Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump highlighted different issues while on the campaign trail Thursday.At a rally in Ripon, Wisconsin, the town known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, Harris emphasized democracy and painted Trump as a threat.”He refused to accept the will of the people and the results of an election that was free and fair,” Harris said. “Therein lies the profound difference between Donald Trump and me. He who violated the oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. And make no mistake, he who, if given the chance, would violate it again.”Harris delivered her message alongside former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Republican who has been a vocal critic of Trump and was a leading GOP lawmaker in the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.”We may disagree on some things, but we are bound together by the one thing that matters to us as Americans more than any other, and that’s our duty to our Constitution and our belief in the miracle and the blessing of this incredible nation,” Cheney said.In Michigan, Trump falsely accused the Biden administration of misusing emergency funds for undocumented migrant housing as opposed to hurricane relief.”This is the worst response in the history of hurricanes,” Trump said. “Kamala spent all her FEMA money—billions of dollars—on housing for illegal migrants.”But the administration allocated less than a billion dollars last year to charities that provide housing for migrants released in the U.S. by immigration officials. The funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Service Program is approved by Congress and is separate from the agency’s disaster relief fund.President Biden says he plans to ask Congress for more FEMA funding. The agency has stated it has enough money for immediate needs but may face challenges if more large disasters hit the U.S. this year.Trump and Harris are receiving more support from people who they don’t often see eye-to-eye with.On Friday, Trump will survey hurricane damage alongside Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp. The two have seemingly made peace despite Trump attacking Kemp for refusing to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. This week, Trump also falsely claimed the Biden administration ignored Kemp’s requests for hurricane relief, despite Kemp stating the opposite.Harris is broadening her appeal to Republicans not only with Cheney but also with former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who endorsed her Thursday. Hutchinson worked in the West Wing under Trump’s chief of staff and was a key witness for the Jan. 6 committee.Both candidates did miss out on one key endorsement from the International Association of Firefighters, which represents first responders who cover 85% of communities in the U.S. and Canada. The union declined to endorse in the 2024 election for the first time since 2016.Trump will campaign in battleground states Georgia and North Carolina on Friday. Harris will be in Michigan.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump highlighted different issues while on the campaign trail Thursday.
At a rally in Ripon, Wisconsin, the town known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, Harris emphasized democracy and painted Trump as a threat.
“He refused to accept the will of the people and the results of an election that was free and fair,” Harris said. “Therein lies the profound difference between Donald Trump and me. He who violated the oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. And make no mistake, he who, if given the chance, would violate it again.”
Harris delivered her message alongside former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Republican who has been a vocal critic of Trump and was a leading GOP lawmaker in the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
“We may disagree on some things, but we are bound together by the one thing that matters to us as Americans more than any other, and that’s our duty to our Constitution and our belief in the miracle and the blessing of this incredible nation,” Cheney said.
In Michigan, Trump falsely accused the Biden administration of misusing emergency funds for undocumented migrant housing as opposed to hurricane relief.
“This is the worst response in the history of hurricanes,” Trump said. “Kamala spent all her FEMA money—billions of dollars—on housing for illegal migrants.”
But the administration allocated less than a billion dollars last year to charities that provide housing for migrants released in the U.S. by immigration officials. The funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Service Program is approved by Congress and is separate from the agency’s disaster relief fund.
President Biden says he plans to ask Congress for more FEMA funding. The agency has stated it has enough money for immediate needs but may face challenges if more large disasters hit the U.S. this year.
Trump and Harris are receiving more support from people who they don’t often see eye-to-eye with.
On Friday, Trump will survey hurricane damage alongside Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp. The two have seemingly made peace despite Trump attacking Kemp for refusing to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. This week, Trump also falsely claimed the Biden administration ignored Kemp’s requests for hurricane relief, despite Kemp stating the opposite.
Harris is broadening her appeal to Republicans not only with Cheney but also with former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who endorsed her Thursday. Hutchinson worked in the West Wing under Trump’s chief of staff and was a key witness for the Jan. 6 committee.
Both candidates did miss out on one key endorsement from the International Association of Firefighters, which represents first responders who cover 85% of communities in the U.S. and Canada. The union declined to endorse in the 2024 election for the first time since 2016.
Trump will campaign in battleground states Georgia and North Carolina on Friday. Harris will be in Michigan.
