周二晚上，在民主党全国代表大会期间，副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯在密尔沃基举行了一场喧闹的集会，就在前总统唐纳德·特朗普一个月前接受共和党提名的同一舞台上。
哈里斯竞选团队的一名官员表示，他们不仅仅是因为副总统周围的势头而进行“胜利的一圈”,而是选择在民主党全国代表大会期间举行集会，因为他们仍然认为自己是“失败者”,需要努力工作，以赢得战场州的选民，如威斯康星州，这位官员说。
这些关键的选民不会在芝加哥这位官员说，哈里斯需要“在他们所在的地方与他们会面”。
“晚上好，密尔沃基!”哈里斯告诉疯狂欢呼的人群。哈里斯在威斯康辛州的舞台上对民主党全国委员会说:“大家好，从激动人心的芝加哥来参加我们的节目。”民主党全国代表大会的代表们刚刚完成了他们的点名，他们提名蔻驰·瓦尔兹和我为下一任副总统和美国总统。我感谢这里和那里的每一个人，感谢他们相信我们可以一起做什么。"
“我们很荣幸成为你们的提名人，”哈里斯继续说道。“这是一场以人民为动力的运动，我们将一起规划一条新的前进道路。自由的未来。乐观和信念的机会。所以，对芝加哥和全美国的每一个人。谢谢你。谢谢你。谢谢你，”她说。“两天后芝加哥见。”
这位竞选官员在集会前补充说，密尔沃基是“一个我们需要增加投票率的地方，这是一个很好的高动力、高能量的时刻，可以深入人心并与人们交谈”。“我们想把这里变得比芝加哥更大。”
哈里斯周二的活动在Fiserv论坛举行，这是共和党全国代表大会黄金时段活动的所在地，特朗普最近在这里接受了他的党内提名。
“如果她能坐满那个能容纳约18，000人的舞台——那可能会让特朗普感到恼火，”这位竞选官员说——这是指特朗普对人群规模的关注。
最近几周，特朗普继续毫无根据地声称，随着他的民主党对手通过大规模集会获得势头，哈里斯的竞选活动为她的人群付钱。
本月早些时候，特朗普错误地指责哈里斯的竞选团队使用人工智能在竞选集会上制造人群在密歇根。哈里斯竞选团队的一名官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普质疑的照片是哈里斯竞选团队的一名工作人员拍摄的，并且“没有经过艾的任何修改。”
哈里斯在周一晚上在民主党全国委员会发表简短讲话后，访问了威斯康星州。她将在周四晚上的大会上再次发言，接受党内提名。她的丈夫，第二先生道格·艾姆霍夫将在周二晚上的大会上发言，领先于主题发言人前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马。
该地区的民主党选民说，哈里斯需要经常访问威斯康星州，以赢得关键的战场州。2020年，乔·拜登总统以微弱优势击败特朗普;2016年，特朗普以大约22，700票的微弱优势赢得了该州，领先希拉里·克林顿不到1%。
民主党选民指出，哈里斯在2016年已经比克林顿做得更多，当时这位前国务卿在大选期间没有访问威斯康星州。
“上一次我感到如此兴奋是在奥巴马竞选的时候，”威斯康星州居民香农·马特纳说，他计划参加哈里斯的集会。“我们只是觉得现在有了更多的希望。”
来自威斯康星州的工会成员丹尼尔·巴福斯将参加集会，他说他支持哈里斯，因为她在工会问题上的立场。
“我喜欢她对工会的看法。我喜欢工会对她的支持，”巴福说。
巴福斯在哈里斯和特朗普之间画了一个鲜明的对比:“他谈论混乱。他不谈希望，联系或者任何关于爱情的东西。他说要拆掉一切。”
当被问及哈里斯需要做什么才能赢得威斯康星州时，巴福斯说，哈里斯需要继续“像其他人一样把自己作为一个正常人放在那里:‘我是你们中的一员’。特朗普不是我们中的一员。他出生在富贵人家。他没有任何痛苦。”
Harris holds rally at Milwaukee arena where Trump accepted Republican nomination at RNC
Vice President Kamala Harris held a raucous rally Tuesday night in Milwaukee -- in the middle of the Democratic National Convention -- at the same arena where former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination just a month ago.
A Harris campaign official said they weren't just doing a "victory lap" because of the momentum around the vice president -- instead choosing to hold a rally during the DNC because they still say they believe they are the "underdogs" and need to work hard to win over voters in battleground states such asWisconsin, the official said.
These critical voters won't be inChicago, and Harris needs to "meet them where they are," the official said.
"Good evening, Milwaukee!" Harris told the wildly cheering crowd. And hello to everyone joining us from exciting Chicago," Harris said to the DNC from the Wisconsin stage. "The delegates at the Democratic National Convention, well, they just completed their roll call and they have nominated Coach Walz and me to be the next vice president and president of the United States of America. And I thank everyone there and here for believing in what we can do together."
"We are so honored to be your nominees," Harris continued. "This is a people powered campaign, and together we will chart a new way forward. A future for freedom. Opportunity of optimism and faith. So, to everyone in Chicago and across America. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you," she said. "I'll see you in two days Chicago."
Milwaukee is "a place where we need to increase turnout and it's a good high-momentum, high-energy moment to dig in and talk to folks," the campaign official added before the rally. "We want to make this bigger than Chicago."
Harris' Tuesday event took place in the Fiserv Forum -- the location of the Republican National Convention's prime-time events and where Trump recently accepted his party's nomination to a packed house.
"If she can fill up that arena that can hold some 18,000 people -- that could get under Trump's skin," the campaign official said -- a reference to Trump's focus on crowd size.
In recent weeks, Trump has continued to make baseless claims that the Harris campaign pays for her crowd as his Democratic rival gains momentum with large-scale rallies.
Earlier this month, Trump falsely accused Harris' campaign ofusing artificial intelligence to fabricate crowds at a campaign rallyin Michigan. A Harris campaign official told ABC News that the photo Trump called into question was taken by a Harris campaign staffer and that it was "not modified by AI in any way."
Harris' visit to Wisconsin comes after she spoke at the DNC briefly on Monday night. She is set to speak again at the convention on Thursday night where she will accept the party's nomination. Her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff is set to speak at the convention Tuesday night ahead of keynote speakers former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
Democratic voters in the area said Harris needs to frequently visit Wisconsin to win the crucial battleground state. In 2020, President Joe Biden beat Trump by a narrow margin; in 2016, Trump won the state by an extremely narrow margin of about 22,700 votes over Hillary Clinton -- less than 1%.
Democratic voters noted that Harris is already doing more than Clinton in 2016, when the former secretary of state did not visit Wisconsin during the general election.
"The last time I felt this much excitement was when Obama ran," said Wisconsin resident Shannon Mattner, who is planning to attend Harris' rally. "We just feel like there's more hope now."
Daniel Barfouth, a union member from Wisconsin set to attend the rally, says he supports Harris because of her position on unions.
"I like what she has to say about unions. I like how the unions endorsed her," Barfouth said.
Barfourth drew a sharp contrast between Harris and Trump: "He talks about chaos. He doesn't talk about hope, connection or anything about love. He talks about tearing everything down."
Asked what Harris needs to do to win Wisconsin, Barfourth said that Harris needs to continue "putting herself out there as a normal person like everyone else: 'I'm one of you'. Trump isn't one of us. He was born with a silver spoon with his mouth. He hasn't had to suffer for anything."
