Harris’s 60th birthday weekend highlights shift from joy to hostility

    Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Western International High School in Detroit, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    As Harris gears up for her 60th birthday and a tight showdown with Trump, her campaign has notably taken on a harsher attitude.

    Harris traveled to Michigan on Friday, where she held multiple campaign events and targeted Trump. The vice president attended a rally Saturday alongside recording artist Lizzo in Detroit, where she wore a “Detroit Vs. Everybody” shirt gifted to her earlier this week.

    Later on Saturday, Harris will head to Georgia for a rally in Atlanta featuring city legend Usher. The vice president made “Joy” the resounding message of her campaign’s early months, but as she remains neck and neck with Trump in both national and battleground polls, her campaign messaging has shifted more toward attacking Trump directly.

    Harris and allies, including Obama, have begun giving Trump the treatment Republicans gave Biden, namely by accusing him of having a decline in energy and flat-out telling voters he’s too old to be president.

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