Following yet another momentous occasion in the campaign, Trump and Harris resume their tour.
former President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold his first rally following his alleged second assassination attempt. He will travel to Flint.
Michigan, for what is described as a town hall meeting, with Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
His former White House press secretary, serving as host.
A significant unscripted moment for a candidate who has mainly adhered to her theme.
Vice President Kamala Harris will interview with members of the National Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia.
Trump deceitfully claimed a few weeks ago that Harris had only “happened to turn Black” in the last several years in reference to this same group.
The incidents follow the Secret Service’s successful interception of a possible gunman at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf property on Sunday.
Which prevented the former president from being the target of a second attempt on his life. They will provide a glimpse into the potential course of the campaign’s next phase, especially for Trump.
Who is visiting Michigan for a rally intended to attack the records of President Joe Biden and Senator Harris in one of the most significant swing states in the country.
Trump launched a barrage of criticism on Monday, accusing Biden and Harris of being behind the most recent alleged attempt on his life.
In his first interview after the event.
On his Truth Social website, he criticized the Democratic president and vice president in a similar manner.
Although Biden said it was a “mistake” to tell supporters he intended to “place Trump in a bull’s-eye” following the first attempt on his life.
Neither he nor Harris indicated they would back down from their warnings about the threat Trump posed to democracy.
During last week’s debate, Harris used Trump’s threat of a “bloodbath” if he lost, the Charlottesville riots, and the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 as examples of his deadly speech.
“Let us move forward from this,” she pleaded.
Democrats pointed out on Monday that Trump has a lengthy history of using violent imagery and provocative rhetoric.
During a campaign canvassing event for Harris, Michigan Democratic Representative Debbie Dingell stated that Trump
Plays to people’s dread, he plays to people’s anxieties.
He uses fear and hatred to define us.
Dingell declared, “We need to understand who and what he is and how much he is contributing to this violence, but we also need to stop it.”
On Monday, Harris’s team avoided bringing up the alleged murder attempt in a political context.
Few aides thought the former president was speaking in good faith.
Despite the White House not immediately responding to Trump’s claim that the gunman on Sunday was acting because he believed in “the rhetoric of Biden and Harris.”
A small number of aides thought the former president was talking sincere.
Following the Florida incident on Sunday, both Biden and Harris went ahead with their plans. This is a significant departure from the previous week.
When Biden’s campaign removed political advertisements and canceled the president and vice president’s scheduled campaign trips in the wake of the first attempt on Trump’s life earlier in the summer.
Condition of the 2024 race
With the first votes being distributed at a time when Trump’s money edge has vanished and the polling lead he maintained for the first half of the year has vanished. It is a risky moment for his campaign.
According to a CNN poll by SSRS, Harris left last week’s ABC debate with momentum.
With 63% of viewers believing the vice president did a better job on stage in Philadelphia than Trump did (37%).
One of the most reputable pollsters in the country and an authority on the
Hawkeye State, Ann Selzer, conducted a Des Moines
Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll on Sunday that revealed a stark caution flag for Trump: among likely voters.
Trump’s lead in Iowa was only 47% to Harris’ 43%. The same survey from June indicated that the former president was leading Biden 50% to 32%.
Trump won the state by eight points.
However, the survey discovered that a number of Democratic-leaning
Demographics, such as women, Iowans with college degrees, city dwellers, and those under 45, were more likely to vote.
According to a poll conducted on Sunday by ABC News and Ipsos.
Harris has a national lead over Trump, with 52% of likely voters supporting her compared to 46% for Trump.
It also revealed a glaring gender disparity
female likely voters split evenly, at 49% for each, but male likely voters break for Harris 55% to 44%.
