威斯康星州麦迪逊——民主党副总统候选人卡马拉·哈里斯计划在战场上首次亮相威斯康星州在密尔沃基的劳动节,当副总统迈克·彭斯前往西部时威斯康星州。
彭斯和哈里斯的两次露面是在总统上任后几天唐纳德·特朗普和前副总统乔·拜登相隔两天在克诺沙。威斯康星州是特朗普在2016年以不到一个百分点的优势获胜的少数摇摆州之一。
彭斯计划参观戴利兰德电力合作社并发表讲话。拜登竞选团队周五没有立即公布来自加州的美国参议员哈里斯的访问细节。
彭斯最后一次在威斯康星州是在8月19日,当时他在达连参观了唐克克拉夫特。那次访问符合民主党全国代表大会。
在拜登访问之前,他自2018年10月以来就没有在威斯康星州竞选过。
这将是哈里斯加入该联盟后第一次踏上传统的竞选征程。她一直坚持数字筹款和组织活动。在拜登选择她作为他的竞选伙伴后,在民主党全国代表大会期间,她去了特拉华州,但她仍然留在华盛顿。
她将访问的密尔沃基位于克诺沙以北不到一个小时的地方,那里爆发了针对警察枪杀雅各布·布莱克的抗议活动。哈里斯是主要政党总统候选人中的第一位黑人女性,也是前检察官,他称自己的枪击案是美国两种不同司法制度的证据。
周五,当被问及为什么哈里斯还没有亲自参加竞选活动时,拜登说,两人正试图尽可能多地覆盖领土,而不是一起竞选。哈里斯一直在做虚拟活动。
拜登说:“她自己出去了。”“她是一个非常有能力的候选人。她做得很好。总有一天我们可以和她在一起,我们会有很多地方可以去。”
Kamala Harris, Mike Pence to both be in Wisconsin on Monday
MADISON, Wis. -- Democratic vice presidential candidateKamala Harrisis scheduled to make her first campaign appearance in battlegroundWisconsinon Labor Day in Milwaukee, while Vice President Mike Pence was headed to westernWisconsin.
The dual appearances by Pence and Harris come just days after PresidentDonald Trumpand former Vice PresidentJoe Bidenwere in Kenosha two days apart. Wisconsin is one of a few swing states that Trump won by less than a percentage point in 2016.
Pence plans to visit Dairyland Power Cooperative and deliver remarks. The Biden campaign did not immediately release details Friday about the visit from Harris, a U.S. senator from California.
Pence was last in Wisconsin on Aug. 19 when he toured Tanckcraft in Darien. That visit corresponded with the Democratic National Convention.
Prior to Biden's visit, he hadn't campaigned in Wisconsin since October 2018.
It will be Harris' first time out on the traditional campaign trail since joining the ticket. She's been sticking to digital fundraisers and organizing events. She traveled to Delaware after Biden selected her as his running mate and during the Democratic National Convention, but she's otherwise remained in Washington.
Milwaukee, where she'll visit, is less than an hour north of Kenosha, where protests have erupted over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Harris, the first Black woman on a major party's presidential ticket and a former prosecutor, has called his shooting evidence of two different systems of justice in America.
Asked Friday about why Harris hasn’t yet done in-person campaign events, Biden said the two are trying to cover as much territory as they can rather than campaigning together. Harris has been doing virtual events.
“She’s out herself," Biden said. “She is an incredibly competent candidate. She is doing a great job. There will be times when we can get with her, there’s a lot of territory to cover."