With less than 24 hours until the polls open, leading surrogates are trying to woo voters in the Harrisburg area.
About 200 people came to meet Governor Josh Shapiro, as well as Hollywood stars: Robert De Niro, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston.
Their message: Vote blue and reject the ticket.
“We must take the final step and elect Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats up and down the ballot,” De Niro said.
Eugene DePasquale, the Democratic candidate for state attorney general, made his case, telling supporters he would protect reproductive rights and also told voters about his wife’s experience with an ectopic pregnancy.
“This procedure is currently illegal in five states,” he said. “Women are fleeing these states. They come to Pennsylvania and other states for this reason.”
When asked why people should care what a celebrity thinks about a candidate to star on “The West Wing,” Martin Sheen replied that their careers are acting, but activism is what they “do to stay alive.”
“I’m often asked how I managed to put the two together, but it was actually something unconscious,” he said. “It was a more natural progression.”
Politicians and celebrities urged people to vote for Harris and DePasquale, but also for Sen. Bob Casey (R-Pa.), Rep. Patty Kim (R-Pa.) for state Senate and Janelle Stelson for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ 10th congressional district, where MP Scott Perry currently sits.
There has been a lot of criticism of Trump and the rhetoric he spreads, some say authoritative.
In December he said he would be a dictator “day one”. On Sunday, he said he wouldn’t mind “if someone shoots “via fake news.”.’”
De Niro called Donald Trump a threat to the Constitution, citing recent comments by former Trump chief of staff John Kelly.
“Trump said he wanted generals to be like Hitler,” he said. “He wanted generals to be like Hitler. This is crazy. I mean seriously, even Dick Cheney, the architect of the disastrous war in Iraq, recognized the danger of another Trump presidency.”
Shapiro, who was Harris’ running mate, said voters have the power to preserve the freedoms and values established by the country and the nation’s founders.
“In Philadelphia, where we declared our independence from the King 248 years ago,” he said. “We are not going back to the king.”
Polling stations open on Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. Absentee ballots must be returned to your local elections office by Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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