GLENDALE, Arizona: US Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Arizona on Friday (Aug 9), hoping her less-than-one-month-old bid for the White House can put Republican candidate Donald Trump on the back foot in the West. The Democratic presidential candidate has been on a week-long tour after naming her running mate , Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, with a focus on building excitement for her campaign in seven states that could tip the Nov 5 election. That tour brought her to the Phoenix area on Friday, where she was visiting with volunteers at a campaign office and speaking to voters.
While travelling, Harris won the endorsement of LULAC Adelante, the political action committee for the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organisation. It was the group's first-ever presidential endorsement. Trump was in the West too, holding a rally in Bozeman, Montana, a state that Republicans have carried in every presidential race since 1996.
The state will host a competitive race this year that could decide which party controls the US Senate in 2025. Trump's flight was reportedly diverted to a different Montana airport due to a mechanical issue. "I just landed in a really beautiful place: Montana," Trump said in a video from his plane posted on social media, which made no mention of a mechanical issue.
"I'm here to do some fundraisers and most importantly to support Tim Sheehy who's running for the US Senate and we think he's going to do really well. We're going to have a rally. And it'll .