Trump calls Harris 'radical left lunatic.' But his supporters see her gaining ground

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : "Policy aside and everything, she definitely has the energy," said Jessica Castillo, a self-described centrist from Charlotte who voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020 and was at the Charlotte event.
54% : While predicting an eventual Trump-Harris debate would sway voters toward Trump, Jo Wally of Mooresville acknowledged the race seems closer now, "because she's got the momentum.
50% : Even before Trump took the stage, the GOP's focus -- evident in speakers' remarks before him -- had dramatically moved away from Biden and onto Harris.
35% : Trump on Wednesday fumed over the news coverage Harris has received as Democrats have coalesced around her since Sunday, insisting that his crowd sizes were still larger.
35% : But asked if taking that approach was off limits for Trump, Cheung said that it wasn't necessarily.
34% : "She is going to be a contender for Trump.
33% : ""It amazes me how Jewish people will vote for the Democrats when they're being treated so disrespectfully," Trump said.
32% : Trump has some reason for concern.
30% : Throughout the rest of his speech, Trump railed against transgender athletes, briefly discussed his attempted assassination, reiterated his position in favor of exceptions for abortion restrictions, bashed Democrats' southern border policies, falsely claimed Harris wants to "outlaw red meat" and gave what has now become his standard shoutout to Hannibal Lecter, a fictional character from the movie "Silence of the Lambs."Asked whether Republicans would need to reevaluate their plans to spend time and money flipping blue states like Minnesota, where Trump is scheduled to hold a rally Saturday, Whatley said they were still focused on their 10-battleground state plan.
29% : "Taking the stage at the Bojangles Coliseum, his first rally since President Joe Biden dropped out of the campaign, Trump ripped into the vice president, casting her as "Lying Kamala Harris," mispronouncing her name as he dubbed her "the most incompetent and far-left vice president in American history," and repeatedly declaring that she would "destroy" the United States, if elected.
23% : Before the rally Wednesday, Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, said the campaign hasn't gone after Harris' race or gender, and so they didn't take issue with Johnson's guidance.
22% : "Three weeks, four weeks ago, she was the worst politician in America," Trump said.
16% : "Trump this week agreed to debate Harris, and said he would be "willing to do more than one debate" against her.
12% : Criticizing Harris for failing to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint address to Congress earlier Wednesday, Trump falsely claimed that Harris, whose husband is Jewish, is "totally against the Jewish people.
10% : Trump focused his attacks at the rally against Harris on her history as a prosecutor and senator, describing her as "more liberal than Bernie Sanders," who "destroyed San Francisco with her policies" and will "destroy our country if she's elected."

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