Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are gearing up to take the stage for Tuesday night’s debate in Philadelphia, where they’ll fight to sway 2024 election voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. – What’s at stake: For both candidates, the event serves as a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. – Start time: The debate will start at 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday and is expected to last 90 minutes. – How to watch:
(Auburn University’s men’s basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, scrutinized VP Kamala Harris, leading others to warn Black student-athletes about potentially playing for him after a controversial social media post. The white head coach of one of the top men’s college basketball programs in the nation has sparked calls for Black players he’s recruiting to consider being student-athletes elsewhere. Auburn University head coach Bruce Pearl’s fateful commentary on Monday morning offered a sharp rebuke of Vice President Kamala Harris while employing a term that critics say conservative Republicans have turned into a racist dog whistle. At the same time, the underlying suggestion behind the post was that Pearl supports Harris’ opponent, Donald Trump, a man who has spent decades demeaning and racially discriminating against Black people. According to NewsOne, Pearl quoted a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, of Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who shared a screenshot of a 2019 NBC News article about Harris’ plans to privatize health insurance. “Thank you for pointing this out Senator Cotton, except my guess is that like many of her socialist, woke progressive beliefs she’s now changing them or hiding them to get elected! We won’t get fooled again!” Pearl wrote in a post shared on his official X account on Monday.
After an emotional tribute to President Joe Biden Monday night, the scene at the Democrats’ gathering on Tuesday shifts to appearances by former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
In their highly anticipated prime-time speeches, the Obamas are expected to help clearly “pass the torch” to Kamala Harris, who will be holding a rally in Milwaukee this evening ahead of her acceptance speech Thursday night.
Here’s how the news is developing.
The attention on Day 2 of the Democrats’ gathering shifts from celebrating President Joe Biden to prime-time speeches from former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. They’ll help pass the party torch to Kamala Harris.
The convention will also hold a ceremonial roll call to nominate Harris, which follows the party’s virtual process doing so earlier this month. Harris officially had the vast majority of delegate votes needed to secure her nomination when that process ended on Aug. 6.
It’s expected that California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Harris’ home state delegation will cast the vote putting her over the top.
Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign on Friday with Maryland Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks in Prince George’s County. Harris and Alsobrooks are expected to speak on public safety. The campaign event also takes place on “Gun Violence Awareness Day,” where Harris will highlight the Biden administration’s work on gun safety legislation.
Harris and President Joe Biden are campaigning for reelection in 2024. Alsobrooks will face Republican nominee Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland, for the the open U.S. Senate seat. The time and location of the campaign event were not immediately released.
