Harris Calls Trump ‘weak and unstable’ in Greenville as Campaign Makes a Push in NC

The vice president’s trip this weekend comes just over a week after she visited to survey the damage in the west from Hurricane Helene.

And with days left before the start of early voting in North Carolina, it marks a ramped-up campaign schedule in the state from national Democrats.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ vice presidential nominee, will campaign in Durham on Thursday. And former President Bill Clinton will headline a bus tour across the eastern part of the state throughout the week.

Harris urged North Carolinians to keep an eye out for their ballot in the mail if they’re voting absentee — and if you have it, “I’d like you to fill it out right away,” she said.

Trump “cares more about scaring people, creating fear, running on a problem, instead of what real leaders do, which is participate in fixing problems,” Harris said. “Well, I care about fixing problems.”

And when a chant of “lock him up” started, Harris quickly moved to quash it.

“Now hold on,” she said. “Here’s the thing. Let’s let the courts handle that, and let’s handle November.”

Harris says Helene disinformation is ‘playing politics with other people’s heartbreak’

Earlier Sunday, Harris said during a speech at a Black church in Greenville that those spreading disinformation about the response to Hurricane Helene were “playing politics with other people’s heartbreak.”

“Right now, fellow Americans are experiencing some of the most difficult moments in their lives,” Harris said at Koinonia Christian Center Church.

“Yet instead of offering hope, there are those who are channeling people’s tragedies and sorrows into grievance and hatred,” she added. “And one may ask, why? And I think, sadly, frankly, the motives are quite transparent. To gain some advantage for themselves.”

As western North Carolina began the road to recovery after Helene, a torrent of conspiracy theories and false claims about the recovery began circulating online. Among those sharing them were Trump and North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is running for governor.

Local lawmakers and law enforcement have issued public statements pushing back on those claims, and expressed frustration that they have complicated and muddied the response efforts.

Throughout her stops in North Carolina this weekend, Harris has prioritized meeting with Black community leaders. Her speech at the church marked the launch of a campaign effort to get religious Black voters to the polls; she was also set to meet with Black farmers on Sunday.

On Saturday, she stopped in Raleigh, where she visited The Pit Authentic Barbecue restaurant and helped pack aid boxes for hurricane recovery efforts.