Harris wraps campaign with focus on Pennsylvania

Vice President Harris campaigned in Pennsylvania to make a final push on Election Day eve, hoping momentum can help her break ahead in the must-win Keystone State.

Harris on Monday traversed Pennsylvania, which carries the prize of 19 electoral votes and is considered the most critical battleground state to win.

“We need everyone in Pennsylvania to vote because you are going to make the difference in this election,” Harris said on a swing through Allentown.

“Allentown, this is it. Just one more day … left in one of the most consequential elections on our lifetime and momentum is on our side,” she said. “Can you feel it? We have momentum, right?”

Harris also argued momentum was on her side during a rally in Michigan on Sunday night. Her visit to Pennsylvania rounded out her focus on the "blue wall" states after she campaigned in Wisconsin on Friday.

“Pennsylvania, you know me. I am not afraid of tough fights, evidently,” Harris said.

“We are the promise of America, we, everyone here … and I see it, I see it in the fathers and the mothers and the grandparents who work hard every day for the children’s future,” she said, also calling out first time voters in the audience.

The vice president called out the Puerto Rican community in Pennsylvania, which is home to more than 400,000 people born in Puerto Rico or of Puerto Rican descent.

“I stand here proud of my longstanding commitment to Puerto Rico and her people and I will be a president for all Americans,” she said.

Her campaign has highlighted a racist remark by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who spoke at a Trump rally last Sunday in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

Fat Joe spoke before Harris and Elizabeth Strong, a local business owner of Puerto Rican descent, introduced her. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who was considered a front-runner for Harris’s running mate, also spoke at the rally.

A New York Times/Siena College poll of battleground states published Sunday showed former President Trump and Harris were tied in Michigan, as well as in Pennsylvania. Trump has a 0.7 percentage point lead over Harris in Pennsylvania, according to Decision Desk HQ/The Hill’s aggregate polling.