Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign stops in North Carolina and Pennsylvania after the debates on Thursday and Friday marked the beginning of a “more aggressive” stage of her running, according to her team.
As part of the start of her “New Way Forward Tour,” Harris will hold two rallies in North Carolina and one in Pennsylvania. Her team said this was done to “capitalize on her decisive victory” over former President Donald Trump at the ABC News debate.
The Harris team said that she gave such a “commanding debate performance” that they spent all day Wednesday going through the video to find moments they could use in ads coming out in the next few days.
The campaign said that during this phase, the vice president will also talk to the media more, mostly in swing states and other important areas. Local media interviews are planned for the next few days. Next week, she will also take part in a conversation with the National Association of Black Journalists.
As part of the tour, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Gov. Tim Walz, and Gwen Walz will also go on the road.
Wednesday is Emhoff’s day off, and Thursday is Gov. Walz’s. He will be in Michigan on Thursday and Wisconsin on Friday, and Mrs. Walz will be in New Hampshire on Thursday.
The campaign’s new tour will also include events with stand-ins, such as a Republicans for Harris event in Phoenix, Arizona, an HBCU student event in Savannah, Georgia, and an event for soldiers and military families in Columbus, Georgia.