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VERDES, Calif. — Former President Donald Trump railed against Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday, unleashing a litany of attacks his aides had suggested he would focus on during their debate earlier this week.
Speaking at what was billed as a news conference at his Los Angeles-area golf club after days of criticism of his performance on stage, Trump accused Harris of having been soft on crime in her previous positions. Before she served as vice president, Harris represented California in the Senate and also served as the state’s attorney general and the district attorney of San Francisco.
“She destroyed San Francisco and she destroyed the state,” Trump charged. He also assailed the ABC anchors who moderated the debate after praising his club, perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He’ll travel later Friday to northern California for a fundraiser, followed by a rally in Las Vegas, the largest city in swing state Nevada.
Trump was campaigning in Western states Friday as Harris keeps her focus on one of the biggest battleground prizes in the East, Pennsylvania.
She’ll head to Johnstown and Wilkes-Barre on Friday, campaigning in counties where Trump won in 2016 and 2020, as she tries to capitalize on her momentum after Tuesday night’s debate.
It’s her second day of back-to-back rallies after holding two events in North Carolina, another swing state, on Thursday. Her campaign is aiming to hit every market in every battleground state over four days, with stops by Harris, her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and other surrogates in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.
While speaking in Charlotte, Harris took a victory lap for her debate performance in which she needled Trump and kept him on the defensive.
