Harris and Oprah unite for Michigan event as she’s labeled ‘tough enough’ by more voters than Trump: Live

John Bowden and Eric Garcia write:

With their opponents mired in a new controversy after Donald Trump’s uninspiring performance at his debate with Kamala Harris, Democrats are taking the opportunity to divide their foes in Washington.

Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump for making sure that the bipartisan border bill didn’t pass.

“Here's what that border security bill would have done. It would have put 1,500 more border agents at the border. Let me tell you, those border agents are working around the clock,” she said. “It would have just been about giving them some support and relief, which is probably why the border agents actually endorsed the bill.”

She added: “It would have allowed us to stem the flow of fentanyl. And I'm looking at people from all over the country here, so I don't need to tell the folks who are watching this what fentanyl has done to families, to kids in our country.”

Kamala Harris took the stage at the Unite for America event, saying “This movement, that is about reminding each other that we have so much more in common than what separates us, is so critically important, and this is about the strength of who we are as Americans.”

She added: “This movement that we're in about, as I like to say, seeing in the face of a stranger, a neighbor.”

Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said, “First of all, this campaign is so inspired by the grassroots organizations that have come together like this, and it is making us stronger as a campaign to work together.”

“We have 47 days left, and you all know the stakes, or you wouldn't be here,” she added. “And while we have this extraordinary growing enthusiasm that the Vice President and Governor Walz are seeing everywhere, we are still in a margin-of-error race. It's tied.”

Khalil Thompson, the founder of “Win With Black Men,” said on Thursday night that “brothers, men who are watching this and enjoying this moment, you have a choice. I choose experience and fortitude over something else. I come from a litany of amazing Black women.”

“We have a chance to do a performance review and give a promotion to the best-qualified candidate to be president United States,” he added.

A star-studded cast is taking part in the ‘Unite for America’ event in Michigan, including Brian Cranston, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Tracee Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts, and Meryl Streep.

Oprah Winfrey introduced the various groups taking part over Zoom, including cat ladies for Kamala, rural Americans for Harris, caregivers for Kamala, train lovers for Harris-Waltz, chefs for Kamala, Republicans for Harris, and Swifties for Kamala.

As she introduced the “Unite for America” event from Michigan, Oprah Winfrey said she was taking part because she cares “deeply about the future of our country, and I know that all of you do too, you care about the future of our country.”