Vice President Kamala Harris mocked her Republican rival Donald Trump on Sunday during an elegant fundraising event, telling her donors that her crowds “are pretty big,” before heading to Nevada for an event to be held at the same venue where the former president appeared two weeks ago.
During the presidential debate, Harris seemed to unsettle Trump when she mentioned that people used to leave his events before they ended because of his diatribes. And she has continued these attacks throughout her campaign.
He also entered what Trump considers his territory - immigration - with a visit on Friday to the border town of Douglas, Arizona. It was his first trip to the border between the United States and Mexico since he assumed the presidential candidacy of the Democratic Party after President Joe Biden withdrew.
Harris' four-day tour of the west coast of the United States has several objectives. It started and ended in two states with no clear political preference—Arizona and Nevada—where the vice president is trying to strengthen her support while Trump relentlessly attacks her on the issue of illegal immigration. The central part of her tour, in California, was dedicated to fundraising in her home state.
Harris' visit to the border seemed to irritate Trump. The former president has spent the last two days of the campaign criticizing the vice president, intensifying his personal attacks and claiming that she is responsible for the "border invasion," as well as stoking unfounded fears that she would promote anarchy if elected.
Harris responded to his insults as she usually does, even though Trump called her "mentally disabled."
"We see the old and worn-out show and the same worn-out play as always," he said to a crowd of donors in Los Angeles, some of whom shouted, "Boring!"
Harris has warned that the contest could not be any closer, a contest defined by the "margin of error." But on Sunday, she added in Los Angeles: "The elections are already here and let me be clear. We are going to win."
The fundraising event was packed with celebrities: Stevie Wonder, Keegan Michael-Key, Sterling K. Brown, Demi Lovato, Jessica Alba, and Lily Tomlin. Halle Bailey and Alanis Morissette performed musical acts.
During her Los Angeles event, and one held in San Francisco the day before, a total of 55 million dollars was raised for Harris' campaign.
The vice president continues to gather support among Republicans. Former Arizona senator Jeff Flake became the most recent to express his endorsement. He attributed her with "good character and love for the country," and said he wants a president who does not treat political opponents as enemies or try to undermine the will of the voters.
Flake, a former critic of the previous president, joins a list of Republicans opposed to Trump who have said they will vote for the Democratic candidate. Among them are Dick Cheney, the deeply conservative former vice president, and his daughter, Liz.