“These brave members of the service died saving countless lives. They are heroes,” Harris said in a statement Thursday evening. “Our country is grateful to all of our uniformed women and men, and in particular to those people who are working today to get the Americans and our Afghan partners harmed. And we will complete this mission.”
Harris, who had been to Singapore and Vietnam this week, was scheduled to appear with Newsom at the Cow Palace Arena & Event Center in the Bay Area on Friday afternoon for a car rally. Golden State Democrats expected Harris to return on Friday because of his immense popularity within the Democratic base and his unique ability to galvanize both female voters and black Democratic voters at a time when the party is concerned that California Democrats, disaffected, sit down. out of retirement choice.
After the “Stop the Republican Recall” campaign allied with Newsom announced the cancellation of the event, the team said they had no further news on when or if Harris would reschedule an appearance with Newsom. The White House has said Biden also intends to campaign for Newsom, but the president’s schedule remains heavily changed as he faces the Aug. 31 deadline to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan.
Polls have shown Republican voters are much more committed and aware of the by-election as they try to eliminate Newsom, and Harris could have bolstered bets on his potential removal and replacement by a Republican, not just pointing to the power of the post to move forward. in women’s rights, but also raising awareness about the fragility of the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate from 50 to 50 and how California affects that equation.
Harris embodies the importance of the Democratic governor’s appointing powers, which Newsom used to name her as a replacement when she moved from the U.S. Senate to the White House. Newsom could be reassigned to the role if he were to appoint a replacement for US Senator Dianne Feinstein, 88, if he decides to retire early, although he has no plans to do so.
Still, the Harris campaign event for Newsom could have created terrible optics for him as he seeks to define his role within the Biden administration. The vice president was already rejected by Republican party critics for making the planned trip last week to Singapore and Vietnam at such a difficult time for the Biden administration as they ran the massive airlift of Americans, foreigners and dozens of thousands of Afghans. which helped the US during the 20 years of war.
Throughout the week while Harris was abroad, Biden had raised the alarm repeatedly about possible attacks in Kabul while Harris was monitoring the situation from a distance. Speaking ahead of his departure from Hanoi on Thursday, Harris stressed that the top priority of the US “right now is to evacuate American citizens, evacuate Afghans who worked with us.” She placed special emphasis on the importance of protecting women and children at risk, which has been a central focus of her portfolio and agenda as vice president and throughout her many past roles in public life.
“We’ve made significant progress,” Harris said, speaking before the attack. “As you know, every day and every night we continue to evacuate thousands of people, understanding that yes, it is risky to be there, it is a dangerous and difficult mission, but we must see it we intend to see it as best we can.”
It had already been a difficult week for Harris, Singapore’s departure to Vietnam was delayed several hours on Tuesday after the US embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, reported his office of a “report of a possible incident recent health care, ”which is how the government often refers to the mysterious Havana syndrome that has sickened hundreds of U.S. officials in recent years.
“The vice-president’s travel delegation was delayed in leaving Singapore because the vice-president’s office was informed of a report of a possible recent abnormal health incident in Hanoi, Vietnam. After careful assessment, it was making the decision to continue the vice president’s trip, “U.S. embassy spokeswoman Rachael Chen said in a statement Tuesday. The intelligence community does not yet have an official explanation for Havana syndrome, which has been defined by a mixture of sensory experiences and physical symptoms that have made hundreds of diplomats, spies and troops of the Havana sick. United States worldwide.
New data from Edison Research shows that more than 2 million votes were cast in the California withdrawal election, with about 22 million votes emailed to all registered voters in the state. Some of the first tea leaves have encouraged Democratic leaders in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by two to one.
Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc., a company that works for Democratic candidates, progressive organizations and non-partisan campaigns that has tracked returned ballots in real time, said as of Thursday Democrats had an excessive performance in 52 counties when their share of returned votes is compared to the party’s record in those counties.
But he noted that Republicans now exceed their registration level in 28 counties. This is a significant data point that underscores the level of enthusiasm among Republican Party voters for forcing Newsom to step down, especially when one considers the way Republican Party voters were so brazen and suspicious of email votes due to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to erode confidence in the process.
California voters are asked two questions in the vote: the first, “yes” or “no” about whether they want to remember Newsom, and the second, who they would like to replace. Forty-six candidates of all political convictions are running to replace Newsom. More than half a dozen Democrats are running as alternate candidates, but none of them is an established Democratic candidate and party leaders have urged voters to skip the second question with the slogan “vote no and go ”.