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Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is gearing up for its most extensive weekend of action to date, focusing on the dangers posed by a potential second Trump presidency and the conservative agenda known as Project 2025. The initiative, first reported by NBC News, is part of a larger strategy leading up to the first presidential debate on Tuesday in Philadelphia.
As part of the effort, the Harris campaign will hold over 2,000 events aimed at reaching more than 1 million voters. Campaign officials describe this as their largest mobilization to date, with over 20,000 volunteer shifts and the participation of key campaign surrogates. Volunteers will discuss the extreme policy proposals within Project 2025, which Harris has consistently criticized, including Trump’s plans to ban abortion nationwide, cut Social Security and Medicare, and impose new taxes on middle-class families.
In addition to appealing to core Democratic voters, the campaign is specifically targeting swing voters. The recent endorsements of Harris by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Jimmy McCain, son of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), have provided the campaign with significant momentum among centrist and independent voters.
“With hundreds of offices and thousands of staff across the battlegrounds, we are able to harness all the buzz around the debate and break through to hard-to-reach voters on Project 2025,” said Dan Kanninen, the Harris campaign battleground states director. “We are speaking to those Americans who are turned off by Trump’s extremism and making sure they know there’s a home for them in Vice President Harris’ campaign.”
The weekend of action will feature a mix of virtual and in-person “Project 2025 message trainings” in battleground states. These sessions, which have already seen over 60 trainings to date, aim to equip volunteers with the tools to effectively communicate the risks of Project 2025 to their communities. The weekend will also include canvass launches, phone banks, and community cookouts to engage voters on a personal level.
The Harris campaign’s intensified focus on Project 2025 comes just days before the presidential debate against former President Donald Trump. Harris plans to highlight the risks associated with the conservative blueprint during the debate, drawing a sharp contrast between her vision for the country and Trump’s proposed policies.
Project 2025, a comprehensive conservative policy agenda developed by the Heritage Foundation and Trump allies, has become a focal point of Harris’ campaign rhetoric. Despite Trump’s attempts to distance himself from the project, Harris has repeatedly linked it to the former president, warning voters of its potential consequences, such as a national abortion ban and the creation of a “national anti-abortion coordinator.”
As Harris continues to campaign across key battleground states, her team is betting that the combined effort of grassroots mobilization and high-profile endorsements will resonate with undecided voters and bolster her chances of securing the Democratic nomination.
