Tag: Kamala
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Kamala Harris campaign office damaged by gunfire in Arizona
NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix previously reported the office had been damaged by gunfire.KPNX Sean McEnerney, the coordinated campaign manager for the state Democratic Party, also confirmed the incident in a statement. “Overnight, several shots were fired into our Tempe Democratic Party coordinated campaign office,” McEnerney said. No one was present or injured at the…
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Janet Jackson ‘apology’ for Kamala Harris remarks not authorized, from man claiming to be manager
An apology thought to be from singer Janet Jackson following a comment repeating misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity wasn’t actually made by her or authorized by her team. Representatives confirmed to NBC News on Monday that the statement, made to BuzzFeed over the weekend by a man named Mo Elmasri, was not…
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Newly popular Kamala Harris builds momentum, challenging Donald Trump for the mantle of change
A double-digit increase in popularity, rising Democratic enthusiasm and an early edge for representing “change” have vaulted Vice President Kamala Harris forward and reshuffled the 2024 presidential contest, according to a new national NBC News poll. With just over six weeks until Election Day, the poll finds Harris with a 5-point lead over former President Donald…
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Janet Jackson tells interviewer she’s heard Kamala Harris is not Black, echoing election disinformation
Echoing well-trodden disinformation that has infected the U.S. presidential election, pop icon Janet Jackson said she has heard Vice President Kamala Harris is not Black. The remarks were published Saturday by The Guardian, granted access and interview time as Jackson promotes her latest tour’s European stops. Jackson is also promoting a residency that starts in…
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Kamala Harris campaign seizes on suburban women as key in North Carolina strategy
When Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins of the Democratic nomination in late July, something happened in North Carolina. Volunteers started pouring in by the thousands. Of the more than 23,500 people who stepped forward, 94% of them had never done so before, according to the campaign. In the week after President Joe Biden…
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Undecided voters, set in their views of Trump, now weigh backing Kamala Harris
Kenneth Hauck wasn’t sure how he would vote when the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was just a hypothetical scenario. Now it’s a reality, and Hauck still isn’t sure whom he will support — but he’s leaning toward Harris. “I need to do more research on her before anything,”…
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Pro-Palestinian Uncommitted Movement refuses to endorse Kamala Harris
The Uncommitted Movement of pro-Palestinian Democrats is withholding its endorsement from Vice President Kamala Harris after she rebuffed its latest request, the group announced Thursday, while also making clear its opposition to former President Donald Trump and the third-party candidates who might inadvertently help elect him. “Vice President Harris’s unwillingness to shift on unconditional weapons…
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Kamala Harris mobilizes diverse labor force in the Sun Belt
President Joe Biden has often proclaimed that he is the most pro-union president in history, a declaration that Democrats often tied to his appeal to white working-class voters in the Midwest. Now serving as the party’s standard-bearer, Vice President Kamala Harris is building her own coalition by mobilizing a more diverse and expansive labor force…
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Kamala Harris’ labor split screen: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we explore one positive and on negative development for Kamala Harris’ support from organized labor. Plus, chief political…
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Kamala Harris gets pressed for policy details: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, reporter Curtis Bunn brings us a dispatch from Kamala Harris’ interview with members of the National Association of…