民主党全国委员会主席詹姆·哈里森(Jaime Harrison)抨击共和党，并为总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的记录辩护，因为民主党在周三晚上的共和党初选辩论之前突击了威斯康星州。
哈里森说，共和党总统候选人只提供了恐惧的信息，将这场辩论比作斯蒂芬·金的电影。
“当你听明天的辩论时，你会感到全天候的恐惧，对吗?这就像是在看斯蒂芬·金的电影，对吗?这就是你将从共和党看到的一切，”他周二在威斯康星州对关键选区发表讲话时说。
美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)被允许访问哈里森之行的所有站点，这些站点都不是媒体活动，并在他针对黑人、女性和年轻选民(民主党的关键选区)的活动中发表讲话时，从密尔沃基到沃克夏再到麦迪逊跟随他。
民主党全国委员会主席说，这场辩论将打破“一项吉尼斯世界纪录”...为某个时期说的最多的谎言。”
“前几天我给我的小家伙读了《匹诺曹》，”他补充道。“好吧，你会有一个充满皮诺曹的舞台。”
2023年2月4日，杰米·哈里森在费城的民主党全国委员会冬季会议上发言。
蒂莫西·a·克莱里/法新社
有迹象表明，民主党人正在努力夺回一些预计将被辩论主导的播出时间，哈里森离开了他的第一场活动，在回来之前接受了当地电台的采访，但却不得不迅速结束领导一场新闻发布会。
威斯康星州共和党表示，这场辩论将充分展示该党对拜登的“伟大替代方案”。
“共和党将在第一场共和党辩论中展示我们美丽的国家、非凡的企业和许多替代(拜登)的伟大选择，”威斯康星州共和党说.
哈里森后来向聚集在沃克夏民主党总部的选民保证，国家党将把这个关键州作为选举的重点。
哈里森说:“我会在这里，因为威斯康辛州总体上处于政治宇宙的中心。”“我们在2016年看到，如果你不订婚，会发生什么，我们会继承什么，”哈里森补充道。
2016年，前总统唐纳德·特朗普在该州以微弱优势击败希拉里·克林顿，这场胜利帮助他登上了总统宝座。拜登随后在2020年赢得了该州。
哈里森还为拜登辩护对他处理毛伊岛野火的批评并认为民主党人更好地理解了选民对堕胎权利的担忧。
“共和党人不明白的是，他们的恶行唤醒了一个巨人，这个巨人就是这个房间里的所有女性和这个国家的所有女性。因为即使在最红的红州，甚至在像堪萨斯和俄亥俄这样的州，以及所有这些州，妇女——不仅仅是民主党妇女——已经站起来说够了。我们想要控制我们自己的身体，我们不认为政治家应该为我们做这些决定，”他说。
民主党将会注意共和党辩论如何讨论堕胎和社会保障等政策问题。
台上周三晚上在密尔沃基的将有佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯、企业家维韦克·拉马斯瓦米、前副总统迈克·彭斯、前南卡罗来纳州州长妮基·黑利、前新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂、南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特和前阿肯色州州长阿萨·哈钦森。北达科他州州长道格·伯根也符合条件，但是去急诊室周二晚上，由于篮球受伤，他在辩论中的状态还不明朗。
DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison: Republican debate will be 'like watching a Stephen King movie'
Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison took shots at Republicans and defended President Joe Biden's record as Democrats blitz Wisconsin ahead of Wednesday night's GOP primary debate.
Harrison said Republican presidential hopefuls offered only a message of fear, comparing the debate to a Stephen King movie.
"When you listen to the debate tomorrow, it is all is going to be fear 24/7, all the time, right? It is going to be like watching a Stephen King movie, right? That is all that you are going to see from the Republican Party," he said while speaking with key constituencies Tuesday in Wisconsin.
ABC News was given access to all the stops on Harrison's tour, which were not media events, and followed him from Milwaukee to Waukesha to Madison, as he spoke at events targeting Black, female and young voters -- key constituencies for the Democratic Party.
The DNC chair said the debate would break "a Guinness Book of World Record ... for the most lies told in a certain period."
"I read 'Pinocchio' to my little guy the other day," he added. "Well, you're going to have a stage full of Pinocchios."
In a sign of how forcefully Democrats are trying to claw back some of the airtime that's expected to be dominated by the debate, Harrison stepped away from his first event to do a local radio interview before returning, only to have to quickly wrap up to lead a press call.
The Wisconsin Republican Party said the debate will put the party's "great alternatives" to Biden on full display.
"Republicans will be showcasing our beautiful state, extraordinary businesses, and many GREAT alternatives to [Biden] with the first GOP debate," the Wisconsin Republican Partysaid.
Harrison later reassured voters gathered at the Waukesha Democratic Party's headquarters that the national party would make the battleground state a priority in the election.
"I'm gonna be here because Wisconsin, in general, is at the center of the political universe," Harrison said. "We saw in 2016 that if you don't do the engagement what happens and what we inherit," Harrison added.
Former President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016 by a knife's edge, a win that helped propel him to the presidency. Biden then won the state in 2020.
Harrison also defended Biden amidcriticism of his handling of the Maui wildfiresand argued Democrats have a better understanding of voters' concerns about abortion rights.
"What the Republicans don't understand is with their bad actions what they have done is they have awoken a giant, and that giant are all the women in this room and the women across this country. Because even in the reddest of red states, even in states like Kansas and Ohio, and all of these other states, women- not just Democratic women- women have stood up and said enough is enough. That we want to control our own bodies, that we don't believe politicians should make those decisions for us," he said.
Democrats will bewatchingthe GOP debate to see how policy issues like abortion and Social Security are discussed.
On stageWednesday night in Milwaukee will be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum also qualified, but avisit to the emergency roomTuesday night following a basketball injury left his status for the debate unclear.
