Harris barnstorming Pennsylvania on final day of campaigning before election

The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena on Oct. 14, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, will spend the last full day of the 2024 campaign in Pennsylvania, the state that will likely determine the outcome of the election with its 19 electoral votes. 

According to the campaign, Harris will start the day at a canvass kickoff event in Scranton. She’ll then deliver remarks at a rally at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, where she will be joined by rapper Fat Joe and singer Frankie Negron, both of whom are of Puerto Rican heritage. Both the Harris campaign and GOP nominee, former President Donald Trump, have tried to court Latino voters, and Allentown is Pennsylvania’s largest city with a majority Latino population.

The Trump campaign is still feeling the backlash after a comedian told racist jokes about Puerto Rico at his Oct. 28 rally at Madison Square Garden.

While campaign surrogates, including second gentleman Doug Emhoff, have campaigned in Allentown, today will be Harris’ first campaign stop there this cycle.

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After Allentown, Harris heads to Pittsburgh, where a previously scheduled rally at Point State Park has been moved to the Carrie Blast Furnaces, after the Secret Service reportedly expressed security concerns. Harris will be joined by Emhoff at the Pittsburgh rally, along with singers Katy Perry and Andra Day and DJ D-Nice. Pittsburgh Public Schools are operating on a half-day schedule and Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh workers will be dismissed at noon Monday, with both Harris and Trump in Pittsburgh this evening. 

In Harrisburg on Monday, Gov. Josh Shapiro and actors Robert DeNiro and Sam Waterston will hold a get out the vote rally in front of the Capitol at 10 a.m.

Harris will wrap up the barnstorm through the Keystone State with a rally in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which will begin close to 11 p.m. Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, The Roots and Oprah Winfrey are all slated to join Harris in Philly.

This is a developing story that will be updated