Although Vice President Kamala Harris is pleased with the outcome of the debate against former President Donald Trump, she is far from complacent and will instead step up her campaign strategy.
“[La vicepresidenta] will enter a more aggressive phase in the campaign,” shared an official of his team.
The goal is to capitalize on the victory in the presidential debate and maintain the momentum gained, which will take the vice president on a tour of key states, including North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
The campaign official said new ads will be introduced that will include key moments from the presidential debate and even “greater interactions with the media,” especially those focused on the most contested states.
Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s campaigns include a variety of strategies in addition to rallies.
“Harris will hold back-to-back rallies on Thursday in Charlotte and Greensboro, North Carolina, and events on Friday in Johnstown and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,” it said in advance.
Following Tuesday’s debate, the Harris-Walz campaign has been “studying debate footage to identify key moments to include in new television and digital campaign ads,” it said.
“Further ads are expected to be released in the coming days on issues important to voters in the battleground states, including notable exchanges in which Harris held Trump accountable for his actions and offered her own priorities for what she would do as president,” the campaign said.
The first announcement will be published on Wednesday evening, according to the advance schedule.
“The campaign is also planning additional media engagements by the vice president, particularly focused on reaching out to voters in battleground states and key constituencies within the Harris-Walz coalition,” it said. “In the coming days, Harris will be giving additional interviews to local media outlets in battleground states.”
Next week, Harris is even expected to participate in a debate with journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the same one that invited Trump, where he spoke about the vice president’s ancestry, questioning whether she was black.
The campaign’s efforts include key surrogates and supporters of the Vice President in key states, including Vice Presidential nominee Walz, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, and Mrs. Gwen Walz.
“Governor Walz will hold a rally on Thursday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his first solo trip to the state since joining the ticket,” it was announced. He will also hold events in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan, and in Wisconsin.
Emhoff will be in Tucson, Arizona, for an event focused on reproductive freedom, an issue the campaign identifies as a concern for Arizona women.
In Henderson, Nevada, Emhoff will join volunteers and participate in a campaign phone session at a new field office.
“The campaign now has 13 offices and more than 100 field staff in Nevada,” it said.
Ms. Walz will campaign on Thursday in Manchester, New Hampshire, alongside volunteers, and on Friday she will travel to Maine, where she will lead a campaign phone-in event.