副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯回应共和党人的攻击，对她冷嘲热讽，作为她所说的共和党害怕明年与总统乔·拜登竞选的证据。
与此同时，她的加州同事加文·纽瑟姆州长怂恿佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯进行一场辩论，他们一直在戏弄这场辩论，但尚未取得成果，而德桑蒂斯正在参加共和党初选。
下面还有更多竞选活动的花絮。
哈里斯摆脱了它
哈里斯周日表示，共和党总统候选人在向选民推销时瞄准她的原因是因为他们“害怕”她和拜登会赢。
“这并不新鲜，”哈里斯说。“他们觉得有必要发起攻击，因为他们担心，基于乔·拜登和我以及我们的政府所做的工作，我们会取得胜利。”
在接受哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)“面对国家”(Face the Nation)采访时，一些共和党总统候选人认为，哈里斯像拜登一样受到低支持率的困扰，可能会在第二个任期内担任椭圆形办公室。
其中最厚颜无耻的是前南卡罗莱纳州州长妮基·黑利，他说投票给拜登实质上是投票让哈里斯担任总统，暗示80岁的现任总统不会熬过第二个四年任期(白宫强烈反对)。
西海岸对东海岸
纽瑟姆周日出现在美国全国广播公司(NBC)的“与媒体见面”(Meet the Press)节目中，接受了一次内容广泛的采访，其中包括他对德桑蒂斯的最新嘲讽，德桑蒂斯是他的长期敌人和意识形态陪衬。
决斗的州长们表示，他们计划进行辩论，由福克斯新闻频道的肖恩·哈尼蒂担任主持人，但后勤工作阻碍了会谈。
当被问及拟议中的辩论是否会发生时，纽瑟姆说，“我希望，我们会看到。”
“有可能...待定，”他说。“计算出时间和日期。有一个场地问题，他们想要成千上万的人，让它成为一场表演。对此不感兴趣。我们对此很清楚。所以，我认为我们越来越接近了。”
如果两人对峙，它肯定会在文化战争问题上发生冲突，比如教育和新冠肺炎。但这也标志着一场被视为未来民主党总统候选人的人和当前共和党总统候选人之间的战斗，如果他不能获得2024年的提名，他可能会在2028年再次竞选总统。
2023年5月2日，加州州长加文·纽瑟姆在加州贝弗利山举行的米尔肯研究所全球会议上发表讲话。
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海莉提出了她的理由
在周日巡回秀节目中，海莉在CNN上坚持说，她是共和党人可以对抗拜登的最佳候选人，引用一项民意调查从上周显示她领先总统6个百分点-另一个积极的数据点在第一次共和党初选辩论后的一项调查中显示出她在潜在选民眼中的显著进步。
“我认为大多数美国人都知道我们需要一个新的一代领导人，我们需要把过去的负面影响抛在身后，”哈利在“国情咨文”中说，呼应了她对目前2024年领先者年龄的含蓄批评。
“大多数美国人不想看到(唐纳德·特朗普)和拜登之间的再次较量。这已经很清楚了。大多数美国人认为我们需要更年轻的面孔，更年轻的声音，我们还有一些工作要做，”哈利继续说道。
根据FiveThirtyEight的数据，虽然民调显示她获得了一些动力，但海利在全国范围内仍保持在个位数，而在关键的提前投票州落后特朗普两位数。
哈利承认，她的竞选活动有很大的空间来赶上前总统。
“我们才刚刚开始。辩论季拉开了初选的序幕。...在一月份(投票开始)到来之前，我们还有很多事情要做。我将努力赢得每一个人的选票，无论是爱荷华州，无论是新罕布什尔州、南卡罗来纳州、内华达州还是全国各地。
斯科特调侃介绍
共和党总统初选的另一位候选人南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特周六表示，他将很快介绍他生命中的一个重要人物——他的女朋友。
从未结过婚的斯科特对有关他个人生活的闲聊置之不理在最近的一篇文章中例如，通过网站Axios。
“我有一个很棒的女朋友，我们的关系很好，”斯科特在福克斯新闻频道上说。“好消息是上帝赐予我一个聪明的基督徒女人。这是好消息，但更重要的是，为什么会有头条新闻?头条新闻在那里，因为随着我在民调中的上升，随着人们晚上出现在我的市政厅，这甚至让我的对手感到害怕。”
他说公众会在“某个时候”见到他的女朋友。
Harris calls critics 'scared,' Tim Scott says he'll introduce girlfriend and more campaign trail tidbits
Vice President Kamala Harris is responding to attacks from Republicans, casting barbs against her as evidence of what she called the GOP's fear of running against President Joe Biden next year.
Meanwhile, her California colleague Gov. Gavin Newsom egged on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over a debate they've been teasing -- but which hasn't yet come to fruition -- while DeSantis runs in the Republican primary.
That and more tidbits from the campaign trail, below.
Harris shakes it off
Harris on Sunday said the reason Republican presidential candidates are zeroing in on her in their pitches to voters is because they are "scared" that she and Biden will win.
"This is not new," Harris said. "They feel the need to attack because they're scared that we will win based on the merit of the work that Joe Biden and I, and our administration, has done."
The pushback, made during an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation," comes as several GOP presidential hopefuls contend that Harris, who like Biden is plagued by low approval ratings, could assume the Oval Office in a second term.
Among the most brazen has been former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has said a vote for Biden is essentially a vote to have Harris serve as president, suggesting the 80-year-old incumbent won't survive a second four-year term (which the White House vigorously disputes).
West Coast vs. East Coast
Newsom appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday for a wide-ranging interview that included his latest barbs at DeSantis, a longtime foe and ideological foil.
The dueling governors have said they plan on debating, with Fox News' Sean Hannity serving as moderator, but logistics have held up the tete-a-tete.
When asked if the proposed debate will happen, Newsom said, "I hope, we'll see."
"It might ... to be determined," he said. "Figuring out the time and date. There was a venue issue, they wanted thousands of people and make it a performance. Wasn't interested in that. We were pretty clear on that. And so, I think we're getting closer."
Should the two face off, it would surely feature clashes on culture war issues, like education, and COVID-19. But it would also mark a battle between someone viewed as a future Democratic presidential contender and a current GOP presidential candidate who could run for president again in 2028 if he doesn't clinch the 2024 nomination.
Haley makes her case
In her own appearance on the Sunday show circuit, Haley insisted on CNN that she is the best candidate Republicans can put up against Biden,citing a pollfrom last week showing her running 6 points ahead of the president -- another positive data pointafter a survey in the wake of the first GOP primary debateshowed her notably improve in the eyes of likely voters.
"I think the majority of Americans know we need a new generational leader, that we need to leave the negativity of the past behind us," Haley said on "State of the Union," echoing her veiled criticism of the ages of the current 2024 front-runners.
"The majority of Americans don't want to see a rematch between [Donald] Trump and Biden. That's been very clear. And the majority of Americans think that we need to go with younger faces, younger voices, and we have got some work to do," Haley continued.
While polls show her gaining some momentum, Haley remains in the single digits nationally while trailing Trump by double digits in key early voting states, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Haley conceded that her campaign has significant ground to make up to catch the former president.
"We're just getting started. Debate season is what kicks off the primary. ... We have got quite a bit to go before we get to January [when voting begins]. I'm going to work hard to earn every person's vote, whether it's Iowa, whether it's New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada or across this country," she said.
Scott teases an introduction
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, another candidate in the GOP presidential primary, said Saturday that he would soon introduce an important person in his life -- his girlfriend.
Scott, who has never been married, brushed aside chatter about his personal life as highlightedin a recent articleby the website Axios, for example.
"I have a wonderful girlfriend, and we have a wonderful relationship," Scott said on Fox News. "The good news is that God has blessed me with a smart, Christian woman. That's great news, but more importantly is, why are the headlines there? The headlines are there because as I rise in the polls, as people show up at night in my town halls, it scares even my opponents."
He said that the public will meet his girlfriend "at some point."
