President Joe Biden was experiencing mild symptoms after being diagnosed with COVID-19 while on the campaign trail in Las Vegas, according to his physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor. By Thursday, the president was still self-isolating after returning to his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to recover.
On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris played a more prominent role on the campaign trail, defending President Biden's record as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president ahead of the DNC on Aug. 19.
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Vice President Harris, speaking to a crowd of supporters in Fayetteville, North Carolina, said the difference between Donald Trump and President Biden is "night and day." The vice president defended President Biden's record on the economy and jobs saying with every decision he makes he thinks about "the working class."
Harris claimed that over 1,000 factories closed while Donald Trump was in office.
Multiple times, the vice president brought up the conservative plan titled "Project 2025," implying that former President Trump and others in his campaign are attempting to publicly distance themselves from it politically ahead of the November election.
