Harris galvanizes crowd during Savannah rally: 'We are not going back'
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Vice President Kamala Harris galvanized thousands of supporters at a campaign rally on Thursday in Savannah as part of a two-day bus tour through southeast Georgia\ to make inroads in GOP leaning counties.
Just 68 days out from election day, Harris told supporters there is hard work ahead. Some polls show Harris slightly leading former President Donald Trump or has the pair running neck and neck. Despite the close polling, Harris is still painting herself as the underdog.
Harris and running mate Tim Walz campaigned together for the first time in Georgia as a new Fox news poll released this week shows Harris with a 2 point lead over former President Trump in the battleground state.
"Savannah, are you ready to make your voices heard?," Harris asked the energized crowd. "Georgia for the last two election cycles, voters in this very state, you who are here, you have delivered."
Harris went on to paint the differences between her plan and the one held by Trump, citing Project 2025. She said that, if elected, Trump would sign a national abortion ban. Trump has said abortion should be left up to the states, but he’s also taken credit for appointing the judges on the Supreme Court who created a conservative majority and overturned federal abortion protections.
Enthusiastic Harris supporters gathered outside a campaign office in downtown Savannah hoping to catch a glimpse of the first presidential candidate to visit Savannah in more than three decades.
"We going to touch every street, every base, because we are inclusive. No red, no blue. We are inclusive of the United States of America," said Willie Seymore, a Harris supporter. "That's what she represents."
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A handful of pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted her speech at times. They were drowned out by Harris supporters and then escorted out of the arena.
Harris and Walz in Georgia Day 1
On Wednesday, Harris and Walz took their bus around southeast Georgia, visiting Liberty County High School's marching band and Savannah's Sandfly Bar-B-Q restaurant.
That evening, their motorcade was momentarily stopped when a Savannah motorcycle officer crashed and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. FOX 5 Atlanta is still working on learning more about that officer and his or her current condition.
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FOX NEWS POLL: Harris up by 2 on Trump in Georgia, but within margin of error
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (2L) and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (R) arrive at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah on Aug. 28, 2024, as they travel for a 2-day campaign bus
Republicans campaign for Trump during Harris' visit
While Harris and Walz were in Georgia, state Republican leaders were working to support their candidate.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp joined former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a fundraiser in Atlanta for former President Donald Trump.
It's a big change for the governor, whose famously frosty relationship with Trump has thawed out in recent weeks.
Speaking to Fox News earlier this week, Kemp said that "there’s no path for former President Trump to win or any Republican … to get to 270 [electoral votes] without Georgia."
"It’s my belief that we cannot afford four more years of [President] Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or Kamala Harris and [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz, which I think would probably be worse than even Biden and Harris were," Kemp said.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene also spoke at a volunteer phone bank for the Trump campaign in Rome.