Controversial national poll shows a candidate seven points ahead in the 2024 race

A new shock national poll has one presidential candidate surging ahead as less than three months remain in the 2024 race for the White House.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump‘s campaign is set to go ‘on steroids’ with an aggressive new plan for the election home stretch.

The ramping up of the campaign will involve several events a week ‘if not daily,’ and Trump himself visiting two states a day, CNN reported.

And the members of the bipartisan Trump assassination task force are heading to Butler, Pennsylvania, Monday to demand answers after the Secret Service continues to ‘slow walk’ information.

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New national poll shows Kamala Harris up seven points over Donald Trump

A controversial new poll has VP Kamala Harris with a substantial lead over Donald Trump.

According to a survey released by the Fairleigh Dickinson University, Harris is leading at 50 percent compared to Trump’s 43 percent.

With Independent voters, Harris has a slightly smaller lead of 38 percent to Trump’s 33 percent.

The poll was conducted before the Democratic National Convention wrapped up between August 17 and 20, and when RFK Jr. remained in the race.

But the poll appears to be an outlier as the Real Clear Politics average has her up over Trump just 1.5 points, well within the margin of error.

Trump campaign set for ramp up that will put it ‘on steroids’

The Trump campaign is set to go ‘on steroids’ for final 10 weeks of the election, CNN reported

An insider told CNN’s Paula Reed: ‘Think Trump on steroids. It’ll be all hands on deck.’

The aggressive plan could involve several events daily, and Trump visiting more than one state in a single day, CNN reported.

It comes as polls showed an incredibly tight race between Trump and Harris in battleground states.

Only five days left, as Kamala Harris promised sit-down interview with press before end of August

Charlie Spiering, Senior Political Reporter

Vice President Kamala Harris promised to sit down with a media outlet for an interview before the end of August, but with less than five days left in the month, it remains unclear whether she will keep her promise.

‘I’ve talked to my team, I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month,’ she told reporters on August 9.

President Donald Trump has scorned Harris for her refusal to host a press conference or schedule a public sit-down interview with the media since taking over the Democratic presidential nomination from Presdient Joe Biden.

‘She’s not doing any news conference. You know why she’s not doing it?’ Trump asked on August 8. ‘Because she can’t do a news conference. She doesn’t know how to do a news conference. She’s not smart enough to do a news conference.’

Donald Trump says he’d ‘rather have’ mics hot during debate

Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter:

Donald Trump said he would ‘probably’ rather have mics on for his scheduled debate against Kamala Harris, but he also said that is not what they agreed to.

Campaigning in Virginia on Monday, Trump was asked about keeping the mics on after the Harris campaign accused his team of wanting them off so he wouldn’t embarrass himself.

‘We agreed to the same rules. I don’t know. Doesn’t matter to me. I’d rather have it probably on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time,’ Trump said in response to a question.

He accused Harris of trying to get out of the debate and accused her of not being a ‘smart’ person.

Moments later, Trump said of the hot mic issue: ‘I didn’t like it the last time, but it worked out fine. Ask Biden how it worked out, it was fine. And I think it should be the same.’

Donald Trump threatens to drop out of the ABC debate over use of hot mics

Former President Donald Trump dropped a hint that he might skip the upcoming ABC News debate set for September 10, accusing the network of housing ‘Trump Haters’ even as he works to whittle Kamala Harris’s new polling lead.

Trump tore into the network after 10pm on Sunday night in a post on Truth Social, where he gave bad reviews to the network’s weekend programming before raising the threat.

‘I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s (K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who was fantastic!), and their so-called Panel of Trump Haters, and I ask, why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?’ he wrote.

He was referencing the network’s Jonathan Karl, who questioned Trump at the White House during his presidency.

Trump threatens to drop out of the ABC debate over use of hot mics
Former President Donald Trump injected new drama into the upcoming ABC News debate, suggesting he might not take part amid discussions of whether microphones should remain on.

Kamala Harris campaign claims Trump team asked for special measure at debate

The Harris campaign claimed on Monday Donald Trump’s team is pushing back on leaving the microphones on for the blockbuster debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in an effort to keep the Republican presidential nominee from embarrassing himself.

It comes as the ex-president is sowing doubt over whether he would show up at all for the showdown.

Harris and Trump are set to go head-to-head in their first debate in just over two weeks on September 10 on ABC News, but it appears the campaigns are at odds over the rules.

‘We have told ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible October debate that we believe both candidates’ mics should be live throughout the full broadcast,’ said Brian Fallon in a statement.

‘Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own,’ Fallon continued.

Kamala campaign claims Trump team asked for special measure at debate
The Harris campaign claimed on Monday Donald Trump’s team is pushing back on leaving the microphones on for the blockbuster debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.