PHILADELPHIA — Senator Kamala Harris on Monday night made an impassioned closing pitch earlier than Election Day, casting the race as “essentially
PHILADELPHIA — Senator Kamala Harris on Monday night made an impassioned closing pitch earlier than Election Day, casting the race as “essentially the most consequential election of our lifetimes” as she urged Individuals to end up to the polls.
“Your vote is your voice and your voice is your energy,” she mentioned. “Don’t let anybody ever take your energy from you. Now could be the time to face up. Now could be the time to talk out. And now could be the time to vote and vote like our lives depend upon it as a result of they do.”
Standing outdoors at Residents Financial institution Park, and alternating onstage with the musician John Legend, she addressed a drive-in rally within the final hours earlier than Election Day, reminding listeners of the Democratic ticket’s coverage priorities — from combating the coronavirus to confronting racial injustice — and calling her operating mate, Joseph R. Biden Jr., “a frontrunner of each power and empathy, toughness and humility.”
Her look capped a full day of campaigning throughout Pennsylvania, with Mr. Biden and his spouse, Jill Biden, making stops in western Pennsylvania, and Ms. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, campaigning within the east.
Pennsylvania has emerged as maybe essentially the most crucial battleground state and each presidential campaigns are competing there aggressively.
Pennsylvanians haven’t hit the early vote numbers of a number of different battleground states, in keeping with the U.S. Elections Challenge, and the Biden-Harris ticket made a closing push right here to induce huge Election Day turnout. The Bidens have been throughout the state in Pittsburgh, campaigning at a rally alongside Girl Gaga.
“Let’s vote, and vote with conviction and confidence and hope,” Ms. Harris mentioned. “Let’s elect Joe Biden the subsequent President of the USA.”