Former first lady Michelle Obama urges men to support her Kamala Harris’ bid The first female president of the United States warned at a rally in Michigan on Saturday that women’s lives would be at risk if former President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Obama described the assault. About abortion rights It’s a harbinger of dangerous restrictions on women’s health care. Some men may be tempted to vote for Trump out of anger at the slow pace of progress, but “your anger doesn’t exist in a vacuum,” Obama said.
“If we don’t get this election right, as your wives, your daughters, your mothers, as women, we will become collateral damage to your anger,” Obama said. “So are you, as a man, prepared to look the women and children you love in the eyes and tell them that you supported an attack that threatened our safety?”
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The rally in Kalamazoo was Obama’s first campaign appearance since his speech. Democratic National Convention Her remarks were fiery and passionate about their support for Harris.
“She showed in every way that she was ready,” the former first lady said. “The real question is, are we as a country ready for this moment?”
Obama added, “Don’t believe the lie that we don’t know who Kamala is or what she represents. This is a man who understands all of you.”
Obama has campaigned reluctantly for years, but he didn’t hold back Saturday as his speech expanded from the political to the personal. Obama said he fears for the country and struggles to understand why the presidential race remains fierce.
“I couldn’t sleep at night thinking, ‘What on earth is going on?’” she said.
With her voice shaking with emotion, Obama spoke of women’s struggle to understand and care for their bodies, whether it’s their menstrual cycle or menopause. And she talked about the dangers of childbirth. Because a split-second decision can mean the difference between life and death for mother and baby.
“From the core of my being, I ask you to take our lives seriously,” Obama pleaded.
Harris took the stage after Obama and promised the crowd that she would keep their interests in mind, unlike Trump, who she accused of being only interested in herself.
“There is a desire in our country for a president who doesn’t always look in the mirror, but who sees the people who will hold you and fight for you,” she said.
After the rally, Harris went to Trak Houz Bar & Grill with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and drank locally produced beer.
“I want whatever she has,” Harris said.
Politicians chatted and took pictures with people in bars. As they approached the table where the young women were sitting, one of them burst into tears.
Before arriving in Kalamazoo, Harris visited a local doctor’s office in Portage and spoke with health care providers and medical students about the impact of abortion restrictions. One of them said patients were coming from other parts of the country that have strict restrictions on abortion, and another said she was worried people would not want to practice in this important field of medicine for fear of government intrusion.
“We are seeing a health care crisis in America that is affecting people of all backgrounds and genders,” Harris told reporters before visiting the hospital.
harris Appearing with Beyonce She campaigned in Houston on Friday and in Atlanta on Thursday alongside former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen.
That’s more celebrity influence than anything Republican presidential candidate Trump has been able to achieve this year. But there’s no guarantee that Harris will be of any help in the close race for the White House. In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost to Trump despite electrifying the crowd with musical performances and Democratic supporters.
Trump dismissed Harris’s attempt to leverage star power for his campaign.
“Kamala went to a dance with Beyonce,” the former president said Friday in Traverse City, Michigan. President Trump held a rally in the Detroit suburb of Novi on Saturday ahead of an event in State College, Pennsylvania.
Saturday marks the first day that early in-person voting is available across Michigan. More than 1.4 million ballots have already been submitted, representing 20% of registered voters.
When Clinton ran against Trump, Michelle Obama inspired the Democratic Party with the slogan, “When they go low, we go high.”
But at this year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, she adopted a more caustic approach. She accused President Trump of “doubling down on ugly, misogynistic and racist lies instead of real ideas and solutions that will actually make people’s lives better.”
While Harris was in Michigan with Obama, President Biden visited the Workers’ International Federation of North America in Pittsburgh. He noted that Harris once walked a picket line with the United Auto Workers. “She’s got the backbone of a ramrod.” Trump has weakened organized labor.
“He sees unions as impeding individual wealth accumulation,” Biden said. “It’s in labor’s interest to defeat Donald Trump more than any other race you’ve been in.”
Biden’s remarks, addressed to a largely male audience, referenced the gender gap that has been a consistent feature of this year’s presidential race.
“I’ll be honest with you, he’s a loser as a man,” Biden said of Trump.
He also said women deserve more opportunities than they have received in the past.
“They can do anything any human being can do, including become President of the United States,” Biden said.
