Minnesota Governor and Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz has participated in a roundtable with Black voters in Detroit, Michigan, the first stop on his tour in the battleground state.
He laid out the benefits of increased investment in the Black community to the voters participating in the roundtable at the Westin Book Cadillac hotel in Detroit.
He also listened to their concerns about the campaign’s outreach to Black voters. Walz was joined by Harris campaign Senior Policy Adviser, Brian Nelson.
One member at the table told Walz that they met with a young voter who was concerned about Vice President Kamala Harris’ history as a prosecutor, citing their negative experiences with law enforcement.
Walz suggested Harris’ “opportunity agenda” proposals could increase wealth in the Black community and help mitigate the consequences of law enforcement interactions.
Additionally, he defended the “balance” Harris has adopted between advocating for criminal justice reform and “keeping the communities safe.”
“It starts way before you know that interaction with the criminal justice system. It starts with early childhood, it starts with job opportunities, starts with home ownership. We often talk about that. I said I really appreciate the vice president focusing on those early opportunities and the access to capital.”
Tim Walz
The meeting in Detroit marks the first stop in Walz’s swing through Michigan in the final days before Tuesday’s election.
He will meet with union workers in Taylor, Michigan, before holding rallies in Flint, Michigan, and Traverse City, Michigan, later today, Friday, November 1, 2024.
With four days to go until the US presidential election, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are campaigning in Midwestern swing states.
Both Harris and Trump are holding campaign events in Wisconsin today.
Workers and volunteers for both campaigns are working hard in states across the country to make sure people get out and vote.
New state polling shows a close race in “blue wall” states, with a slight tilt toward Harris in Michigan and Wisconsin and a tie in Pennsylvania, amid a locked race nationwide.
Trump Expected To Declare Victory Early
Meanwhile, Harris’ campaign said that it expects former President Donald Trump to declare victory on Tuesday before the votes are counted. “We fully expect that he will,” a senior campaign official told reporters when asked about that scenario.
The official said that this should be no surprise, because Trump “lies all the time and he wants to sow doubt about a loss that he anticipates is coming.”
Trump “did this before” and “it failed,” the official added, saying the Harris campaign is working toward ensuring that every vote counts “no matter what Trump and his campaign are doing.”
According to the official, the campaign has been assembling its legal team since 2020, including lawyers positioned throughout battleground states who are “already working around the clock to protect our voters and ready to go into court.”
The official asserted that Harris’ team is “ready to address literally anything and everything that the Trump campaign throws at us — so we’re ready for an active post-elect, but whatever they do, we’re ready to hold them accountable.”
Republicans have already started pursuing litigation in battleground states.
A second Harris official slammed a “ridiculous” case in Arizona filed by Trump ally Stephen Miller, accusing the Arizona secretary of state of illegally withholding a list of 218,000 registered voters who did not provide proof of citizenship.
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