{"id":2354913,"date":"2024-10-14T22:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T02:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-joy-campaign-goes-dark-after-trump-wipes-out-her-lead-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T22:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T02:43:55","slug":"harriss-joy-campaign-goes-dark-after-trump-wipes-out-her-lead-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-joy-campaign-goes-dark-after-trump-wipes-out-her-lead-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris&#8217;s joy campaign goes dark after Trump wipes out her lead &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fharriss-joy-campaign-goes-dark-after-trump-wipes-out-her-lead-washington-examiner%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=2354913&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>In a recent campaign event in Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump intensified their rivalry as they both aimed to portray each\u2064 other as a threat to\u200b the future of America. \u2062Harris, who\u200b had previously gained traction\u2063 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-candidate-stuns-campaign-staffers-and-donors-by-dropping-out-live-on-fox-news\/\" title=\"Republican Presidential Candidate Stuns Campaign Staffers and Donors by Dropping Out Live on Fox News\">positive campaign message<\/a>, \u200dhas experienced a slowdown \u2064in support\u2062 as the election nears. During her rally in Erie, she addressed the crowd after \u2062Senator John Fetterman&#8217;s\u200b introduction,\u200d warning them about Trump&#8217;s dangerous rhetoric and\u2064 actions, which included a video montage of Trump characterizing his\u2062 political opponents as &#8220;the enemy within.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris criticized Trump\u2064 for suggesting that he would use the military against\u200c his opponents and for\u2063 targeting individuals like journalists and election officials \u2062who oppose him.\u200b She emphasized that a second Trump term would \u2063pose a significant \u2063risk to American democracy.\u2064 Meanwhile,\u200b Trump, at\u2063 his own town hall \u2064event in Oaks, Pennsylvania, responded to Harris&#8217;s remarks by calling her more \u200ddangerous than him but claimed he was smarter. His event was interrupted due to\u2062 health issues among attendees \u2062caused by heat, leading to some humor from Trump about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>both candidates are focusing on highlighting the perceived threats posed by\u200d the other in their campaigns as \u2064they square off in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-starting-to-panic-after-poll-shows-party-losing-influence-over-hispanic-voters\/\" title=\"Democrats Are Starting To Panic After Poll Shows Party Losing Influence Over Hispanic Voters\">crucial election cycle<\/a>.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris shifts campaign from joy to danger as Trump wipes out her lead<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1835727\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> both took their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> campaigns to Pennsylvania Monday night to paint their opponent as a danger to America&rsquo;s future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris, whose emphasis on &ldquo;joy&rdquo; led to a surge in national and battleground polling over the summer, has stalled somewhat in the final stretch of the election. Her campaign rally Monday night in Erie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3189104\/four-issues-forefront-trump-harris-clash-tea-leaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, marked the first stop of four across the Midwestern &ldquo;blue wall&rdquo; this week. Trump held a campaign rally in Erie in late September.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3186593\/harris-bipartisan-council-advisers-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s remarks, which followed an introduction from Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), largely stuck to her campaign script, but she did take a page from the former president&rsquo;s book with a more ominous warning about her opponent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump both took their 2024 campaigns to Pennsylvania Monday night to paint their opponent as a danger to America&rsquo;s future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Halfway through her speech, the vice president cued a highlight reel of Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-confronts-mike-pence-on-tanks-to-ukraine-while-us-cities-rot-receives-shocking-response\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson questions Pence on Ukraine tanks as US cities decay; Pence&#039;s response is surprising.\">recent comments suggesting<\/a> he would use the military and judicial system to go after political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>That clip included a response Trump gave during a Sunday interview with Fox News&rsquo;s Maria Bartiromo involving what he described as &ldquo;the enemy within&rdquo; America.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The worst people are the enemies from within. The enemy from within. Those people are more dangerous, the enemy from within, than Russia and China,&rdquo; the former president said during the montage. &ldquo;We have some sick people, radical-left lunatics, and I think it should be very easily handled by, if necessary,&nbsp;by the National Guard or, really necessary, by the military.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the clip, Harris told the crowd that Trump was unfit to serve. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You heard his words. You heard the words coming from him. He&rsquo;s talking about the enemy within Pennsylvania. He&rsquo;s talking about the enemy within our country, Pennsylvania. He&rsquo;s talking about that he considers anyone who doesn&rsquo;t support him or who will not bend to his will an enemy of our country,&rdquo; the vice president declared after the clip concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XoRviMMWXx4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VP Kamala Harris Rally in Pennsylvania\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XoRviMMWXx4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We know who he would target because he has attacked them before: journalists whose stories he doesn&rsquo;t like, election officials who refuse to cheat by filling extra votes and finding extra votes for him, judges who insist on following the law instead of bending to his will,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;This is among the reasons I believe so strongly that a second Trump term would be a huge risk for America and dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3189104\/four-issues-forefront-trump-harris-clash-tea-leaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump<\/a> campaigned on the other side of the state, opting to host a town hall with Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) in Oaks, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s more dangerous than him, but he&rsquo;s actually smarter than her,&rdquo; the former president told the crowd of Harris and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Trump&rsquo;s town hall came to an abrupt halt ahead of the scheduled end time after at least two people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/?highlight=3189160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"passed out\">passed out<\/a> or required medical attention inside the room that was too hot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Would anybody else like to faint?&rdquo; Trump joked before directing a doctor to assist the ill attendees and pausing the event for multiple playings of the song &ldquo;Ave Maria.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the crowd yelled for air conditioning or to open the doors, but Trump, who has survived at least two assassination attempts in recent weeks, remarked security concerns prevented them from opening.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"c-FhvhdVSZE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at town hall event in Greater Philadelphia\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c-FhvhdVSZE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump decided against taking any additional questions and instead spent the rest of the evening listening to songs from his campaign playlist alongside the crowd. <\/p>\n<p>Trump and Noem stayed onstage to dance and lip-sync along to songs by Pavarotti, James Brown, Village People, and others.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, before leaving the stage, the former president stated, &ldquo;If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania could very well prove to be the lynchpin in determining the election come November.<\/p>\n<p>Biden carried the Keystone State by some 70,000 votes in 2020 but was trailing Trump in most Pennsylvania polls before dropping out of the race in July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Real Clear Politics&rsquo;s<\/em> polling average shows Trump holding a less-than-1-point lead on aggregate in the state, while <em>FiveThirtyEight&rsquo;s<\/em> average shows Harris up by a similar margin.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is slated to return to Pennsylvania later this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1835727\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1835727\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris shifts focus to danger as Trump erases her lead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2354914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-trump-pennsylvania.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4087,3728,4021,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2354913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign","tag-election","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-trump-pennsylvania.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354913","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}