Kamala Harris has arrived in Chicago for the Democratic Nationwide Conference (DNC), the place she can be formally confirmed because the occasion’s presidential candidate.
After a day of campaigning within the swing state of Pennsylvania with working mate Tim Walz, she flew to O’Hare Airport on Air Pressure Two.
Her Republican rival Donald Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Ms Harris is predicted to affix President Biden on stage when he addresses the conference on Monday.
Pennsylvania has been a key battleground in latest presidential campaigns, with Donald Trump profitable the state in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020.
A brand new CBS Information ballot exhibits Trump and Harris are neck-and-neck in swing states comparable to Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
In a speech on Sunday, Ms Harris not directly criticized her opponent, suggesting he was a “coward” whose politics targeted on crushing rivals.
“What we all know is that the true measure of a pacesetter’s energy is who you elevate up,” she advised a crowd of supporters.
“Anybody who tries to beat another person is a coward.”
A day earlier, in the identical state, Trump referred to as his Democratic rival a “loopy man” and boasted that he was “significantly better wanting” than her.
Ms. Harris arrived in Chicago on Sunday forward of the Democratic Nationwide Conference, the place delegates will acknowledge her because the nominee for the Nov. 5 election.
The conference will culminate on Thursday with Ms Harris giving a prime-time speech after formally accepting the occasion’s nomination.
Safety was tight across the venue forward of the four-day occasion, the place tens of hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters are anticipated to rally in Chicago.
