Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are holding events in two key Midwestern swing states. Meanwhile, Donald Trump criticized Harris’ choice of running mate for being “a smarter version of her.”
US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris and her newly announced running mate Tim Walz continued their reelection campaign in the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday.
Harris told the day’s first rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, that, “As Tim Walz likes to point out, we are joyful warriors.”
Contributing to that feeling, the Harris campaign said it had raised $36 million in the first 24 hours after she announced Walz as her running mate.
Crowds chant ‘VP Walz!’ at Wisconsin rally
The vice president introduced Walz to a raucous crowd and played up his Midwestern roots, while often referring to him as “coach,” a nod to his past as a high school football coach.
Harris referred to Walz as “the next vice president” with people then chanting: “VP Walz!” Her campaign said more than 12,000 people attended the rally.
She said the pair look to the future with optimism unlike Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential nominee JD Vance.
Vance was also in the same Wisconsin city at the same time as he looks to introduce himself to voters on behalf of the Republican ticket.
Harris attacked Trump at the rally, saying, “Someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again have the chance to sit behind the seal of the United States.”
