WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Vice President Harris made her presidential campaign trail debut Tuesday with record grass-roots fundraising, the largest Democratic crowd to date and new polling showing the race is now a toss-up, as former president Donald Trump began adapting to her swift ascent to a likely Democratic nomination. To a roaring crowd of thousands in this Milwaukee suburb, Harris moved to redefine the November election as a choice between the future and the past, a prosecutor and a felon. "I know Donald Trump's type," the former California attorney general said to chants of "Ka-ma-la." The crowd, so large that organizers said they had to move the rally to a larger venue, also made a chorus out of her pledge: "We are not going back." She arrived in this pivotal swing state with a stacked lineup of Democratic officials, embodying how the party has rapidly coalesced behind her candidacy since President Biden withdrew Sunday and backed her as his successor.

Source: Washington Post July 24, 2024 02:59 UTC