Harris and Trump take different approaches as September debate nears
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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are taking two different paths to prepare for their September 10 presidential debate, the first time the nominees will face off since Democrats upended their ticket this summer.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are taking two different paths to prepare for their September 10 presidential debate, the first time the nominees will face off since Democrats upended their ticket this summer. The week leading up to the debate, which will be hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia, represents the candidates’ last chance to set the agenda before they meet. It may also offer a preview of what attacks the two will level against each other. Since President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed his running mate more than five weeks ago, Trump has struggled to land on a message to blunt Harris’ momentum. The former president has tested out personal attacks and nicknames, criticized her lack of press conferences and new interviews, blamed Biden administration policies for inflation and high costs, and hammered Harris and Biden over the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan that left 13 US service members dead. Harris, meanwhile, has focused on moderating many of the positions she laid out during her 2019 Democratic presidential primary campaign. In an interview last week with CNN, her first since becoming the Democratic nominee, she argued that her values have stayed the same even if her stance on issues such as fracking have not. Harris is also planning to deliver a speech in New Hampshire on Wednesday to unveil the next tranche of her economic plan, according to three advisers. CNN previously reported that Harris would unveil her proposals in a series of rollouts, with the next expected to focus on innovation, entrepreneurship and small business. Harris told a small-business owner in Georgia last week that one of her top priorities would be instituting a tax credit to assist Americans starting and growing businesses.
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