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2024 election updates: Vance tells Harris to 'go to hell'

Vance's comments came during a campaign event Wednesday in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Last Updated: August 29, 2024, 1:13 PM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris continues her bus tour through Georgia, an indication that the campaign hopes to keep the state in play after President Joe Biden flipped it in 2020. Her running mate Tim Walz will travel to North Carolina.

JD Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, is stumping in Boston while Trump will deliver remarks on the economy in battleground Michigan. Later Thursday, Trump will participate in a town hall in Wisconsin.

Aug 28, 2024, 6:07 PM EDT

Vance says Harris 'can go to hell' for criticizing Trump for Arlington Cemetery visit

Sen. JD Vance continued to defend Trump's visit to Arlington Cemetery during a campaign event Wednesday in Erie, Pennsylvania, and went on the attack against Harris, blaming her for the deaths of 13 soldiers three years ago.

"Look, sometimes mistakes happen. That's just the nature of government, the nature of military service. But to have those 13 Americans lose their lives and not fire a single person is disgraceful. Kamala Harris is disgraceful," Vance said.

Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance speaks at a rally at trucking company, Team Hardinger, on Aug. 28, 2024, in Erie, Pa.
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"We're gonna talk about a story out of those 13 brave innocent Americans who lost their lives, it's that Kamala Harris is so asleep at the wheel that she won't even do an investigation into what happened, and she wants to yell at Donald Trump because he showed up. She can, go to hell," he continued.

The federal government conducted a probe into the final days of the war and American withdrawal and the Pentagon's Central Command concluded in 2022 that the attack was not preventable despite others' assertions that it was preventable.

The Pentagon has conducted multiple rounds of reviews, including the latest review published in April that reaffirmed the initial investigation's findings that the attack was not preventable.

Congress has also scrutinized the attack and heard from many military leaders, including former Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, who told lawmakers last year that he was thwarted in an attempt to stop the suicide bombing.

Harris, who was campaigning in Georgia Wednesday, did not bring up "incident" at Arlington National Cemetery. Harris-Walz communications director Michael Tyler told CNN on Wednesday that the "incident" at Arlington National Cemetery with former President Trump was "pretty sad," but what "we've come to expect" from the former president.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim, Cindy Smith and Hannah Demissie

Aug 28, 2024, 2:47 PM EDT

Biden to travel to Wisconsin next week to tout economy

President Joe Biden will travel to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Sept. 5 to highlight his economic agenda, according to the White House.

Exact details of the trip, including the locations in the state, weren't immediately revealed.

-- ABC News' Justin Gomez

Aug 28, 2024, 1:57 PM EDT

Walz promises to fight for labor freedoms at International Association of Fire Fighters

Gov. Tim Walz addressed the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) convention on Wednesday in Boston, making the case that the Democratic ticket was the one that would fight for their freedoms, including labor protections.

“People tell me, look, I'm really not that into politics. My response to that is, too damn bad -- politics is into you,” Walz said to what he acknowledged as a bipartisan audience.

Walz said that Harris “is proudly part of the most pro-labor administration in history,” and that when they “win this election, we'll have your back like you've had ours.”

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, addresses an audience at the International Association of Fire Fighters convention, as IAFF General President Edward Kelly, right, looks on, Aug. 28, 2024, in Boston.
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“We believe that you, not politicians, should be made free to make your own health care choices,” Walz concluded. “We believe that workers deserve to collectively bargain for fair wages and safe working conditions.”

-- ABC News’ Isabella Murray

Aug 27, 2024, 7:35 PM EDT

Harris-Walz campaign responds to superseding indictment

Quentin Fulks, the Harris-Walz campaign’s principal deputy campaign manager, reacted to the news of the superseding indictment against Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon on MSNBC and avoided remarking on "ongoing legal cases" but characterized Trump as a danger.

"They saw it with their own eyes, and so we're going to continue to take the fight directly to Donald Trump on the issues that matter. But American voters aren't stupid. They know who Donald Trump is, and they know what he will do if he gets more time in the White House," Fulks told MSNBC.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie

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