Approaching the 2024 presidential election exhilarating the entire America as they enter their pre-election period, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are making their presence felt in the crucial battleground state of Wisconsin. With just 46 days until Election Day, these candidates’ contrasting styles and messages paint a vivid picture of the deep divisions in American politics.
Minnesota’s first lady Gwen Walz, stumping for her husband Governor Tim Walz, and Vice President Harris, delivered a speech in Wisconsin that has become debatable in political circles. To boost the morale of supporters. Moreover, Walz employed a theatrical gesture, mimicking the turning of a page while declaring, “Bye-bye, Donald Trump.”
Some attendees enthusiastically met with this performance, ‘which has received widespread criticism on social media.’ Critics have labelled Walz’s actions as “cringe” and even likened her to “the living embodiment of Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Consequently, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the often theatrical nature of modern political campaigns, where style sometimes overshadows substance.
Meanwhile, former President Trump held a rally in Las Vegas where he declared the Paris Accord detrimental to the USA, while he strongly opposed Harris’s actions which led to the opening of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and the shutting of the Keystone XL pipeline. “She re-entered the unfair Paris Climate Accord, I wanted it to be the Nevada Climate Accord, not Paris. It’s the most unfair document you’ve ever seen,” he asserted.
Harris rallied in Pennsylvania, where she emphasized unity. “That just stops with all the trying to divide us, like people are exhausted with that stuff,” she stated, adding that her main debate message would be that “We need a president of the United States who works for all the American people.”
Last week Trump addressed the crowd at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, a small city with about 4,500 people. The choice of venue is telling, as Mosinee, located in Wisconsin shows greater planning, sin’s 7th Congressional District—besides, a reliably Republican zone in an otherwise purple state.
Trump’s speech touched on familiar themes, including grievances about his legal troubles and criticism of the current administration’s policies. “The Harris-Biden DOJ is trying to throw me in jail — they want me in jail — for the crime of exposing their corruption,” Trump claimed in a video posted on his Twitter timeline at 4:40, despite no evidence of such influence from Harris or President Biden on Justice Department decisions.
The former president also outlined on Fox News. especially, plans for a “Government Efficiency Commission” headed by Elon Musk, promising to “cut the tax out of our government for the first time, meaningfully, in 60 years.” However, this proposal harks back to Trump’s 2016 campaign promise to “drain the swamp,” a message that resonated with many voters at the time.
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While Trump rallied his support, concurrently Vice President Harris was engaged in intensive debate preparation in Pittsburgh. Nevertheless, the contrast in approach is striking: Trump, eschewing traditional debate prep, opts for public rallies, while Harris cloisters herself to prepare for the upcoming face-off.
During a brief break from preparation, Harris visited Penzeys Spices in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, where she emphasized unity while indulging in QandA at a shop, captured by WFFA by ABC. “People are exhausted, about the division and the attempts to kind of divide us as Americans,” she stated, Additionally, her main debate message would be that “the country wants to be united.”
Wisconsin remains a key battleground state, with four of the past six presidential elections decided by less than a percentage point. Surprisingly, recent polls show Harris and Trump in a close race, underscoring the state’s importance in the upcoming election.
Trump’s rally in Mosinee highlights the importance of rural voters to his campaign strategy. He carried the county where Mosinee is located. Trump had won in 2016 but lost in 2020 by Biden.To counter this Republican strength in rural areas, Democrats have historically relied on massive turnout in Milwaukee and Madison.
Trump’s distressing rhetoric at the rally, stated in his post on Twitter “Nothing like this has ever happened in the United States before it’s strictly third-world Banana Republic stuff that’s what it is. But, importantly the public understands this is why we have such a crowd today this is a big crowd,” stated after explaining his legal action against him labeling it as a political attack.
Similarly, He also criticized the administration’s border policies, using strong language to describe alleged threats to public safety.
In contrast, Harris’s message focused on unity and “turning the page” on divisiveness. This stark difference in tone and message reflects the deep ideological divide in American politics today.
The atmosphere at these rallies has been likened to that of a rock concert. Sean Moon, a Tennessee musician who releases pro-Trump rap music, interpreted Trump as a “rockstar” who represents “the normal person.”
As the election approaches, both campaigns are intensifying their efforts in Wisconsin. The state’s 10 electoral votes could prove crucial in what is shaping up to be a closely contested race.
The upcoming debate between Harris and Trump, scheduled for Tuesday in Philadelphia, will be a key moment in the campaign. Explaining how their contrasting preparation styles and messaging will play out on the national stage remains to be seen.
