Vice President Kamala Harris canceled her planned trip to stump for embattled California Gov. Gavin Newsom ahead of his recall election just hours after it was reported that at least 13 American service members in Iraq were killed.
Harris was originally scheduled to appear with Newsom at the Stop the Republican Recall car rally at the historic Cow Palace outside of San Francisco on Friday in an effort to increase Democratic turnout in the September 14 election.
But as the vice president made her way back from a trip to Singapore and Vietnam, her spokeswoman, Symone Sanders tweeted she would be heading back to Washington D.C. after visiting Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Thursday afternoon.
A short while later, the reports, Newsom's campaign spokesman Nathan Click announced the rally was canceled, even though the details of the logistics for the scheduled drive-in event had been unveiled.
It is unclear whether it will be rescheduled, 슬롯사이트추스핀카지노 amid reports of tight polls between Newsom and his Republican rivals, with radio host Larry Elder currently believed to be the strongest challenger.
Vice President Kamala Harris has canceled her trip to stump for California Governor Gavin Newsom, right, ahead of the September 14 recall election in the wake of American soldiers' deaths in Kabul
Her spokeswoman confirmed on Twitter that after she visited Joint Bas Pearl Harbor-Hickam Thursday afternoon, she would return to Washington, D.C.
Harris, a former California Senator and Attorney General, was supposed to be the main draw of the campaign event, according to
She had previously served as the state's attorney general, before becoming a United States senator.