on Saturday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for suggesting that Republicans might cut government subsidies for semiconductor manufacturing as she and Republican Donald Trump embarked on to round up every possible vote in the battleground states that will determine the next president.
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Harris spoke before heading to campaign rallies in Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina. Trump was attending two rallies in North Carolina and one in Salem, Virginia, a state that isnB次元官网网址檛 a battleground, after his late-night rally in Milwaukee.
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President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race this summer when it became clear he could not win, was doing his part for the Democrats, making one last 2024 campaign stop in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
HarrisB次元官网网址 campaign released her closing ad pitch to the American people, a two-minute spot set to air Sunday during NFL games broadcast by CBS and FOX, including the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions. The ad shows some of HarrisB次元官网网址 interactions with people during the campaign and has her looking directly into the camera and addressing voters.
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The legislation has pumped billions of dollars into producing computer chips in the United States, supporting union jobs in battleground states such as Michigan.
The vice presidential nominees and big name supporters also were out in force.
HarrisB次元官网网址 running mate, Tim Walz, and actress Eva Longoria were joining a get-out-the-vote event in Las Vegas before the Minnesota governor flies to Arizona for events in Flagstaff and Tucson. GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance was scheduled to be in Las Vegas and Scottsdale, Arizona, for events with Donald Trump Jr. First lady Jill Biden was campaigning in Georgia and Hillary Clinton was appearing in Tampa, Florida, to back HarrisB次元官网网址 candidacy.
The Trump and Harris planes parked near each other overnight at the Milwaukee airport and the candidates spent the night at hotels just three blocks apart. Before Harris had even left Milwaukee, supporters were lined up for her rally in Atlanta.
Marzella and Darrell Pittman, who found out about the Atlanta rally on Friday, canceled their weekend plans and drove four hours from Alabama to attend.
Marzella thinks Harris will win, but Darrell is nervous because many of the young Black men in his life support Trump and are hesitatant to vote for a woman for president.
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Carol Hicks, who drives around with a stack of Harris signs in her back seat, she said was optimistic because she has B次元官网网址渄ie-hard Republican coworkersB次元官网网址 who voted for Harris because they could not stomach voting for Trump. Some people in her life are undecided because they do not want to vote for a woman, but she tells them B次元官网网址渙nly weak men canB次元官网网址檛 stand a strong woman.
Trump supporters were equally passionate about their candidate.
Nick Chakur, 68, a retired policeman from Center Line, Michigan, who attended a Friday night rally in nearby Warren, said he was cautiously optimistic about TrumpB次元官网网址檚 chances, but said it depends on voter turnout.
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Stephanie Tanzini, 77, wore a bedazzled denim American flag baseball hat to the same rally.
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