Trump and Harris hitting battleground states even as Sunday’s attack continues to roil the race

WASHINGTON — The presidential election campaign resumed on Tuesday, with Donald Trump on the way to Michigan and vice president Kamala Harris answering questions at a forum for black journalists in Pennsylvania — as authorities continue to investigate a second case apparent assassination attempt against Trump who has thrown the race into turmoil.

Trump will hold a town hall in Flint, Michigan, and will be seen in New York, Washington and North Carolina later in the week. Harris will attend a rally in Philadelphia of the National Association of Black JournalistsShe skipped the group’s recent meeting in Chicago, but an openly hostile appearance by Trump there caused a stir when he Vice President’s racial identity questioned.

Harris has her own stops in Washington, as well as Michigan and Wisconsin, planned for the coming days, with both parties targeting the industrial Midwest and Pennsylvania and North Carolina — all battleground states that could sway what is expected to be a close election.

Trump has claimed, without evidence, that Harris and the president criticized him for months. Joe Bideninspired the final attackThat’s despite the former president’s own long history of inflammatory campaign rhetoric and advocacy the imprisonment or prosecution of his political enemies.

Both Biden and Harris have so far avoided politics in their response to the attack. Harris has condemned political violence, while Biden has called on Congress to increase funding for the Secret Service.

Authorities say Ryan Wesley Routh camped out for nearly 12 hours outside the West Palm Beach golf course where Trump played Sunday with food and a gun, but fled without firing a shot when a Secret Service agent spotted him and opened fire.

After Routh was arrested, previous online posts by him indicate that the suspect has not been consistent in his political preferences, such as supporting Democrats or Republicans.

That attack came just two months after Trump was injured at a meeting in PennsylvaniaIn fundraising emails, he implored his supporters, “Don’t be afraid.” During an interview on the social media platform X, Trump said told about his experience on Sundayand said he was golfing with a friend and heard “probably four or five” shots in the air.