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Kamala Harris will be joined by Lizzo and Usher on the campaign trail this weekend as Donald Trump is set to make a campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s Sunday where he will “work the fry cooker.”
Harris and Michigan-born rapper Lizzo will host a get-out-the-vote event in Detroit, and later Saturday afternoon, she will hold a rally in Atlanta with Usher.
Both Harris and Trump held rallies in Michigan on Friday in an effort to secure voters in the key swing state. The latest Emerson College poll shows the two candidates are tied in the key swing state with just over two weeks until Election Day.
Trump spoke in Detroit, where his microphone malfunctioned and he was forced to pace the stage for 18 minutes.
On Sunday, he is expected to stop by a McDonald’s in Philadelphia, where he will work the fry cooker, a source told CNN.
It comes after Trump has repeatedly cast doubts over Harris’s claims that she worked at the fast food chain in the 1980s.
Former President Barack Obama also campaigned on the vice president’s behalf in Tuscon, Arizona. He will continue his support for her with a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
‘Its about damn time’: Lizzo joins Kamala Harris in Michigan
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 20:30
Lizzo calls an early vote ‘a power move’
Lizzo told the crowd at Harris’s rally that she voted early, and encouraged voters to do the same, calling it “a power move.”
“This is the swing state of all swing states,” said. “So every single last vote here counts.”
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 20:15
Harris urges Detroit voters to break early voting records
Harris rallied in Detroit on Saturday, urging residents to turn out early to cast their vote.
“Now, who is the capital of producing records?” Harris asked the attendees with a laugh.
“We are going to break some records here in Detroit today. We are going to do this because we know what is at stake, and we know the power of the people.”
North Carolina and Georgia set new records earlier this week for the number of voters who turned out early.
The vice president donned a “Detroit vs. Everybody” T-shirt and praised the city.
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 19:47
Watch: Lizzo joins Kamala Harris at Michigan rally in final campaign push
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 19:23
Detroit-born Lizzo declares she has voted for Kamala Harris
Lizzo spoke at a rally in Detroit for Kamala Harris, announcing that she has already voted for the VP during early voting.
“I’m so proud to be from Detroit. They say if Kamala Harris wins, the whole country will be like Detroit. Proud like Detroit. Resilient like Detroit. The same Detroit that innovated the auto industry and the music industry. Put some respect on Detroit’s name.”
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 19:14
Harris says Trump is ‘becoming increasingly unstable and unhinged’
Harris spoke to reporters in Detroit on Saturday ahead of a campaign event with Lizzo.
The Vice President said she has spent more time responding to Trump because he’s “becoming increasingly unstable and unhinged, and it requires that response.”
“I think the American people are seeing it … and I think the American people deserve better than someone who actually seems to be unstable.”
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 18:45
Trump campaign in talks with Nikki Haley to join him on trail
Trump’s campaign is in talks with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to have her join him on the trail in the final days of the race, The Bulwark reported.
Details have not been finalized, but there have been talks of a joint appearance at a town hall at the end of the month.
“The gender gap is real,” a source close to Trump told CNN. “Haley attracts a different kind of voter. She gets a lot of positive media coverage and appeals to women who are unsure of Donald Trump.”
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 18:23
ICYMI: Trump set to work the fryer at McDonald’s
Trump can’t stop obsessing over Kamala Harris’s McDonald’s job she had in the 1980s.
So on Sunday, he’s off to work the fryer at the fast food joint in Philadelphia, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 17:46
Lizzo and Usher to join Kamala Harris for last push in Michigan and Georgia
Lizzo and Usher will join Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail as early voting kicks off in Michigan and Georgia this weekend.
It’s a last push for Harris as she battles against Republican nominee Donald Trump in the campaign’s final weeks.
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 17:15
