Rowan Bridge
North America correspondent, Washington DC
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Today it’s Cardi B, yesterday it was J-Lo.
Kamala
Harris has been rolling out the celebrity endorsements in the final days of the
campaign. At her rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the rapper and songwriter was one of the key speakers and performers before the vice-president took to the stage.
Cardi B’s a social media juggernaut with more than 250 million follows across her social media platforms. It’s unlikely
her appearance will win over Maga-hatted Trump Republicans. But it will help
energise Harris’s base, and potentially encourage some fans who might not have
thought about voting to bother to.
What was noticeable was that Cardi B
rehearsed many of Harris’s own talking points ahead of her taking to the stage.
Reading off her mobile phone, she laid into Donald Trump’s policies on abortion rights, saying: “No, no. I’m not
taking any chances with my future…and [I’m] taking no chances with the future
of my children”.
On the economy, the rapper said it needed “to get stronger” and added “that the cost
of food and the cost of living is too high”,
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Harris has recently begun putting the economy near the top of her speeches, and that was no different tonight.
“At the top of my list is bringing down the cost of living for you that will be my focus every single day,” Harris said.
The cost of living is a major issue in this election, as households balk at prices that have jumped nearly 20% over four years.
In the final days, she’s making a pitch that she understands ordinary Americans’ economic pain and has a plan to help. If America is listening, we’ll find out soon.
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Publish date : 2024-10-31 23:36:00
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