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    Harris tells Michigan crowd she has momentum in presidential race

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    East Lansing – Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris told thousands of people on the campus of Michigan State University on Sunday evening that her campaign for the White House has “momentum” with two days before Election Day.

    Harris, who is competing for votes with former Republican President Donald Trump, made a series of stops in Michigan on Sunday, starting with an appearance at a black church in northwest Detroit, where she cited the scriptures and spoke about his upbringing in Oakland, California. church, where she and her sister Maya sang in the choir.

    In the evening, she spoke inside MSU’s Jenison Field House, in front of a green and white banner that read “a president for all.” The crowd was energetic and applauded as Harris spoke about protecting women’s freedom to make decisions about their own bodies. The Harris campaign said 6,500 people were in the venue, while about 4,000 more were outside in an overflow area.

    It was the latest in a series of large rallies held by Harris in Michigan as Democrats expressed optimism about early voter turnout in the state. Nearly 3 million people in Michigan had already voted as of Sunday morning, according to the secretary of state’s office.

    “We have momentum,” Harris said in East Lansing. “He’s on our side. Do you feel it? And we have this momentum because our campaign taps into the ambitions, aspirations and dreams of the American people.

    “Because we are optimistic and excited about what we can do together, and because we know it is time for a new generation of leaders in America.”

    Harris is in a tight race to secure Michigan’s 15 electoral votes against Trump. She once described herself as the oppressed in the competition. The Great Lakes State is one of seven battlegrounds expected to determine Tuesday’s election.

    More: Michigan presidential poll shows sharp divide between male and female voters

    In Detroit, Harris told congregants at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ on Schaefer Highway that she was encouraged by the “faith in action” she saw during her cross-country trip and noted that there were only two days left before the country decided “the destiny of our nation.”

    “Growing up in church, I learned that faith is a verb and that we show it in our actions, in our deeds, in our service and in difficult times,” the vice president added.

    Harris said she believes the country is “ready to bend the arc of history toward justice.”

    “Let’s turn the page and write the next chapter of our story,” she said.

    The church’s pastor, Bishop John Drew Sheard, offered the congregation a prayer for Harris while the vice president sat in the pews.

    “In the name of Jesus, give her wisdom…give her what she needs,” the pastor said. “In the name of Jesus we speak of victory. »

    Chaunel Phillips, 51, came from Muskegon to attend Harris’ Sunday rally in East Lansing. Phillips said she opposed Trump this fall because his actions caused women to lose the right to control their own bodies, referring to the Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

    When asked what Harris becoming the first female president would mean to her as a black woman, Phillips said it would fulfill what her own parents told her: A woman can do anything she wants. .

    “It’s possible,” Phillips said. “It’s very important…if I decide to be president, like she is, it could become a reality. She has my vote.”

    ‘Nice to see you’

    Referring to Democratic President Joe Biden’s current term, Victoria LaCivita, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign in Michigan, said Sunday that it was “Harris’s last chance to make Michiganders believe that the last four years have not been an ultimate failure.

    “But Michigan voters know better,” LaCivita added. “Michiganians have had enough, and another rally full of fear-mongering won’t make a difference.”

    Trump traveled to Michigan on Friday, making a stop Dear born and holding a gathering at Macomb Community College in Warren.

    Harris’ trip to Detroit was hijacked Saturday night for an unannounced appearance on NBCSaturday evening live“, where she played herself as the mirror double to comic Maya Rudolph’s portrayal of her. Rudolph first played Harris on the series in 2019.

    “It’s nice to see you Kamala,” Harris told Rudolph, “and I’m just here to remind you that you got this.”

    After the show, Harris flew to Detroit Metropolitan Airport and landed shortly after 1 a.m.

    Harris spoke to reporters Sunday afternoon after speaking at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ.

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    Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at church in Detroit

    Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the Greater Emanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ in Detroit on November 3, 2024.

    Asked for her closing message to Arab Americans in the state, Harris said she was proud to have the support of many Arab leaders and that many issues were important to Michigan voters, including cost-cutting. Some Arab and Muslim voters said they would not support Harris, citing the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war in Gaza against the militant group Hamas. “On Gaza, I have been very clear: the level of mortality among innocent Palestinians is unconscionable,” Harris said. “We must end the war and free the hostages. As President of the United States, I will do everything in my power to achieve this goal and achieve a two-state solution in which Palestinians have the right to self-rule. -determination, security and stability in the region.

    Trump sought to win the votes of Arab Americans in Michigan, amid frustration with Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. During a visit to Dearborn On Friday, Trump said there are people in the United States and the Middle East “who are not doing their job.”

    At the East Lansing rally, Harris opened her speech by talking about the conflict in the Middle East.

    “As president, I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza,” Harris told the crowd.

    More: Harris’ trip to Michigan takes a detour for an appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’

    Early voting in Detroit

    In Detroit, Harris visited Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles, a black-owned restaurant in the Livernois Avenue of Fashion shopping district, just down the street from one of her campaign’s field offices. She was greeted with cheers inside the restaurant and began moving around the dining room, stopping to pose for photos with customers.

    “This is retail politics,” said former U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield, who accompanied Harris. “It’s what puts your finger on the scale and pushes you up.”

    Helene Thornton-Crowley, 80, a campaign volunteer from Detroit, wore a bejeweled Kamala T-shirt when she posed for a photo with Harris inside the restaurant. “She’s beautiful. I love the things she talks about,” she said. “She’s going to take care of everyone, not themselves, and I love that.”

    Later Sunday afternoon, Harris’ campaign caravan headed north to Pontiac, where it visited the Elam Hair Salon on Sanford Street in the city’s southeast. Reporters were not allowed to listen to a discussion between Harris and members of the Elam family. U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, was present at the meeting.

    Harris’ final campaign stop of the day will be an evening rally on the campus of Michigan State University, where large lines formed Sunday afternoon to see Harris speak.

    Motivating students to vote in East Lansing and Ann Arbor could be key to Harris’ hopes of winning Michigan. Additionally, East Lansing is located in the highly contested 7th arrondissementwhere former Sen. Curtis Hertel, a Democrat from East Lansing, and Tom Barrett, a Republican from Charlotte, are vying for an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

    More: Why Michigan State students could play a key role in a mid-Michigan U.S. House race

    Sunday is the last day of the nine-day in-person early voting window in the state of Michigan.

    Under the new early voting law, Detroit chose to start a week early. On Saturday, Detroit recorded 5,859 early in-person votes, more votes than the previous two Saturdays combined, according to data from the municipal elections department.

    The city elections department said 35,970 Detroit voters had cast ballots in person at early voting sites through Saturday. That’s in addition to 86,553 mail-in ballots returned, according to state data.

    “For Detroit, early voting is way ahead of our expectations,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan told the Detroit News during Harris’ stop at Kuzzo’s. “Amazing. We did a smart thing, starting a week early, because it let people know what last week was about.”

    More campaign stops

    Harris was in Michigan last week and held a large gathering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Monday evening.

    Trump will hold his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids Monday night — it’s the third consecutive presidential election he’s held.

    “We have overcome every attack, every abuse and even two assassination attempts,” Trump said Saturday at a rally in Gastonia, North Carolina, near Charlotte. “And now it all comes down to this.”

    Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will attend a campaign rally in Detroit on Monday evening. The event will feature performances by the Detroit Youth Choir, Jon Bon Jovi and The War and Treaty.

    A late October poll of 600 likely Michigan voterscommissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4), found that Harris beat Trump by 3 percentage points, 46.7% to 43.7%, with 7.3% of participants saying they planned to vote for a third party candidate. Another 2.1% say they are undecided.

    The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

    In 2020, Biden beat Trump in Michigan by 154,188 votes, or 3 percentage points, 51%-48%.

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    Associated Press contributed.

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