Democrats slam JD Vance pick and Project 2025 after returning to campaign on second day of RNC

Days after a gunman came within inches of assassinating former president Donald Trump, Democrats are ditching the temporary pause in campaigning that they instituted after the Saturday shooting.

The party is now going all-in on plans to highlight what spokespeople describe as the extreme proposals favored by the ex-president and his allies.

At a press conference in Milwaukee, just a short walk from where Republicans officially nominated the twice-impeached convicted felon as their party’s standard-bearer for the third consecutive election, President Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks told reporters the attempt on Trump’s life wasn’t changing how they are going after the former president and his new running-made, Ohio Senator JD Vance.

“I would say that we've been focused on talking about the issues, reproductive freedom, workers’ rights, Social Security, Medicare, the economy, a fair tax code,” said Fulks. He maintained that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “have been very clear on their vision when it comes to the agenda that they want to put forward for Americans.”

“Our campaign has been talking about that for months since we're going to continue to do so, as the president said: This is how democracy works. We're going to continue to have a candid conversation about the stark contrast,” he said.

The Biden campaign press conference came on the second day of the Republican National Convention, just hours after Democrats restored a group of billboards highlighting comments Trump has made about the Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin and the convention’s location.

Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler followed up Fulks’ remarks by welcoming reporters to Milwaukee, and turned