Harris places adverts supporting Ukraine in key US states
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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has started running adverts in key states supporting Ukraine. It is aimed at Americans with roots in Eastern Europe, Politico reports.
The campaign, run by the Democratic Super PAC America's Future Majority Fund super PAC, will include ads in three swing states. These states are Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, where there is a significant population with roots in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and other Eastern European countries.
During the debate, Harris addressed the 800,000 Pennsylvania Americans of Polish descent, saying that Poland could be Russia's next target after Ukraine.
"If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now," she said.
According to the publication, Harris's team wants to tie its campaign to communities for whom the war in Ukraine has more personal significance to convince them that Trump will leave Ukraine and allies on NATO's eastern flank.
According to Politico, Pennsylvania is home to more than 700,000 Americans of Polish descent and about 122,000 of Ukrainian descent. Michigan is home to about 900,000 Polish Americans and 40,000 Americans of Ukrainian descent, and Wisconsin has about 480,000 Polish Americans.
In 2020, Biden defeated Trump in Pennsylvania by 80,000 votes, Michigan by 154,000 votes, and Wisconsin by 20,000 votes.
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On September 10, the second election debate took place in the United States. For the first time, Kamala Harris represented the Democrats after Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
According to polls, Harris defeated Republican Donald Trump. The Democrats said they wanted to hold a third round of debates, but Trump's team refused. Read the main statements made by Trump and Harris at the recent debate in RBC-Ukraine's article.
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