Tag: Harris
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Teamsters plead with fellow members to back Harris in battleground state Wisconsin
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — On a crisp fall morning last week, a UPS worker donning a brown uniform rushed toward the warehouse here to start his shift when a group of fellow Teamsters handed him campaign literature supporting Kamala Harris for president. The worker grew visibly agitated, gestured with his arms and raised his voice. But he…
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What the Justice Department could look like under a Kamala Harris presidency
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’s team is quietly considering potential nominees for attorney general, looking at who could serve as America’s top federal law enforcement official if she defeats Donald Trump, the federal criminal defendant who sent the Justice Department spiraling into chaos during his presidency and as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss.…
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Women drive big advantage for Harris among young voters, with men divided
Half of registered voters under 30 years old plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and one-third are lining up with former President Donald Trump — relatively unchanged from a previous survey in August, according to the new NBC News Stay Tuned Gen Z Poll, powered by SurveyMonkey. And among young voters who say…
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Beyoncé expected to perform at Harris rally in Houston
Pop superstar Beyoncé will appear with Vice President Kamala Harris at her event in Houston on Friday evening, according to three sources familiar with the plans. Beyoncé is also expected to perform, according to one of the sources, who has direct knowledge of the preparations. The Washington Post first reported the news of Beyonce’s appearance. The…
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Formerly Republican mayor in reliably red Wisconsin county endorses Harris
The mayor of Waukesha, the seat of a reliably Republican county outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Wednesday — the first time the formerly Republican city leader is supporting a Democrat for commander in chief, the campaign said. “It would be easier for me to stay quiet and vote my…
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New poll shows Trump and Harris neck-and-neck nationally and in battlegrounds
Less than two weeks until Election Day, CNBC’s latest national poll finds a margin-of-error presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris both nationally and in key battleground states, with Trump ahead on economic issues and Harris leading on character issues including honesty and the fitness to be president. In CNBC’s quarterly “All-America Economic Survey,”…
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Kamala Harris turns to Democratic stars to make closing argument to voters
WASHINGTON — After having spent the last month trying to persuade undecided voters to support her, Vice President Kamala Harris will now pivot to the closing argument phase of her campaign and enlist the party’s biggest stars to help make her final pitch, according to three people familiar with the strategy. Harris is set to…
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Kamala Harris calls Trump a ‘fascist’ as she argues he’s ‘dangerous’ and unfit for office
Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Donald Trump a “fascist” at a CNN town hall Wednesday in Pennsylvania — echoing the Republican’s one-time chief of staff’s criticism as she makes a more vocal pitch to voters that he is unfit for office. John Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general who was Trump’s longest-serving White…
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Harris campaign has yet to lean on Hillary Clinton on the trail
WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks before an election where she could make history, Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to enlist help on the campaign trail from the only other woman who has gotten as close to the Oval Office: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The decision underscores Harris’ lack of emphasis on…