A top Democratic super PAC has launched a massive ad buy across several battleground states to boost Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy leading up to the Democratic Party’s convention in Chicago next month.Future Forward, the largest Democratic-leaning super PAC, announced this week it will spend $50 million supporting Harris in six states in the next three weeks ahead of the convention in Chicago, The Washington Post reported. Additionally, the outlet reported that the second-largest independent supporter of Democrats, American Bridge 21st Century, will start placing ads Friday in the key swing state of Michigan.On top of that, Women Vote, part of the Emily’s List network, announced Thursday it was spending $2 million to target younger women in four battleground states. HARRIS WON'T SAY IF SHE'S PUSHING HAMAS TO AGREE TO A CEASE-FIRE AFTER PUBLICLY PRESSURING NETANYAHU Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump. (Getty Images)"We’re ready to hit the ground running to make sure voters know that Kamala Harris will be a president that fights for them," Future Forward President Chauncey McLean told The Washington Post Thursday. "She is focused on improving the lives of all Americans, while Donald Trump is only focused on himself."TAKE IT FROM ME, REPUBLICANS: KAMALA HARRIS IS A STRONG CANDIDATE. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HER Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Westover High School in Fayetteville, N.C., July 18, 2024.  (Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images)David Axelrod, a former top adviser to former President Obama, called the move a "big development.""Pro-Harris SuperPAC to launch major buy in the battleground states, with an initial spot to highlight her battles as a DA, attorney general and VP," Axelrod posted on X.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "Essential air cover, especially as the Trump forces spend to define her negatively."One of the ads will describe Harris as "the district attorney who protected children from sexual predators" and "the attorney general who stood up to the big banks to protect homeowners and won."The Washington Post reported that MAGA Inc. is also planning to spend $32 million going after Harris before Labor Day, which will bring its total spending during that period to $72 million.  Former President Trump holds a rally in the historically Democratic South Bronx May 23, 2024, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response.A new survey compiled after Biden dropped out of the race reveals Trump and Harris are tied in the crucial swing state of Michigan despite the former president's previous lead by nearly double digits.National polls have sent mixed signals, with some showing a tie and some showing a slight lead for either candidate. The New York Times/Siena College released a new survey this week that found Trump leads Harris by only one percentage point among likely voters, 48% to 47%. Among registered voters, Trump led Harris by two percentage points. Fox News Digital's Aubrie Spady contributed to this report

Join Fox News for access to this content You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy issued a warning to Republicans this week that they need to be aware of some "hard realities" around the way they message their criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris now that she is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president."The bottom line is, I think what's happened is a lot of Republicans were caught by surprise after the convention," Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital on Friday. "That's resulted in some reactive steps that I don't think all make sense. And I think they're actually hurting us."Ramaswamy spoke to Fox News Digital about a viral comment he posted Thursday on X that was seen by over 3 million people that addressed issues and concerns he has seen with the way Republicans are talking about the matchup between Harris and former President Trump.Ramswamy’s first point and concern is that Republicans are calling for Biden to step down or be removed from office, using the argument that if he is not capable of running for president, he isn’t capable of serving as president.VIVEK RAMASWAMY 'WOULD CONSIDER' TAKING JD VANCE'S SENATE SEAT IF ASKED Vivek Ramaswamy warned Republicans this week about how they criticize Vice President Kamala Harris. (Getty Images)"I think this makes absolutely zero sense and here's why," Ramaswamy explained. "Kamala Harris is unproven as a political leader, let alone as the U.S. president. Why put her in a position as the U.S. president with all the benefits of incumbency? Oval Office addresses, God forbid, to even change policy or foreign policy, to be able to create circumstances that make her look better. That's one of the advantages that many incumbent presidents, the sad truth is, have used throughout American history."Ramaswamy said calling on Biden to step down is "another example" of Republicans being "reactive," which ends up "hurting our chances rather than helping us.""It's not going to be good for America and it's not going to be good for Republican electoral prospects if Kamala Harris is the President of the United States of America for even a short period of time, for even a minute," Ramaswamy said. "I don't think that's something we should want, and it doesn't make sense and that's why I called it out."Many Republicans have focused on Harris’ record as a prosecutor, which Ramaswamy warned could backfire if they focus too much on attacks that she "locked up" too many people for petty crimes.NEW POLL SHOWS TRUMP, HARRIS TIED IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE: 'CLOSE AS CLOSE CAN BE' Vivek Ramaswamy, chairman and co-founder of Strive Asset Management and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 3, 2024. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"So look, this is the other category of criticisms I see coming, even from some conservatives, saying that she locked up too many people while she was a prosecutor," he said. "This is the wrong line of attack. It doesn't make sense."Ramaswamy continued, "In fact, one of the images that Kamala Harris is trying to project is that she's somehow going to be a law-and-order presidential candidate. I find that laughable. Look at under the Democratic regime, including policies that she has supported, clear the jails, defund the police. That's resulted in a wave of rampant crime in this country. People in the United States of America, across the aisle and both camps, are dead set against this wave of crime. But if against that backdrop, Republicans are criticizing her for locking too many people up, it doesn't make sense because it legitimizes the otherwise laughable claim that she's a law-and-order candidate."Republicans have also accused Harris of covering up Biden’s health issues while at the same time accusing the vice president of orchestrating a soft "coup" to remove him from the ticket. Ramswamy told Fox News Digital those two messages don’t mesh."The main point is what voters really care about is the future," he said. "What are we actually going to deliver? And the more we focus on bickering on that past political missteps or whatever from the Democratic side, the more small-minded we're going to be seen as being."On one hand, you have Republicans saying that Kamala Harris covered up for Joe Biden. She was covering for him and telling the public that he was actually a great president, when in fact he wasn't cognitively capable. On the other hand, at the same time, we're saying that Kamala staged this coup against Biden. It doesn't make sense to many independent voters to say both of those things at the same time. They're self-contradictory. And if we say things that don't make sense, we're more likely to lose votes, which is the thing that I care most about. So I come back to the basic point. That's not how we're going to win this election. We're not going to win this election by picking at these nit-picking… ‘inside baseball’ political criticisms of Kamala. It doesn't matter. The voters don't care."FLASHBACK: NEW HARRIS CAMPAIGN SENIOR ADVISER MADE SEVERAL INSENSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN, GAY PEOPLE Vice President Kamala Harris disembarks at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee on Tuesday. (Reuters/Kevin Mohatt/Pool)Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital that Harris is not the "biggest risk" the Republican side faces, but rather the "shenanigans on the Democratic side.""The voters don't love Kamala Harris on her own terms," Ramaswamy said. "We know that because even when she was running in the Democratic primary, she didn't even make it to the Iowa caucus. I was an unknown 37-year-old businessman, ran for office for the first time as U.S. president last year. I have more delegates that have supported me for U.S. president than Kamala Harris ever has had. That's because voters don't find her compelling. So it's not that Kamala Harris is our biggest risk."When asked if some Republicans are underestimating Harris’ ability to win, Ramswamy said that "complacency" is always a concern."You got to compete like you're behind, or else you soon will be," he said. "We're not up against a candidate. It's not Kamala. It's not Joe. It's not any other individual candidate. We are up against a machine and the more we understand that, we have formidable opponents. Let's take stock of some sobering realities. Republicans have lost devastating defeats relative to expectations in 2018, 2020, 2022.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"I don't want to see the same thing happen in 2024. So, you know what? ‘Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice. Shame on me.’ The old adage means something for a reason. I think our movement needs to wake up and say that winning by a little bit shouldn't even be our goal. We've got to win by a landslide, and a landslide minus some shenanigans in margin is still going to be a victory. That's the attitude we need."Ramaswamy explained his belief that Democrats were waiting until after the Republican National Convention to have "full information," and that it is understandable Republicans were caught "flat-footed," but ultimately they will be victorious in November if they stay focused. "It doesn't matter because Kamala Harris—we can easily defeat Kamala Harris in the same landslide we were going to defeat Joe Biden on," he said. "But it's not going to be by nit-picking on random political criticisms of her. I think those could backfire. I think the way we're going to do it is by articulating our own vision of who we are and what we stand for. And if so, we win this thing not only in a landslide, but we unite this country and revive our country, which is something we're hungry for."

Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was ripped by conservatives on social media Friday after he mocked former President Trump for showing "weakness" by not agreeing to debate VP Harris in September."Has a presidential nominee ever agreed to a debate, then pulled out? Remarkable show of weakness here," Buttigieg posted on X before being mocked by conservatives who argued that former President Trump had an agreement with Biden, who dropped out of the race and effectively pulled out of the scheduled debate."Yes. Biden. Literally this past weekend," CNN’s Scott Jennings posted on X."Joe Biden agreed to 2 debates, then pulled out of his entire campaign after the first one," pollster Frank Luntz posted on X.TAKE IT FROM ME, REPUBLICANS: KAMALA HARRIS IS A STRONG CANDIDATE. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HER Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower May 30, 2024. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)"The only one I can think of is Joe Biden, right?" The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway posted on X."I’m actually surprised Pete would dunk this hard on his boss, Joe Biden," Fox News contributor Guy Benson posted on X. "The man *just* pulled out of the race (and therefore the second debate), clearly against his will. Undeniable weakness aside, give him a moment of peace."FLASHBACK: NEW HARRIS CAMPAIGN SENIOR ADVISER MADE SEVERAL INSENSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN, GAY PEOPLE Pete Buttigieg, U.S. transportation secretary, speaks during a news conference near the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2023. (Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"This is the sort of extraordinarily brazen tack you take only when you know that the media is in full campaign mode in your favor," National Review’s Charles C. Cooke posted on X.Fox News Digital reached out to Buttigieg’s office and the Harris campaign but did not receive a response.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP  Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks as President Biden looks on in the Rose Garden of the White House July 26, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Trump said earlier this week he's open to debating Vice President Harris more than once as the two face off in the 2024 presidential election."Absolutely. I'd want to. I think it's important," Trump said Tuesday when asked by Fox News' Bill Melugin on a conference call with reporters if he would commit to debating Harris at least once."I would be willing to do more than one debate, actually," Trump said. Minutes later, Trump noted, "I haven’t agreed to anything. I agreed to a debate with Joe Biden."The Trump campaign said Thursday he will not participate in a debate until Democrats finalize their nominee because it "would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds."Harris criticized that position from the Trump campaign as "backpedaling." 

EXCLUSIVE: WEST LEBANON, N.H. — When it comes to Sen. Bernie Sanders, former President Trump is no laughing matter.The longtime independent senator from Vermont, progressive champion and two-time runner-up in the Democratic presidential primaries is on a two-day swing this weekend in neighboring New Hampshire as well as Maine to campaign on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris to make sure the GOP presidential nominee doesn't return to the White House."Trump cannot get elected. We’ve got to do everything we can to make sure that does not happen," Sanders told a crowd of supporters during his first stop Friday in New Hampshire, a key swing state in presidential elections.TRUMP MOVES TO DEFINE HARRIS AS ULTRA-LIBERAL Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaks to supporters at a campaign event on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Friday. (Fox News - Paul Steinhauser)But minutes earlier, Sanders briefly broke out in laughter when asked in a national exclusive interview with Fox News about comments from Trump this week arguing that Harris — who has replaced President Biden at the top of the Democrats' 2024 national ticket — is more liberal than the Vermont senator.Trump over the past week has worked to define Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, as an ultra-liberal, pointing to her record in the U.S. Senate and as vice president.WHITMER CHARGES VANCE HAS ‘ABSOLUTELY BETRAYED’ HIS WORKING CLASS ROOTSSpeaking to a packed arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Trump charged that Harris was the "most incompetent and far-left vice president in American history… She is a radical left lunatic who will destroy our country if she ever gets the chance to get into office." And mentioning Sanders, Trump argued that Harris is "more liberal than Bernie Sanders. Can you believe it?" Former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)Sanders, responding, said, "I would hope that when he said, ‘Can you believe that?,’ people said no.""It'’s not true. Once again, Trump is lying," Sanders emphasized. "Let me just simply say that for better or for worse, Kamala Harris is not more progressive than I am."During his Fox News interview and later at his event, Sanders took aim at Trump, who two months ago was convicted of 34 felony counts in the first criminal trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history."This is the most important election, I think, in our lifetimes. I will do everything that I can to see that Donald Trump is defeated," the senator stressed.REPUBLICANS ARGUE HARRIS REPLACING BIDEN AT TOP OF DEMOCRATS' TICKET ‘UNDEMOCRATIC’Sanders argued that "the American people will not and cannot accept a president who is a pathological liar, somebody who believes that women should not be able to control their own bodies, somebody who in the midst of massive heatwaves thinks climate change is a hoax and somebody who actually does not believe in democracy, has not said that he will accept those election results if he loses. So, for all of those reasons, Trump must be defeated."Sanders is campaigning on behalf of Harris, but he hasn’t formally endorsed the vice president. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for a campaign event in Milwaukee on Tuesday.  (Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"I think if the vice president is to win this election, and obviously I want her to win, I think she has to start talking about issues of relevance to the working class of this country, because there are tens of millions of people who are really hurting," Sanders explained. "They want to know what the next president is going to do for them, and I hope very much that Vice President Harris will make that clear.""The path towards victory is to talk about issues that are relevant," he reiterated.Asked what Harris specifically needs to detail, Sanders said, "I hope that the vice president will be talking about the need to substantially lower prescription drug costs… the need to have tax reform so the wealthiest in this country start paying their fair share of taxes, so we can greatly expand child care and affordable housing in this country, and I think we’ve got to be very strong on the issue of climate change and make it clear that we’re going to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel if we’re going to save this planet for future generations."Sanders said that Harris’ choice of a running mate — which is expected to come in the next two weeks — will be a signal of whether she will project a progressive agenda as she runs for the White House."I think it will, and I hope very much she looks at one of the many progressive people who are out there who I think would do a good job as vice president," the senator said.Sanders was making his swing through New Hampshire and Maine less than a week after President Biden suspended his 2024 re-election rematch with Trump. Biden made his move amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for him to drop out after a disastrous performance in last month's first presidential debate with Trump.  Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaks to supporters at a campaign event on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris in West Lebanon, New Hampshire on Friday. (Fox News - Paul Steinhauser)The embattled president's immediate backing of Harris ignited a surge of endorsements of Harris by Democratic governors, senators, House members and other party leaders. By Monday night, the vice president announced that she had locked up her party's nomination by landing the backing of a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates to next month's Democratic National Convention. On Friday morning, former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were among the final major party leaders to endorse the vice president.Harris has also hauled in a staggering $129 million in fundraising since Biden's announcement, her campaign touted on Thursday morning. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPRepublicans charge that the process has been anything but democratic — and they point to Biden's own words.Before dropping out, the president had repeatedly cited the 14 million votes he won in this year's Democratic presidential primaries as a reason he should stay in the 2024 race."The voters — and the voters alone — decide the nominee of the Democratic Party," he emphasized in a letter on July 8. "Not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any selected group of individuals, no matter how well intentioned."Trump, at his rally in Charlotte on Wednesday, called the switch at the top of the Democrats' national ticket "an undemocratic move." "These are nasty people, the Democrats," Trump argued.And Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas claimed in a social media post this week that "Joe Biden succumbed to a coup by Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Hollywood donors, ignoring millions of Democratic primary votes."But Sanders, who argued during his marathon 2016 Democratic presidential primary battle against eventual nominee Hillary Clinton that the party was working against him, doesn't buy the GOP criticism."These are extraordinary times and the Democrats had to move very quickly," Sanders said. "So I think that given the reality that Biden dropped out and having a Democratic convention coming, I think what happened is she announced her candidacy, she rallied the support she needs, and I think that’s fine."Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.