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Election 2024 updates: Split-screen campaign blitz kicks off in Wisconsin, Michigan

Harris, Walz and Vance are set to campaign in battleground states on Wednesday.

Last Updated: August 7, 2024, 4:59 PM EDT

Fresh off a newly minted Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are set to go on tour, hitting several battleground states in five days -- alongside them and mirroring their schedule state by state is Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance.

On Monday, Harris introduced Walz to a fired-up crowd in Philadelphia; Vance was also in Pennsylvania on Monday. The candidates will campaign next in Wisconsin and Michigan.

9 hours and 27 minutes ago

Harris HQ posts TikTok after Vance's plane, Air Force Two on same tarmac

The Harris-Walz campaign posted a video on its TikTok account responding to earlier in the day when Sen. JD Vance's plane and Air Force Two were on the same tarmac in Wisconsin.

The post used sound from the show "Dance Moms" where instructor and choreographer Abby Lee Miller says, "I just want to sit back and relax and enjoy my evening. When all of a sudden, I hear this agitating, grating voice."

The video shows the vice president stepping off Air Force Two with Gov. Tim Walz while shaking hands and speaking with local children before panning to Vance's plane as it pulled up on the tarmac.

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

9 hours and 32 minutes ago

Trump previously told Walz he was 'very happy' with his handling of George Floyd protests

In the hours after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, allies of former President Donald Trump rushed to denigrate the Minnesota Democrat, seizing on criticism of his handling of the riots in the wake of George Floyd's murder in May 2020.

But at the time, Trump expressed support for Walz's handling of the protests, according to a recording of a phone call obtained by ABC News -- telling a group of governors that Walz "dominated," and praising his leadership as an example for other states to follow.

"I know Gov. Walz is on the phone, and we spoke, and I fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days," Trump told a group of governors on June 1, 2020, according to a recording of the call, in which he also called Walz an "excellent guy."

"I was very happy with the last couple of days, Tim," Trump continued. "You called up big numbers and the big numbers knocked them out so fast it was like bowling pins."

Trump also suggested on the call that it was his encouragement that sparked Walz to call in the National Guard: "I said, you got to use the National Guard in big numbers," Trump said. A spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign said Wednesday that was untrue.

Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, said Trump lauded Walz only after the governor heeded his advice to enlist support from the National Guard.

-ABC News' Lucien Bruggeman and Katherine Faulders

10 hours and 14 minutes ago

Harris, Vance planes on same tarmac at same time in Wisconsin

A rare moment took place Wednesday when the respective planes flying Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. JD Vance to separate campaign events in Wisconsin were on the same tarmac.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, walks back from looking at Air Force Two at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wis.
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Vance took the opportunity to rib the Harris-Walz campaign when he walked over to Air Force Two to "check out" what he called his "future plane."

Vance said he saw Harris' car, but he didn't see her because her windows were tinted.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

2:51 PM EDT

Harris, Trump tied among Wisconsin voters, poll finds

A poll from Marquette University Law School published Wednesday of voters in Wisconsin found that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are closely matched among registered voters in a 2024 general election head-to-head matchup.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
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Among registered voters, Trump and Harris were split 50% to 49%, respectively, and among likely voters, they were split 49% to 50%, according to the poll.

The poll shows virtually no change from the split between President Joe Biden and Trump in a Marquette poll that was conducted in June.

When a few third-party candidates are added in, Harris and Trump are still about even among registered voters, with Harris netting 45%, Trump netting 43% and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. getting 8%, the poll found.

The survey was conducted between July 24 to Aug. 1. It has a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percentage points among registered Wisconsin voters and +/- 4.8 percentage points among likely Wisconsin voters.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim