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What to know about the campaigns today
- Vice President Kamala Harris is delivering remarks at a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, this afternoon before traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Harris, who has received criticism for not doing enough media appearances, will also be interviewed with Fox News' Bret Baer, airing this evening.
- Donald Trump’s pre-recorded town hall with Fox News' Harris Faulkner, which focused largely on immigration and border issues, is being broadcast later this morning. The former president is also taping a town hall with Spanish language network Univision in Miami in the early afternoon before holding a high-dollar fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago tonight.
- Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, is holding rallies in two states, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in mid-afternoon and in Wilmington, Connecticut this evening.
- Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is attending campaign receptions in Washington, D.C.
Elon Musk has given nearly $75 million to his pro-Trump super PAC
Elon Musk has given nearly $75 million to America PAC, the super PAC he created to support former President Donald Trump, according to a campaign finance filing from the group late Tuesday.
The filing with the Federal Election Commission was the first public look at Musk’s political giving this year after months of speculation about how much money he would contribute to pro-Trump efforts. It shows that he has vaulted into the top ranks of Republican donors.
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is the world’s wealthiest person, with a net worth of $241 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
He established America PAC in May to support Trump’s campaign to return to the White House. The super PAC is focused on voter turnout efforts in potential swing states such as Pennsylvania, where Musk recently appeared onstage with Trump.
Harris attacks Trump for allegedly giving Putin Covid tests ‘when Black people were dying every day by the hundreds’
As she steps up her appeals to Black voters, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on a popular Black radio program Tuesday, saying she is still open to slavery reparations and slamming former President Donald Trump for allegedly sending Covid tests to Russia “when Black people were dying” back home.
In a wide-ranging live radio town hall in Detroit hosted by syndicated radio host Charlamagne Tha God, Harris faced pointed questions from the host and his guests, some of whom said they felt Black voters have been taken for granted by Democrats while getting “very little in return.”
Harris, who has been trying to stem Democrats’ small but steady erosion of support from voters of color, spoke about her upbringing in Oakland, California, in the Black church and at Howard University, but said she knew she had to “earn every vote.”
While she often tells supporters on the campaign trail that she is the underdog, she said Tuesday: “I’m going to win, but it’s tight.”
Abortion rights group endorses Bob Casey in Pennsylvania Senate race
Reproductive Freedom For All endorsed Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., for re-election today in a statement first shared with NBC News.
Mini Timmaraju, president of the nonprofit organization, which advocates for reproductive rights, said Casey is “meeting the moment” and “recognizes that action is needed to protect abortion rights and access nationwide.”
“With anti-abortion Republicans like David McCormick more focused than ever on a national ban, we need Sen. Casey in the Senate to defend our rights,” Timmaraju said.
“Pennsylvanians are ready to vote their values again this November—and our members in the state are ready and mobilizing in their communities to help send Sen. Casey back to Washington.”
The Casey campaign has accused McCormick, the GOP nominee, of backing a “dangerous anti-choice agenda.”
McCormick believes abortion laws should be left up to the states.
During the second Pennsylvania Senate debate last night, McCormick and Casey were asked about their positions on reproductive rights.
“I do think the people should decide, and that’s what’s happened in Pennsylvania,” McCormick said. “I think that Pennsylvania has got a law that people believe in, support, and I support that as well.”
A Pennsylvania state law signed by Casey’s father, former Gov. Bob Casey Sr., allows abortions up until the 24th week of pregnancy with exceptions for life of the mother.
During the debate, Casey said that McCormick “does not support restoring Roe. He doesn’t support the vehicle to do that, the only vehicle right now, which is the Women’s Protection Act. And it’s a big difference in this race.”
DCCC pumps $3 million into Project 2025 digital ads in non-presidential battlegrounds
The House Democratic campaign arm is shelling out $3 million for digital ads in non-presidential battleground states, meant to boost the party's voter turnout efforts with a message focused on Project 2025.
The ad buy, details of which were shared first with NBC News, will run in seven states — including California, Iowa, Colorado and Oregon — on streaming and social media platforms. While those states are far from front of mind at the presidential level, they are the places that could make or break Democratic efforts to retake control of the House of Representatives this fall.
Democrats have targeted several red districts up and down California, while Oregon’s 5th District, Iowa’s 1st District and Colorado’s 8th District are also seen as battlegrounds at the House level. Democrats need to net four seats in order to take control of the chamber.
One of the ads that’s part of the DCCC’s buy features a door-to-door salesman, hocking Project 2025 books out of the back of his van. “Total abortion ban, eliminate the Department of Education, privatize Social Security, no overtime pay,” the salesman says as doors close in his face. A narrator then instructs people to “turn out to vote for Democrats in the House of Representatives.”
Top Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, have campaigned hard on a Project 2025-centric message in the waning weeks of the campaign. Polls show the conservative policy plan is viewed negatively by voters.
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