Early voting by mail and in person is already underway in more than half of the country, and Harris spent just three days in the battleground state in the last week of September. On September 28, when President Trump spoke in Wisconsin before flying to Alabama for the Georgia-Alabama football game, Harris was attending a fundraiser in San Francisco. And beyond concerns about Harris' schedule, Democrats say she would benefit from a venue where she can introduce herself to voters in a more authentic way, including town hall events, sit-down interviews and unscripted interactions with voters. It is claimed that it will bring about.
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Plans call for Harris' travel to begin in earnest in October, but Politico reports that the vice president has spent more than a third of her days since the Democratic National Convention receiving briefings from staff, holding internal meetings, and unscheduled work. It is said that he has been spending his time at public events without doing anything. Her travel review. This included a meeting with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed at the White House in late September, a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, and a press conference at FEMA headquarters in Washington. , does not include days on which official business was carried out. earlier this week.
The vice president spent just over half of his remaining days hosting rallies in battleground states, policy-focused speeches, events with labor unions and other in-person events, including stops at small businesses. And she spent almost half of her post-DNC days in Washington.
“The time has come to attack these battlegrounds hard,” said David Axelrod, a longtime Democratic Obama-era operative. politiko.
Harris will sit in on a softball interview with Democratic allies Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert and TV hosts. the view, new york times Reid J. Epstein reported Sunday. Over the weekend, she was interviewed on the podcast “Call Her Daddy” and spoke with 60 Minutes.
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“This is the hardest oral exam on the planet for the most difficult job, and some of it is just spontaneous – town halls, interviews of all kinds, and not just friendly interviews. People and substance. OTRs interacting in a unique way, all of that is valuable,” Axelrod continued. “If I were her, I would.”
Jim Messina, who led President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, also said that Harris was not using her campaign time effectively. “It's not just about filling her schedule with public events; it's about making undecided voters understand that she can provide leadership, meet with voters beyond the media, and raise funds strategically. It's about making the most of every second to get the most out of it,” Messina said. politiko.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. he is the author of politics of slave morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
