Election 2024 Live: Harris, Walz Wrap Up Pennsylvania Bus Tour As Trump Plans DNC Counter Events
Harris and Walz tour Pennsylvania ahead of Democratic National Convention
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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her vice presidential pick Tim Walz embarked on a bus tour through western Pennsylvania on Sunday, one day ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
Joined by their spouses, Doug Emhoff and Gwen Walz, the Democratic running ticket took a road trip through a traditionally red area of the state, promoting unity and positivity as the foundation of their campaign.
Harris and Walz spoke with prospective voters over the phone, gave a stump speech to supporters, met with members of a local firehouse and addressed a high school football team.
The team then headed to Chicago for the first day of the DNC on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Trump campaign is planning counter-programming events to draw attention away from the convention. Allies of the former president plan to hold events at the Trump hotel over four days.
At the same time, Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, will hold rallies in key swing states.
1724018433Harris campaign slams Trump for planning rally in Michigan town with long ties to KKKKamala Harris’s campaign has slammed Donald Trump for planning a rally in a Michigan town with long ties to the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacists.
On Saturday, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign savaged the Republican ticket’s choice of venue arguing that Trump is making an appeal to the white nationalists who marched against Jews and other minorities in Charlottesville in 2017 – a moment which led to Trump controversially praising demonstrators and counterprotesters at a press conference.
“The racists and white supremacists who marched in Trump’s name last month in Howell have all watched him praise Hitler, defend neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, and tell far-right extremists to ‘stand back and stand by.’ Trump’s actions have encouraged them, and Michiganders can expect more of the same when he comes to town next week,” the Michigan communications director for the Harris campaign, Alyssa Bradley, told The Washington Post.
John Bowden reports:
John Bowden18 August 2024 23:00
1724017738Trumpworld’s DNC counter-programming plansRepublicans will join the swathes of Democrats descending on Chicago this week as Trumpworld tries to find a way to blunt Kamala Harris‘s momentum.
As the four-day Democratic National Convention gets underway in the Windy City, Donald Trump and his allies are making plans for counter-programming to the event.
Trump’s Chicago hotel will become the epicenter of the Republican world as his allies including Florida Senator Rick Scott and his colleague in the House, Byron Donalds, are among those who will lead the GOP’s efforts to counter-program the convention.
Themes of the four-day event at the Trump hotel will include immigration, crime and the economy, and will mirror issues being spoken about at the DNC in order to drive home the Republican party’s message.
John Bowden reports:
John Bowden18 August 2024 22:48
1724015712Walz taps into old coaching days to give inspiration speech to high school football team Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz put his coaching jacket on while addressing a group of high school football players about the importance of unity and positivity on Sunday, as part of the campaign’s bus tour through Pennsylvania.
At Aliquippa High School, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emoff and Walz spoke with a group of high school football players about the future of the country.
The group of young athletes sat and listened as Walz reminded them of the importance of unity and functioning as a team both on and off the field.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz speaks with members of the Aliquippa High School football team during a campaign bus tour stop (AP)“Politics isn’t that much different than this. It’s about something bigger than themselves, it’s about setting up a future goal and trying to reach it,” Walz said.
“It’s about doing it with dignity and hard work. It’s about doing it with humility and when you lose, you walk across the field and you shake hands with the other team and know they played hard too,” Walz continued.
Walz is often referred to as “coach” – a reference to his days of coaching high school football.
Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets members of the high school football team (REUTERS)Ariana Baio18 August 2024 22:15
1724014833Watch: Harris and Walz tour Pennsylvania ahead of Democratic National Convention Harris and Walz tour Pennsylvania ahead of Democratic National ConventionAriana Baio18 August 2024 22:00
1724012743Harris-Walz campaign visits firehouse in AliquippaFor their next stop on the Pennsylvania bus tour, Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff Tim Walz and Gwen Walz are at a firehouse in Aliquippa.
After departing from the bus, the group shook hands with members of the local fire department (and the paw of the firehouse dog) and spoke with the group.
(AFP via Getty Images)Ariana Baio18 August 2024 21:25
1724012133Trump shares AI-generated photo of Harris as USSR leaderDonald Trump continued to invoke his strategy of attacking Vice President Kamala Harris by sharing an AI-generated photo of what looks like Harris presiding over an army of USSR soldiers in “Chicago.”
The former president shared the image on Truth Social on Saturday evening. It had no caption on it but elluded to a statement he made during his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
“In her speech yesterday, Kamala went full communist. You heard that? She went full communist,” Trump told a crowd of supporters in Wilkes-Barre.
He compared her policies to that of a communist country – like the Soviet Union.
Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of Kamala Harris presiding over a USSR-like rally after calling her a communist during a rally speech (Donald Trump / Truth Social )Ariana Baio18 August 2024 21:15
1724010333In Pennsylvania Harris takes calls from votersMaking their way around Pennsylvania, the Harris-Walz campaign made a stop at their field office in Beaver County to take calls from prospective voters.
Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emoff, Governor Tim Walz, and Gwen Walz took calls before giving a stump speech to attendees.
Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff telephone prospective voters from the campaign field office (REUTERS)Ariana Baio18 August 2024 20:45
1724008576Harris’s rally remarks are a stark contrast to Trump’sIn Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted her campaign’s desire to build community and bring people together out of love for the United States – a noticeable contrast to Donald Trump’s remarks in which he often calls the US a failing country
“This campaign here is born out of our love for this country,” Harris told a group of supporters on the second stop of her Pennsylvania bus tour.
Harris repeated her desire to “reinforce” communities who have felt political divide. She expressed hope and positivity for the future.
That message is quite different from Trump who yesterday in Pennsylvania warned that the US was a country in decline and that World War III and a Great Depression were on the horizon.
Ariana Baio18 August 2024 20:16
1724007033Trumpworld plans to counter-program the DNCRepublicans aligned with Donald Trump will join the hordes of Democrats descending on Chicago this week as the Trump campaign continues to look for a way to blunt Kamala Harris’s momentum.
Trump’s Chicago hotel will become the epicenter of the Republican world as his allies including Florida Senator Rick Scott and his colleague in the House, Byron Donalds, are among those who will lead the GOP’s efforts to counter-program the Democratic convention. Themes of the four-day event at the Trump hotel will include crime and the economy, and will mirror issues being spoken about at the DNC in order to drive home the GOP message.
Trump himself will rally in Las Vegas in Friday for his second event focused on an economic message in as many weeks after several other events over the course of several days.
John Bowden 18 August 2024 19:50
1724005233Tammy Duckworth rebukes Trump’s comments about Medal of Honor recipientsSenator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois said Donald Trump “doesn’t deserve to be commander in chief” after the former president downplayed awards given to veterans for their actions in combat.
Her comments in response to the former president speaking about giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to one of his megadonors in 2018.
“It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better, because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor — that’s soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead,” Trump said.
Duckworth, a veteran of the Iraq War, called Trump “despicable.”
Ariana Baio18 August 2024 19:20
