{"id":2229978,"date":"2024-04-25T11:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-rolls-out-economic-opportunity-tour-to-boost-biden-polling\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:45:07","slug":"kamala-harris-rolls-out-economic-opportunity-tour-to-boost-biden-polling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-rolls-out-economic-opportunity-tour-to-boost-biden-polling\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris launches &#8216;economic opportunity&#8217; tour to enhance Biden&#8217;s polling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-rolls-out-economic-opportunity-tour-to-boost-biden-polling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229978&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice \u2062President Kamala\u2064 Harris plans to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beyond-meat-cuts-non-production-workforce-by-19-percent-with-demand-for-plant-based-meat-weak\/\" title=\"Beyond Meat reduces non-production workforce by 19% due to low demand for plant-based meat.\">counter negative perceptions<\/a> of President Joe\u2064 Biden&#8217;s economic management with an &#8220;economic opportunity&#8221; tour. She will\u2063 kick off the tour next Monday, starting with a moderated conversation in Atlanta and another event in Detroit the following week. \u200bGeorgia and Michigan\u200c are \u2062crucial battleground states for the upcoming general election. Harris emphasizes their commitment to \u200beconomic advancement through \u200bvarious initiatives \u2063like increasing access to capital \u2064and supporting \u200dsmall \u200dbusinesses. The White House and Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign are entrusting Harris,\u2064 59, with extensive travel\u2062 responsibilities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Kamala-Harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> is looking to puncture negative perceptions about President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a> with an \u201ceconomic opportunity\u201d tour.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who is on a tour across the country highlighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> access following visits to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>college campuses<\/a> last year, will launch this series of trips next Monday with a moderated conversation in Atlanta and another event in Detroit the week thereafter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a> are both battleground states for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November\u2019s general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden and I are committed to creating an economy in which every person has the freedom to thrive,\u201d Harris said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThat is why we have taken historic steps to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-virtue-signaling-corporations-trying-to-prove-their-wokeness\/\" title=\"5 Virtue Signaling Corporations Trying To Prove Their \u2018Wokeness\u2019\">advance economic opportunity<\/a> by increasing access to capital, investing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/small-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>small businesses<\/a>, addressing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>housing<\/a> costs, forgiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/student-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>student loans<\/a> and medical debt, investing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>infrastructure<\/a>, and championing additional policies that put money in people\u2019s pockets and build wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> and Biden\u2019s reelection campaign have increasingly relied on Harris, 59, to travel, while the president, 81, deals with official business in Washington, D.C., though his schedule is picking up as well after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-of-the-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State of the Union<\/a> in March. Since the start of this year, she has made more than 35 trips to 16 states.<\/p>\n<p>As the country\u2019s first black woman to become vice president, much of Harris\u2019s outreach has focused on minority voters, whom polls indicate are cooling on Biden. Simultaneously, Harris\u2019s favorability rating is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-new-years-resolutions-what-2024-holds-for-the-president\/\" title=\"Biden's 2024 Outlook: New Year's Resolutions\">net negative 17 percentage points<\/a> to Biden\u2019s net negative 14.5, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/other\/FavorabilityRatingsPoliticalLeaders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RealClearPolitics<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019s economic opportunity tour coincides with polling that underscores how the economy could be Biden\u2019s biggest political challenge six months out from Election Day. Biden\u2019s overall average job approval is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pivots-to-general-election-with-midwest-swing\/\" title=\"Trump shifts focus to general election with tour of Midwest\">net negative 16 points<\/a>, compared to his economic approval of net negative 17, according to the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling aggregator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last month, Harris became the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-democrats-call-witnesses-at-trial-we-will-call-democrats-thatve-used-inflammatory-language\/\" title=\"Graham: If Democrats Call Witnesses At Trial We Will Call Democrats That\u2019ve Used Inflammatory Language\">sitting vice president<\/a> to visit an abortion provider when she dropped into a Planned Parenthood in Minnesota as part of her earlier tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here at this healthcare clinic to uplift the work that is happening in Minnesota as an example of what true leadership looks like, which is to understand it is only right and fair that people have access to the healthcare they need and that they have access to healthcare in an environment where they are treated with dignity and respect,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris aims to challenge negative views on President Joe Biden&#8217;s economic management through an &#8220;economic opportunity&#8221; tour. Following her focus on abortion access on college campuses, Harris will kick off this tour next Monday with a moderated conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2229979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24112652899833-1-1024x705.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2229978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24112652899833-1-1024x705.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}