Both major campaigns make big stops in Pennsylvania, and Senate candidates in Florida raise millions. 

Both campaigns make Pennsylvania visits in effort to win swing state

In a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden said that Vice President Kamala Harris, his running mate-turned-Democratic Party standard bearer, would "chart her own course" as president if elected in November.

“Kamala will take the country in her own direction, and that’s one of the most important differences in this election,” the incumbent president said. “Kamala's perspective on our problems will be fresh and new. Donald Trump’s perspective old and failed and quite frankly, thoroughly totally dishonest.”

"Every president has to cut their own path, that’s what I did,” Biden told the crowd gathered at the Sheet Metal Workers International Association in Philadelphia. “I was loyal to Barack Obama, and I cut my own path as president. That’s what Kamala is going to do.”

Biden's comments are the latest in an effort to give the vice president breathing room from his administration. Despite the popularity of his legislative accomplishments — like the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law, efforts to lower prescription drug costs via the Inflation Reduction Act and a rash of domestic manufacturing commitments secured thanks, in part, to the CHIPS and Science Act — the president's approval rating is still underwater, though it's grown somewhat since he dropped out of the race in favor of Harris.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to work at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania this weekend in an effort to rebuke Vice President Kamala Harris, sources familiar tell Spectrum News.

The news was first reported by CNN, which said that Trump is expected to work the fry cooker.

Harris has said on the campaign trail that she worked at the fast food chain in her 20s while she was in college.

“Part of the reason I even talk about having worked at McDonald’s is because there are people who work at McDonald’s in our country who are trying to raise a family,” Harris told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle in an interview last month. “I worked there as a student ... I think part of the difference between me and my opponent includes our perspective on the needs of the American people and what our responsibility, then, is to meet those needs.”

Trump has repeatedly claimed that Harris is lying about her tenure with McDonald’s, at one point amplifying a debunked claim that the fast-food giant’s corporate office said she never worked there.

The Republican former president, a big fan of fast food, has a long history with McDonald’s dating back long before his foray into politics. 

Trump appeared in a commercial for the chain alongside its iconic mascot Grimace more than two decades ago, advertising its $1 menu offerings. Son-in-law Jared Kushner said in his memoir that Trump is known to enjoy a Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, fries and a vanilla shake in his typical order. 

During a government shutdown in 2019, Trump welcomed the College Football National Champion Clemson Tigers to the White House and served them a fast food spread, which included McDonald’s, that he paid for personally. He did the same weeks later when he welcomed the 2018 NCAA FCS College Football Champions, the North Dakota State Bison, to the White House.

Scott, Mucarsel-Powell rake in millions in fundraising

With just 20 days to go before the election, and early voting starting Monday in most counties, it’s a final push for the candidates, and money is a big component of campaigning. New campaign finance data is out regarding the big races, including the Senate race in Florida with Sen. Rick Scott and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

The most recent reports show Scott raised about $4.2 million, while his Democratic challenger, Mucarsel-Powell, raised about $12.9 million.

Scott’s campaign had about $1.9 million cash on hand at the end of September. Mucarsel-Powell’s campaign had about $4 million dollars cash on hand.

But Scott is one of the wealthier members of Congress, and he’s loaned or donated more than $15.5 million dollars to his campaign this election cycle.

This week Scott launched TV ads featuring law enforcement and first responders touting his leadership responding to hurricanes and other emergencies. It’s part of a $10 million ad buy.

Mucarsel-Powell launched an ad with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as part of an eight-figure ad buy. It calls Scott a, “slippery politician.”

The next filing deadline for Congressional campaigns is Oct. 24, which will be the last one before the General Election.