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Harris, Walz Campaigning For First Time; Trump Candidate Hits Back

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

WISCONSIN (Worthy News) – Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz spent their first full day as running mates, vying for attention with ex-President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, who was also in the area.

Harris and Waltz held a rally in Wisconsin a day after Harris announced she had chosen him to become America’s next vice president if elected.

Following the rally, the Harris-Waltz campaign headed to Michigan for another event,

Former U.S. President Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, was also in battleground territory Wednesday. His itinerary included stops in the same two states as the Harris-Walz campaign, even the same cities, but without Trump.

At the same time, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose electorate could help determine the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in favor of either Democrats or Republicans, was in court Wednesday: Kennedy fought a lawsuit by a group challenging the New York address he lists as his home on ballot access petitions.

Unlike a rally in Philadelphia, where neither Harris nor Walz mentioned Biden by name, the vice president began her remarks in Wisconsin by praising the president.

“And let me say … I want to bring greetings from our incredible president, Joe Biden,” Harris said in Eau Claire. “He loves Wisconsin, and I know we are all deeply grateful for his lifetime of service to our nation and for all he continues to do.”

CROWD RALLYING

The crowd at the rally then chanted, “Thank you, Joe! Thank you, Joe!” “That’s right. I’m gonna tell him what you said,” Harris replied.

Walz also mentioned a topic circulating this election cycle: fertility treatment or in vitro fertilization (IVF).

“When Gwen and I decided to have children, we went through years of fertility treatments, and I remember each night praying that the call was gonna come and it was gonna be good news,” he said.

“The phone would ring, tenseness in my stomach, and then the agony when you heard the treatments hadn’t worked. So it wasn’t by chance that when we welcomed our first child, our beautiful daughter, we named her Hope,” he added as the crowd cheered around him.

IVF was at the center of discussion earlier this year when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos are children, causing several clinics in the state to put treatments on hold.

Then, in June, Senate Republicans blocked a Democrat-led bill to protect access to reproductive treatments, including IVF.

On the other side of the ballot, Vance’s comments about childless people have been criticized.

BORDER CROSSING

The Ohio senator has said he supports IVF but was one of the Republicans who voted to block the Senate bill.

Separately in Wisconsin, Vance blasted Harris on the massive number of migrants crossing the border. He said his mother’s battle with addiction could have been worse under a Harris administration.

“I really believe that if the poison that Kamala Harris is letting come across the border in 2024 was coming across the border 15 years ago, or 12 years ago,” Vance stressed.

“I never would’ve gotten that second chance with my mom, and we would have never had the opportunity to see her build a wonderful relationship with her three grandchildren,” he said, alluding to the fentanyl crisis and his own mother’s longtime battle with addiction.

Vance has said he could see himself in the Trump administration as a spokesperson on combatting drug abuse.

He has mentioned his mother’s past struggle with addiction on the campaign trail, and during his speech at the Republican National Convention, Worthy News established.