CHICAGO \u2014 Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s campaign is releasing a new television ad in battleground states with a message aimed at the middle class, in its first major move after the convention.<\/p>\n
In the ad, titled \u201cOpportunity,\u201d Harris speaks directly to the camera about the importance of lowering costs and taxes on middle-class Americans. It\u2019s a topic voters often list among their top concerns, one that President Joe Biden had struggled to gain credit for even though various economic indicators have improved during his time in office.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s a few things I believe. Middle-class families, like the one I grew up in, they want common sense solutions,\u201d Harris says, as the ad shows a photo of her and her sister as young children standing with their mother. \u201cYou want lower prices and lower taxes, I believe you want to not just get by, but you want to get ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new ad, part of an eight-figure buy, will soon begin airing in seven battleground states \u2014 Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada \u2014 as well as in Nebraska, a state which splits its electoral college votes.<\/p>\n
The ad also shows her in a diner and in several small businesses. It never mentions her Republican rival, Donald Trump, but several times shows her with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must create an opportunity economy where everyone has a chance to get a car loan, buy a home, start a business,\u201d Harris says. \u201cBut most of all, that instead of being focused on the politics of the past, we need to be thinking about the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ad comes a week after Harris rolled out a populist economic agenda during a speech in North Carolina, providing a more detailed vision of her governing priorities, including eliminating medical debt for millions of Americans, banning what she termed \u201cprice gouging\u201d for groceries and food, capping prescription drug costs and providing a $25,000 credit for first-time home buyers.<\/p>\n
Charles Lutvak, a spokesman for the Harris-Walz campaign, said that improving conditions for the middle class \u201cwill be a central goal of her administration\u201d and will be a \u201ca stark contrast to Donald Trump, who will only help the ultrarich and corporations while raising costs for middle class families.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following her convention speech Thursday night, Harris is planning to depart Chicago Friday afternoon and return to Washington. She isn\u2019t expected to have any events this weekend, but campaign aides say that she is planning to hit the campaign trail again next week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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