rights and rig the economy against working families, we’re reminding voters that it is critical to speak now to dump Trump and enter our Kamala era by visiting IWillVote.com and doing their research on how, where, and when to vote in this election,” DNC spokesperson Rosemary Boeglin said in a statement.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer’s access to Trump reveals a crisis in his campaign
No one can keep former President Donald Trump away from Laura Loomer.
Throughout his third presidential campaign, aides and advisers have done their best to shield him from Loomer, a far-right social media influencer, and similar figures who stroke his ego and stoke his basest political instincts.
They lost that battle this week, as Loomer traveled on Trump’s jet to his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday and to Sept. 11 memorial services Wednesday. Her presence at the latter infuriated some Democrats and Republicans because one of the many conspiracy theories she has promoted is the false notion that the terrorist assault on the U.S. was an “inside job.” It wasn’t.
Loomer’s return to Trump’s side is pitting key figures in his coalition against one another, testing the strength of a campaign already reeling from his subpar debate performance Tuesday and Democrats’ resurgence in the wake of their July candidate switch. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., major Trump allies in Congress who represent opposite ends of the Republican ideological spectrum, are publicly pressing him to ditch her. Loomer fired back Thursday with a string of invective about Graham.
Harris campaign continues travels across swing states
Harris will make two stops in Pennsylvania, a vital swing state that she and Biden flipped in 2020. She will visit a small business in Johnstown and then is holding a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre in the evening, the campaign said.
Walz will continue campaigning in Michigan today, stopping at a campaign office in Grand Rapids and a canvass lunch in Lansing. Later, he will head to Wausau, Wisconsin, another vital swing state.
At the same time, Emhoff will speak at a campaign event in Oxford, Mississippi, before traveling to The Villages, a large retirement community in central Florida that leans conservative.
"Right in Donald Trump’s backyard, the Second Gentleman will highlight how dangerous Donald Trump’s extreme Project 2025 agenda is for seniors, including his plans to gut Medicare and Social Security and repeal the Affordable Care Act, stripping millions of Americans of their health care," the Harris campaign said.
Gwen Walz will make multiple stops across Maine today.
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