Trump, Harris hit post-debate campaign trail looking to seize momentum

The clock is ticking for both Presidential candidates with less than two months to go until election day.

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in North Carolina while former President Donald Trump hit Arizona Thursday. Both candidates kicked off a post-debate swing state tour, trying to seize momentum or take some back, following their debate, where there have already been big political moments in the days following the showdown.

The two political rivals shook hands at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony before getting on with the sprint to November. In a moment of levity this week during a time when politics could surely use some more, President Joe Biden exchanged laughs and an autograph with a Trump supporter, before putting on his Trump hat.

Alabama kicked off general election voting as the state started mailing absentee ballots Wednesday. North Carolina should be sending theirs out soon after a delay involving Robert F. Kennedy Jr. successfully suing to get his name off the ballot. The crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania begins in-person early voting next week, along with Virginia.

Megastar Taylor Swift weighed in with her endorsement of Harris this week and encouraged people to vote while accepting an MTV award.

“This is a fan-voted award and I appreciate it so much, and if you are over 18 please register to vote for something else that’s very important coming up," she said on stage.

Republicans shrugged off the endorsement.

“When grocery prices go up by 20% it hurts most Americans, it doesn’t hurt Taylor Swift. When housing prices become unaffordable, it doesn’t affect Taylor Swift or any other billionaire, it does affect middle-class Americans all over the country," said Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, to Fox News.

More than 400,000 people clicked Swift’s Instagram link for info on voter registration, but neither campaign is resting on a celebrity endorsement. Trump, Harris, and their surrogates are blitzing swing states through the weekend.