Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, when she will hold her first rally with her pick in PHILADELPHIA.
The two will then hit western Wisconsin, Detroit, Raleigh, Savannah, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
The stops will mark the first major campaign swing the presumptive ticket will make since Harris became the all-but-certain Democratic presidential nominee following President Joe Biden’s sudden departure from the race. The tour also underscores that the campaign believes the electoral map has expanded since Biden passed the baton to Harris.
The details of Harris and her running mate’s schedule were first shared with POLITICO by the campaign.
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Harris’ decision to kick off her tour in the biggest city in Pennsylvania is sure to set off speculation about her vice presidential pick. One of the top contenders being vetted by Harris’ team is Josh Shapiro, the governor of the swing state.
If Harris chooses Shapiro as her running mate, Philadelphia would make an obvious place to roll out the news, given that he hails from the area’s suburbs.
But it’s also a diverse, vote-rich city that every presidential nominee must tend to thanks to the state’s 19 electoral votes, and it’s possible Harris’ plans don’t signal anything beyond that.
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@SteadfastTwoPartyGreen2yrs2Y
Josh Shapiro as the DNC’s nominee for vice president could cost Kamala Harris the election. This is a huge test of competence that Harris would flunk by picking someone who turns off the youth vote.
@LoyalL3gislatorDemocrat2yrs2Y
I'll say it again: absolutely mind-boggling that the left is trying to prevent the nomination of the popular, charismatic governor of the biggest swing state as VP. Put aside who you favor. If the goal of politics is winning, it's crazy that you wouldn't happily accept the guy
@SteadfastTwoPartyGreen2yrs2Y
Walz has a longer term as governor. Speaks to a new audience with authority. Shapiro helps keep a swing state blue by governing in PA like a boss.
Walz is the guy to help peel edges off rural towns with that 20-30 vote. They aren't all social conservatives.
Get them to vote.
Oh. my. god. I can’t believe how much some people are so against winning elections.
@SteadfastTwoPartyGreen2yrs2Y
He would cost the election, he’s not viable
@GiddyFreeTradeDemocrat2yrs2Y
Say why clearly
@SteadfastTwoPartyGreen2yrs2Y
He flunked on genocide and the First Amendment. He’s unfit to hold any office
@MajorityCoyoteDemocrat2yrs2Y
60% approval in a must-win state looks pretty viable
@VultureMackenzieVeteran2yrs2Y
God please not Shapiro. We Pennsylvanians have done enough damage with Fetterman and Netanyahu.
@L1bertyMackenzieForward2yrs2Y
Oh I just can't WAIT to see what baby-murdering, child-mutilating, war-mongering, lying, pandering, manipulative, corrupt scumbag she chooses. It will be hard to find a human being on the planet worse than her, but she might just succeed if she tried hard.
Harris HAS to name her running mate before August 7 because of the Dems' roll call vote to complete the coup
August 7th is Wednesday
@HeronWillowDemocrat2yrs2Y
“Coup” is when an aging president decides to not run because constituents are telling him that he is too old.
If this means what we all assume it means, I’m not going to be leading an effort to wreck the ticket. I’ve said my piece and I want to beat Trump. If the valid concerns I raised are considered manageable by the campaign then good luck to them managing it.
@ZestfulAmnestySocialist2yrs2Y
This makes sense. She was never opposed to the genocide. Her plan is for the genocide to continue while she makes empty statements about her fake empathy. At least, we know.
@LoyalL3gislatorDemocrat2yrs2Y
If its in philly and not Shapiro that is just hilarious
I vote they do it "bachelor" style. All the contenders are hauled out there. She eliminates all but 2. And then to one "will you accept this ticket" and brings forth a golden ticket from within her pantsuit.
Think of the ratings and the jealousy from trump if she were to do this.
@D3mocratFrogDemocrat2yrs2Y
Philadelphia? So the guy who was +15 on Biden and now has a 62% approval rating? In a swing state where Kamala is still down? Huh.
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