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Harris gets a chance to press reset on the 2024 race against Trump

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reacts after speaking at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

For the past year, the presidential campaign seemed destined to be a monotonous slog featuring two candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who .

But that all changed on a quiet Sunday afternoon just 107 days before the election.

Biden害羞草研究所檚 decision to and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor resets the campaign with a swiftness that is unparalleled in modern American politics.

Once a contest between two older white men, the election will likely force Trump to contend with the much younger Harris, who was consolidating support among Democrats and would be .

害羞草研究所淚t shakes things up entirely,害羞草研究所 said Dan Pfeiffer, a former adviser to President Barack Obama. 害羞草研究所淚t turns everything on its head.害羞草研究所

The crumbling of Biden害羞草研究所檚 Democratic reelection effort, which began with against the Republican former president last month, has left both parties scrambling. Although no one has stepped forward to challenge Harris for the Democratic nomination, she still faces the unprecedented challenge of taking over a campaign only four weeks before the party gathers in Chicago for its convention.

At the same time, Trump must pivot his focus to Harris after designing his campaign for a rematch with Biden. Trump害羞草研究所檚 team claimed it was , and Republicans stepped up their criticism during last week in Milwaukee.

However, Trump himself expressed disappointment that 害羞草研究所渨e have to start all over again害羞草研究所 with the campaign. He mused on Truth Social, his social media platform, that Republicans should be 害羞草研究所渞eimbursed for fraud害羞草研究所 for all the money they害羞草研究所檝e spent running against Biden.

The shakeup in the presidential race came after an extraordinarily tumultuous month in American politics, starting with an unusually early debate between Biden and Trump.

The June 27 showdown catalyzed concerns that Biden, 81, was too old for a second term.

As Democrats pushed to dislodge him from the top of the ticket, on July 13 during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Just a week later, Biden bowed to pressure within his party to step aside. He swiftly endorsed Harris, who is the first woman, Black person and to serve as vice president.

The breakneck developments left the political world gasping for breath as everyone tried to reorient themselves to a new reality.

Trump, who is 78, will almost certainly be the oldest candidate on the ballot after spending months battering Biden over his age. Harris is only 59, giving her a claim to representing generational change that Biden could never fulfill.

In addition, Harris is a former prosecutor, providing a fresh opportunity to assail Trump害羞草研究所檚 status as a convicted felon after being earlier this year.

She is also the daughter of immigrants, raised by a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, a background that heightens the contrast with Trump, who has used racist, sexist and nativist rhetoric.

Harris tried to summarize their differences in a campaign advertisement five years ago, when she was seeking the Democratic nomination before dropping out and joining Biden害羞草研究所檚 campaign as his running mate.

害羞草研究所淚n every possible way, this is the anti-Trump,害羞草研究所 the narrator said. 害羞草研究所淪o if that害羞草研究所檚 what you害羞草研究所檙e looking for in your next president, there害羞草研究所檚 really only one 害羞草研究所 Kamala.害羞草研究所

The leaders of Trump害羞草研究所檚 campaign dismissed the dramatic change, saying, 害羞草研究所淜amala Harris is just as much of (a) joke as Biden is.害羞草研究所

害羞草研究所淭hey own each other害羞草研究所檚 records, and there is no distance between the two,害羞草研究所 said a statement from senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles.

Immigration will remain a key line of attack against Democrats, especially because Harris was tasked by Biden to work on migration issues early in the administration. Republicans claimed she was appointed as a 害羞草研究所渂order czar害羞草研究所 and blamed her for unauthorized crossings.

害羞草研究所淭hey害羞草研究所檙e still going to run the Gotham City playbook with an added dose of racism and sexism,害羞草研究所 said Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster. 害羞草研究所淎nd let害羞草研究所檚 not pretend that those things don害羞草研究所檛 matter, because they do.害羞草研究所

However, Belcher said, Harris害羞草研究所 害羞草研究所淴 factor害羞草研究所 is her potential appeal to a diversifying electorate.

害羞草研究所淲hen you look at her, she is the Democrats害羞草研究所 best chance right now to re-engage and energize that coalition of younger, browner voters,害羞草研究所 he said.

Democrats were eager to turn a political weakness that hounded Biden 害羞草研究所 his age 害羞草研究所 into an attack on Trump.

害羞草研究所淭his will probably boil down to Donald Trump, who is the oldest nominee in history, against Kamala Harris,害羞草研究所 said Rep. Maxwell Frost, a 27-year-old Democrat from Florida who has worked to reach young voters for Biden害羞草研究所檚 campaign.

Frost, who endorsed Harris, pointed to the vice president害羞草研究所檚 work on gun violence protection as an issue that could engage young voters and said she 害羞草研究所渨ill be able to win back a lot of the youth vote.害羞草研究所

害羞草研究所淪he is someone who really values young voices in general,害羞草研究所 he said.

At last week害羞草研究所檚 Republican National Convention, Trump pollster and senior advisor Tony Fabrizio said the campaign was 害羞草研究所100% ready害羞草研究所 to take on Harris. He noted speakers at the event often referred to the 害羞草研究所淏iden-Harris害羞草研究所 administration in their speeches and said the campaign had prepared anti-Harris videos to swap in just in case Biden stepped down sooner.

However, Trump seemed to have some doubts. After Biden dropped out of the race, Trump suggested he was having second thoughts about participating in another debate hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.

害羞草研究所淣ow that Joe has, not surprisingly, has quit the race, I think the Debate, with whomever the Radical Left Democrats choose, should be held on FoxNews, rather than very biased ABC,害羞草研究所 Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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