This was the primary week of the brand new 2024 presidential election, with a giant kickoff for the Democrats’ crew of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz crammed with big rallies and surging polls. The Trump crew had a solution for all that: showboating Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s bizarre working mate. It was a nasty reply.
The Trump technique to detract consideration from Harris was for Vance to shadow her this week, displaying up wherever Harris and Walz went and having his personal occasions—not rallies, as a result of there’s no manner he might draw a crowd, however “press appearances.” He was supposed to attract consideration away from Harris and Walz with assaults. However he simply got here throughout as a bizarre stalker—even to Republicans.
It did nothing to place a dent in Harris’ marketing campaign. Her approval score continues to surge, as does her polling head-to-head in opposition to Trump. Her rallies are big, a lot to Trump’s dismay, and her fundraising has been large. Harris’ headlines mirror all that:
Only for comparability:
In the meantime, barring an look in Montana on Friday, Trump plans to keep off the marketing campaign path till no less than after the Democratic Nationwide Conference ends on Aug. 22. No phrase but on what’s deliberate for Vance. They could have determined to maintain his appearances extra non-public, since this week was just about a catastrophe for him.
His “awkward” and “bizarre” stunt on the airport tarmac in Wisconsin stands out as probably the most memorable a part of his week on the stump. He was all bluster, telling reporters, “I just wanted to check out my future plane,” and claiming that he “wanted to go say hello to the vice president and ask her why does she refuse to answer questions.”
That too was a flop. All Vance obtained out of it was extra unhealthy press—“‘Creepy!’ CNN Morning Crew Torches Trump Pick Vance Over ‘Bizarre’ Kamala Harris Plane Stunt’”—and a roasting on social media. Like getting dragged by Liz Cheney.
“Weird” is now baked in with regards to Vance, and it’s displaying. He’s much more unpopular now than simply after he was picked, when he entered the race as “the first guy immediately following a convention—a VP pick—who actually had a net negative favorable rating, that is underwater,” in line with CNN information analyst Harry Enten.
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