In a sign of how important Pennsylvania is for both parties, Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump and first lady Jill Biden are all campaigning in the state Saturday. Harris spoke this afternoon at a town hall in Philadelphia hosted by APIAVote, an advocacy group focused on mobilizing Asian American voters.
Watch the event in the player above.
The first speaker at the event was Nina Ahmad, a Muslim woman from Bangladesh, who is the first Asian American elected to Philadelphia City Council.
“Representation looks like having people at the highest levels of government where impactful decisions are made,” she said.
She listed Asian American cabinet members, including the vice president slated to speak shortly, Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su.
“Let’s flex our power, ” Ahmad said.
Harris is the first person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president. Her speech is part of efforts by the campaign to mobilize Asian American voters.
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Andrew Peng, a spokesperson for Harris said the campaign knows the power of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voters and has made historic investments across languages to reach them.
Harris’s speech shows “we won’t take any vote for granted this November,” Peng said.
Ever since President Joe Biden’s dismal debate performance, Democrats have wrestled with whether he should continue on as their presumptive nominee. Biden has vowed to continue in the race.
He’s expected to meet virtually with members of the two largest Democratic caucuses on Capitol Hill as he looks to rebuild momentum for his reelection campaign, even as the number of Democrats calling for him to step aside increases.
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