Democratic 'blue wall' senators backing away from Kamala Harris

Democratic senators from 'blue wall' states are moving away from Kamala Harris during the election. It's an attempt to win over some of former President Donald Trump's voters to hold on to their seats.

"And Democratic candidates in those states have been careful about criticizing Trump during the high-stakes debates. They have focused on policy and their own records without taking many — or any — shots against the Republican nominee," reported The Hill who gave an overview of the spin Democrats in these states have had on their policy positions.

There are cases such as Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania who even supported Trump's tariff policies.

In fact, Casey went a step further and his campaign released an ad last week that describes him as an independent and highlights how he opposed the Biden-Harris administration to protect fracking and sided with Trump to end the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin from Wisconsin did not mention either Joe Biden or Kamala Harris during her only appearance in Friday's debate. Instead, she mentioned President Trump while her Republican challenger, Eric Hovde, tried to link her to the Democratic administration.

In addition, Baldwin ran an ad nine months ago highlighting her bill signed by Donald Trump to require domestic infrastructure projects to use U.S., not Chinese, steel.

"Tammy Baldwin got President Trump to sign her Made in America bill, then she got President Biden to make it permanent" the video said.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) criticized Casey and Baldwin for trying to reach out to Trump after repeatedly having differences with him in Washington.

"These Senate Democrats all voted to impeach President Trump twice, so it is surprising that they are now running ads praising his work as President. Disingenuousness aside, these are the type of ads you run if you think your nominee for president is going to lose," said NRSC Communications Director Mike Berg.

In Michigan, Democratic Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin has gone so far as to give speeches in which she could be mistaken for a Republican. She also warned donors in a video call earlier this month that she's not very comfortable with where Kamala Harris stands against Donald Trump in the state.

"I’m not feeling my best right now about where we are on Kamala in a place like Michigan right now. We have her underwater in our polling," Slotkin told supporters in a video revealed by The Hill.

The Democratic senators' concerns come at the same time that Kamala Harris' team has expressed fears that Trump will win Michigan or Wisconsin.

According to estimates, Kamala Harris losing Wisconsin or Michigan would mean that even if she wins Pennsylvania she would fall short of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House without winning another battleground state or possibly two.

"There has been a thought that maybe Michigan or Wisconsin will fall off," a senior Harris campaign official told NBC News, who emphasized that their biggest concern is Michigan.

In addition, four other sources also raised concerns about North Carolina. Despite the Democrats maintaining a strong organization and lead in that state, Harris' team is far less optimistic about winning, according to four people familiar with the matter.

"Of all of the seven [states], that one seems to be a little bit slipping away," the Harris campaign official said of North Carolina.