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Vice-president is hosting a get-out-the-vote event in Detroit for the city’s first day of early voting, alongside Michigan-born rapper Lizzo
Good morning, and welcome to our continuing coverage of the run-up to the US election. We sit just 16 days from election day.
Today, Kamala Harris is hosting a get-out-the-vote event in Detroit, Michigan, for the city’s first day of early voting, alongside Michigan-born rapper Lizzo.
Harris questions whether Trump is “fit to do the job” of president again. She used a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday to seize on reports that Donald Trump had been canceling media interviews to question whether he has the stamina for a second presidency if voters choose him over her in November’s election.
In the past week, Trump has gone further than ever in branding his political opponents “the enemy within” and talking about deploying the military against them. The latest polling figures seem to mirror such sharply polarised rhetoric, with the seven crucial swing states almost split down the middle in allegiance.
Harris announced this week that if elected president, she would fully legalize adult recreational cannabis on the federal level – the first time a presidential nominee has taken such an unambiguous stance on ending cannabis prohibition. The pledge sets Harris apart from both her opponent and her predecessor. While Trump and Biden now support some level of cannabis legalization, Harris is the first to explicitly state that ending prohibition is a priority.
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