With former President Donald Trump gaining momentum in Democratic states, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is on the defensive, failing to deliver the post-convention surge that most recent campaigns have taken for granted.
The campaign plans to send Harris and her key surrogates, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and her husband, Doug Emhoff, to Democratic states after a planned visit to battleground states over the weekend.
On Wednesday, Harris reportedly visit In New Hampshire, Harris held just a 4-point lead in a pre-convention poll from Emerson College/WHDH, but Walz will be campaigning in his home state of Minnesota, where Trump has cut Harris' lead from 10 points to just 5 points since Walz entered the race, according to two KTSP/SurveyUSA polls. Emhoff said: Reportedly The fundraising trip will take him across the Potomac River to Virginia, another state that unexpectedly favored Trump in the 2024 election.
Between now and Wednesday, three Harris-Waltz representatives (Kamala, Tim and Doug) will be holding events in New Hampshire, Minnesota and Virginia, three blue states that Trump supposedly threw into the race just before Biden was dropped. (New Mexico and New Jersey are still not there…). Coincidence? https://t.co/IqCyPlbByf
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) September 2, 2024
Occasional detours are not uncommon during a typically lengthy election cycle, but the outings are notable for a campaign hastily launched after President Joe Biden's collapse, as every day counts with just two months until Election Day.
The visit to the blue state follows a series of battleground state visits scheduled over the weekend, preceded by a joint multi-day surge by Harris and Walz in Georgia that left many experts perplexed.
This unusual schedule comes on the heels of a nasty week in which the campaign slammed 13 Gold Star award recipient families, an attack that was a spectacular failure for the campaign.
I agree! Now, let me be clear: Douglas Emhoff Raising funds in Virginia Tim Waltz Of course I live in Minnesota, but it still seems like a lot of the activity is happening in “safe” states. Kamala Harris Very interesting that it's just New Hampshire. Unless the reason is stated inside bc D… https://t.co/mbNEFQljUd
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) September 2, 2024
In another sign that the campaign is faltering, it reportedly plans to send Biden on a campaign tour.
An ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted Sunday found that Harris' “overall support did not increase” after she formally accepted the party's nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
Bradley Jay is Capitol Hill correspondent for Breitbart News. Follow him on X/Twitter. Translator.
