'Grinding' Harris campaign is doing something that Beltway pundits don't see: reporter

Vice President Kamala Harris has taken criticism from some Beltway insiders for not offering a sharp message to blunt voters' preference for former President Donald Trump on economic issues.

However, Semafor reporter David Weigel argues that these pundits have not been paying attention to the persistent advertising campaign that the Harris campaign and pro-Harris PACs have been running in swing states.

Writing on Twitter, Weigel flagged a new poll from Marist showing not only that Harris currently leads Trump in the three Midwestern "Blue Wall" states, but has also erased enormous gaps that she once faced on voters' preference for who is best to handle economic concerns.

Weigel speculated that this turnaround may be due in good part to the Harris campaign's dogged determination to flood the airwaves with ads containing populist economic messages.

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"This has been the long story of the Harris paid media campaign — just grinding on this economic message (anti-price gouging, Medicare covering home care, etc.) for months as different shiny objects hit the news cycle," he argued.

Weigel then followed this up by pointing to Harris's latest ad that focusses squarely on the dangers posed to Americans' pocketbooks and access to healthcare by Project 2025, the radical plan written by many Trump allies aimed at consolidating power in the executive branch.

"Example of this - this new (nearly final) Harris ad isn't splashy or tied to the news cycle, it's the umpteenth version of 'Trump's Project 2025 will cut taxes for the rich and take your healthcare away,'" he wrote. "