Election Live Updates: Harris to Meet With V.P. Finalists in Pivotal Test of Chemistry
"Top contenders to be Kamala Harris’s running mate — including Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and Govs. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania — are set to meet with her on Sunday in Washington.
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Vice President Kamala Harris will meet on Sunday with top candidates to be her running mate, moving to close out her search with a test of chemistry between herself and a potential partner.
At least three leading contenders — Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania — are scheduled to meet with Ms. Harrisat her residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, according to several people briefed on the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private meetings.
Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, embraced President Biden’s record on oil production, which has surged in the past few years, while also emphasizing billions in clean energy investments. “We are actually doing more drilling, more fossil fuel exploration today than during the Trump administration,” Murphy said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Donald Trump said he wanted to drill, but he was terrible at it.”
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said on “Fox News Sunday” that former President Donald J. Trump should talk less about the racial identity of Vice President Kamala Harris and more about her liberal record as a former senator from California. “Every day that we’re talking about her heritage and not about her terrible, dangerous liberal record during her entire political life is a good day for her and a bad day for us,” Graham said. Trump last week falsely suggested that Harris is embracing her Black identity for votes and then intensified that line of attack.
Senator JD Vance, Republican of Ohio, told Fox News that he takes criticism he has received since becoming Donald J. Trump’s running mate as a “badge of honor.” He acknowledged that some in his own party have faulted Trump’s selection, but said: “I’m not shocked that a lot of inside-the-Beltway media types don’t like me. But their policies are the problem.” Trump has downplayed the importance of his running mate.
John F. Kirby, a White House national security spokesman, said on "Fox News Sunday" that Vice President Kamala Harris has been a part of the recent decision by the Pentagon to send more fighter jets and warships to the Middle East after Iran vowed retaliation against Israel following the assassination of the Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on its soil. Harris “absolutely was part of the decision to add additional resources” to the region, Mr. Kirby said.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign announced the creation of a program called Republicans for Harris, highlighting endorsements from moderate, anti-Trump Republicans such as former Gov. Bill Weld of Massachusetts and former Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois. The campaign is set to hold kickoff events for the program in Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania on Monday.
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with top candidates to serve as her vice president on Sunday, closing out her search for a running mate with a test of whether she and her potential new partner click.
At least three leading candidates — Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania — are scheduled to meet with Ms. Harris on Sunday at her residence at the Naval Observatory, in Washington, according to several people briefed on the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private meetings.
Former President Donald J. Trump suggested without evidence on Saturday that Georgia’s Republican governor was hampering his efforts to win the battleground state in November, a claim that carried echoes of Mr. Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat to President Biden there in 2020.
“In my opinion, they want us to lose,” Mr. Trump said, accusing the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, and its secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, who is also a Republican, of being disloyal and trying to make life difficult for him.
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, said on Saturday that he had an extramarital affair during his first marriage, years before he met Ms. Harris.
The acknowledgment, which was released in a statement, came hours after a British tabloid reported that Mr. Emhoff had a previously undisclosed relationship with a teacher who worked at the elementary school his children attended in Culver City, Calif., approximately 15 years ago."
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