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Harris embarks on media blitz as campaign enters stretch run

Vice President Harris will be all over the airwaves in the coming days, as her campaign gambles on a more aggressive media strategy entering the stretch run to Election Day.

Harris’s campaign has so far sought to shield her from too many unscripted moments. Some Democrats have worried that the play-it-safe strategy could backfire, as polls show voters want to know more about the Democratic nominee.

For this week at least, Harris will be out in the media wild, although she’ll mostly visit with friendly outlets.

• Harris’s taped interview with CBS News’s “60 Minutes” will air tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Former President Trump canceled his planned interview with “60 Minutes,” saying they owe him an apology for reporting in 2020 that Hunter Biden’s laptop story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
  
  
• Harris will bombard the airwaves Tuesday, with appearances on "The View," "The Howard Stern Show" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
  
  
• Last week, Harris joined the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast to discuss abortion rights. The episode aired over the weekend.

Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), is also ramping up his media appearances.

• Walz entered the lion’s den over the weekend for an interview on Fox News Channel, where he defended some of the more controversial aspects of his time in office and addressed past embellishments of his record.
  
  
• Walz will appear on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" tonight.

The Harris-Walz ticket will get an assist later this week, when former President Obama makes his return to the campaign trail.

• Obama, who is one of the most popular Democrats in the country, will stump for Harris in Pennsylvania on Thursday.
  
  
• Obama won Pennsylvania twice, before Trump became the first Republican presidential nominee to win there in nearly 30 years.

Harris’s media blitz comes with only 29 days until the election and amid growing signs of concern for Democrats in the “Blue Wall” states that will play an outsized role in determining the outcome.

• Harris met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan over the weekend, as she rushes to shore-up support among a key constituency in a pivotal battleground.
  
  
• A Harris official said she “heard directly their perspectives on the election and the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.”
  
  
• Democrats typically enjoy a 2-1 advantage among Arab Americans, but polls show Trump and Harris running even this election cycle.
  
  
• More than 100,000 Michigan Democrats voted “uncommitted” during the primaries to protest the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the war in Gaza. Detroit has one of the largest populations of Arab-Americans in the country.
  
  
• The “Abandon Harris” group pushing for voters to protest the Democratic ticket over the conflict in Gaza is endorsing Green Party candidate Jill Stein in the........
  

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