Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is holding a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, as he tries to slow the momentum of his Democratic campaign rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.
The presser at Trump’s Florida resort and residence comes as his campaign heaps pressure on Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, to take questions from the media.
Harris, the vice president, has largely sidestepped the press since President Joe Biden withdrew his reelection bid and endorsed her as his replacement last month.
As she and Walz have embarked on a kickoff campaign swing through pivotal battleground states, Trump’s campaign and his allies have tried to browbeat them into going off the cuff.
But it’s not clear whether the pressure campaign will work on the Democratic ticket, which is still riding a sudden surge in voter enthusiasm and a boost in the polls.
Harris campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said before Trump’s presser that the ex-president is “throwing tantrums” because he isn’t getting the attention he “craves.”
“Trump has no vision, he has no solutions, and he is running a campaign of revenge and retribution to enact his Project 2025 agenda and make people’s lives worse,” Moussa said.
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