Vice President Harris was accompanied by businessman Mark Cuban on a campaign trail in Wisconsin on Thursday, receiving a boost from a high-profile agent who has emphasized economic policy.
Mr. Cuban and Mr. Harris greeted students in a business class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The class was the first of three stops the vice president had planned in the Badger State during the day.
The two visited the school's Entrepreneurship Center workspace. There, “Shark Tank”-type contests are held for students to win funding for their business ideas. Mr. Cuban was one of the first investors featured on ABC's “Shark Tank.”
The event was closed to the press, and after meeting with students, Harris made a statement about developments in the Middle East.
Mr. Cuban also joined Mr. Harris on a campaign trip in La Crosse later Thursday, after which the vice president was scheduled to head to an event in Green Bay.
The billionaire businessman will spend the next few days campaigning for her in battleground states Arizona and Michigan, the Harris campaign said. He has defended Harris in recent podcast and TV appearances, arguing that her plan is better for the business community than former President Trump's.
“So there's no good reason to vote for Donald Trump as a business candidate. In business, whether you're a small business or a large corporation, you want stability. One morning, John Deere… “You don't want to wake up as the CEO of a company and suddenly find out there's a 200 percent tariff on it,” Cuban said in a recent media appearance, referring to President Trump's threats against the Illinois-based company. he said. company.
The Harris campaign hopes Cuba's presence will appeal to voters concerned about the economy, especially male voters. Cuban is the former principal owner of the Dallas Mavericks and still owns a minority stake in the team.
For weeks, Harris has outlined what she calls the “opportunity economy” package, calling for increased housing supply, a crackdown on price gouging and an expansion of the child tax credit. Earlier this week, she announced economic policies specifically aimed at boosting the status of black men.
President Trump's economic proposals include extending the 2017 tax cuts he signed into law, further lowering the corporate tax rate, and eliminating Social Security taxes, overtime and tipped wages.
President Trump also remains committed to imposing broad tariffs on all U.S. imports and companies that outsource manufacturing overseas. The former president has repeatedly denied numerous experts and studies that show his tariffs will increase costs for consumers and spark a trade war.
