DNC fly anti-Trump banners over college football games in key swing states as Harris slips in polls

The Democratic National Committee flew 4 planes carrying banners with anti-Trump messaging over college football games in 4 main swing states in the upcoming election on Saturday, it announced.  

The 4 stadiums set to see the banners are Michigan Stadium on the University of Michigan, Sanford Stadium on the University of Georgia, Beaver Stadium at Pennsylvania State University and Camp Randall Stadium on the University of Wisconsin. 

Photographs on social media present the DNC made good on its promise in Pennsylvania.

The planes flying over Michigan and Penn State search to tie Trump and operating mate JD Vance to the far-right manifesto Project 2025, created by the Heritage Foundation. Trump has disavowed Project 2025 a number of instances and says he has no intention of implementing its full coverage listing if he does win the election. However, figures who labored in Trump’s first administration contributed to the challenge. 

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One of the banners additionally goals to take advantage of some of the historic rivalries in college football. The aircraft set to fly over Michigan will fly a banner that reads, “J.D. Vance [loves] Ohio State [plus] Project 2025.” Michigan and Ohio State are thought of to boast the fiercest rivalry in the game, and Vance spent a lot of his childhood in Ohio, went to Ohio State for undergrad and claims to be a life-long Ohio State Buckeyes fan. 

Vance beforehand revealed that he had advised Trump that his loyalty to the Buckeyes may affect the previous president’s possibilities in Michigan this November when Trump was choosing Vance as his operating mate.

“When he first asked me to be a VP I was like, well, you know, hopefully we don’t lose Michigan by like 900 votes, because you’re going to regret it. ‘Cause it’s probably just a thousand p—d-off Wolverine fans who wouldn’t vote for a Buckeye. But I think that most Michiganders are going to be able to put sports rivalries aside and put the country first, which is what, of course, all of us believe is the most important thing,” Vance said throughout an look on OutKick’s “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.” 

The Democrats’ newest marketing campaign gimmick comes simply three days earlier than the primary presidential debate between Trump and Harris on ABC News, as Harris has fallen steeply in some polls over the previous few weeks, particularly in key battleground states. 

New York Times columnist Brett Stephens slammed Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview with CNN on Thursday as “vague” and “vacuous.” (AP/Stephen B. Morton)

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Nate Silver of 538’s newest projection on Friday confirmed Trump gaining floor on Harris in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia.

Silver launched his newest election forecast, writing on his Substack, “The forecast is still in toss-up range, but Trump’s chances of winning are his highest since July 30,” Silver wrote. Silver’s mannequin exhibits Trump’s probabilities of successful the Electoral College have elevated from 52.4% to 58.2% since final Thursday. Harris’ odds, in the meantime, have decreased from 47.3% to 41.6%.

The present odds on Polymarket present Trump with a 50% likelihood of successful in November, whereas Harris holds only a 48% likelihood. 

A latest collection of Fox News statewide surveys in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina confirmed Harris up by 1 share level in Arizona and by 2 factors in Georgia and Nevada, whereas Trump is forward by 1 level in North Carolina. All are throughout the margin of sampling error. 

Trump is spending his Saturday making an in-person look for a rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, about two hours away, the place the Wisconsin Badgers will play South Dakota on Saturday. 

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South Carolina governor Henry McMaster and former U.S. President Donald Trump make an look on the sphere at halftime in the course of the recreation between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Clemson Tigers at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 25, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina.  (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Harris made a go to to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which is about two hours away from Penn State’s recreation in opposition to Bowling Green. Harris welcomed the endorsement of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Rep. Liz Cheney whereas visiting a spice store referred to as Penzeys Spices.

If Trump’s constructive polling traits play out, and the DNC’s aerial marketing campaign technique does not work out, Vance has proposed that he and Trump make a go to themselves to Ohio Stadium at Ohio State for the Buckeyes’ upcoming recreation in opposition to Michigan on November 30. 

“Well, let’s go to the Ohio State-Michigan game, assuming we win, because I bet I can get some pretty sweet tickets as the VP-elect, and we’ll be in a celebratory mood,” Vance mentioned on OutKick. “And look, it’s, it’s going to be a big game this year. I think it’s going to determine ultimate seeding in the College Football Playoff. I mean, how both teams might actually make the playoff. I know Michigan’s, you know, sort of people aren’t putting them as high this year, but you never know, because it’s always a good program. So, we’ll see, guys. I’m feeling very good about the Buckeyes. I’m feeling very good about the Bengals.”

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