ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Former New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu, a co-chair of the Harris-Walz campaign, told LehighValleyNews.com that he believes “the momentum has shifted in our favor” in recent weeks.
About 90,000 volunteers have knocked on millions of doors since comedian Tony Hinchcliffe targeted Latinos at a rally for Trump in New York City a little more than a week ago, Landrieu said.
He categorized that moment as a turning point in the presidential campaign.
“I think that the Madison Square Garden diatribe really kind of congealed in people's minds” and reminded them of Trump's 2016 campaign announcement in which he insulted Mexicans, he said.
“It just feels like, since Madison Square Garden, things started to change, the country started to see it much more clearly for who he has been, who he is, who's going to be,” Landrieu said inside Memorial Hall at Muhlenberg College.
"I'm nervous as a cat, but I feel great about where we are."Former New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu, a co-chair of the Harris-Walz campaign
The Harris-Walz campaign “feel[s] really good” about its chances on Election Day because it “is executing the ground game like it was designed.”
Still, Landrieu said he probably won't sleep Monday night, despite traveling around Pennsylvania all day.
“I'm nervous as a cat, but I feel great about where we are,” he said, crediting Harris for hitting the ground running after stepping in for Biden as the party's nominee.
“Since the day Kamala Harris walked into this campaign, she has run every day of it,” he said.
“As erratic as the campaign has been,” Harris’ shortened campaign had all the “fundamentals that are important,” like “a good candidate” and message, as well as money and structure, Landrieu said.
