WASHINGTON—The Democratic Party apparatus has coalesced behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign, and House Democrats like Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz believe that Democratic voters are excited about their prospects of defeating former President Donald Trump, perhaps putting states like Florida back in play for Democrats in the 2024 presidential election cycle.
Shortly after the House of Representatives voted on a group of legislative amendments Tuesday night, Rep. Wasserman Schultz spoke to The Floridian about Vice President Harris’ campaign efforts in Florida.
After losing ground to Republicans over several past election cycles, Florida is no longer considered a swing state, let alone a battleground state for Democrats.
The Biden reelection campaign chairman recently stated that Florida was not in play in the 2024 cycle.
However, while Florida is not considered a battleground state like Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin, according to Wasserman Schultz, Florida is on the list of “expansion states” for the Harris campaign.
When asked if Florida was in play, Wasserman Schultz stated,” Oh, yes, it's one of the states that they have on the (expansion)list."
“They have Florida on the expansion state list. So I mean for the planning that they're doing I mean I I've already had outreach from the campaign to you know ask when I'm going to be available to go out and be a surrogate,” added Wasserman Schultz.
Fellow Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz also believes that Harris has galvanized the Democratic Party base of support.
Rep. Moskowitz expressed his optimism for the Harris campaign, arguing that she was able to raise a significant amount of campaign dollars since announcing her candidacy.
“She raised $100 million in two days. That shows you there was a traumatic enthusiasm gap. So, yeah, there’s obviously momentum, there’s 100 days to go and Democrats have united behind her. No one decided – with all the names out there – no one decided to take her on because they thought she was best positioned to take the mantle from Joe Biden and take on Donald Trump in November," said Rep. Moskowitz.
