Texas isn’t a swing state, but both campaigns will visit on Friday. Beyoncé will perform at a Harris rally focused on abortion rights, while popular podcaster Joe Rogan interviews Trump.
Texas is not a swing state that will decide the next president, but stops Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump will make there Friday could have an impact — or so they’re hoping.
The Lonestar State may seem like an unusual stop with less than two weeks until voting closes, although it has a high-profile Senate race featuring incumbent Republican Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Collin Allred. But the messages and the mediums both campaigns have planned highlight the urgency of their closing messages.
Harris plans to focus on Texas’ strict abortion ban at her rally in Houston, as Democrats have spent years hammering Republicans over unpopular crackdowns on reproductive rights — to great success at the ballot box. Trump’s appointment of three conservative justices to the Supreme Court and the subsequent overturning of Roe v. Wade has been a key liability for him.
On the campaign trail, Harris has also featured the stories of several women who say their lives were endangered by abortion bans, including in Texas. A new ad unveiled by her campaign this week features a woman in Texas who was denied care when she had a miscarriage.
