Derided by Donald Trump as a 鈥渃ommunist,鈥� is playing up her street cred as a capitalist. Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million from his father on a 鈥渟ilver platter,鈥� is leaning into his raw populism.
The two presidential candidates are set to deliver dueling speeches Wednesday that reflect how they鈥檙e honing their economic messages for voters in battleground states. Both are trying to counter criticism of them while laying out their best case for a public that still worries about the economy鈥檚 health.
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Vance says the war in Ukraine has taken resources 鈥榓t a time when Americans are suffering鈥�
Vance says the 鈥渂iggest problem鈥� with the Russia-Ukraine war is that it 鈥渉as distracted and consumed a lot of resources at a time when Americans are suffering.鈥�
During a call Wednesday with reporters about union support for the Trump-Vance campaign, the GOP vice presidential nominee echoed Trump鈥檚 claims that 鈥淩ussia would have never invaded Ukraine鈥� if Trump, not Biden, had been in office.
And if Trump is returned to the White House, Vance said 鈥渆verything is going to be on the table, but I think that nothing is going to definitively be on the table鈥� in terms of Trump鈥檚 approach to negotiating an end to the war.
Vance did not respond directly when asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's recent criticism of him as 鈥渢oo radical鈥� in an interview with The New Yorker. The Ohio senator has criticized U.S. support for Ukraine in the war, saying in his speech at the Republican National Convention this summer that there should be 鈥渘o more free rides for nations that betray the generosity of the American taxpayer.鈥�
Vance says he doesn't think he needs to prepare as much as Walz is for the debate
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says he鈥檚 not planning to have a debate camp because 鈥渨e have well developed views on public policy.鈥�
Speaking to reporters on a call with union supporters Wednesday, the Ohio senator said he feels no pressure to do 鈥渁nything similar鈥� to the debate preparation being done by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think we have to prepare that much鈥� because 鈥渨e don鈥檛 have to hide our record from the American people,鈥� Vance said.
Vance also said former President Donald Trump supports the rights of workers to unionize and collectively bargain, but he demurred from full-throated support by also saying states should choose their own labor laws that can support or reduce unionization efforts.
Trump's supporters gather at a manufacturing plant ahead of speech
Trump was set to address a relatively small crowd inside a massive Charlotte-area manufacturing plant.
The Republican former president鈥檚 supporters gathered among metal machines and and palettes of red, white and blue tubing. Trump鈥檚 podium was flanked by rows of work stations, metal beams and a large campaign sign that proclaimed, 鈥淛OBS! JOBS! JOBS!鈥�
Harris will do a sit down interview with MSNBC
Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with Stephanie Ruhle of MSNBC on Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
The Democratic candidate is visiting the city to give a speech on .
Harris has faced criticism for avoiding media interviews during her abbreviated campaign for the presidency. The conversation with Ruhle will be her first one-on-one interview with a national network since becoming her party鈥檚 nominee. Harris previously sat down with CNN鈥檚 Dana Bash alongside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, her running mate.
Top Muslim-voter organization endorses Harris as Middle East conflict escalates
Vice President has secured the endorsement of one of the nation鈥檚 largest Muslim American voter mobilization groups, marking a significant boost to her campaign since many Muslim and Arab American to support third-party candidates or not endorse.
Emgage Action, the political arm of an 18-year-old Muslim American advocacy group, endorsed Harris鈥� presidential campaign Wednesday, saying in a statement provided first to The Associated Press that the group 鈥渞ecognizes the responsibility to defeat鈥� former President Donald Trump in November.
The group, based in Washington D.C., operates in eight states, with a significant presence in the key battlegrounds of Michigan and Pennsylvania. The organization will now focus its ongoing voter-outreach efforts on supporting Harris, in addition to down-ballot candidates.
A tale of crushing security lapses and missed chances to stop the man who shot Trump
The acting director of the Secret Service was incensed at what had happened that July evening. 鈥淲hat I saw made me ashamed,鈥� Ronald Rowe Jr. said. 鈥淚 cannot defend why that roof was not better secured.鈥�
The unguarded roof, easily within shooting distance of the rally stage, is just one of the myriad questions behind the worst Secret Service security failure in decades. The more that investigators unpack from that day, the more missed opportunities that could have prevented the attack are revealed.
As the United States grapples with a on Donald Trump鈥檚 life, in Florida, there remains a reckoning to be done from the Pennsylvania shooting on July 13 that killed one man and wounded three 鈥� the ex-president among them.
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