Harris rallies Pittsburgh to cross the finish line with her: 'Momentum is on our side'
For her second rally of the day, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a crowd of about 15,000 against the backdrop of an old steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Accompanied by Katy Perry’s power vocals, Harris encouraged supporters to utilize their hard-earned momentum to cross the finish line.
“Pittsburgh, this is it. Tomorrow is Election Day. Tomorrow is Election Day, and the momentum is on our side," she said. "Our campaign has tapped into the ambitions, the aspirations and the dreams of the American people, and we know it is time for a new generation of leadership in America, and I am ready to offer that leadership as the next president of the United States.”
She urged the crowd to “turn the page” to chants of “We’re not going back.”
“And we have an opportunity in this election to finally turn the page on a decade of politics driven by fear and division. We are done with that," she said. "We're done. We're done. We're exhausted with it, and Pittsburgh, we are not going back. We're not going back.”
She continued: “Ours is not a fight against something. It is a fight for something. It is a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom, like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own life and not let the government tell her what to do.”
Harris’ fairly brief speech was nearly line-for-line the same as her one in Allentown, Pennsylvania, earlier in the day. Her campaign has said that the speeches are being timed ahead of her next and final stop in Philadelphia.
Harris continued to avoid directly using former President Trump’s name, barely referring to him at all except to acknowledge that voters are ready for a president who doesn’t stew over an “enemies list.”
“We are ready for a president who knows the true measure of a leader is not based on who you beat down, it is based on who you lift up," she said. "And instead of stewing over an enemies list, I will spend every day working on my to-do list. All full of priorities to improve your life.”
-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie