PITTSBURGH — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump both visited Pittsburgh to make their final remarks to voters on the eve of Election Day.
The region is pivotal to both campaigns as Pennsylvania is a critical swing state to win the White House.
The latest Emerson College poll shows Trump leading Harris in the Keystone State by one point, but that’s within the margin of error, meaning it’s a toss-up.
Channel 11 is your Election Headquarters. We’ll have the latest Election Day updates on WPXI.com and on-air.
Our Nicole Ford and Rick Earle were at both Trump and Harris’s events on Monday night.
Trump’s speech neared the two-hour mark, while Harris spoke for about 10 minutes.
Trump opened his last speech in Pennsylvania to a crowd of thousands. His first question to the crowd: Were you happy with the last four years? He opened his speech talking about the economy.
Supporters from all over and of all ages welcomed the former president to the Steel City less than 12 hours before the polls open. His push to get the final votes included talks on the economy and his promise to end inflation. He spoke to families about the growing cost of groceries and homeownership stating he would fix what was broken in the last administration. The crowd cheered as he talked about his proposed policy on immigration where he would ban all sanctuary cities and have an automatic death penalty for any migrant who kills an American citizen.
With numerous campaign stops in our region during this election cycle, Trump made mention to his attempted assassination just miles away in Butler as he told Pennsylvanians he “couldn’t complete this fight without them.”
“That brush with death did not stop us, it only made us more determined to finish what we started,” Trump said. “If we win Pennsylvania, we will win the whole thing, it’s very simple.”
Once he wrapped up in Pittsburgh, Trump flew to a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kamala Harris a former prosecutor, delivered her closing argument in the Pittsburgh area. Her appearance clearly shows the importance of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh in this election.
Harris spoke to thousands of people at the historic Carrie blast furnace in Swissvale.
After campaigning in eastern Pennsylvania earlier, Harris arrived in Swissvale to a rousing ovation. She delivered a stirring message to the crowd of more than ten thousand people.
She says there’s a clear difference in this race. She called it a fight for democracy. And she said momentum is on the Democrat’s side. Harris said Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes will play a critical role in the election.
She urged the people of Pittsburgh to get out and vote.
“So Pittsburgh, listen, we got one day left to get this done so now we work to get out the vote,” Harris said.
Harris immediately flew back to Philadelphia for a late-night rally there to end Election Eve.
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