vice president Kamala Harris and former president donald trump they are painting very different photos as they meet with voters during the campaign. Harris, for her part, is promoting “joy” — branding the Democratic ticket, which includes her running mate, the governor of Minnesota. Tim Walz“like merry warriors.”
Trump, however, has promoted a darker vision for Republicans, saying at a press conference last week that “we have a lot of bad things coming.”
Voters will get more from the candidates and their running mates in the coming days.
Walz will hold his first solo events this week, traveling Tuesday to Los Angeles to speak at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees convention, before participating in a series of fundraisers across the country.
Trump is scheduled to give a live interview Monday on X, the social platform from which he was banned for nearly two years following the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol.
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Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance used a series of Sunday news appearances to disparage the Democrat ticket and promote Donald Trump’s record and plans for a second term and defend himself from criticism over past comments that have become a campaign issue.
The Ohio senator, in a series of taped interviews, said there was merit to Trump’s suggestion that presidents have more control over U.S. monetary policy and stuck to the GOP line that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, had exaggerated his opinion. military registration.
Vance, who accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz during their recent visits to several swing states, was asked about abortion and his past comments on American family life, among other topics.
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Former president Donald Trump’s The presidential campaign said Saturday that it had been hacked and suggested that Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents.
The campaign did not provide specific evidence of Iran’s involvement, but the claim comes a day after Microsoft issued a report detailing attempts by foreign agents to interfere in the US campaign in 2024.
It cited a case in which an Iranian military intelligence unit in June sent “a spearphishing email to a senior presidential campaign official from a compromised email account of a former senior adviser.”
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States” for the hack. A spokesperson for the National Security Council said in a statement that it takes any report of improper foreign interference “extremely seriously” and condemns any government or entity that seeks to undermine confidence in U.S. democratic institutions, but said it deferred to the Justice Department. on this issue. matter.
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Tim Walz is holding his first solo events as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, traveling Tuesday to Los Angeles to speak at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees convention, before taking part in a series of fundraisers of funds across the country.
Following his speech in Los Angeles, the Minnesota governor will visit five states in three days, starting with a fundraiser in Newport Beach, California.
He will headline two more fundraisers on Wednesday in Denver and Boston. He will speak at fundraisers in Newport, Rhode Island and Southampton, New York, the next day.
Harris introduced Walz as her running mate during a joint rally last week in Philadelphia, and the two have campaigned together in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada. The vice president will campaign with Biden in Maryland this week and also promised to detail her policy proposals for the economy.
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