{"id":118148,"date":"2024-10-25T09:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T02:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118148"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:17:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T02:17:51","slug":"harris-and-obama-share-stage-for-first-time-as-big-names-attend-georgia-rally-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118148","title":{"rendered":"Harris and Obama share stage for first time as big names attend Georgia rally | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Vice-president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kamala-harris\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Kamala Harris<\/a> appeared with Barack Obama for the first time on the campaign trail, offering closing arguments targeting Black voters in Atlanta\u2019s eastern suburbs, a vibrant, symbolic part of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cOurs is a fight for the future,\u201d Harris said at the rally in Clarkston. She touched on familiar themes \u2013 reducing the costs of drugs, housing and groceries. \u201cI come from the middle class, and I will never forget where I come from.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"91fddabc-c56e-4967-80e8-4b0c74c76340\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Springsteen calls Trump an \u2018American tyrant\u2019 at Harris\u2019s star-studded rally&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;91fddabc-c56e-4967-80e8-4b0c74c76340&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/24\/bruce-springsteen-trump-american-tyrant-harris-georgia-rally&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Harris said she believes \u201chealthcare should be a right and not just a privilege for those who can afford it\u201d, and said Trump would gut the Affordable Care Act and roll back the $35 cap on insulin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Democratic nominee also reaffirmed her support for abortion rights, referring to the death of Amber Nicole Thurman, a Georgia woman whose death was recently found to be a result of the state\u2019s abortion ban. Harris said: \u201cDonald Trump still refuses to acknowledge the pain and suffering he has caused \u2026 women are being denied care during miscarriages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Pollsters and commentators have suggested that the Harris campaign has been losing support among Black male voters. That assertion does not have much credence among Democratic activists, who say conservatives are exaggerating polling anomalies for political effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI do not believe that significant numbers are going to vote for the likes of Donald Trump,\u201d said the Rev Raphael Warnock, the Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/state-of-georgia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Georgia<\/a> senator, recounting Trump\u2019s history of racial discrimination and public acts of bigotry. He said: \u201cWe are not a monolith. There will be some \u2026 but we know who Donald Trump. We are not confused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Nonetheless, the Harris campaign has more closely targeted its messaging to Black voters in the closing days. Harris has said she rejects the idea that her ethnicity entitles her to Black votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Obama directed his ire at Trump, excoriating him for his failures in the pandemic, his general incompetence and for \u2013 in the words of Trump\u2019s former military staff \u2013 wishing his general officers were more like Hitler\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump\u2019s erratic behavior has \u201cbecome so common that people no longer take it seriously. Just because he acts goofy doesn\u2019t mean his presidency wouldn\u2019t be dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The campaign has turned up the wattage on Black star power in its closing days, bringing actor Samuel L Jackson and directors Spike Lee and Tyler Perry to warm up the crowd.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"edc50bd3-9dc5-41ba-90ed-02ea35582416\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Bruce Springsteen performs on stage.<\/span> Photograph: Kevin Lamarque\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is where I found the American dream for itself,\u201d Perry said, speaking about how Atlanta supported his rise from poverty to success. He spent time in homelessness, trying to scrape enough money to stay in extended stay hotels on Buford Highway, only a few miles from the stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Perry, now a multimillionaire, owns much of the former Fort McPherson, which he noted was once a Confederate army base. \u201cWe are all shapes, sizes and colors. But we are one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Bruce Springsteen also performed an acoustic set of Promised Land, Land of Hopes and Dreams and Dancing in the Dark before Obama and Harris spoke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cDonald Trump is running to be an American tyrant,\u201d Springsteen said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The city of Clarkston has often been called the most diverse square mile in America. As a central location for refugee resettlement, it is common to see women from Iraq wearing an abaya walking to the store next to Nepalese immigrants, while children from Haiti and Somalia buy a Coke at the gas station up the street from James R Hallford Stadium, where the rally filled its 15,000-seat capacity. The Harris campaign said 20,000 people were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cFifty different countries are represented here among the people of this district. Those are hard-working people. They\u2019re our brothers and sisters,\u201d said Congressman Hank Johnson, who represents the city. \u201cThey are who we are. They are part of the fabric of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Though Clarkston has been going through a historic revitalization over the last few years, this area of DeKalb county continues to fight for economic growth. Pockets of first and second-decile poverty surround the city. Memorial Drive, once a thriving business district, is the effective dividing line between north DeKalb county\u2019s thriving multiracial cities and the majority-Black, economically challenged southern half of the county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe demographic of Clarkston matters,\u201d said Jacquelyn Smith, a Clarkston resident at the rally. \u201cI saw little Black girls walking here who will never see something like this again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"6ca023f4-5bc3-4ce3-b805-85245e7b85e3\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Samuel L Jackson at the rally.<\/span> Photograph: Erik S Lesser\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Smith spoke of parking on Robert E Lee Boulevard in Stone Mountain on her way to the rally, named for the Confederate general and memorialized at the Stone Mountain park, the largest Confederate monument remaining in America. She said: \u201cWe have come such a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">About 584,000 Georgians are naturalized citizens, the largest proportionately among the eight swing states. About one in six Georgians in metro Atlanta were born outside the United States. Naturalized citizens tend to have lower voter turnout, and turnout will determine the election in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Early voting has been setting records in Georgia in a historic shift, with almost a third of Georgians having already cast a ballot. Some counties have already crossed the 50% voter turnout threshold. The Harris campaign has sent text messages pointedly asked every supporter in the state to volunteer two hours for door knocking or phone banking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis man is no good bad news and it\u2019s up to us to stop him,\u201d said the senator Jon Ossoff, who, with others, referred to the sacrifices of late, iconic congressman John Lewis as a call to action today. \u201cJohn Lewis bled on that bridge so we could rise to this moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/24\/kamala-harris-obama-georgia\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice-president Kamala Harris appeared with Barack Obama for the first time on the campaign trail, offering closing arguments targeting Black voters in Atlanta\u2019s eastern suburbs, a vibrant, symbolic part of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118148\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}