Harris to highlight strengthening middle-class and lowering costs at Georgia rally - ABC News
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Vice President Kamala Harris is holding a rally in Atlanta on Tuesday, marking her 15th trip to Georgia since taking office and her first trip to the battleground state since launching her own presidential bid.
During her speech, the vice president will lay out how she will prioritize the strengthening of middle-class families if elected, a Harris campaign official told ABC News ahead of her address.
She will say a key to this is recognizing that prices remain too high for many essentials that families rely on, and she will lay out her plans to lower costs, the official said.
Harris is expected to call out Trump for refusing to honor his commitment to the upcoming presidential debate set to be hosted by ABC News in September.
On a call with reporters ahead of her trip, Harris' campaign said Georgia, a formerly red state that voted blue in the last presidential election, is still "in play."
"The vice president is energizing and mobilizing our base," said Dan Kanninen, the campaign's battleground states director. "Having a candidate who can mobilize our key Biden-Harris coalition, talking about the issues that resonate with Georgians … make that state in play."
Since President Joe Biden announced earlier this month that he was leaving the 2024 race, Harris has secured commitments from enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee if they all honor their commitment when voting, according to ABC News reporting.
The trip comes as the campaign reported raising $200 million in less than a week since Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed Harris. The campaign is also boasting 170,000 new volunteers who have signed up to back Harris. This past weekend to commemorate the 100-day mark from November's election, the campaign hosted 2,300 events across the battleground states with more than 29,000 volunteers participating.
Harris -- who will be introduced by a graduate of Morehouse College, a historically Black university -- will be joined by Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock as well as former Rep. Stacey Abrams along with several other special guests. One of those special guests will rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who is expected to give a special performance at the rally, a source confirmed to ABC News.
Harris' remarks at the rally will follow a meeting with local reproductive rights leaders and activists.
Georgia played a crucial role in Biden's 2020 victory, going blue for the first time since 1992 due, in significant part, to organizing efforts from Abrams, who spent years spearheading get-out-the-vote efforts in Black communities. Harris' campaign will be looking to replicate success in Georgia by shoring up support among Black voters, a key group of voters that both Harris and former President Donald Trump will work to connect with as the November election approaches.
Biden only won the state by some 12,000 votes in 2020, a win heavily contested by Trump, who is currently in the midst of an election interference case in the state. Trump hasn't held a campaign event in Georgia since his debate with Biden in June.
Kanninen said although the Harris campaign has achieved an impressive fundraising haul in a short amount of time, they are not getting "comfortable."
"I continue to be very clear with our partners and with our own staff. This campaign will not get comfortable. We jumped in with just 100 days ago against an opponent who has shown he's willing to do anything to win," said Kannien. "This is going to be an incredibly close race just like it was in 2020. But just like four years ago, we are going to win this thing."
The Harris campaign told reporters they expect the state to be just as "competitive" this election, claiming that their infrastructure in the state gives them an advantage.
"We expect it to be as close as competitive this year," said Communications Director Michael Tyler. "That's why we have the team and the operation in place to make sure that we can turn out every single Harris voter in the state of Georgia."
According to the campaign, they have more than 170 coordinated staff and 24 offices across the state with three of those opening this past weekend. The Trump campaign only recently opened its first campaign office in the state in June.
"We're making these investments across the entire map because the data is clear. We have multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes," said Kanninen. "The vice president is strong in both the blue wall and in the Sun Belt and we are running hard in both."
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Awesome, good luck in November
If she tries to continue with Joe's Bidenomics policies, it's doomed to failure just like Bidenomics was.
Yep, it would be disastrous but no worries. Our friends on the left will find a way to blame anything bad on someone else.
Yep. SOP for them.
The place where the Harris campaign is holding this rally holds about 10,000 people.
Harris -- who will be introduced by a graduate of Morehouse College, a historically Black university -- will be joined by Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock as well as former Rep. Stacey Abrams along with several other special guests. One of those special guests will rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who is expected to give a special performance at the rally, a source confirmed to ABC News.
And we know who is filling all those seats.
The Harris campaign isn't fooling anyone.
I'm 'guessing' 99.9% americans.
Even if invented innuendos were potent, there is no way to drag Harris down to Trump's level.
Well, many of my friends here who support Harris should know since they’ve been happily wallowing down in the mud and pig shit for the last 5-6 years.
Very familiar territory for them …..
No, why don't you fill us in?
I see the picture at the top of the seed has Harris at a juneteenth event.
i wonder if the slaves her ancestors owned were some that were finally released on that day?
Golly gee, I don't know. On what day do you think Trump's ancestors released the all the ladies of the night who 'worked' for them?
Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of US slaves. These are people enslaved in the United States prior to June, 1865.
Harris' dad emigrated from Jamaica. His ancestors were not even in the USA, much less own US slaves.
Harris' mom was Indian. Again, her ancestors had nothing to do with US slaves.
So no need to wonder, the facts are obvious.
No, they owned plantations and over a thousand slaves on Jamaica.
Trump's ancestors, unlike those of Obama and Harris, did not own slaves. It drives home how absolutely stupid the idea of reparations are.
So you acknowledge that what I wrote was correct — her ancestors had nothing to do with US slaves and that they did not own any slaves emancipated in 1865. She has no 'roots' in Juneteenth.
Do you actually intend to accuse Harris of something bad? Her paternal great-grandfather was a slave-holder in Jamaica. What, specifically, is her fault?
In the USA, considerable people are descendants of slaveowners ... in particular US slaves. What specific wrongdoing do you attribute to these living descendants?
Oh. Is that your shtick today?
Exactly, Kamala is no more responsible for her white ancestors behavior than other US southern descendants.
In the USA, considerable people are descendants of slaveowners ... in particular US slaves. What specific wrongdoing do you attribute to these living descendant
I assumed the part about the stupidity of reparations would have made that clear.
but sure, to spell it out, it’s as absurd to blame people for the acts of their distant ancestors as it is to others people for hardships they didn’t endure.
There’s nothing so fundamentally un-American as the belief that guilt can be transmitted through generations.
Can you see in color?
Thus your comment was entirely irrelevant.