Kamala Harris rallies labor support at a Janesville union hall, first of three Wisconsin stops
JANESVILLE - Vice President Kamala Harris rallied supporters at a small private event Friday afternoon, where she promised support to unions and laborers if handed the nation's highest office.
Harris spoke to a packed room at the IBEW Local 890, where she thanked workers and said her campaign was "about the dignity of work."
With only four days until the presidential election, she said there was still time to "turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump," saying the former president has worked to divide the country.
"That's not who we are," she said. "And nobody understands that better than a union member. As Americans, we all rise or fall together."
Harris and Trump are locked in a dead heat in Wisconsin, according to a Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday. The candidates have been barnstorming the state.
Harris also pledged to not let another Foxconn situation happen in Wisconsin, where promised manufacturing jobs never materialized despite heavy investment from the state.
"He said Wisconsin would soon be home to a manufacturing plant that he called, again, in Donald Trump language, the eighth wonder of the world," she said. "It was yet another empty promise, typical for a person that is all talk, no walk."
Harris says Cheney comments should 'disqualify' Trump
After disembarking from Air Force II in Madison earlier in the day, Harris also offered thoughts on the threats Trump made against Liz Cheney, saying she should have guns "trained on her face."
"This must be disqualifying," she said. "Anyone who wants to be president of the United States who uses that kind of violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president."
She said Cheney, who has appeared with Harris in Wisconsin, is "a true patriot who has shown incredible courage in putting country above party."
She accused of Trump losing focus in the final days of the election.
"His rhetoric has grown more extreme and he is even less focused on the needs and the concerns and the challenges facing the American people," she said. "
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The Trump campaign hit Harris on inflation, a top issue for Americans.
In a statement, Team Trump Wisconsin Communications Director Jacob Fischer said Harris, as a part of the Biden administration, has caused "devastation" in the state.
"Wisconsinites, who are understandably frustrated with the eye-popping prices they have to pay for everything — groceries, housing , and everything in between — are ready for a change. In stark contrast, President Donald J. Trump’s movement to put Americans first resonates with voters, even in deep blue Milwaukee, and is precisely why Wisconsin will flip red for the Trump-Vance ticket
After her stop in Janesville, Harris will visit Appleton and Milwaukee for rallies, while Trump will appear at a Milwaukee rally overlapping with Harris'.
Laura Schulte can be reached at leschulte@jrn.com and on X at @SchulteLaura.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kamala Harris courts union support in Janesville campaign stop
