WASHINGTON: A devastating hurricane, a port staff strike, and wars within the middle-east and Ukraine is buffeting Kamala Harris‘ marketing campaign in a Presidential race that polls say continues to be a toss-up.
Newest numbers from the non-partisan Prepare dinner political report exhibits Harris with slight leads in 5 of the seven battleground states, and Trump main in a single (Georgia) and one tied (North Carolina).However they’re all inside the +/- 3.5 margin of error with a potential shake-out from a number of crises the Biden-Harris workforce is having to handle in the midst of the marketing campaign.
Harris has needed to detour to areas hit by hurricane Helene and Biden is following go well with this week amid scorching criticism from MAGA activists in regards to the administration spending billions on distant wars and on unlawful immigrants at dwelling whereas doling out a paltry $ 750 to hurricane affected households.
Though that is simply the primary speedy help for groceries, MAGA social media warriors are churning up a storm over lack of hurricane support amid first indicators of panic shopping for in some areas as port staff started an indefinite strike on Tuesday looking for higher pay amongst different calls for.
Typical of America — and paying homage to the pandemic-era panic — the primary merchandise to vanish from shops was bathroom paper.
As Harris and Biden toured the hurricane-affected areas on Wednesday, Trump, who beat them to the bottom for what Democrats say was election showboating, tore into Biden and Harris, falsely claiming they have been unresponsive, regardless that Republican Governors and native officers mentioned that they had speedy entry and assist from the administration.
“Kamala and Sleepy Joe are universally being given POOR GRADES for the way in which that they’re dealing with the Hurricane, particularly in North Carolina. It’s taking place because the WORST & MOST INCOMPETENTLY MANAGED “STORM,” AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, EVER SEEN BEFORE – BUT THEIR MANAGEMENT OF THE BORDER IS WORSE! MAGA2024,” he mentioned in a publish.
The MAGA-sphere in the meantime was flooded with tales of neglect and abandonment — and conspiracy theories. Amongst them: the hurricane was “steered” to North Carolina by institution elites to depopulate the world so they may freely entry document deposits of lithium there. North Carolina and Georgia are among the many seven battleground states that may decide the end result of the 2024 elections.
Marjorie Taylor-Greene, a pro-Trump lawmaker, was amongst those that led the MAGA refrain about alleged home neglect, tweeting, “Not solely are Hurricane Helene victims solely given an insulting measly $750 and being left stranded, the U.S. authorities is giving $1 BILLION to Ukraine each single month to fund the Ukrainian authorities. And FEMA has spent $1 BILLION on housing unlawful aliens within the final 2 yrs.”
Harris is returning to the marketing campaign path on Thursday with an occasion at Ripon, Wisconsin, the place a 1854 assembly on the Little White Schoolhouse led to the formation of the Republican Social gathering. With former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney by her facet, she is anticipated to attraction to Republican and impartial voters, a lot of whom are turned off by Trump and his nativist MAGA motion, to come back to the Democratic fold.
Whereas many average Republicans proceed to peel away from the GOP, a number of the perceived Trump toxicity was tempered by a disciplined debate efficiency on Tuesday by his operating mate JD Vance. But it surely doesn’t seem to have moved the ballot needle. Though dubbed a “masterclass in gaslighting,” Vance was so agreeable within the debate, as was his opponent Tim Walz, that the joke was the 2 might resolve all points operating for the White Home on the identical ticket.
