Recap: Harris neck and neck with Trump in polls, as Wisconsin rally draws 3,000 supporters

Harris
has
been
a

proponent
for
affordable
housing
policies
both
during
her
tenure
as
Biden’s
vice
president
and
as
senator.

As
senator,
Harris

presented
the
Housing
is
Infrastructure
Act
alongside
Rep.
Maxine
Waters,
D-Calif.,
in
2019.
The
bill
would
allocate
funds
toward
building
and
renovating
public
housing.

Harris
has
been
involved
in
Biden’s
broader
housing
policy
and
“hammering
home”
on
issues
of
affordability,
new
construction
and
potential
tax
breaks
to
help
lower
costs
for
mortgage
borrowers,
said
Jacob
Channel,
senior
economist
at
LendingTree.

“We’ll
probably
continue
to
see
the
Kamala
Harris
campaign
do
the
exact
same
thing,”
said
Channel.

—
Ana
Teresa
Solá

The
polling
margin
between
Harris
and
Trump
is
paper-thin
and
the
vice
president
is
gaining
ground,
another
new
poll
has
found.

An

NPR/PBS/Marist
poll
shows
Trump
ahead
of
Harris
by
just
one
point,
though
that
is
within
the
survey’s
margin
of
error
of
3.5
percentage
points.
The
poll
surveyed
1,117
registered
voters
on
July
22,
a
day
after
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race.

It
is
the
latest
data
point
showing
that
Harris’
entrance
into
the
race
has
shrunk
Democrats’
deficit.
While
day-after
polls
are
just
a
snapshot,
they
provide
an
initial
vital
sign
for
the
Harris
campaign
to
gauge
the
vice
president’s
momentum.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

With trillions
in
tax
breaks expiring
after
2025,
taxes
and
the federal
budget
deficit will
be
key
issues
for
Harris
to
address

as
part
of
her
platform,
experts
say. Without
action
from
Congress,
more
than
60%
of
Americans
could
see
higher
taxes,
according
to
the
Tax
Foundation.

Biden
has
called
for

higher
taxes
on
the
wealthy
and
corporations
to
fund
tax
break
extensions
for
those
making
less
than
$400,000
only.
But
one
big
question
is
whether
Harris
will

adopt
Biden’s
pledge
not
to
raise
taxes
on
those
making
under
$400,000,
said
Andrew
Lautz,
associate
director
for
the
Bipartisan
Policy
Center’s
economic
policy
program.
   

“That’s
a
big
one
with
significant
consequences”
for
future
Democratic
tax
proposals
and
TCJA
negotiations,
he
said.

—
Kate
Dore

Rep.
Andy
Ogles,
a
Tennessee
Republican,
introduced
articles
of
impeachment
against
Harris
in
the
House
of
Representatives
over
her
purported
failure
to
uphold
U.S.
immigration
laws.

Ogles’
impeachment
move
has
little,
if
any
chance,
of
being
approved
by
the
House,
and
no
chance
of
winning
a
conviction
of
Harris
in
the
Senate,
which
is
controlled
by
her
fellow
Democrats.

—
Dan
Mangan

Harris
is
painting
her
election
battle
against
Trump
as
a
choice
between
the
future
and
the
past,
underscoring
one
potential
advantage
she
has
over
Trump,
who
is
20
years
her
senior.

“This
campaign
is
also
about
two
different
visions
for
our
nation,”
Harris
cried
out
to
an
energized
crowd
in
Milwaukee.
“One,
we
are
focused
on
the
future.
The
other
focused
on
the
past.”

Harris
pointed
to
Project
2025,
the
roughly
900-page
wish
list
for
a
second
Trump
term
from
the
right-wing
Heritage
Foundation,
saying
it
was
rife
with
“failed
economic
policies”
that
the
U.S.
has
tried
before.

After
several
months
of
waning
voter
enthusiasm
for
the
Biden-Trump
rematch,
Harris
is
working
to
position
herself
as
a
forward-looking
candidate,
unburdened
by
the
baggage
of
incumbency.

“We
are
not
going
back.
We
are
not
going
back
and
I’ll
tell
you
why.
We’re
not
going
back
because
ours
is
a
fight
for
the
future,”
she
said.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Harris
is
gaining
on
Trump
with
voters,
though
the
race
remains
tight,
according
to
new
polls
taken
shortly
after
President
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race.

A

Reuters/Ipsos
poll
released
Tuesday
showed
Harris
leading
Trump
44%
to
42%
in
a
head-to-head
matchup,
though
that
two-point
lead
is
within
the
poll’s
three-point
margin
of
error.
The
poll
was
conducted
from
July
22
to
July
23.

A

Morning
Consult
poll
of
4,001
registered
voters
taken
in
the
24
hours
after
Biden
dropped
out
also
found
that
Harris
had
narrowed
the
voting
gap
with
Trump,
lagging
him
by
just
two
points
in
contrast
to
Biden’s
six-point
deficit.
The
two-point
difference
between
Harris
and
Trump
was
within
the
poll’s
two-point
margin
of
error.

Though
these
polls
represent
respondents’
knee-jerk
reaction,
they
are
key
metrics
to
gauge
whether
the
past
few
days
of
Harris
hype
will
translate
to
a
strong
campaign
in
the
longer
term.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

The
National
Committee
to
Preserve
Social
Security
and
Medicare
has

endorsed
Harris.
This
is
only
the
second
presidential
race
in
which
the
group
has
made
an
endorsement.

Social
Security
Works
is
also
endorsing
Harris,
its
president
Nancy
Altman
said.
“I
think
she’s
going
to
be
even
better”
than
Biden,
she
said
of
Harris’

policies
for
seniors.

In
the
past,
Democrats
have
had
a
significant
lead
in
polls
on
Social
Security.
But
voter
support
is
now
spread
more
evenly
between
the
parties,
said
Democratic
pollster
Jeff
Liszt,
partner
at
Impact
Research.

“Social
Security
is
a
battleground
issue,”
Liszt
said.

—
Lorie
Konish

Harris
is
taking
aim
at
Trump’s
relationship
with
billionaires
and
corporate
America,
and
drawing
a
contrast
with
her
campaign.

“Donald
Trump
is
relying
on
support
from
billionaires
and
big
corporations,
and
is
trading
access
in
exchange
for
campaign
contributions,”
Harris
said
to
a
fired-up
crowd
in
the
battleground
city
of
Milwaukee.

“On
the
other
hand,
we
are
running
a
people-powered
campaign,”
Harris
roared.
“Building
up
the
middle
class
will
be
a
defining
goal
of
my
presidency,”
she
declared.

Harris’
remarks
echoed
the
pro-worker,
pro-consumer
sentiment
that
characterized
President
Biden’s
economic
platform.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Harris took
aim

at
income
inequality during
her
first
presidential
bid
in
2020
and
as
a
senator.

As
a
member
of
Congress,
one
of
Harris’s
signature
proposals,
known
as
the Lift
the
Middle
Class
Act,
would
have
given
workers
additional
financial
support
with
an
annual
tax
credit
of
up
to
$6,000 for
lower-
and
middle-income
households,
on
top
of
the
benefits
they
already
receive.
Harris
proposed
repealing
the
Trump
tax
cuts
to
pay
for
it.

In
2019,
she
also

unveiled
a
plan
to
tackle
the
gender
pay
gap at
work.

Companies
with
100
or
more
employees would
be
required
to
report
pay
and
total
compensation
for
men
and
women,
as
well
as
the
percentage
of
women
in
leadership
positions
to
obtain
an
“Equal
Pay
Certification.”
Businesses
without
that
certification
would
be
fined
at
1%
of
their
average
daily
profits
during
the
last
fiscal
year.

Women
earn
just
84
cents
for
every
dollar
earned
by
men,
according
to
an analysis
of
U.S.
Census
Bureau
data by
the
National
Women’s
Law
Center,
although
the
pay
gap
worsens
significantly
for Black
and
Latina
women.

—
Jessica
Dickler

Harris
started
the
first
rally
of
her
2024
presidential
campaign
with
a
shower
of
compliments
for
President
Biden.

“Joe’s
legacy
of
accomplishment
over
his
entire
career,
and
over
the
past
three
and
a
half
years
is
unmatched
in
modern
history,”
the
vice
president
said
in
Wisconsin,
a
key
election
battleground,
after
taking
the
stage
with
Beyonce’s
“Freedom”
playing
in
the
background.

“He
has
already
surpassed
the
legacy
of
most
presidents
who
served
two
terms
in
office,”
she
added,
thanking
him
for
giving
her
his
endorsement
after
dropping
out
of
the
race
on
Sunday.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

University
of
Virginia
Center
for
Politics
Director

Larry
Sabato
has
some
advice
for
the
Harris
campaign
when
it
comes
to
picking
a
vice
president:
“Don’t
get
cutesy.”

“Lots
of
worthy
observations,
suggestions,
and
arguments.
Clearly,

@VP
is
not
going
to
be
able
to
please
everyone,”
he
added
in
a
post
reply.

—

Isabel
Engel

Democratic
megadonor
and
Galaxy
Digital
Holdings
founder
Mike
Novogratz
believes
Harris
will
“make
the
race
a
lot
tougher”
for
Trump,
and
he
has
some
advice
for
the
vice
president.

“If
she
shows
up
as
presidential,
reads
the
temperature
of
the
country
and
moves
to
the
center,
I
think
the
Democrats
are
going
to
have
a
really
good
election,”
he
said
in
a
new
interview
on

CNBC’s
“Squawk
Box.”

After

donating
more
than
$1
million
to
help
defeat
Trump
in
2020,
Novogratz
declined
to
back
Biden
this
cycle.

“I
worked
hard
in
2020”
for
Biden,
Novogratz
told
CNBC
late
last
year.
This
time
around,
he
thinks
Biden
is
“too
old.
I
think
Trump
is
too
old,
too.
We
need
fresh
people.”

—
Mariapaula
Gonzalez

Harris’
husband
Doug
Emhoff
quipped
“That’s
all
he
got?”
when
a
reporter
asked
about
Trump’s
name-calling
of
Harris.

“We’re
going
to
prosecute
the
case
against
Donald
Trump,”
said
Emhoff,
whose
wife
was
called
“Lying
Kamala
Harris”
by
the
Republican
nominee
in
a
social
media
post.

Emhoff’s
clapback
came
during
a
visit
to
a
reproductive
health
clinic
in
McLean,
Virginia.

“Kamala
Harris
has
united
the
party.
She’s
going
to
unite
the
country.
She’s
going
to
earn
this
nomination,”
the
second
gentleman
said.

—
Dan
Mangan

Senate
Majority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer
and
House
Minority
Leader
Hakeem
Jeffries
are
enthusiastically
endorsing
Harris
after
what
they
described
as
a
“grassroots,
bottom-up”
process.

“When
I
spoke
with
her
Sunday,
she
said
she
wanted
the
opportunity
to
win
the
nomination
on
her
own,
and
to
do
so
from
the
grassroots
up,
not
top
down.
We
deeply
respected
that,”
Schumer
said.
“Now
that
the
process
is
played
out,
from
the
grassroots
bottom
up,
we
are
here
today
to
throw
our
support
behind
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris.”

“Kamala
Harris
is
a
commonsense
leader
who
knows
how
to
deliver
real
results
for
hardworking
American
taxpayers,”
Jeffries
said.
“Kamala
Harris
is
a
courageous
leader
who
has
worked
hard
throughout
her
entire
career
to
keep
our
communities
safe.
Kamala
Harris
is
a
compassionate
leader
who
will
build
an
affordable
economy
that
makes
life
better
for
everyday
Americans.”

“Kamala
Harris
will
fight
for
our
freedom.
Kamala
Harris
will
fight
for
our
families,
Kamala
Harris
will
fight
for
our
future,”
the
minority
leader
said.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Biden
has
tested
negative
for
Covid-19,
nearly
a
week
after
testing
positive
for
the
virus
in
Las
Vegas.

“The
President’s
symptoms
have
resolved,”
wrote

White
House
doctor
Kevin
O’Connor
in
a
letter
released
as
Biden
left
his
beach
home
in
Rehoboth,
Delaware,
where
he
had
been
isolating
after
testing
positive
for
Covid-19
last
Wednesday,
to
head
back
to
the
White
House.

“Over
the
course
of
his
infection,
he
never
manifested
a
fever,
and
his
vital
signs
remained
normal,
to
include
pulse
oximetry.
His
lungs
remained
clear,”
O’Connor
wrote.

“BINAX
rapid
antigen
testing
is
negative.
He
will
continue
to
be
monitored
for
any
recurrence
of
illness.” 

—
Dan
Mangan

Two
Black
voter
groups,
Win
With
Black
Men
and
Win
With
Black
Women,
collectively
raised
more
than
$2.8
million
for
Harris
on
separate
fundraising
Zoom
calls
Monday
night.

Roughly
17,000
donors
raised
$1.3
million
on
the

Win
With
Black
Men
video
call,
according
to

Roland
Martin,
one
of
the
hosts
of
the
call.
He
said
nearly
54,000
people
tuned
in.

The

Win
With
Black
Women
video
call
raised
more
than
$1.5
million
in
three
hours,
the
organization
announced
on
social
media.
It
said
44,000
people
attended
the
call.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

A
majority
of
all
delegates
to
the
Democratic
National
Convention
have
endorsed
Harris’
candidacy
for
the
party’s
presidential
nomination.

The
backing
from
at
least
2,540
pledged
delegates
makes
Harris
the
de
facto
Democratic
nominee.
She
has
drawn
no
significant
opposition
to
her
candidacy.

—
Dan
Mangan

Harris’
campaign
hammered
Vance
over
signing
on
as
Trump’s
running
mate,
years
after
Vance
had
indicated
he
believed
Trump
had
sexually
assaulted
women.

“Vance
is
enthusiastically
running
with
someone
he
believed
committed
sexual
violence
so
they
can
enact
their
cruel
Project
2025
agenda
together,”
Harris’
campaign
said
in
a
statement,
hours
after

CNN
published
a
report
on
Vance’s
past
statements
about
Trump
and
allegations
of
sexual
assault
against
him.

In
October
2016,
a
month
before
Trump
was
elected
president,
Vance
tweeted
in
a
since-deleted
post,
“What
percentage
of
the
American
population
has
@realDonaldTrump
sexually
assaulted?”

That
same
month,
Vance
addressed
the
claim
by
Jessica
Leeds
that
Trump
had
groped
and
kissed
her
against
her
will
on
a
flight
during
the
1970s.

“At
a
fundamental
level,
this
is
sort
of
a
‘he
said,
she
said,’
right?”
Vance
said
on
MSNBC.
“And
at
the
end
of
the
day,
do
you
believe
Donald
Trump,
who
always
tells
the
truth?
Just
kidding.
Or
do
you
believe
that
woman
on
that
tape?”

—
Dan
Mangan

Biden
will
travel
to
Texas
next
week,
the
White
House
says,
where
he
will
commemorate
the
60th
Anniversary
of
the
Civil
Rights
Act
at
the
LBJ
Presidential
Library.

The
venue
will
evoke
the
symmetry
between
Biden
and
Lyndon
B.
Johnson,
who
withdrew
his
bid
for
reelection
just

as
Biden
did
Sunday.
Similar
to
Biden,
Johnson
faced
concerns
about
his
health
and
criticisms
of
his
handling
of
international
conflicts.

“I
do
not
believe
that
I
should
devote
an
hour
or
a
day
of
my
time
to
any
personal
partisan
causes
or
to
any
duties
other
than
the
awesome
duties
of
this
office:
the
Presidency
of
your
country,”
Johnson
told
the
nation
from
the
Oval
Office
in
1968.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

As
the

Harris
campaign
continues
to
leverage
social
media
and
engage
young
voters,
NextGen
America,
the
nation’s
largest
youth
vote
organization,
is

backing
her
for
president. 

“From
protecting
abortion
access
and
care,
to
supporting
climate
justice,
economic
justice,
voting
rights,
and
LGBTQ+
rights,
Vice
President
Harris
represents
the
diversity,
vision,
and
values
of
young
Americans,”
NextGen
President
Cristina
Tzintzún
Ramirez
said
in
a
release.

The
group’s
president
also
thanked
Biden
for
his
service
and
his
“historic”
pro-youth
agenda.

“From
delivering
the
most
significant
climate
legislation
in
history,
to
making
progress
on
issues
like
student
debt,
gun
safety,
LGBTQ+
rights,
labor
rights,
marijuana
reform,
and
economic
justice,
President
Biden
has
consistently
responded
to
the
needs
and
values
of
our
generation,”
she
said.

— Isabel
Engel

President
Biden
is
rescheduling
fundraising
events
in
Texas,
California
and
Colorado
that
were
set
for
this
week,
two
spokespeople
for
the
Biden-now-Harris
campaign
confirmed
to
CNBC.

After
dropping
out
of
the
race
against
Trump
on
Sunday
and
endorsing
Harris,
Biden
still
had
the
fundraising
swing
on
his
calendar
for
this
week.

The
new
dates
for
the
fundraising
events
have
yet
to
be
announced.

The
spokespeople
did
not
immediately
respond
to
CNBC’s
request
for
further
comment.

The
president
has
been
isolating
with
Covid-19
in
Delaware
for
the
past
several
days
but
is
expected
to
return
to
Washington
this
afternoon.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Biden
highlighted
an
Ohio
lawmaker’s
warning
of
a
“civil
war”
if
Trump
loses
the
election
in
a
new
tweet
supporting
Harris’
presidential
candidacy.

“Folks,
calls
to
violence
threaten
our
democracy’s
foundation,”
Biden
wrote
in
the
tweet
containing
a
video
of
state
Sen.

George
Lang‘s
incendiary
comment.

“You
can’t
love
your
country
only
when
you
win.
Let’s
solve
our
problems
with
ballots
and
elect

@KamalaHarris
as
the
next
President
of
the
United
States
of
America,”
Biden
wrote.

On
Monday,
Lang
at
a
rally
in
Middletown,
Ohio,
for
Republican
vice
presidential
nominee
JD
Vance,
said,
“It’s
going
to
take
a
civil
war
to
save
the
country”
if
the
Trump/Vance
ticket
loses
in
November.

Lang
later
said
he
regretted
making
that
comment.

—
Dan
Mangan

Senate
Majority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer
and
House
Minority
Leader
Hakeem
Jeffries
will
endorse
Harris
at
a
press
conference
at
1
p.m.
ET,
three
sources
tell
NBC.

The
endorsement
from
the
highest-ranking
Democrats
in
Congress
was
expected.
Jeffries
spoke
highly
of
Harris
on
Monday
and
said
that
he
and
Schumer
were
waiting
to
meet
with
Harris
in
person
before
announcing
a
possible
endorsement.
Both
leaders
have
spoken
to
Harris
on
the
phone,
according
to
NBC.

Schumer
and
Jeffries
are
on
a
shrinking
list
of
Democrats
who
have
not
yet
endorsed
Harris.

With
the
majority
leader’s
endorsement,
Montana
Sen.
Jon
Tester
will
become
the
only
Democratic
senator
who
has
yet
to
back
Harris,
according
to
NBC.
Independent
Sens.
Bernie
Sanders,
Angus
King,
Joe
Manchin
and
Kyrsten
Sinema
have
also
not
endorsed
the
vice
president.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Harris’
top
fundraisers
on
Wall
Street
are
planning
to
huddle
in
a
private
Zoom
call
to
discuss
fundraising
strategies
to
bolster
her
already
massive
campaign
war
chest,
according
to
people
with
direct
knowledge
of
the
matter.

The
Zoom
call
is
being
organized
by
Lazard
President
Ray
McGuire;
Centerview
Partners
co-founder
Blair
Effron;
and
Brad
Karp,
chairman
of
the
law
firm
Paul,
Weiss,
these
people
explained.
At
least
50
major
donors,
with
many
having
similar
ties
to
the
finance
sector,
will
be
on
the
call,
one
of
the
people
said.
These
people
were
granted
anonymity
in
order
to
speak
freely
about
private
matters.

McGuire,
Effron
and
Karp
raised
money
for
Harris
when
she
ran
a
failed
Democratic
primary
campaign
for
president
in
2019.
The
call
is
expected
to
take
place
on
Wednesday,
according
to
one
of
the
sources,
but
another
noted
that
it
may
end
up
happening
another
day
this
week.

Since
Biden
dropped
out
on
Sunday
and
endorsed
Harris,
the
vice
president’s
political
operation
has
raised
more
than
$100
million,
according
to
the
campaign.

A
similar
call
took
place
on
Monday
featuring
more
than
200
donors
to
American
Bridge
21st
Century,
a
political
action
committee
going
on
offense
versus
Trump
in
the
key
battleground
states
of
Wisconsin,
Michigan
and
Pennsylvania,
according
to
people
familiar
with
the
matter.

That
call
featured
longtime
Democratic
strategist
James
Carville,
who
had
called
for
Biden
to

drop
out
of
the
race
after
the
president’s
disastrous
debate
performance
in
June.

Carville
told
CNBC
that
donors
on
the
call
were
“fired
up”
about
Harris’
candidacy
and
they
believe
there
is
“hope”
now
that
Democrats
can
win
in
November.

—
Brian
Schwartz

President
Biden
will
deliver
a
speech
from
the
Oval
Office
on
Wednesday
at
8
p.m.
ET
to
explain
his
decision
to
exit
the
race
against
Trump
and
to
lay
out
the
plan
to
finish
his
term.

The
president
announced
the
timing
of
the
speech
in
a

post
on
social
media
platform
X.

Biden
is
expected
to
return
to
Washington
today
from
Delaware,
where
he
was
isolating
with
Covid-19
at
his
beach
house.

The
president’s
remarks
have
been
in
preparation
since
Sunday
when
he
announced
in
a
social
media
post
that
he
would
drop
his
bid
for
a
second
term
and
endorsed
Vice
President
Harris
to
replace
him,
a
source
told
NBC
News.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Secretary
of
State
Antony
Blinken
is
praising
Harris,
applauding
her
foreign
policy
experience
as
vice
president.

“I’ve
seen
her
on
the
most
critical
foreign
policy
questions
of
our
time,”
Blinken
said.
“And
my
observation
is
she’s
a
very
strong,
very
effective
and
deeply
respected
voice
for
our
country
around
the
world.
When
she
speaks,
she
speaks
on
behalf
of
the
United
States.”

Blinken
noted
Harris’
international
trips,
including
her
visit
to
Switzerland
last
month
where
she
represented
the
U.S.
at
a
Ukraine
peace
summit.

“Time
and
again,
I’ve
seen
her
leadership
in
every
corner
of
the
world,”
he
said.

Blinken
also
said
he
spoke
to
Biden
after
the
president
decided
he
would
no
longer
seek
reelection.

“What
he
is
intensely
focused
on
is
the
work
that
remains
over
these
next
six
months,”
Blinken
said.
“Trying
to
bring
peace
to
the
Middle
East,
ending
the
war
on
Gaza,
putting
that
region
on
a
better
trajectory,
continuing
to
deal
as
effectively
as
he
has
been
with
the
ongoing
aggression
by
Russia
against
Ukraine,
and
making
sure
we
continue
to
do
everything
we
can
to
strengthen
Ukraine.”

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Vermont
Sen.
Peter
Welch
is
backing
Harris,
saying
in
a

post
on
social
media
site
X
that
“there
is
no
candidate
better
equipped
to
take
on
Donald
Trump
and
protect
our
democracy.”

“Throughout
Kamala
Harris’s
career
—
as
California’s
top
prosecutor,
and
as
Senator,
and
as
our
Vice
President
—
she
has
been
a
champion
for
hardworking
families,”
he
says.
“She
is
a
leader
in
the
fight
to
protect
reproductive
freedoms
and
the
rights
every
person
in
this
country
deserves
—
at
a
time
when
those
rights
are
under
attack
by
Donald
Trump
and
MAGA
Republicans.”

Welch
was
one
of

four
senators
who
called
on
Biden
to
drop
his
reelection
bid.
After
Biden
did
so,
Welch
originally
said
on
Sunday
that
he
would

not
endorse
Harris
at
that
time.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Hollywood
star

George
Clooney,
a
major
Democratic
fundraiser,
is
backing
Harris
to
replace
President
Biden
in
the
race
against
Trump.

“President
Biden
has
shown
what
true
leadership
is.
He’s
saving
democracy
once
again,”
Clooney
said
in
a
statement
to

CNN.
“We’re
all
so
excited
to
do
whatever
we
can
to
support
Vice
President
Harris
in
her
historic
quest.”

Earlier
in
July,
Clooney
made
waves
in
a

New
York
Times
op-ed
calling
on
Biden
to
bow
out
of
the
race,
joining
the
Democratic
pressure
campaign
against
the
president.

Clooney’s
op-ed
came
just
weeks
after
he
hosted
a
June
fundraising
event
for
Biden
that
hauled
in

$30
million
with
other
Hollywood
attendees
such
as
actress
Julia
Roberts
and
comedian
Jimmy
Kimmel.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Melinda
French
Gates,
the
philanthropist
and
former
wife
of
Microsoft
co-founder
Bill
Gates,
is
endorsing
Harris
for
president.

“There
is
so
much
riding
on
the
election
in
November.
We
need
a
leader
who
will
stand
up
for
reproductive
freedom.
A
leader
who
understands
that
supporting
caregivers
leads
to
healthier
families
and
a
stronger
economy.
A
leader
who
knows
that
when
women
have
their
full
power
in
society,
we
all
thrive,”
French
Gates
says
in
a

post
on
X.
“I
am
supporting
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
because
she
is
that
leader.”

“During
her
years
in
the
White
House,
she
has
proven
that
she
knows
how
to
lead
through
crises
while
pushing
for
the
change
we
need.
I
want
her
fighting
for
our
country
for
the
next
four
years,”
she
writes.

French
Gates
made
her
first
presidential
endorsement
ever
in
June
when
she
announced
she
was

backing
Biden.
The
billionaire
did
not
say
in
either
endorsement
whether
she
plans
to
contribute
financially
to
the
campaign.

–
Josephine
Rozzelle

Kamala
Harris
is
traveling
to
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin,
the
site
of
last
week’s

Republican
convention,
for
her
first
campaign
event
as
the
Democratic
frontrunner
later
today.

Several
of
the
battleground
state’s
top
Democrats
will
join
her
including
Gov.
Tony
Evers
and
Sen.
Tammy
Baldwin.
Some
of
the
state’s
labor
leaders
will
also
attend
like
the
Wisconsin
AFL-CIO
President
Stephanie
Bloomingdale.

In
a
speech
to
the
Biden-now-Harris
campaign
staff
yesterday,
the
vice
president
previewed
what
could
become
her
default
presidential
pitch.
She
tried
to
draw
contrasts
with
Donald
Trump
by
leaning
into
her
resume
as
a
criminal
prosecutor
and
her
willingness
to
take
on
big-money
interests.

“”I
took
on
perpetrators
of
all
kinds,”
Harris
said
at
the
campaign’s
Wilmington,
Del.
headquarters.
“So
hear
me
when
I
say:
I
know
Donald
Trump’s
type.”

The
rally
comes
as
the
campaign
touts
its
past
24
hours
of
high-speed
momentum
including
a
deluge
of
party
endorsements
and
a
record
fundraising
haul
of
over
$100
million
from
over
1.1
million
unique
donors
since
President
Biden
dropped
out
of
the
race
and
endorsed
Harris
on
Sunday.
The
campaign
also
said
it
saw
a
surge
of
over
58,000
people
signing
up
to
volunteer.

—

Rebecca
Picciotto

Harris’
campaign
has
requested
vetting
materials
from
five
potential
vice
presidential
picks,
two
sources
tell
NBC
News.

The
list
includes
North
Carolina
Gov.
Roy
Cooper,
Pennsylvania
Gov.
Josh
Shapiro,
Arizona
Sen.
Mark
Kelly,
Michigan
Gov.
Gretchen
Whitmer
and
Minnesota
Gov.
Tim
Walz.

Former
U.S.
Attorney
General
Eric
Holder
and
his
law
firm,
Covington
&
Burling,
are
leading
the
vetting
process,
according
to
NBC
News.

—
Josephine
Rozzelle

Democratic
National
Committee
Chair
Jaime
Harrison
said
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris’
newly-launched
campaign
has
generated
an
“unprecedented”
positive
response,
and
that
she
is
“well
on
her
way”
to
clinch
the
party’s
nomination.

Harris
has
been
endorsed
by
U.S.
President
Joe
Biden
and
a
majority
of
pledged
Democrats,
but
is
yet
to
receive
the
formal
nomination
of
her
faction.

“The
Vice
President
is
well
on
her
way
to
secure
this
nomination,
based
on
the
reports
I’m
getting,”
Harrison
said
Tuesday

during
MSNBC’s
“Morning
Joe.”
He
stressed
that
the
DNC
must
still
undergo
a
formalized
nomination
process,
which
starts
on
Wednesday
and
will
wrap
by
Aug.
7.

Harrison
qualified
the
public
response
to
Harris’
two-day-old
campaign
as
“unprecedented,
we’ve
never
seen
this
type
of
thing,”
likening
it
to
the
support
observed
during
the
initial
campaign
of
former
President
Barack
Obama.
He
emphasized
that
the
vice
president
has
“really
galvanized
the
party”
—
to
such
an
extent
that
might
send
jitters
through
the
rival
Republican
Party.

“I
think
they’re
a
bit
nervous.
For
someone
they
said
was
not
going
to
excite
the
party
…
she’s
demonstrating
that
she
has
momentum,
she
has
the
energy
on
her
side,
and
I
think
they’re
scared
about
that,”
Harrison
said.

He
refused
to
engage
with
comments
such
as
those
by
Rep.
Tim
Burchett,
R-Tenn.,
who

previously
described
Kamala
Harris
as
a
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
(DEI)
hire.

“As
we
love
to
say
in
the
South,
bless
his
heart,”
Harrison
said.

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

House
Speaker
Mike
Johnson
and
Rep.
Hakeem
Jeffries,
House
minority
leader,
jointly
announced
a
House
task
force
to
investigate
the
assassination
attempt
against
former
President
Trump
during
a
Pennsylvania
rally
on
July
13.

The
task
force
will
comprise
seven
Republicans
and
six
Democrats
and
will
be
“empowered
with
subpoena
authority
and
will
move
quickly
to
find
the
facts,
ensure
accountability,
and
make
certain
such
failures
never
happen
again,”

Johnson
said
on
social
media
platform
X.

Trump
was
injured
in
a
shooting
during
the
rally,
while
one
bystander
was
killed
and
two
were
seriously
hurt.
The
gunman
was
shot
down
by
a
sniper
of
the
Secret
Service,
which
has
come
under
criticism
for
its
failure
to
ensure
the
former
U.S.
president’s
security
during
the
event.

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

Illinois
Gov.
J.
B.
Pritzker
said
Vice
President
Harris
is
“energizing
people
all
across
the
nation,
young
people,
people
of
color,”
while
falling
short
of
confirming
whether
he
would
join
her
ticket
as
a
running
mate.

“We’re
doing
a
job
of
reaching
out
to
the
supporters
of
some
of
Donald
Trump’s
former
rivals
…
that’s
not
the
playbook
for
the
Republicans,”
he
told
“Morning
Joe”
on
Tuesday,
noting
that
the
Republican
Party
is
diminishing
in
numbers
and
betting
on
low
turnout
at
the
polls
in
November.

Asked
whether
he
would
consider
becoming
Harris’
running
mate
if
the
position
were
offered
to
him,
Pritzker
only
said,
“Look,
I
love
being
the
governor
of
the
state
of
Illinois,
and
I’ve
been
out
on
the
campaign
trail
fighting
hard
for
Democrats
to
win
…
I’m
very
interested
in
making
sure
that
Kamala
Harris
becomes
the
next
president
of
the
United
States.”

Chicago,
the
most-populous
city
in
the
state
of
Illinois,
is
set
to
host
the
Democratic
National
Convention
on
Aug.
19-22.

“We
know
how
to
run
conventions
here
in
Chicago,”
Pritzker
said,
emphasizing
that
“every
level
of
law
enforcement”
has
been
engaged
to
provide
security
for
the
gathering,
and
adding
that
Illinois
is
also
benefiting
from
help
from
surrounding
states
toward
that
purpose.

“We
expect
that
the
energized
Democratic
party
is
going
to
have
an
amazing
convention,”
the
Illinois
governor
added.

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

Vice
President
Harris,
now
a
favorite
for
the
Democratic
nomination,
represents
the
“future,”
according
to
Steven
Horsford,
congressman
of
Nevada
and
chair
of
the
Congressional
Black
Caucus.

“She
represents
the
fact
that
we
are
going
to
continue
to
address
the
issues
from
protecting
women’s
reproductive
rights
…
as
well
as
economic
opportunities,”
he
told
MSNBC’s
“Morning
Joe”
on
Tuesday,
stressing
that
Harris
could
galvanize
a
“move
from
a
consumer-driven
economy
to
one
around
ownership,
where
we
all
have
a
stake.”

By
contrast,
Horsford
—
who
has
endorsed
Harris’
presidential
bid
—
accused
Republican
nominee
and
former
President
Trump
of
leading
a
campaign
of
“division.”

“They
want
to
give
ultra-wealthy
and
big
corporations
tax
cuts,
in
order
to
do
what?
Cut
health
care,”
Horsford
said
of
the
Trump
platform.

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

About
58,000
people
signed
up
to
volunteer
for
Vice
President
Harris’
presidential
campaign
between
Sunday
afternoon
and
Monday
evening,
her
campaign
said,
estimating
that
the
figure
is
100
times
its
average
sign-up
rate.

The
campaign
added
that
it
had
raised
more
than
$100
million
of
donations
during
the
same
period,
accruing
funds
from
more
than
1.1
million
unique
donors.
More
than
62%
of
these
contributions
came
from
first-time
donors,
the
campaign
said.

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

Biden’s
decision
to
renounce
his
presidential
bid
signals
a
generational
shift
in
American
politics,
said
Qian
Feng,
senior
research
fellow
at
the
National
Strategy
Institute
at
Tsinghua
University
and
the
Taihe
Institute,

according
to
Russian
state
news
agency
Tass.

“Biden’s
withdrawal
from
the
presidential
race,
as
well
as
the
selection
of
JD
Vance
as
the
Republican
Party’s
candidate
for
the
post
of
Vice
President,
has
accelerated
the
process
of
‘out
with
the
old,
in
with
the
new’
in
the
political
arena
of
the
United
States,”
Feng
said.

He described the
upcoming
presidential
race
—
where
Democratic
favorite
Vice
President
Harris
would
face
off
with
former
President
Trump
if
she
formally
clinches
her
party’s
bid
—
as
a “pressure
cooker.”

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

U.S.
markets
typically
outperform
in
an
election
year,
but
greater
volatility
is
expected
in
the
final
months
before
the
Nov.
5
vote,
Nuveen’s
chief
investment
officer
said
Tuesday.

Saira
Malik
told
CNBC
that
U.S.
stocks
could
be
expected
to
rally
by
around
10%
in
an
election
year,
but
those
gains
would
vary
by
sectors
depending
on
the
expected
victor.

“If
the
markets
shift
to
more
of
a
view
that
Republicans
will
win,
financials
and
energy
tend
to
outperform,
the
U.S.
dollar
becomes
stronger,”
Malik
told
“Squawk
Box
Europe.”

“If
it
shifts
the
other
way
to
Democrats,
you’ll
be
looking
at
more
climate
focused
companies
outperforming,”
she
said.

Malik
added
that
health-care
stocks
tend
to
outperform
in
an
election
year,
but
noted
that
pockets
of
value
would
emerge
once
the
result
is
decided.

—
Karen
Gilchrist

There
is
a
renewed
sense
of
excitement
among
European
officials
as
U.S.
Vice
President
Harris
becomes
the
front-runner
for
the
Democratic
nomination
ahead
of
the
all-important
election
this
fall.

The
U.S.
election
just
‘”got
way
more
interesting,”
a
senior
EU
diplomat,
who
did
not
want
to
be
named
due
to
the
political
sensitivity
of
the
topic,
told
CNBC
on
Monday.

″[President
Joe]
Biden
is
a
great
man,
with
an
impressive
life
behind
him,
but
he
is
not
the
future,”
added
an
EU
official,
who
also
asked
to
remain
anonymous.
They
also
dismissed
78-year-old
former
President
Trump,
adding
that
“the
U.S.
needs
younger
leaders.”

Read
the
full
story
here.

—

Silvia
Amaro

Vice
President
Harris
will
likely
win
the
Democratic
nomination
but
still
lose
the
presidency
to
Republican
rival
Trump,
according
to
David
Roche,
president
and
global
strategist
at
Quantum
Strategy.

“I
think
she’ll
definitely
be
the
[Democratic]
candidate
because
if
she
wasn’t
the
presidential
candidate
of
the
Democrats,
there
would
be
a
degree
of
chaos,
including
affecting
funding,
which
would
mean
the
Democrats
would
be
wiped
across
the
board,”
he
told
“Street
Signs
Europe”
on
Tuesday,
noting
that
this
impact
would
also
affect
the
Democrats’
position
in
Congress
and
the
House
of
Representatives.

But
despite
that
forecast
on
Harris
securing
the
formal
Democratic
endorsement
and
foreseeing
a
“closer
race
than
people
imagined”
during
the
fall
elections,
Roche
stressed,
“I
don’t
think
she
can
beat
Trump.”

“I
suspect
that
Donald
Trump
will
be
the
next
president
of
the
United
States.
And
markets
will
start
to
wonder
about
the
costs
to
that,
as
we
get
closer
to
the
election.
Costs
in
terms
of
security
policy,
like
say
NATO
and
Europe,
costs
in
terms
of
Taiwan,
costs
in
terms
of
tariffs,
which
are
extremely
detrimental
to
the
U.S.
economy,”
he
said,
adding
that
investors
will
likely
adopt
a
cautious
wait-and-see
approach
for
the
time
being.

Some,
he
noted,
might
“even
actually
rejoice
to
some
extent
in
the
likelihood
of
a
Trump
victory,
because
they
may
see
this
as
a
way
of
getting
more
shovelfuls
of
money
pushed
their
way.”

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

Vice
President
Harris,
who
has
emerged
as
a
favorite
to
clinch
the
Democratic
nomination
in
the
two
days
since
launching
her
campaign,
may
have
to
expedite
selecting
a
running
mate,
says
Syga
Thomas,
CEO
of
Ensah
Advisory
Partners.

“That
pick’s
going
to
have
to
come
rather
quickly,”
he
told
CNBC’s
Dan
Murphy
on
Tuesday,
noting
that
this
decision
will
have
to
be
made
before
the
Democratic
National
Committee’s
convention
in
Chicago,
which
will
take
place
Aug.
19-22.

Several
names
have
been
floated
as
potential
running
mates,
including
Arizona
Sen.
Mark
Kelly,
Pennsylvania
Gov.
Josh
Shapiro
and
North
Carolina
Gov.
Roy
Cooper.

“Pennsylvania
Governor
Josh
Shapiro
being
a
key
one,
in
sort
of
a
swing
state
that
could
prove
to
be
very
important,”
Thomas
said,
but
added
that
the
possibility
of
an
unexpected
pick
should
not
be
discounted.

“I
think
it’s
important
to
take
a
step
back
and
say,
potentially,
she
might
come
out
and
do
something
that
is
totally
different,”
Thomas
said.
“So,
something
that
is
not
being
touted
now.
So,
she
could
come
and
make
it
an
all-women
ticket,
which
is
certainly,
with
[Michigan
Gov.]
Gretchen
Whitmer,
which
would
certainly
be
an
interesting
way,
sort
of,
to
approach
the
ticket.”

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

First
lady
Jill
Biden
will
lead
a
presidential
delegation
to
the
opening
ceremony
of
the
Paris
2024
Olympic
Games,
scheduled
to
take
place
July
26,

according
to
a
White
House
statement.

It
will
mark
the
first
major
public
appearance
for
Jill
Biden,
who
been
supporting
her
husband,
President
Joe
Biden,
since
his
decision
to
drop
his
reelection
bid.

Douglas
Emhoff,
the
husband
of
Vice
President
Harris,
will
helm
a
delegation
attending
the
close
of
the
games
on
Aug.
11.

Two
other
presidential
delegations
due
to
attend
the
opening
and
closing
ceremonies
of
the
Paralympic
Games
will
be
announced
at
a
later
time.

—

Ruxandra
Iordache

Vice
President
Harris’
newly
launched
presidential
campaign
will
lead
to
a
closer
race
against
Republican
candidate
and
former
President
Trump,
according
to
Aaron
Anderson,
member
of
Fisher
Investments’
Investment
Policy
Committee.

“I
think
the
knee-jerk
reaction
or
interpretation
of
the
wild
political
scene
that
we’ve
seen
here
in
the
U.S.
is
that
the
race
just
got
a
little
bit
closer,
maybe
the
potential
for
one
party
sweeping
heavily
in
one
direction
or
another
has
probably
diminished
a
bit,
and
so
it’s
kind
of
back
to
business
as
usual,”
he
told
CNBC’s
Dan
Murphy
on
Tuesday,
stressing
that
this
has
translated
into
big
growth
stocks
performing
well
this
year
to
date.

“It
does
look
increasingly
likely
that
[Harris]
will
be
the
[Democratic]
candidate,
but
that’s
certainly
not
a
sure
thing
as
this
point,”
Anderson
added.
“But
what
I
would
say
is,
this
is
a
pretty
modest
change
from
what
the
ticket
looked
like
previously.”