As Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, was scheduled to visit the southwestern state of Arizona, a key battleground state in the presidential election, on the 27th (local time), a shooting occurred at Harris’s campaign office in Tempe, Arizona on the 23rd. However, no one was in the office at the time and there were no casualties.
According to NBC News and other sources on the 24th, Tempe, Arizona police announced in a statement that “they discovered evidence of gunfire at the Democratic campaign office the day before.” A Tempe Democratic campaign official explained to the press, “When employees came to work, they discovered evidence of gunfire on the front window of the office and reported it to the police,” and “It appears that several shots were fired at the office last night, but no one was there and there were no injuries.” This office is used by local Democratic campaign officials ahead of the November presidential election, general election, and gubernatorial election, and local police reported that on the 16th, there had already been an attack with a weapon presumed to be a BB bullet.
In particular, concerns about political violence are growing as Vice President Harris is scheduled to visit the state on the 27th. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, has already been assassinated twice. Yolanda Bejarano, chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic Party, said, “We are taking the threat seriously and are working with the police and others to ensure that our employees can work safely.” The police also announced that they will implement additional measures to ensure the safety of employees and local residents.
Meanwhile, the New York Times (NYT) and other sources reported that Vice President Harris will visit Arizona and visit the US-Mexico border for the first time since being nominated as a presidential candidate this year. This is interpreted as a move to address the issue of immigrants, which is considered one of the most important issues in this US presidential election along with the issues of prices and abortion rights.
Arizona, which borders Mexico, is considered one of the seven battleground states that will determine the outcome of this presidential election. However, the fact that the number of illegal immigrants increased during the Joe Biden administration is considered an Achilles’ heel for Harris. In particular, candidate Harris was repeatedly criticized for answering the question, “Why haven’t you visited the southern border yet (as vice president)?” in a 2021 media interview, when she said, “I haven’t even been to Europe,” and the Trump camp is still running a presidential advertisement referencing this statement. In a recent poll conducted by the New York Times and Siena College in three southern Sun Belt battleground states, including Arizona, 54% of voters responded that they trust candidate Trump more on border issues, while only 43% trusted Harris.
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