Sources say Harris will announce VP pick in next several days, as Trump says world leaders would see her as ‘play toy’Good morning, US politics blog readers, the US presidential race has moved into another gear since Joe Biden withdrew from his re-election campaign and endorsed his vice-president, Kamala Harris, to replace him at the top of the Democratic ticket.There’s big buzz today and a lot more excitement to come in the next few days and before the Democratic national convention in Chicago next month, with the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, throwing his weight around as well. You can follow developments here, as they happen.The Harris for President campaign has announced that Kamala Harris and her running mate – who has yet to be confirmed – will appear together in their first joint event next Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the seven crucial swing states. This follows news yesterday when various sources were saying she’d announce her VP pick in the next six or seven days. That firmed up overnight.The pair will follow the event in Philly with a whizz through six more swing states within four days, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.Pundits are opining that the announcement about Pennsylvania doesn’t necessarily point to that state’s governor, Democrat Josh Shapiro, as the shoo-in for the ticket, so that leaves “the veep stakes” still a live action sport.Kamala Harris spoke at the best-attended and most enthusiastic Democratic campaign rally of the race so far, last night in Atlanta, Georgia. Donald Trump will speak in the same arena this weekend. She taunted him about his apparent cold feet over debating her, with the line: “If you got something to say, say it to my face.”Donald Trump said in a Fox interview that aired last night that a President Harris would struggle on the world stage and that she would “be like a play toy” for foreign leaders.About eight out of 10 Democrats say they would be very or somewhat satisfied if Harris is confirmed as the Democratic nominee for president. The survey from the AP-Norc Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted after Biden withdrew from the race. After his dire debate performance against Trump last month, a poll from the same firm asking the same about him returned the result that only four in 10 Democrats were would be happy with him as the party’s nominee.Trump is due to appear on a panel in an unexpected venue today – the annual conference of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which is being held in Chicago. We have one of our staffers there, Gloria Oladipo, and will bring you blog updates and a news report. Kamala Harris was not scheduled to attend and has not changed her plans since Trump popped up. Continue reading…
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Author : Joanna Walters
Publish date : 2024-07-31 13:05:02
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