MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WOOD) — Former President Invoice Clinton visited West Michigan Wednesday, making a number of stops to marketing campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.
For his first West Michigan cease of the day, Clinton provided remarks in Muskegon Heights Wednesday morning. He was then certain for South Haven, the place a canvass launch was set for the early afternoon. After that, he was set to take part in a group dialog in Benton Harbor.
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‘GO OUT THERE AND WIN THIS ELECTION’
In Muskegon Heights, Clinton spoke on the Souls to the Polls breakfast.
“I’m so happy to be here,” he stated. “I will never get tired of thanking Michigan for voting for me twice.”
Under, see Clinton’s full remarks in Muskegon Heights.
He labored to make the case for Harris, indicating that she would take into account enter from extra numerous teams.
“We need other people who have different life experiences, who have different areas of knowledge. We need that,” Clinton stated. “And that’s one reason I believe Kamala Harris will be a better president than Donald Trump.”
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Clinton stated Harris’ financial plan was “better” than that of former President Donald Trump. He blamed excessive grocery costs on large chains and stated that Harris would tackle worth gouging on the federal degree.
“So we’re going to have a national price gouging law,” Clinton stated. “And the Justice Department can monitor this every week, they can see what’s happening so that you don’t pay more than you have to pay and we get the benefit of the prices going down.”
He additionally mentioned the battle within the Center East.
“When I read that people in Michigan are thinking about not voting because they’re mad at the Biden administration for honoring his historic obligation to try to keep Israel from being destroyed, I think that’s a mistake. … I think we still have to find a way to share the future. We cannot kill our way out of conflicts. But we do have to fight our way to safety,” Clinton stated. “Kamala Harris has said that she will try to negotiate an end to the violence, an end to the killing, and a new peace process.”
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The previous president ended his remarks by encouraging Michigan residents to vote.
“Go out there and win this election,” he stated. “I’m telling you, you will be proud of yourself for the rest of your days if we win this election and Michigan leads the way.”
Clinton was joined in Muskegon Heights by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Grand Rapids.
As he traveled down the lakeshore, Clinton then spoke to a crowd in a font yard in South Haven Wednesday afternoon. He known as Harris a “problem solver” who will work to enhance the financial system and decrease the price of housing.
“This choice between Trump and Harris has a lot of practical consequences,” he stated.
“If you think you hire people to do their best, to solve problems or make them better and give us something else to worry about tomorrow, you’ve got to vote for Kamala Harris,” he added later.
Under, see Clinton’s full remarks in South Haven.
He went on to say that Harris’ working mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will probably be “a fine vice president.”
“He reminds me of home,” Clinton stated of Walz. “He reminds me of the coaches and teachers I had when I was a boy growing up, going to public school, who never quite had enough money to buy good clothes or do things, but boy, they were smart as whips and knew what they were saying. It ought to make you feel better about (Harris) that she picked him.”
VOTING UNDERWAY IN MICHIGAN
It is a tight race in Michigan, the place Harris and Trump are tied, in line with a survey carried out by Emerson School Polling, The Hill and WOOD TV8 and launched Oct. 10. Forty-nine % of Michigan voters stated they supposed to vote for Harris and 49% for Trump, the ballot confirmed.
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In the meantime, voting is nicely underway throughout the state. As of Wednesday morning, almost 1.7 million absentee ballots have been returned and greater than 500,000 ballots have been solid throughout early in-person voting statewide, in line with the Michigan Voting Dashboard. In whole, just below 2.2 million voters have already participated — that is 30.3% of Michigan’s energetic registered voters.
Early in-person voting continues by way of Sunday. You will discover your early in-person voting location right here.
“We’ve got a few days. We can’t get there without Michigan,” Clinton stated in South Haven. “America needs Michigan.”
