Harris campaign garners more support, hosts thousands of events over weekend

WASHINGTON, July 29: The Kamala Harris campaign held thousands of events across the country over the weekend, focusing on battleground states, making a case for the vice president’s vision of the US driven by people’s power.
The Harris campaign said on Sunday it has intensified its effort after raising a whopping USD 200 million in a week and with 17,000 volunteers having signed up. Over the weekend, the campaign mobilised thousands of grassroots supporters who have signed up to volunteer since the campaign launch – through thousands of events, phone banks, and canvass launches across the battleground states.
Taking to X, ‘Harris for President’ Battleground States Director Dan Kanninen said, “100 days out! Our teams in battleground states have been building and were ready for it. 1,300+ staff (and growing), 250+ offices, (and) tens of thousands of volunteers. Talking to millions of voters. 2,300 events in battlegrounds. Just this weekend.” “One hundred days before Election Day, Team Harris is leveraging the historic grassroots enthusiasm we’ve seen for our campaign and putting it to work. For over a year, our team has been building the battleground infrastructure needed to reach and persuade the voters who will decide this election – and now, we’re kicking it into overdrive,” he said.
“We have an enormous battleground advantage over Donald Trump, and this weekend, that is going to be painfully clear to the Trump-Vance campaign. Our campaign is off to a running start and doing the work to defeat Donald Trump and send Vice President Harris to the Oval Office,” he added.
The battleground States are Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.
According to the campaign, this weekend, Team Harris held Kamala coffee hours, soul food potlucks, Pride trivia nights, office openings and other events to reach voters wherever they are and talk to them about all that’s at stake in the November 5 election.
Leaders like Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and many volunteers hit the doors to talk directly to voters.
In addition, ‘Harris for President’ organised phone banks for bilingual Spanish speakers, labour organisers, and senior citizens. The campaign also held youth, women, labour, and LGBTQ+ national organising calls with thousands of supporters.
It also hosted watch parties so volunteers and supporters could watch Harris on RuPaul’s Drag Race and learn more about how they can volunteer with and support her White House bid. (PTI)