First on Scripps News: Harris campaign launches pre-debate push to tie Trump to Project 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : While stepping out to visit a local spice store, she told reporters what she wants to get across to Trump: "It's time to turn the page on the divisiveness.
46% : RELATED STORY | Project 2025: Dismantle Dept. of Education, cut taxes and restrict abortionOver the weekend, the Harris-Walz campaign held a weekend of action centered on Project 2025 with more than 2,000 events, according to organizers.
35% : Harris has spent the last several days in Pittsburgh preparing for the debate, where she has publicly projected confidence about facing Trump.
35% : "She will face off against Trump for the first time at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
34% : At a rally with supporters in Wisconsin, Trump suggested achieving the mass deportations he's proposed would be a "bloody story."
31% : More than a third of respondents in swing states surveyed by Emerson College Polling/The Hill last month said Project 2025 made them less likely to support Trump, a number that rose among independents.
30% : Democrats have heavily emphasized Project 2025 and sought to link Trump to it, warning of its proposed policies limiting abortion, cutting social safety net programs, and terminating tens of thousands of government workers.
29% : Following the debate, with less than 60 days until Election Day, Vice President Harris, Gov. Tim Walz, and campaign surrogates are expected to barnstorm battleground states and continue highlighting Project 2025 and its links to Trump.
26% : Trump has repeatedly denied ties to the plan and those behind it, though its authors include former Trump administration officials, and the document overlaps with several of his policy proposals.
13% : Trump and Harris were exactly even or within the margin of error in all the swing states expected to decide the election.

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