Quentin Fulks, the principal deputy campaign manager for Kamala Harris, says the vice president will continue returning to Wisconsin ahead of Election Day.
“Wisconsin remains incredibly important to us,” Fulks said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “Look, we have to win 270 electoral votes and Wisconsin from the beginning of this has been an incredibly important state for us, which is why we have been making investments from the beginning of this.”
The White House listed a Friday stop in Wisconsin on its guidance for the week on Harris’ plans, but didn’t release other details.
Fulks said the campaign will continue pushing for a second debate between Harris and Donald Trump despite the former president saying he won’t participate in another debate.
“The vice president has made it clear that she’s willing to debate Donald Trump again, and that she believes that the American people deserve to hear from the leaders and people who are running to be elected president of the United States,” Fulks said. “And so that remains our posture. But I think it’s very clear that after the debate why Donald Trump does not want to debate the vice president again, she put him on the defensive.”
In Wisconsin, the economy remains the most important issue to voters, according to the most recent Marquette Law School poll.
Fulks defended Harris’ debate performance, including her response which didn’t directly answer whether she believed Americans were better off now than four years ago.
“Look, I think she’s focused on the future,” Fulks said. “She understands that Americans are still hurting and that Americans need more help. And that is why you see her rolling out the policy proposals that she’s doing. Look, at the end of the day, Kamala Harris is running for president, not Joe Biden, not anyone else.”
Meanwhile. Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming says Trump’s campaign focus is not only mobilizing the base in these final weeks but also “finding those new voters, getting people to vote early and win the election.”
“We’re going to get a lot of visits, which I’m excited about,” Schimming told “UpFront.”
Schimming joined Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley Friday during a bus tour at the Walworth County Fairgrounds looking to mobilize Republican poll watchers ahead of Election Day.
“We want to be in the room when people are voting and when the votes are counted,” Schimming said. “We want to have observers there, which are completely legal and proper under state law. Both parties do it. And so we wanted to make sure we had the numbers this year. In 2020 we really didn’t have a very comprehensive program. We had about a thousand in 2022, and we’ll have several thousand this year.
“What we’re really talking about is making sure that the obvious things that might call attention to a ballot is it’s not properly filled out,” Schimming added. “So my attitude is, look, if everyone follows the law, state law, I’m great. That’s all we’re looking for is to make sure that state law is followed by the clerks, by elections officials across the state.”
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and “fixer,” says he’ll be traveling to several swing states like Wisconsin to campaign against Trump.
“I’ve been asked by several different individuals to join them in potential bus tours around various different key swing states like Philadelphia, like Georgia, like Wisconsin, like Michigan,” Cohen told “UpFront.” “And I have agreed. I will figure out how to deal with my own personal life and also to commit myself to the time that’s needed in order to get information and to get knowledge out there to the swing state voters that I believe are crucial to not just a Harris-Walz victory, but a trouncing.”
Cohen was the prosecution’s key witness in Trump’s hush money trial. He was also sentenced to prison in 2018 after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress.
“I’ve been saying the same thing now for seven years,” Cohen said. “In fact, look at what the judge said on page 32 is ‘Michael Cohen is telling the truth.’ You know who actually he said didn’t tell the truth? Donald Trump. Don Jr., Eric, Allen Weisselberg, Jeff McConney.
“Look, let me be very clear,” Cohen added. “I made my mistakes. I’ve owned them. I’ve taken responsibility for them. So if they want to believe me, that’s fine. You don’t need to believe me. Do the research yourself, something that Taylor Swift was talking about in her famous post just the other day. Do your research.”
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