Harris and Walz campaigned through Labor Day. Where was Trump?
On Monday, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz paid tribute to workers during Labor Day campaign stops in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. At a rally in Pittsburgh, Harris was joined on stage by President Joe Biden as the Democratic team emphasized its connections to labor and deep support for unions.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump campaigned … nowhere. The same was true on Sunday. With only about nine weeks until Election Day, Trump couldn’t drag himself to any public events over the past two days, popping up only for a bizarre interview with Fox News on Sunday. And neither Trump nor his unpopular running mate, JD Vance, made any public appearance on Monday.
The contrast between the two campaigns on the day dedicated to American labor could not have been more clear. Harris and Walz kept a packed schedule, visiting industrial states and praising the work of organized labor in building America and securing benefits for all Americans. Meanwhile, Trump was sulking at Mar-a-Lago and JD Vance was … who knows?