Vice President Harris’s operating mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), slammed Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) at a marketing campaign occasion close to the senator’s hometown on Saturday, saying that former President Trump’s operating mate doesn’t mirror the “integrity” of the folks within the state.
“He is not a reflection on the integrity of the people of Ohio,” Walz mentioned at an occasion on behalf of the Harris Victory Fund, based on NewsNation’s Jackie Koppell. Walz condemned the senator for saying he wouldn’t have licensed the 2020 presidential election and for refusing to reply whether or not Trump misplaced that race throughout their vice presidential debate final week.
Walz additionally hit Trump and Vance for amplifying false claims that they made about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio consuming residents’ pets.
“So now, in the midst of a chaotic world and in the final days of a consequential presidential election, Donald Trump stood on at that debate stage and said, ’They are eating dogs. They are eating cats,’” Walz mentioned, per Koppell.
“I understand where I’m standing in Ohio, that kind of stuff would be funny if it wasn’t so damn dangerous,” he added.
Metropolis officers in Springfield have since referred to as these claims “baseless.”
Trump at present leads Harris in Ohio, 51.9 % to 45 %, based on polling from The Hill/Choice Desk HQ.
Trump returned to Butler, Pa., for a rally on Saturday, his first look within the city for the reason that July assassination try towards him. He was joined by tech billionaire Elon Musk and relations of Corey Comperatore, who was killed on the July rally by the shooter.
Pennsylvania is a aggressive state for the 2 nominees, with Harris narrowly main Trump by lower than one proportion level, based on polling from The Hill/Choice Desk HQ.
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