As Vice-President Kamala Harris and her newly introduced operating mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, set off on their first joint battleground-state tour throughout the nation, they’ve been shadowed on the marketing campaign path by one-half of their rival ticket: Republican vice-presidential hopeful J.D. Vance, who has scheduled a dueling collection of occasions in the identical areas.
Hours earlier than Harris and Walz appeared at their first rally collectively Tuesday night in North Philadelphia, the Ohio senator held an occasion on the 2300 Area in South Philadelphia. And on Wednesday, the 2 tickets practically crossed paths when the Trump-Vance marketing campaign aircraft arrived shortly after Air Pressure Two on the airport tarmac in Wisconsin forward of occasions in Eau Claire for each candidates.
Then issues bought somewhat awkward. Vance made a present of leaving his personal aircraft and making his manner towards Harris’s, prompting hypothesis that he was making an attempt to talk to the vice-president or Walz. As a substitute, Vance headed to Harris’s assembled press pool to knock the vice-president for her lack of media appearances since ascending to the highest of the Democratic ticket.
“I figured I’d come by and, one, simply get a very good have a look at the aircraft as a result of hopefully it’s going to be my aircraft in a couple of months, however I additionally thought you guys would possibly get lonely as a result of the vice-president doesn’t reply questions from reporters and hasn’t for 17 days,” he mentioned.
In a quick alternate with reporters, Vance accused Harris of adjusting her political positions and referred to her because the Biden administration’s “border czar,” a label that the vice-president has pushed again towards. “I hope that she modifies her thoughts as a result of it will be good for the American individuals and I believe it will be good for you all if she truly ran an actual marketing campaign as an alternative of 1 from a basement with a teleprompter,” he mentioned.
Vance seemingly made no try to speak to Harris immediately, telling his personal press pool that he didn’t converse with the vice-president as her motorcade left the tarmac. However the Republican nominee did boast in regards to the second, sharing a photograph of him and his staff in entrance of Air Pressure Two with a reference to the HBO present Entourage. (It’s unclear who the Turtle is on this state of affairs.)
