Harris and Walz trade fire with Trump and Vance at dueling events in battleground states fight

EAU CLAIRE, WI – Standing in front of over 15,000 supporters packed into an airport hanger at the airport in Detroit, Michigan, Vice President Kamala Harris proclaimed that "this election’s going to be a fight."

"We like a good fight," added Harris, who rose to the top of the Democratic Party's 2024 ticket two and a half weeks ago after President Biden suspended his re-election bid and endorsed his vice president as his successor.

Hours earlier in neighboring Wisconsin, another crucial battleground state that will also likely determine the outcome of the presidential election between Harris and former President Trump, the vice president's newly named running mate took aim at Trump.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, enjoying what seemed like a hometown crowd at a rally just an hour from his own state, spoke to a sea of supporters – over 12,000 who had waited in line for hours on the roads and farm fields of mostly rural northwest Wisconsin to see Harris and her running mate.

KAMALA HARRIS AND HER NEWLY NAMED RUNNING MATE KICK OFF A BATTLEGROUND STATE SWING

Walz charged that the former president "sees the world differently than we see it. He has no understanding of service. Because he's too busy serving himself again and again and again."

"This guy weakens our country to strengthen his own hands. He mocks our laws. He sows chaos and division among the people. And that's to say nothing of the job he did as president," Walz argued.

Walz, a former high school teacher and football coach before entering politics, showcased his Midwestern roots as he told the "Packers and Badgers fans" in the crowd that he once coached his team to a state championship and touted that he was the "top gun" three years running at the trap shoot during his dozen