Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to North Carolina on Friday for a rally in Raleigh after her scheduled trip last week was postponed due to the impact of Tropical Storm Debby.
A Harris campaign official told Spectrum News that the Democratic nominee will be delivering remarks "focused on her plan to lower costs for middle-class families and take on corporate price-gouging."
It's part of an effort to combat rising prices nationwide, and an issue that dates back to Harris' time as California's attorney general, when she was part of investigations into pharmaceutical companies, oil companies and electronics manufacturers. It's also an opportunity for Harris to lay out her economic proposals in contrast to Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Harris pledged to combat price gouging and lower costs "on day one" of a possible administration at her event in Atlanta last month, a promise she has echoed on the campaign trail since replacing President Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket.
Friday's appearance will be her eighth trip to the Tar Heel State this year and her 16th since taking office.
News of her economy-focused remarks was first reported by Reuters.
Harris was on the campaign trail in North Carolina last month to give brief remarks. In her speech, Harris attacked the Republican nominee for vice president, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, and contrasted President Joe Biden’s record with former President Donald Trump's.
Biden officially dropped out of the presidential race last month, backing Harris as the Democratic nominee.
Meanwhile, Trump is set to campaign in Asheville Wednesday in a rally also focused on the economy, according to the campaign.
Trump's event is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville.
Trump held a rally in Charlotte last month, less than a week after accepting the presidential nomination at the RNC. It was his second rally since the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump's Charlotte rally was almost entirely a rebuke of Harris as a person and a politician.
Top campaign officials have set their sights on North Carolina after Trump won the state by around 1% in 2020.