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Harris tells Nevada: ‘Make no mistake – we will win’
“Make no mistake: we will win,” she says.
“It is time for a new generation of leadership in America,” says Harris. “And I am ready to offer that leadership.”
Harris, who recently turned 60, is a generation younger than Donald Trump, her opponent, who is 78, and Joe Biden, 81, who she replaced on the Democratic ticket.
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Harris: ‘We’re here because we’re fighting for a democracy’
Harris says forcefully, and with seriousness: “We’re here because we’re fighting for a democracy!”
She gets huge cheers.
Then she appears to be heckled, though I could not make it out. She says, “It’s OK. It’s OK. You know what, democracy can be complicated.”
“We’re fighting for the right for people to be heard and not jailed because they speak their mind.”
Harris talks about her plans for small business owners, and asks any small business owners to make some noise: there is a lot of enthusiastic noise in response.
From the pool report at the event:
Motorcade stopped at 5pm and pool was ushered into a packed Reno Expo Center, an indoor arena with tiered seating and with crowds standing in the middle, in front of the VP’s lectern. There’s a large red sign saying Reno Votes Harris-Walz with two large US flags above one tier and a blue one saying When We Vote We Win. Uplifting music is booming – the crowd waved their signs in time to Katy Perry’s ‘Firework.’
At 5.21pm VP Harris emerged from behind a curtain in a doorway beneath a large sign saying ‘Reno Votes’, and walked 50 yards or so along a runway to the lectern.
Harris tells Nevada: ‘Make no mistake – we will win’
“Make no mistake: we will win,” she says.
“It is time for a new generation of leadership in America,” says Harris. “And I am ready to offer that leadership.”
Harris, who recently turned 60, is a generation younger than Donald Trump, her opponent, who is 78, and Joe Biden, 81, who she replaced on the Democratic ticket.
Harris starts by saying: “Happy Nevada day!”
“We need you to vote, Nevada: you are going to make the difference in the outcome of this election and I thank you, I thank you.”
Harris has taken to the stage now in Reno, Nevada. She and Trump are tied in the state according to the latest polling:
Kamala Harris’s event in Reno, Nevada has started. She is not yet on stage.
Trump is still speaking in Nevada:
Speaking at a rally in Arizona earlier on Thursday, Kamala Harris said Donald Trump doesn’t believe women should “make decisions over their own bodies”.
Harris made the comment after Trump’s appearance in Wisconsin, when he declared he would protect them “whether the women like it or not”. Harris said: “There’s a saying that you gotta listen to people when they tell you who they are. He does not believe women should have the agency and authority to make decisions about their own bodies.”
Stormy Daniels honored at witches’ ceremony in Salem, Massachusetts
Anna Betts
Practising witches from around the world gathered in Salem by the hundreds on Thursday night to honour Stormy Daniels at their annual “magic circle” ceremony recognizing loved ones who have died.
Daniels – the adult film actor who allegedly had an affair with Donald Trump and was at the center of his May criminal trial that led to the former president’s conviction on 34 felonies – was chosen to be honored in the Halloween ceremony as the organisers believe that she has been the victim of a modern-day witch-hunt.
The event, which started at 5pm at Salem Common in Salem, Massachusetts, was part of the Festival of the Dead, an annual event series exploring “death’s macabre customs, heretical histories and strange rituals”.
The magic circle ceremony is intended to be a time to “renew connections, mourn those you miss and to celebrate all that these cherished souls brought to your life”, according to the event details: