With early momentum, Harris to focus on connecting with minorities, activists, women in swing states
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Source: Washington Post
Within the first 24 hours after Sen. Kamala D. Harris was named Joe Biden’s running mate, top Democrats were reaching out to syndicated Black radio hosts, eager to line up appearances for Harris on their popular shows.
In roughly the same period, Biden’s campaign cited Harris in a broad fundraising appeal, raising an impressive $34 million, largely from a new set of donors excited by Harris’s role, and sold $1.2 million worth of Biden-Harris lawn signs.
And in coming weeks, the Biden campaign plans to deploy the U.S. senator from California to swing states — often virtually, but at times in person — to connect with Black voters, young activists and suburban women, groups whose support for Biden is solid but far from guaranteed. Joint television interviews are in the works over the next few weeks.
As the history-making running mate joined the Biden campaign in earnest Thursday — receiving a coronavirus briefing alongside him, issuing a joint statement on what are now called “Biden-Harris” policies, and meeting virtually with Biden’s economic team — campaign aides said privately that they hope Harris can provide a jolt of charisma while giving Biden a sort of validation from a younger woman of color.
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