This Sunday’s news programs will likely focus on the rise of Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign.
Harris became a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race last week and endorsed her. She quickly gained major supporters and raised significant amounts of money after the president ended his reelection campaign.
With the vice president likely to rise to the top of the Democratic presidential field, speculation is also growing about who her running mate might be, with potential candidates including Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D), Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D), Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly (D) and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D).
Buttigieg, who is scheduled to appear on “Fox News Sunday” this week, pushed back against the attacks on Harris in a podcast released Saturday, arguing that she was hired because of her diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
“I certainly think these attacks made the Republican Party look bad,” Buttigieg said.
“And if you are someone [House Speaker] Mike Johnson [(R-La.)]”I think when the Speaker of the House, who is a very conservative person, is telling his members, ‘Hey, calm down,’ he’s essentially saying they’re embarrassing the party and he’s acknowledging that they’re diminishing the party’s chances by indulging in that kind of rhetoric.”
Like Harris, who is also considered a potential vice presidential candidate, Waltz is scheduled to appear on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday after he and former President Trump traded barbs over the Minnesota Democrat’s appearance on Fox News earlier this week.
“As a country boy, I can tell you that Donald Trump knows nothing about rural America,” Waltz said. He said in a post on the social platform. X Tuesday. “So he’s going to lose Minnesota, he’s going to lose Wisconsin, he’s going to lose Michigan, and he’s going to lose Pennsylvania.”
As Democrats warmed to Haass’ campaign, Republicans began attacking the vice president. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said after Biden dropped out of the race that “it was predictable that the major media would pour hundreds of millions of dollars into glowing coverage of his replacement.”
“They’re trying to do that with Kamala, but it’s not going to work. She’s too vapid, too liberal, too unproven, and voters won’t believe their fabricated narrative,” said DeSantis, who is scheduled to appear as a multiple-time guest on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” this week. To X’s post from the show, Following X’s post Monday.
The following is Scheduled Guests To this week’s Sunday Talk Show:
NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” — Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado)
ABC’s “This Week” — Maryland Governor Wes Moore (Democrat), New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R), and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (Democrat).
CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM).
CNN’s “State of the Union” — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (Democrat). Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas). Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts).
“Fox News Sunday” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).
Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), Rep. Byron Donald (R-FL), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), and conservative author Peter Schweitzer.
