MILWAUKEE: Vice President Kamala Harris attacked Donald Trump on Tuesday at her first rally since replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee, according to a poll by Reuters/Ipsos, on the other hand, showed him leading Trump, the Republican candidate.
“In this campaign, I promise you that I will proudly put my record on the record any day of the week,” he told a crowd of thousands at West Allis Central. High School in the suburbs of Milwaukee in Wisconsin, a major wartime state. Election November 5.
“Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hatred?” he asked.
Harris led Trump 44 percent to 42 percent among registered voters in a national Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday after Biden dropped out of the race. contest on Sunday and endorsed Harris as his successor.
A previous poll conducted before Biden's exit found Harris and Trump tied at 44 percent a week ago and Trump ahead of him by a percentage point earlier this month. .
In all three cases, the difference was within a 3-point margin of error, but the results may indicate limited movement in the Democratic leadership — and may suggest that Harris' rise to at the top of the ticket reduced anything Trump could win. obtained from last week's Republican National Convention, also in Milwaukee.
Harris was quick to shore up his party's support after Biden, 81, dropped out of the re-election campaign amid pressure from party members worried about his chances of beating Trump. or serve for another four years.
He ended Monday night with assurances from the majority of delegates that next month's party convention will determine who will be the candidate, the campaign said.
Most Democratic lawmakers have lined up behind his candidacy, including House and Senate leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, who endorsed Harris on Tuesday during the press conference.
An unofficial poll by the Associated Press showed Harris with more than 2,500 delegates, more than the 1,976 needed for the nomination. Delegates could still change their minds, but no one else got a vote in the AP poll; 54 representatives said they were still undecided.
Harris's rise has turned the tide of an election that has left many voters unhappy with their choice.
Buoyed by concerns over his health and the ever-increasing cost of American household finances, Biden has been losing to Trump in the polls, especially in competing states that could decide the election, including Wisconsin and the Sun Belt state of Arizona. and Nevada.
RESET THE CAMPAIGN
The Wisconsin event provided another opportunity for Harris, the first black and African-American woman to serve as vice president, to relaunch the Democratic campaign.
Harris participated in the campaign. His campaign said Monday it had raised $100 million since Sunday, surpassing the $95 million the Biden campaign had in the bank at the end of June.
As a wave of senior Democrats lined up behind Harris, the racial justice group Black Lives Matter on Tuesday protested the party's swift action.
The first virtual poll was called for ahead of the Aug. 19-22 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where the party will officially nominate its candidate.
“We call on the Rules Committee to create a process that allows the public to participate in the nomination process, rather than simply appointing a party representative,” Black Lives Matter said in a statement to Reuters. .
RUSS BELT PUSH
Biden said on X that he will give a speech Wednesday night from the Oval Office to explain his decision to end his campaign. He returned to Washington on Tuesday after spending several days in self-isolation at home with COVID-19. The president tested negative and is asymptomatic, White House doctors said in a letter on Tuesday.
Biden's dramatic exit follows Trump's survival of an assassination attempt on July 13 that raised questions about security failures at the US Secret Service. The agency's director, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned Tuesday after several lawmakers called for her resignation.
Trump and his allies have tried to tie Harris to some of Biden's unpopular policies, including his administration's handling of the influx of migrants along the southern border with Mexico.
“Kamala Harris is one of total failure and total incompetence. His politics are Biden's politics, and vice versa,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said.
Wisconsin is part of a trio of Rust Belt states, along with Michigan and Pennsylvania, that are critical to the Democrats' chances of defeating Trump.
“There are independents and young people who don't like their choices, and Harris has a chance to win them over,” said Paul Kendrick, executive director of the Democratic group Rust Belt Rising.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a Democrat, said Harris could also help win back black voters.
“A lot of them didn't come because they were preoccupied with his (Biden's) age, preoccupied with his looks,” he said.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison, in an interview on NBC's “Today” show, said the party had to move quickly to get the ticket on the ballot in all 50 states, and the vice presidential election is scheduled for August 7.
“This process will be fair, transparent, open and fast,” Harrison said.
Possible co-runners are Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, according to people familiar with the domestic policy discussion. .
