EAST LANSING, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris used her final Sunday of campaigning to reach out to voters in the critical battleground state of Michigan, speaking at a historically Black church in the morning and holding a rally in the evening.
Harris began her day at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ in Detroit, speaking directly to parishioners there and asked them to vote for their future.
“In just two days we have the power to decide the fate of our nation for generations to come,” Harris said. “We must act. It’s not enough to only pray; not enough to just talk. We must act on the plans He has in store for us, and we must make them real through our works, in our daily choices, in services to our communities, in our democracy.”
Later in the day, the Vice President held a rally on the campus of Michigan State University as screaming supporters welcomed her. Harris used the moment to address Arab Americans, who have protested her rallies in recent days over the Biden administration’s handling of the war in Gaza.
“We are joined today by leaders of the Arab American community, which has deep and proud roots here in Michigan, and I want to say this year has been difficult, given the scale of death and destruction in Gaza,” Harris said.
“It is devastating, and as president, I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza, to bring home the hostages, end the suffering in Gaza, ensure Israel is secure and ensure the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, security and self-determination,” she added.
Michigan is home to 200,000 Arab Americans, who are frustrated that Harris has not done more to help end the war in Gaza. Trump visited Dearborn, Michigan on Friday and promised to end the conflict in the Middle East without saying how.
“I can’t bring myself to vote for Harris or Trump,” Maarvi, a 25-year-old, who has voted for Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 but opted to vote for Jill Stein in 2024. “We’re going to suffer either way, I’m sick of them both.”
Harris, feeling optimistic about Tuesday, told the cheering crowd that the momentum in the race is on her side.
“We have momentum. It is on our side,” Harris said. “Can you feel it?”
Meanwhile, Trump spent Sunday dialing up his violent and threatening rhetoric as he suggested members of the press could be shot and he wouldn’t mind.
“I have this piece of glass here, but all we have really over here is the fake news,” Trump said. “And to get me somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much. I don’t mind that.”
Trump repeatedly mocked media and reporters at the rally and joked a shooting could break out “any minute now.”
“They’re my glass. See? Those people are my glass,” he said, pointing in the direction of the media.
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung defended the comment, saying the former president said “nothing to do with the Media being harmed.”
Cheung also lied and said Trump was suggesting “that the Media was in danger” and that they “should have had a glass protective shield, also.”
