While the two candidates have been crisscrossing the swing states for weeks, this is the first time they are literally crossing paths, with each of them holding events in the suburbs north of Detroit.
DETROIT/OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – With 17 days left until voting ends in the 2024 presidential election in a race that could not be closer, Donald Trump and Vice President Harris campaigned in a state where they emphasized the future of American manufacturing – and denigrated each others’ fitness for office.
While the two candidates have been crisscrossing the swing states for weeks, this is the first time they are literally crossing paths, with each of them holding events in the suburbs north of Detroit. Early voting in Michigan, one of seven swing states that are pivotal to the two candidates‘ path to the White House, begins Saturday.
At a rally on the banks of a river in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday afternoon, Harris said that Trump “makes big promises and he always fails to deliver.” Grand Rapids is the seat of Kent County, home to former Republican President Gerald Ford and a traditional Republican stronghold that Democrats managed to win last cycle. The community is seen as a bellwether for the state.
“Remember he said he was the only one, you know how he talks, the only one who could bring back America’s manufacturing jobs?” Harris said. “Then America lost almost 200,000 American manufacturing jobs when he was president – facts – including tens of thousands of jobs right here in Michigan.
