Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough Democratic Party delegate votes to become the party's nominee when voting ends on Monday, according to the Democratic National Committee. And Harris is just days away from naming her running mate.
Former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance, have spoken to voters across the country this past week as they sharpen their attacks on Harris.
Vice President Harris is meeting with top running mate candidates Sunday at her residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., according to a source familiar with the matter.
Harris is meeting with at least three leading contenders -- Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, according to the source.
The meetings were earlier reported by The New York Times.
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In a Fox News interview Sunday, Sen. JD Vance responded to criticism of him being picked as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, saying he takes it as a "badge of honor."
"All I can do is go out there and prosecute the case against Kamala Harris to remind people that things were more prosperous and more peaceful when Donald Trump was president," Vance said. "Look, I recognize there are a lot of folks even in the GOP establishment and certainly on the far left who don't like the fact that Donald Trump picked me, I actually take their criticism as a badge of honor."
Vance also hit back at Democrats who’ve called him "weird," calling it "a lot of projection."
"They can call me whatever they want to. The middle school taunts don't bother me," he said. "What offends me is what Kamala Harris has done to this country over three and a half years."
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Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign announced Sunday that it would be launching a "Republicans for Harris" program aimed at reaching Republican voters who could be convinced to vote for Harris. The program will include digital advertising, phone banking, events and other initiatives, according to the campaign.
The program -- and Harris herself -- have been endorsed by a number of Republican figures, including former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.
"I might not agree with Vice President Kamala Harris on everything, but I know that she will fight for our freedom, protect our democracy, and represent America with honor and dignity on the world stage," Grisham wrote in a statement released by the Harris campaign.
The "Republicans for Harris" program will hold kickoff events starting this week, per the campaign.
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Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet with some of the top vice presidential contenders in person in Washington, D.C. this weekend, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
One source, who spoke to Shapiro yesterday, said he canceled everything on his schedule this weekend for Harris. He also canceled his appearance at a previously scheduled commissioner’s meeting at his own residence next week, the source added.
Shapiro said he was feeling "super confident," according to the source.
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Democratic long-shot nominee Marianne Williamson has suspended her campaign for president, announcing on X Monday that it is "time to let go" of her bid for the White House.
Williamson said she failed to register for the Democratic National Convention's candidate directory by Saturday evening's deadline.
6pm on Saturday was the deadline for filing as a Democrat running against Kamala Harris for the nomination for President. We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth. Yet the way things worked there truly was no way, and all we could…
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) July 29, 2024
"We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth. Yet the way things worked there truly was no way, and all we could have done is create noise," she said on X.
"I was in the race to create fundamental change, yes -- but not as a chaos agent. Things being what they are -- including the fact that defeating Donald Trump has always been and continues to be the goal that most matters -- it was time to let go," she continued.
Williamson, notably, did not endorse Harris in her statement, directing supporters to "do whatever is in your heart." Though she implied she will not be voting for Trump.
"For myself, the more I read about former President Trump's proposed policies, the more I hear his words and ponder them in my heart, the more I believe our most urgent task now is to make sure he does not return to the White House," she said. "That conviction is what will determine my vote on election day."
This is technically Williamson's second time suspending her campaign; she initially closed down shop after her less-than-ideal placements in the New Hampshire and Nevada primaries in February, but threw her hat back into the ring after the urging of her supporters.
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