Authorities are still investigating after the Trump for President 2024 campaign office in Virginia was broken into on Sunday.
Police in Loudoun County, Virginia, say that someone broke into Trump’s campaign office in Ashburn, Virginia. The office is in the 20000 block of Ashbrook Place and is also the main office for the Virginia 10th District Republican Committee.
Around 9 p.m. Sunday, the sheriff’s office was told about the break-in, and officers were sent to the scene.
The suspect is a white adult man wearing dark clothes, a dark hat, and a backpack, according to the sheriff’s office. The suspect was caught on video surveillance, Fox News reported.
“It is rare to have the office of any political campaign or party broken into,” Sheriff Mike Chapman said. “We are determined to identify the suspect, investigate why it happened, and determine what may have been taken as well as what may have been left behind.
The sheriff’s office said no suspects have been arrested as of Monday night.
“We have not identified or located the individual in the photos and would appreciate any help from the public,” a spokesperson said.
This comes as two national polls revealed that Trump is regaining momentum from Vice President Kamala Harris, a shift from last week’s polls that showed the race as essentially deadlocked.
Surveys from CNBC and Rasmussen show Trump with leads over Harris of 2% and 5%, respectively.
CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey indicates Trump leading Harris 48% to 46%, with a significant boost in approval for his handling of the economy, where voters favor him by more than a 2-to-1 margin.
Additionally, the results remain largely consistent with CNBC’s July poll, which showed Trump leading Biden 45% to 43%, suggesting that Harris’s new challenge has not diminished his support among swing voters.
The Rasmussen survey also indicates that Trump is maintaining steady support in a direct matchup. However, when independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is included on the ballot, Trump’s support rises by 3% since July to 49%, while Harris and RFK each see a decline of 1% and 2%, respectively. With a margin of error of +/- 2%, President Trump holds a substantial lead in the large survey.
“It is less now a referendum on Trump than it is a head-to-head competition between the two candidates,” said Micah Roberts, partner at the Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies who helped conduct the CNBC survey.
In the eyes of voters, Jay Campbell, partner at Hart Research and Democratic pollster, firmly believes that Harris is making up for her boss’s shortcomings.
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“She’s still carrying a lot of water for the administration,” Campbell said. “She has to answer for that and define herself independently…That’s a lot of baggage to carry when you’ve got a compressed time frame against a mature campaign on Trump’s side.”
The economy continues to be a top concern for voters, alongside immigration, both of which are areas where President Trump holds significant leads.
A large majority of Americans believe their financial situation would improve under a second Trump administration.
Additionally, Harris faces a challenge within her party, as only 48% of Democrats think she would be a better economic steward, while 42% believe it would make no difference.
