Celebrities gathered in Mt. Airy over the weekend to stump for Vice President Kamala Harris, continuing the focus on Pennsylvania as a critical swing state in the close race for the White House.
Actors Kerry Washington, Bryan Tyree Henry and Tessa Thompson joined Mayor Cherelle Parker Saturday in front of a colorful mural that depicts the word “Kamala” on a building near the corner of Stenton and Mt. Airy avenues. Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton, State Rep. Morgan Cephas and State Sen. Sharif Street were also at the press conference.
The group was …
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Celebrities gathered in Mt. Airy over the weekend to stump for Vice President Kamala Harris, continuing the focus on Pennsylvania as a critical swing state in the close race for the White House.
Actors Kerry Washington, Bryan Tyree Henry and Tessa Thompson joined Mayor Cherelle Parker Saturday in front of a colorful mural that depicts the word “Kamala” on a building near the corner of Stenton and Mt. Airy avenues. Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton, State Rep. Morgan Cephas and State Sen. Sharif Street were also at the press conference.
The group was also part of a larger event that day when fellow actors including Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio urged voters to mark their ballots for Harris in a press conference along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Harris and her opponent, former President Donald Trump, have been crisscrossing the state in the lead-up to the Nov. 5 presidential election. In Central Pennsylvania on Saturday, Trump led a rally at Penn State in State College in a bid for young voters. The former president discussed immigration and the economy, while earlier in the month, he worked the drive-thru at a Bucks County McDonald’s.
On Sunday, Harris attended a morning service at the Church of Christian Compassion in West Philadelphia, chatted with men in a discussion led by State. Rep. Jordan Harris at Philly Cuts barbershop in the Walnut Hill section of the city and spoke to supporters at Hakim’s Bookstore in West Philadelphia. Harris also chatted with community members at Freddy & Tony’s Puerto Rican restaurant in North Philadelphia, along with Parker and City Councilmember Quetcy Lozada.
Actors Mark Ruffalo and Don Cheadle joined Harris and other supporters for a rally later Sunday at the Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center in Nicetown.
In New York on Sunday, Trump headlined a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden with speakers including Rudy Guiliani, Hulk Hogan and Dr. Phil.
Speakers including comedian Tony Hinchcliffe ignited a platform-spanning controversy with offensive remarks about Harris, Puerto Rico, and the Black, Latino and Jewish communities. The comedian defended his remarks, described by many as racist, by saying that they were jokes.
