Vice President Kamala Harris appeared with Lizzo on Saturday in the singer's hometown of Detroit, marking the beginning of in-person voting and lavishing the city with praise after Republican nominee Donald Trump recently disparaged it.
“All the best things were made in Detroit. Coney Dogs, Faygo and Lizzo,” the singer joked to a rally crowd, pointing to herself after listing off the meat-on-a-stick and soda that the city is famous for.
She said it was time to “put some respect on Detroit’s name” noting that the city had revolutionized the auto and music industries and adding that she'd already cast her ballot for Harris since voting early was “a power move.”
Heaps of praise for the Motor City came after Trump, the former president, insulted it during a recent campaign stop. And Harris continued the theme, saying of her campaign, "Like the people of Detroit, we have grit, we have excellence, we have history.”
Arms wide open as she took the stage, Harris let the crowd see she was wearing under her blazer a “Detroit vs. Everybody” T-shirt that the owner of the business that produces them gave her during a previous stop in the city earlier in the week. She also moved around the stage during her speech with a hand-held mic, not using a teleprompter.
More than 1 million Michigan residents have already voted by mail in the Nov 5 election, and Harris predicted that Detroit turnout for early voting would be strong.
“Who is the capital of producing records?" Harris asked when imploring the crowd to set new highs for early voting tallies. "We are going to break some records here in Detroit today.”
She slammed Trump as unstable: “Somebody just needs to watch his rallies, if you’re not really sure how to vote.”
“We’re not going to get these 17 days back. On Election Day, we don’t want to have any regrets," the vice president said.
Lizzo also told the crowd, "Mrs. Commander-in-Chief has a nice ring to it.”
“This is the swing state of all swing states, so every last vote here counts," the singer said. Then, referencing her song of the same title, Lizzo added, “If you ask me if America is ready for its first woman president, I only have one thing to say: “It’s about damn time!”
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement that Harris needed Lizzo “to hide the fact that Michiganders were feeling good under President Trump – real wages were higher, prices were lower, and everyone was better off.”
Talona Johnson, a product manager from Rochester, Michigan, attended Harris rally and said that Harris “and her team are doing the things that are required to make sure that people are informed."
“I believe she’s telling the truth. She’s trying to help the people," said Johnson, who said she planned to vote for Harris and saw women’s rights as her top concern.
"I don’t necessarily agree with everything that she’s put out, but she’s better than the alternative,”
In comments to reporters prior to the rally, Harris said she was in Detroit “to thank all the folks for the work they are doing to help organize and register people to vote, and get them out to vote today. She also called Detroit “a great American city” with “a lot of hard-working folks that have grit and ambition and deserve to be respected.”
The vice president was asked about whether the Biden administration's full-throated support for Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza might hurt her support in Michigan. Dearborn, near Detroit, is the largest city with an Arab majority in the nation.
“It has never been easy," Harris said of Middle East policy. "But that doesn’t mean we give up.”
She will get more star power later Saturday when she holds a rally in Atlanta featuring another wildly popular singer, Usher.
Early voting is also underway in Georgia. More than 1.2 million ballots have been cast, either in person or by mail.
Democrats hope an expansive organizing effort will boost Harris against Trump in the campaign's final weeks.
Associated Press writers Matt Brown in Detroit and Will Weissert and Fatima Hussein in Washington contributed.
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dagon
Trump and the GOP won't give up with their alt-history that Trump trickle down created broad based prosperity.
Corporations, the 1%, those with significant investment saw gains because of the corporate welfare.
Workers saw the usual stagnation.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/president-trump-workers-continue-struggle/
https://theconversation.com/real-pay-data-show-trumps-blue-collar-boom-is-more-of-a-bust-for-us-workers-in-3-charts-131264
Even more than COVID it is the big reason he lost in 2020. But some people have short memories.
Blacklabel
Back to “celebrities” and the Obamas again? She has no “joy” or “vibes” of her own.
when it’s just her, the rally is in a public park,
Blacklabel
Lizzo speaks at Kamala rally in Michigan: "If Kamala wins, the whole country will be like Detroit."
yes that’s why we need to vote Trump.
Toblerone
Losers.
Hawk
What a fun event! Much more exciting than watching some addled geriatric doing the YMCA for forty minutes.
PTownsend
The above shows Harris wants to try to see what can be done, in sharp contrast to her Republican opponent Trump who's claimed China's Xi 'knows he (Trump) is crazy. Trump wants his supporters to know that he is so deranged that his fellow pro-totalitarians view him as unstable. Trump's mental/physical/emotional decline is rapidly accelerating, he's a danger to the planet, as are his base in the US and abroad.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-china-respects-him-160319263.html
ulysses
Yes sir, donald is so relaxed at his rallies, he even takes a nap!!
And Donald’s rallies struggle to get people to come in and the ones that come leave early.
ulysses
Yes sir, why does Lizzo speak, she should sing!!
That is the logic of a billionaire sir, no more proof needed!!!
TaiwanIsNotChina
I bet many Asians would kill for the dirt cheap apartments and wide open roads found in Detroit.
bass4funk
Like what? More government entitlements,
Yes, that’s what makes them nervous about a Trump presidency, the guy can be crazy and unpredictable.
Who for example?
So this is the Dems last ditch effort to try and convince people that Trump is unstable, good luck with that.
And that’s what you need to to give your adversary pause, strength and unpredictability, we don’t need a soft, indecisive and weak President with faltering cognitive abilities who people laugh at.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/betting-odds/2024/president
ulysses
Sir, donald was President 4 years ago, now he’s just an old criminal waiting to go to prison!!!
Thank you sir, though donald does a very good job of showing he is old and unstable!!
I couldn’t agree more Sie, we don’t need donald!! Glad you saw the light!!!
Peter Neil
BlacklabelToday 07:18 am JST
the country voted him in once before. that was enough. clinton was a horrible choice.
and have jd vance, the most disliked vp pick in history in line? woah.
trump is running to stay out of prison. he doesn’t care about anything else.
dementia don (the family history of alzheimer's is rearing its head now) needs to go away after the election and put his affairs in order. the clock is ticking.
he knows when he loses and the classified documents case returns, it’s over for him.
all the money in the world won’t matter when the prison door slams shut. even a minimum sentence will be a life sentence for an old man.
no golf, no mcdonald’s, no people sucking up to him, nothing but a 6x8 cell. he can call in to fox and friends from the pay phone.
ulysses
Yes sir, donald is beautiful, just look at him, the make up helps too!!!
NOMINATION
....2 decades ago.
Ah_so
Let's hope it doesn't, because California essentially subsidizes those red states that rely heavily on Federal funding. If the Californian money dried up, those states would go bust.
lincolnman
Harris - strong, confident, positive...
Trump - weak, hiding, bumbling...
Reference the comment about Trump's make-up, that's one thing in addition to the mental collapse I've noticed lately - he's much less careful applying his bronzer. He forgets his ears so he has these two bright white ears that stand out from his orange face...
It's just one more example of his deepening dementia...and his "exhaustion"...
Get Grandpa back to the "home"....quick...before he face-plants...
ulysses
Very true sir, don’t the libs know donald cannot run, he can waddle at best!!!
Yes sir, gamblers are the smartest of them all, ask donald they bankrupted his casino
Mic drop moment sir
What does it say sir!!!
bass4funk
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/502321-no-blue-states-do-not-bailout-red-states/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2872916/red-states-outstrip-blue-in-economic-recovery/
lincolnman
I think you mean "Chachi" - and it's more like four decades ago...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/shortcuts/2016/jul/18/donald-trump-scott-baio-republican-convention
ulysses
Sir it says donald is bankrupt, is that true??????
Sir it says Florida is in deep trouble, is that true??????
Some dude
Derrick May, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson are from Detroit. That makes Detroit cool.
BTW, did either Harris or Lizzo compare the J6 insurrectionists to Japanese internees during this event?
ulysses
Sir, it says donald will go to prison, is that true?????
ulysses
Sir, you have to be charitable, the libs are not billionaires like you and me!!
My exact sentiment sir, how is the guy VP Harris is running against relevant to the discussion????
Bob Fosse
Will 45 fans disappear next year when he does? Will it be a mass Serranoesque vanishing act or will they stick around for more daily humiliation?
I hope they stick around.
bass4funk
That won’t happen.
MAGA is here to stay.
Most definitely!
bass4funk
Last ditch left Trump euphemism efforts in the hopes people might change their minds and vote for the woman without a single brain thought. Nice try. Lol
Cards fan
Not to be outdone by Harris having Lizzo and Usher, Trump is hosting an event with Antonio Brown. Antonio Brown, of course, is well-known for his frequent brushes with the law, including rape and sexual assault allegations, domestic violence arrests, assault accusations, not paying his child support. He now claims to suffer from CTE.
It's really fitting that a guy with brain damage is out stumping for Trump. lmao
Peter Neil
i’m sick of politicians and celebrities.
why the hell should people wait with baited breath to see who joe rogan, elon musk, mr. beast and tiktok/instagram influencers endorse?
the world has gone mad.
PTownsend
No: Harris has stated she wants to limit the entitlements the richest individuals and biggest corporations have long been given; she wants the middle and working classes to pay less in taxes to support the wealthiest.
Blacklabel
So Lizzio and Usher and Harris are all millionaires, no?
“middle class”
bass4funk
So you are saying, she’s going to punish the very people that are propping her campaign now? You actually think that?!
That would be a first for a Democrat, that would be like Republicans denouncing capitalism at its fundamental core.
ulysses
Sir, billionaires like you and me don’t think that!!!
Sir Republicans are working class, unlike the undocumented cat eating vegan billionaires!,,
bass4funk
Yes, the GOP took back the House.
ulysses
Sir, Your claim about GOP taking back the house in 2020 is as true as all the other claims you have ever made!!
Bingo!!!
bass4funk
Yes
lincolnman
And the latest, and perhaps most damning example of Trump's crashing campaign;
"Donald Trump begrudgingly said Friday he’d consider bringing GOP primary rival Nikki Haley on the campaign trail to help him win over skeptical female voters. “I’ll do what I have to do,” Trump said on Fox & Friends when asked if he ask Haley to campaign for him."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/haley-may-rescue-trump-who-swears-hes-not-exhausted/
So after dissing and insulting Haley (and her husband), Trump is now so desperate he is willing to bring her back in a failing attempt to stem his mental-glitch filled, cratering campaign...
The stench of defeat is all over MAGA-world....
bass4funk
Hillary outspent Trump 2 to 1 and how did that work out for her?
burgers and beers
Betting markets latest - they now have Trump at 61% and Harris at 39%. Dems campaign seems to be imploding , why?
Blacklabel
But but Elon Musk is manipulating the betting markets! Reeeeee!
well maybe your team shouldn’t have pushed Elon off your team like you did Joe.
we love having Elon on our side now.
ulysses
Sir, I resent you implying donald is poor.
He might be bankrupt, disgraced and headed to prison, but he is not poor as long as billionaires like you back him!!!
ulysses
Yes sir, but who is Reeeeeeee?
Yes sir, the mistake they made in pushing a racist away!
Mee too Sie, billionaires for Elon!!!
Zaphod
I would prefer to take advice from RFK and Tulsi Gabbard, rather than Lizzo...
Blacklabel
Now Elon is a “racist”?
your team is struggling for a winning narrative.
ulysses
No sir, he’s always been one!!!
Yes sir, billionaires like you definitely know what winning is!!!
lincolnman
Hilarious is watching Trump supporters eat their own words about Nikki Haley....LMAO...
MAGA-world is rotting from within...just like Trump's brain...and our MAGA-friends here are proving it with every failed post...
bass4funk
Not at all, she's just another establishment Washington political hack.
Yeah, keep trying as Harris's numbers continue to plummet, Nero.
Cards fan
So does fellow CTE patient Antonio Brown. lmao These brain damaged fellas know a winner when they see one.
Peter Neil
more dementia don insanity today.
he rambled on about arnold palmer because he was from pennsylvania.
trump explained that when palmer was in the shower, other golf pros were amazed at the size of his genitals.
(note for moderators: i am repeating what trump said and not being vulgar. trump is the vulgar one. thank you)
how presidential.
dagon
MAGA projection of all their fantasies and critiques is crazy.
Trump has Diddy covered.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fact-check-trump-once-called-212200816.html
lincolnman
Who Trump is now begging to help him....you're behind on your MTP - MAGA Talking Points....Nikki is now a MAGA-hero and savior....Trump loves her....LMAO...
Who is "Nero"?????? A friend of Hannibal Lector?
Gene Hennigh
It seems that the election will be very close. All this "the libs are dead" and "the MAGAs are betting on a loser" talk doesn't mean a thing.
However, if Mr. Trump wins there will be a peaceful exchange of power. If Ms. Harris wins, there will be a peaceful civil war and people will die.
Bob Fosse
Huh?
lincolnman
Best meme of the day...
"Who is the real "enemy within"?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-democrats-enemies-within-rcna175628
"The Alzheimer's plaque eating away within Trump's brain"....