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Transcript/Script(( PLAYBOOK SLUG: E24 0920 TRUMP HARRIS CAMPAIGN
HEADLINE: Trump and Harris campaign on economy as election draws near
TEASER: Under 50 days left in U.S. presidential contest
PUBLISHED AT: 9/19/24
BYLINE: Scott Stearns
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DATELINE: Denver
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((INTRO)) With fewer than 50 days left in this year’s U.S. presidential race, candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are campaigning in key swing states, each one declaring they have the policies to boost the economy. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns has our story.
NATS: Trump "Thank you very much. That's a lot of people for a town hall."
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Donald Trump says auto worker jobs in the swing state of Michigan are threatened by the renewable energy policies of his opponent.
((Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Nominee))
"China is going to take over all of your business because of the electric car and because they have the material. We don't. What we have is a thing called the gasoline. We have gasoline. We have so much gasoline, we don't know what to do. They don't have gasoline. So why are we making a product that they dominate?”
((NARRATOR))
With a majority of American voters saying the economy and inflation are their top election issues, Trump running mate JD Vance is keeping up their campaign’s push to link economic anxieties to Kamala Harris.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. JD Vance, (R) Vice Presidential Candidate:
((JD Vance, Republican Vice Presidential Nominee))
"Exploding inflation. That's on Kamala Harris. Groceries you can't afford. That's on Kamala Harris. Housing that is unaffordable for young American families. That is on Kamala Harris.”
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1. US Vice President Kamala Harris exits helicopter, walks towards plane and stops briefly to wave before boarding
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Harris’s economic proposals in this campaign include tax relief for first-time homeowners, for new parents, and for small-business owners.
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1. Wide of Vice President Kamala Harris walking in
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She told Black journalists in the swing state of Pennsylvania this week that part of improving the U.S. economy is overcoming the divisiveness of her opponents.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, Vice President:
((Kamala Harris, Democratic Presidential Nominee))
"Is the price of groceries still too high? Yes. Do we have more work to do? Yes. And I will tell you, I do believe that I offer a new generation of leadership for our country that is about, in particular, turning the page on an era that sadly has shown us attempts by some to incite fear, to create division in our country, and to do the work that is about bringing some level of optimism and, dare I say, ambition about what I know is possible in our country."
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1. Donald Trump walking on stage
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4. Cutaway of crowd at Trump rally
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5. Trump on stage
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6. Cutaway of crowd at Trump rally
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Trump says he is optimistic about the country, so long as he is leading it. He says the economy would be much stronger today -- with tougher tariffs on imports -- if he had been re-elected in 2020.
In the closing days of this campaign, Trump continues to claim – falsely – that his 2020 loss was rigged.
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Former U.S. president, (R) Presidential candidate:
((Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Nominee))
"If I didn't do well in 2020, I wouldn't even think about doing this. But we did phenomenally well, and bad, bad things happened. And we're not going to let it happen again.”
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1. Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arriving at rally
((NARRATOR))
Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz, is a former teacher who says Trump appears to be having a hard time understanding his loss four years ago.
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Tim Walz, (D) Vice Presidential Candidate:
((Tim Walz, Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee))
“I think I'm a pretty good teacher and I would always give my students extra chances to learn. Sometimes you don't learn the lesson the first time. So, Donald Trump did not learn the lesson the first time. But the good news is he's going to learn the lesson in November.”
6. Wide of Walz thanking the crowd from the rally
((NARRATOR))
Harris and Walz are virtually tied with Trump and Vance in most public opinion polls…
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32. TRUMP SHIRTS
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… in the roughly seven swing states that will decide this race. As election day draws closer, the campaigns will focus their money and attention almost exclusively on those states.
((Scott Stearns, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
Subtitles / Dubbing AvailableNo
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateSeptember 19, 2024 14:09 EDT
BylineScott Stearns
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
