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☆ What Donald Trump Calling Kamala Harris a ‘Communist’ Shows - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump has been using an ugly word to describe Vice President Kamala Harris. For example, Elon Musk, in a post on X, declared “Kamala is quite literally a communist,” demonstrating, among other things, that he quite literally doesn’t know the meaning of “literally.”Now, Harris obviously isn’t a communist. So why does Trump say that she is? Well, red-baiting, like race-baiting — which Trump also does when it comes to Harris — is very much part of the American political tradition. In these countries, politicians like Harris, who supports a free-market economy with a robust social safety net, are known as social democrats.

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I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.”A day earlier, the Harris campaign released a television advertisement highlighting her pivot. Her stance reflects a change in public opinion since Mr. Trump left the White House in 2021. The decision for the Harris campaign to frame her record as California attorney general as a “border-state prosecutor” stands in contrast to how she ran in the 2020 Democratic primary. “Donald Trump tanked the deal,” Ms. Harris said in Arizona as a crowd of more than 15,000 supporters booed. “Voters want to see folks be serious about actually fixing the broken immigration system and securing the border,” Ms. Cox said in an interview.

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Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday that she would seek to end federal income taxes on tips if she were elected president, mirroring a policy proposal that former President Donald J. Trump made earlier this year. The proposal from Ms. Harris — which she announced in Las Vegas, where thousands of casino employees depend on tipped wages — is a priority of Nevada’s influential Culinary Workers Union. Both Ms. Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, recognized the union in their remarks to a packed basketball arena on Saturday night. Mr. Trump also announced his support for the policy in Las Vegas.

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☆ Harris erases Trump's lead on economy among younger Americans, CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Jason Gewirtz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump. But they also think the candidate best able to improve the economy is the de facto Democratic nominee Harris, not Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump. Three months ago, the same survey found Trump and Biden effectively tied, with 36% for Biden and 35% for Trump, and 29% planning to vote for Kennedy. This jump in support for Harris today is all the more notable because of how significant the economy is to the voting choices of younger Americans. In this survey, 77% of respondents said they either definitely or probably will vote.

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☆ Voters blamed Biden for high inflation. Kamala Harris could get a pass.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Where voters place their blame — and specifically whether it falls on Vice President Kamala Harris — could be one of the defining factors of the presidential election. Early polling suggests that Harris won't be able to entirely shed the blame that President Joe Biden has received for inflation. If Harris can avoid some of the blame Biden received for rising prices, it could improve her chances of winning over crucial swing state voters, Traugott said. However, Sarah Foster, a Bankrate analyst, thinks some voters could shift much of their frustrations about rising prices from Biden to Harris. To be sure, it's up for debate how much Biden, Harris, or even Trump are deserving of blame for the rising prices of the past few years.

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Tim Walz, casting Vice President Kamala Harris’ new running mate as an agent of the far left. A top Trump adviser added: “Hamas Harris bent the knee to antisemitic, anti-Israel radicals on the left by leapfrogging Shapiro. “She outsmarted herself,” said Matt Gorman, a longtime Republican operative and veteran of presidential campaigns who is not working for the Trump campaign. “Many, many people said repeatedly that the reason Kamala Harris was going away from the Josh Shapiro selection is because they were worried about antisemitism. “To her credit, Kamala Harris put policy over politics by picking a radical liberal,” Taylor Budowich, the CEO for the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. super PAC, said.

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☆ Harris Officially Secures Democratic Party’s Nomination for President
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | More About Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Harris has conducted a fast search for a running mate and brought on a slate of new advisers to her campaign. By Friday afternoon, Ms. Harris — the only candidate on the ballot — had clinched a majority of the delegates she needed for the nomination. Ms. Harris first ran for president in 2019, while in her third year as a senator from California. Now Ms. Harris is setting out to prove she can lead a party desperate to block Mr. Trump’s attempt to return to office. On Tuesday, Ms. Harris is expected to announce her running mate before holding a joint campaign rally in Philadelphia and then touring the battleground states.

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WASHINGTON — All of a sudden, Kamala Harris is talking about the border — and relishing it. “It needs to be repaired, and we are working on that in a way that we establish a safe and humane and orderly immigration system at the border,” Harris said. As illegal border crossings soared, Harris’ critics blamed the Biden administration — and Harris herself. “For three and a half years, ‘border czar’ Harris has allowed terrorists and criminals to pour across our wide-open border,” he said. Now that the numbers are down, Harris' allies argue that Republicans are making an “active mistake” by trying to link Harris to them.

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☆ Lindsey Graham says Trump needs to stop attacking Kamala Harris over her race: 'This is your election to lose'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump should ease off on making racially-charged remarks on Kamala Harris. Graham said Trump should slam Harris for her "judgment" rather than fixate on her "heritage." Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementSen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has a suggestion for his longtime ally, former President Donald Trump — lay off on all the racially charged attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris. In response, Graham said in a Fox News Sunday interview that Trump should focus less on Harris' heritage and more on her "bad judgment."

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☆ How Kamala Harris' shortened campaign timeline could work in her favor
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewWhen Kamala Harris took up Joe Biden's mantle last month and launched her campaign for president, she did so knowing that she'd have an abbreviated run leading up to the election. Harris' campaign started with sighs of relief from Democratic voters over Biden dropping out and instant enthusiasm that contributed to Harris' record-breaking fundraising efforts, Dagnes, who focuses on political media, said. "Young people represent a strategic sector for Kamala for two reasons," Gutiérrez told BI. AdvertisementTrump has also tried several lackluster nicknames against Harris, like "Laffin' Kamala Harris" and "Cackling Copilot Kamala Harris," which haven't gained traction like "Sleepy Joe" did against Biden. "By maintaining a high level of visibility and continuing to address key voter issues, Harris is well-positioned to leverage the remaining campaign period effectively."

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☆ Harris’ whirlwind search for running mate enters final hours as she prepares to take new Democratic ticket on the road
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Arit John | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris is making the biggest decision of her two-week-old presidential campaign as she chooses a running mate and prepares to introduce the new Democratic ticket to voters in several key battleground states this week. The whirlwind vice presidential search entered its final hours Sunday after Harris had interviewed three final contenders — Gov. It was four years ago this week that Biden announced his decision to choose Harris as his running mate. Brian Kemp, who revealed last month that he did not support Trump in the state’s GOP primary. Harris’ campaign has said she will attend the ABC News event, and taunted the former president for backing out of that event.

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☆ Donald Trump is willing to debate Kamala Harris — but only on Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump says he is willing to debate Kamala Harris on Fox News in Pennsylvania on September 4. Trump cited a lawsuit against ABC as a "conflict of interest," though he previously agreed to debate on the network. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump has finally agreed to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, but only on friendly territory. Trump announced the potential debate, which would take place on September 4 and be hosted by Fox News, on his social media network, Truth Social. Trump said the debate would take place in Pennsylvania and Fox hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum would moderate it.

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☆ With tech leaders like Elon Musk turning to Trump, more than 100 Silicon Valley investors pledge support for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A group of right-wing venture capitalists have voiced support for Donald Trump and JD Vance, who was once a venture capitalist himself. "They don't speak for me," she said of Musk and other right-wing Silicon Valley leaders. "They don't speak for most of us. Harris, who was born in Oakland and is known as a pro-business politician, has a more sustained connection to Silicon Valley than Biden did. Next month, Harris will travel to Silicon Valley for a fund-raising trip in her continued effort reclaim the region amid its rightward tilt.

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The internet was spewing racist and sexist attacks long before Vice President Kamala Harris began her presidential campaign this month, including when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton sought the job. Since the last major election, however, it has become even more noxious — and more central to American politics. In 2008, Mr. Obama faced an ecosystem in which Facebook had millions of users, not billions, and the iPhone was just a year old. In 2020, when Ms. Harris was Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s running mate, it was far harder to use artificial intelligence to produce the fake pornographic renderings and misleading videos that now claim to portray her. In the week since Ms. Harris — who is Black, of Indian descent and a woman — became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, false narratives and conspiracy theories about her have ricocheted across the digital landscape.

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☆ We are 100 days from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Harris opens up new potential paths to victorySince entering the race, Harris has shown momentum in early polling. This became worrisome for the Biden campaign as warning signs flashed in states like Virginia and New Hampshire. The positive early polling is a great sign for the vice president, but it isn't the only metric that shows momentum. Trump's pick for vice president makes things interestingVice presidential picks are far from guaranteed to help a presidential hopeful win a state. With Biden out of the race, Democrats will likely seek to tie the election — anchored by Harris' candidacy — to the party's future.

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☆ Why JD Vance is being dogged by couch memes — and struggling in general
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNearly two weeks after former President Donald Trump selected JD Vance to be his running mate, it's safe to say the Ohio senator is struggling. His polling is the worst of any non-incumbent vice presidential nominee in decades. Related storiesThat lack of familiarity is a key reason that the memes about Vance having sex with a couch have taken off. By Thursday, social media was awash with memes riffing on the notion that Trump's vice presidential nominee had once fornicated with a couch. In Vance's case, the meme seems to be an ironic stand-in for other issues that voters may have with the Ohio senator, even if they know he probably didn't have sex with a couch.

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Ms. Harris was receiving 93 percent support from Democrats, the same share that Mr. Trump was getting from Republicans. Overall, Mr. Trump leads Ms. Harris 48 percent to 47 percent among likely voters in a head-to-head match. Mr. Trump leads Ms. Harris 48 percent to 46 percent among registered voters. The country’s view of Ms. Harris has also brightened, with her favorable rating rising by 10 percentage points since February. In a multicandidate race, less than a single percentage point separated Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris, with Ms. Harris at 44 percent and Mr. Trump at 43 percent after rounding.

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☆ Trump running mate JD Vance doubles down on 'childless cat ladies' comment about Harris, Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. JD Vance, the running mate of former President Donald Trump, on Friday defended his comments accusing key Democrats — including Vice President Kamala Harris — of being miserable "childless cat ladies" who want to "make the rest of the country miserable too," as well as anti-family and anti-kids. Vance has been under fire for days after the "cat ladies" remark resurfaced online following the Ohio Republican's nomination as the party's vice presidential candidate. I explicitly said in my remarks," Vance said. At the time Vance made his remarks Buttigieg was in the process of adopting twin babies with his partner. A month after his comment in 2021, Vance appeared on Tucker Carlson's now defunct-show on Fox News — Kelly's former employer — and expanded on it.

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☆ How stocks perform historically on presidential election years — and why this year is different
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

As for sectors, financials has seen the highest average annual returns in presidential election years at about 11%. Comerica data shows health care gains just under 6% during presidential election years. The sector has also lagged the S & P 500 in two of the last three presidential election years. What's different this time The biggest difference between 2024 and other presidential election years is the S & P 500's massive year-to-date gains. Tech, for example, is up 25% in 2024, outperforming its historical averages for a presidential election year.

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In the three days since President Biden announced he was quitting the 2024 race, Mr. Trump has entered foreign territory. But within 24 hours, Democratic leaders unofficially crowned Ms. Harris and stamped out any notable opposition. His team considered mounting legal challenges to her campaign committee to make it harder for Ms. Harris to hit the ground running. And Mr. Trump is still cycling through nicknames for Ms. Harris — a sign that he hasn’t yet figured out how he intends to portray her. And some Trump campaign officials have telegraphed plans to “Willie Horton” Ms. Harris.

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☆ Now Facing Harris, Trump Backs Off Commitment to Debate in September
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Shane Goldmacher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Advisers to former President Donald J. Trump said they would not commit to another debate, one they had already agreed to participate in, now that the Democrats have changed candidates from President Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris. Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump had agreed to two general election debates, the first of which took place on June 27. The two men agreed months ago to a second debate, to be held on Sept. 10, and hosted by ABC News. Mr. Trump complained at the time that they should have even more. The only major Democrat yet to endorse Ms. Harris — former President Barack Obama — is expected to imminently.

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☆ Trump is furious he spent money attacking Biden but now has to 'start all over'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDonald Trump is not happy about Joe Biden dropping out of the race, and he's been blasting Democrats for making his campaign "start all over." The former president posted several angry rants on his platform Truth Social, accusing Democrats of wasting Republicans' time and money. He even alleged that their last-minute switch-up all but replacing Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris amounts to fraud. "So, we are forced to spend time and money on fighting Crooked Joe Biden, he polls badly after having a terrible debate, and quits the race," the Republican nominee wrote on Truth on Sunday. AdvertisementSo Trump is right about one thing: his campaign does have to "start all over again."

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☆ European officials get excited about Kamala Harris — but are still hedging their bets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Silvia Amaro | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

There's a renewed sense of excitement among European officials as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination ahead of the all-important election this fall. They also dismissed 78-year-old former President Donald Trump, adding that "the U.S. needs younger leaders." As a result, EU institutions welcomed the arrival of Biden to the White House, describing it as a new chapter in the EU-U.S. relationship. However, for at least a year now, EU officials have been preparing for the possibility of a return of Trump to the White House. If he wins the election, they're expecting a deeper "America First" policy, which will likely mean less financial support to Ukraine and possibly tariffs on some European goods.

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☆ Energized Democrats quickly consolidate around Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Democratic congressional leaders had remained quiet so far — but there were signs that could soon change. Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark and California Rep. Pete Aguilar, the second- and third-ranking House Democrats, endorsed Harris on Monday morning. The Clintons, in a statement Sunday, endorsed Harris; Obama did not, deferring to the party’s process. In those phone calls, Harris made clear that while she was grateful for Biden’s endorsement, she planned to earn the Democratic nomination in her own right. Longtime Democratic operative Donna Brazile said that she was in the process of gathering delegates to support Harris.

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