Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are looking to maintain their momentum as they prepare to hit the campaign trail again following an excitement-filled Democratic National Convention last week.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump — bracing for more unfavorable polling news — is seeking to curb Harris’ stride while also on the trail this week with his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who took swings at their rivals Sunday.
Here’s the latest campaign news:
- Candidates hit the trail this week: Trump will address the National Guard Association’s conference in Detroit today. On Thursday, he will speak in Michigan on the economy before participating in a town hall in Wisconsin that evening. On Friday, he will hold a rally in Pennsylvania, then head to Washington, DC, to speak at a summit held by the conservative Moms for Liberty group. Harris and Walz, meanwhile, will kick off a bus tour in Georgia on Wednesday, concluding with a rally in the Savannah area on Thursday.
- Harris’ fundraising haul: The vice president’s campaign said Sunday that it has raised $540 million since she launched her presidential bid just over a month ago. That’s a record for any campaign in history for this time span, according to Harris’ team.
- Vance meets the press: Vance said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he does not have any hesitation about accepting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s endorsement of Trump despite the former candidate’s history of conspiratorial comments. He also said in the interview that Trump would veto a federal abortion ban as president if such a bill were passed by Congress.
- Former independent candidate RFK Jr.: Kennedy said he would be “campaigning actively” for Trump after suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing the Republican nominee on Friday. But his campaign suspension hasn’t yet ended the anecdotes about his personal life. Kennedy’s daughter Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, in a recently resurfaced 2012 interview, detailed how her father once used a chainsaw to cut off the head of a dead whale that had washed up on the shores of their family’s home in Massachusetts and drove it to New York on the roof of the family’s minivan.
