Kamala Harris’s third stop on her Monday campaign swing brings a new state, a new crowd and a new moderator – the conservative commentator Charlie Sykes.
The venue, a wood-panel suburban performing arts centre, is also the nicest of today’s locations but the stage set-up here in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is virtually identical to the two previous events in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
There are large “country over party” and “a new way forward” slogans printed on bright red and blue backdrops.
The message from the vice-president is also the same: Donald Trump, in her view, is unfit to return to the Oval Office – and Republican voters should follow the lead of members of their party who have broken ranks and backed the Democrats.
Waukesha County is a mix of wealthy Milwaukee suburbs and rural areas. It is the backbone of the Republican Party in Wisconsin.
Donald Trump carried this populous county with 60% of the vote over Joe Biden in 2020.
Harris has made this the last stop of her day of campaigning to try to chip away at that margin in a state that polls show is a virtual dead heat.
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