ANN ARBOR, MI – Vice President Kamala Harris made three stops in key battleground states for the second consecutive day in her campaign against former President Donald Trump as the clock ticked down to Election Day.
The day after campaigning in Philadelphia, the largest city in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the vice president made three stops in Michigan, another battleground state in the Rust Belt.
Both national and battleground state polls show Harris and Trump in a close race within the margin of error, and with eight days left until Election Day, Harris begins a fast-paced final week of campaigning. are.
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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, depart after speaking at a campaign rally at Barnes Park on Monday, October 28, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. . (AP Photo/Paul Sancia)
The vice president teamed up with his running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, for his first large rally in two months, speaking to a crowd of about 21,000 people on a crisp fall night, according to his campaign. . .
On the eve of what is being touted as her closing argument in a speech in the nation's capital, Harris gave a preview, saying: “[President Trump]has given us an opportunity to turn the page and chart a new and exciting path forward.” Ta.
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The vice president, who has spent the past few weeks reaching out to Republican voters dissatisfied with President Trump, interrupted his speech Monday night to appeal to the Democratic Party's progressive base.
She emphasized that health insurance “should be a right, not a privilege only for those who can afford it.”
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at Barnes Park on Monday, October 28, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancia)
“I hear about Gaza,” she replied when she was interrupted by demonstrators protesting U.S. support for Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza.
“We all want this war to end as quickly as possible and the hostages to be rescued,” the vice president said. “I will do my best for that.”
The Democratic-dominated city of Ann Abor, which is also home to Michigan's flagship state university, has also seen a number of protests over the war in Gaza.
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Speaking before Harris, Walz spoke passionately about gun violence, emphasizing that freedom includes “the freedom to send your kids to school without getting shot in the hallway.”
“I take no responsibility for this. I know guns and I'm a veteran. I'm a hunter. Kamala and I are both gun owners. We know we can uphold the Second Amendment, but we also uphold our first responsibility – protect our children,'' the governor added.
Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally at Barnes Park on Monday, October 28, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Harris will deliver her closing remarks on Tuesday before returning to battleground states on Wednesday via North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
These three states, along with Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, narrowly sealed President Biden's 2020 White House victory over President Trump. Additionally, seven states are likely to decide whether Trump or Harris will win this year.
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Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are also three Rust Belt states that make up the Democratic Party's so-called “blue wall.”
The party held steady control of all three states for a quarter of a century, until Mr. Trump narrowly won them and won the White House in the 2016 election.
Four years later, in 2020, Biden defeated Trump by narrowly winning three states and returning them to the Democratic column.
Democratic and Republican presidential candidates and their running mates have visited the three states repeatedly this summer and fall.
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