MNI POLITICAL RISK - Harris Takes Campaign To Georgia

Executive Summary:

• Vice President Kamala Harris resumes campaigning today with an event in a heavily Republican county in southeast Georgia, suggesting that Democrats are bullish the state is in play in November.
• Former President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he agreed terms for an ABC debate with Harris on September 10.
• Harris will appear on CNN at 21:00 ET Thursday for the first unscripted media event of her campaign. The interview will be the first opportunity for voters to see if Harris has resolved the communication issues that sank her 2020 primary run.
• Polling suggests voters may be susceptible to Harris’ populist economic proposals.
• Department of Justice Special Council Jack Smith has issued a superseding indictment against Trump in the federal 2020 election interference case, hoping to salvage the case in light of the recent SCOTUS immunity ruling.
• Trump intends to name former presidential rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Democrat House Rep Tulsi Gabbard as honorary co-chairs of the transitional team that would help select the policies and personnel of a second Trump administration.
• RFK's name is likely to stay on the ballot in the key “Blue Wall” battlegrounds of Michigan and Wisconsin in November, despite his decision to suspend his presidential campaign.
• Trump’s campaign policy proposals are likely to add more to the federal deficit than Harris’.
• Several House Democrats are publicly goading hardline Republicans to force a vote to impeach President Biden.
• Poll of the Day: Harris has taken "a consistent though narrow lead" in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

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