Morning Rundown: Harris and Trump's final stretch 'dogfight,' Biden eyes 'take it or leave it' Gaza deal, and a Ukrainian athlete's dedication to a fallen friendPresident Joe Biden will tout his administration's efforts to spur private investment in U.S. manufacturing in remarks this afternoon.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together in Pittsburgh yesterday to give remarks on their efforts to support and strengthen unions.An unprecedented summer has turned the presidential race on its head with two months to go until Election Day, showing a dead heat in key states between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump as both candidates gear up for a final blitz after the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Harris, 59, has turned the issue of age from a potentially fatal liability to an asset for Democrats against the 78-year-old Trump. The former president, who was running with confidence against Biden, has appeared rattled at times by Harris, launchingagainst a rival who would be the first woman and the first Indian American to be president. She has brushed them off.
It was a Labor Day showing in a battleground state on what is traditionally the political kickoff to the fall campaign season. But it was a tradition bypassed by Trump, who in an unusual move did not hit the trail either Sunday or Monday.Trump said Sunday that he had “every right” to interfere with the 2020 election, even as two criminal cases involving those allegations hang over him.
In a Fox News interview that aired Sunday, Trump went on a long screed about the Justice Department and its treatment of him, charging he had been targeted. Trump marveled that the criminal charges did nothing but boost his poll numbers, because, he surmised, his supporters didn’t buy them in the first place.