Election 2024 reside updates: Michelle Obama rips into ‘predator’ Trump throughout Harris rally in battleground Michigan | EUROtoday

Trump has repeatedly falsely said that Americans have broadly supported the Supreme Court ending Roe v Wade and wished as a substitute to have particular person states decide authorized boundaries for abortion entry.

“Donald Trump still refuses to even acknowledge the pain and suffering he has caused,” the vice chairman mentioned in her remarks in Michigan.

“He insists that ‘everybody wanted Roe V. Wade to be overturned.’ Everybody wanted this? Women are being denied care during miscarriages,” she mentioned. “Some only being treated once they develop sepsis? They didn’t want this.”

Kamala Harris thanked former Republican congressman Fred Upton, who represented Kalamazoo, after his endorsement this week.

He supplied his endorsement “because, as he put it, ours is the team that will bring people together, strengthen our economy, and get things done for the American people.”

More on Upton’s endorsement from The Independent‘s Ariana Baio:

During her remarks in Michigan, Michelle Obama gave a run down of varied widespread however terrifying situations in pregnancies gone incorrect.

“I don’t want to be a downer, y’all, but in many cases, there is no warning, and things go bad very quickly, and when it happens, every second of hesitation or delay can lead to devastating outcomes,” she mentioned.

Adressing the male members of the viewers instantly, she added: “So are you, as men, prepared to look into the eyes of the women and children you love and tell them that you supported this assault on our safety.”

People who withhold their vote as they put Harris to a purity check are making ladies “collateral damage to your rage,” she mentioned. “We are more than baby-making vessels.”

The former First Lady’s speech comes after Harris held a rally targeted on ladies’s reproductive rights in Houston, Texas, together with music famous person Beyonce.

During her remarks in Kalamazoo, Harris was briefly interrupted by chants from an antiwar demonstrator.

“On the topic of Gaza, we must end that war,” she mentioned. “We must the end that war, and bring in the hostages home.”

Earlier she advised reporters that she spoke with President Joe Biden in the present day within the wake of Israel strikes in Iran.

“We maintain the importance of supporting Israel’s right to defend itself. And we are also very adamant that we must see de-escalation in the region going forward, and that will be our focus,” she advised reporters. “This war must end. We must get the hostages out and work toward a two-state solution, and we do believe strongly that as it relates to Lebanon and the region, that part of the strength of our work is the diplomatic work we will do to reach that end.”

On the administration’s Arab allies, she advised the pool: “What I can say is that it is a consensus among leaders in the region, and certainly it is the strong perspective of the United States that there must be the escalation, and not an escalation of activities in that region.”

Obama advised crowds: “If you are a mother who has lost sleep, worrying if your son could be the victim of a nightmare traffic stop gone bad, if you’ve ever been out there marching and weeping for justice, who do you think is going to have your back?

“Is it Donald Trump, who wants to get a full page ad to demonize innocent young black teenagers in New York City, who has had a dream, openly, about his own version of a purge.”

Michelle Obama turned her anger towards Donald Trump, and those who held Kamala Harris to “a higher standard” than her opponent.

“Can someone tell me why we’re holding Kamala to a better commonplace than her opponent?” she mentioned.

“We expect her to be intelligent, articulate, have a clear set of policies, never show too much anger … But for Trump? We expect nothing at all. No understanding of policy, no ability to put together a coherent arguments.”

Trump has “no honor, no decency, no morals,” she added. ”People write off his “childish indecency as “Trump just being Trump.”“Rather than question his horrible behavior, some folks think he’s just funny.”

She added: “I hope you’ll forgive me if I’m a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore Donald Trump’s gross incompetence, while asking Kamala to dazzle us at every turn.

“I hope that you’ll forgive me if I’m a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known slum lord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse.”

Obama says she has a “genuine” fear for “our country,” “our children” and “what is coming our way if we forget the stakes of this election.

“Y’all know I hate politics, however I hate to see of us taken benefit of much more,” she advised rally-goers in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

“I wanted to do everything in my power to remind the country that I love that there’s too much to stand to lose if we get this one wrong.”

Michelle Obama was greeted with screams as she took to the stage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, referring to the town as “Kamala-zoo.”

“We need all of you. Because right now, as you know, this race is close. It’s too close for my liking. And I came out here to Michigan because I am someone who takes her own advice to heart.

“I know that if we want to help this country finally turn the page on the politics of hatred and division, we can’t just sit around and complain. No, we’ve got to do something if we want to usher in the next generation of American leadership.”

Trump was “too scared” to debate Harris a second time, Obama advised supporters. Harris isn’t “ducking” interviews like Trump is, she mentioned.“She’s showing us what a sane, stable leader looks like,” she mentioned. “She’s not losing her train of thought or stumbling over her words … That’s because Kamala Harris a grown up, and lord knows, we need a grown up in the White House.”