Video of Kamala Harris hugging a crying woman goes online

A video of Vice President Kamala Harris hugging a crying woman on Saturday in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state in this year's presidential election, has been making the rounds on the Internet.

Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, will face former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, for the first time on the ABC News stage Tuesday night. Nerves and excitement will be high that evening as Americans watch the highly anticipated debate in Philadelphia after President Joe Biden's dismal performance in Atlanta in late June when he faced Trump.

In a video posted on X, a former Twitter user Julia Hamelburg shared a video of Harris meeting with locals at a small business in Pittsburg, hugging a woman who begins to cry.

In the video, Harris can be seen hugging the woman and assuring her: “Everything is going to be OK, everything is going to be OK. We are all in this together.”

As of Saturday afternoon, the video had over 1.2 million views and was shared by Kamala HQ on X, where it garnered over 325,000 views.

“Donald Trump could literally never do this. WATCH Kamala Harris step out of debate prep in Pittsburgh to inspire the next generation, chat with voters, thank a teacher, and be a normal, decent human being,” Hamelburg wrote on X when she shared the video.

Newsweek has emailed Harris and Trump's campaign team for comment.

A press release from the Harris campaign team provided further details about this moment.

“During a visit to Penzey's Spices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Vice President Harris paused her debate preparations on Tuesday to meet with young people, teachers, families and community members. In a one-on-one conversation, she reminded a voter that she is fighting this fight with all of them and for all of them. She also thanked a teacher, met with a young consumer advocate and inspired a middle school student to take on a leadership role,” the Harris campaign said.

The moment comes as Harris is on the second day of a five-day work session in Pittsburgh, where she is preparing for Tuesday's presidential debate against Trump.

Harris arrived at the Omni William Penn Hotel early Thursday afternoon when The New York Times reported on Saturday that Harris had been “holed up” in a hotel room in the city for five days to prepare for the debate. While Harris' debate preparation is “highly choreographed,” as the Just To put it another way, Trump's campaign team does not even call it “debate preparation,” but rather “politics time,” during which the former president has held several meetings so far.

Pennsylvania remains a key swing state in this year's election, with both candidates targeting the state. Harris and Biden attended a Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh last week. It was the first time the two have spoken together on the political stage since Biden ended his re-election campaign in July and made Harris the nominee.

Their visit followed an appearance by Trump in the state late last month, when he visited Johnstown, just 75 miles from where he was shot during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. One person was killed and two others injured, while Trump suffered a blow to the ear.

Swing states will play a key role in this year's election, as the Electoral College awards each state a certain number of electoral votes based on population. A presidential candidate must receive 270 electoral votes to win, and winning the national popular vote is no guarantee of success.

According to FiveThirtyEight's poll average, the vice president is 0.7 percentage points ahead of Trump in the state as of Saturday afternoon, with 46.2 percent, while Trump is at 45.5 percent.

Although Harris leads in the polling average, recent polls in Pennsylvania also show the two tied, including the most recent Wick and Emerson College poll from Aug. 25-29, which had the two tied at 48 percent.

Meanwhile, other polls have put Trump ahead, including an Aug. 30 Trafalgar Group poll that puts the former president two percentage points ahead of Harris among likely voters, 47 percent to 45 percent. An Aug. 23 SoCal Strategies poll puts the former president one percentage point ahead of Harris at 48 percent to 47 percent, and an Aug. 21 Fabrizio Ward poll also puts the Republican one percentage point ahead in head-to-head competition.