Sunday shows preview: Trump-Harris showdown heats up

With less than 90 days until the general election, the showdown between Vice President Harris and former President Trump and their campaigns is likely going to be a focus of this week’s Sunday shows.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who was chosen last month as Trump’s running mate, is set to appear on several shows. He will join ABC’s “This Week,” CBS’ “Face the Nation” and CNN’s “State of the Union,” where he will likely talk about the race.

He has criticized Harris’s running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), over this military record. Vance has accused Walz of “stolen valor” amid Republican attacks that he allegedly inflated his rank in retirement and claimed he carried a weapon in war, when he hasn’t served in combat.

Vance is also likely going to speak about the upcoming debates. Walz said this week that he looks forward to debating the Ohio senator and Trump announced he would participate in several debates with Harris next month.

Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley is set to join Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” where he is likely going to talk about the GOP’s convention last month and the countdown to election day.

Whatley previously said it “doesn’t matter” which Democratic candidate Trump faces because any Democratic pick would embrace the same policies of the Biden administration. He will likely speak on the recent enthusiasm for Harris’s campaign, seen through donations, rally attendances and polls.

Two previous Democratic presidential candidates are set to join the shows this week.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will join ABC’s “This Week,” where she will likely discuss Harris’s choice of running mate with her fellow Minnesota lawmaker, Walz.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who was rumored to join Harris on the ticket, is set to appear on CNN’s “State of the Union,” where he will likely continue to defend Harris’s ability to beat Trump and her choice of Walz.

Harris is leading Trump by 4 points in three battleground states, new polling showed. Her campaign has broken donation records and voters have expressed enthusiasm for her and Walz to take on the former president this fall.

Pollster Whit Ayres is set to join NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” where he is expected to break down the latest polling since President Biden bowed out of the race making way for Harris.

Here’s the full list of Sunday show appearances:

ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).

CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Vance; Gov. Laura Kelly (D-Kan.); Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan; former commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. Frank McKenzie.

CNN’s “State of the Union” — Vance; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

“Fox News Sunday” — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.).

NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” — Sen. Markwayne Millin (R-Okla.); Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.); Squared Communications CEO Michael Meehan; pollster Whit Ayres; The Dispatch national correspondent Kevin D. Williamson.

Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” — Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley; Reps. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) and Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.); United Kingdom Reform party leader Nigel Farage; Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate David McCormick.