Harris says US faces a ‘health care crisis’ over abortion. A rally with Michelle Obama is up next

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michelle Obama delivered a searing denunciation of Donald Trump connected Saturday successful Michigan and challenged voters to support Kamala Harris arsenic nan United States’ first female president.

“By each measure, she has demonstrated that she’s ready,” nan erstwhile first woman said. “The existent mobility is, arsenic a country, are we fresh for this moment?”

It was Obama’s first quality connected nan run way since she said astatine nan Democratic National Convention successful Chicago complete nan summer, and her remarks were forceful and passionate, moreover vulnerable.

She said she fears for nan state and struggles to understand why nan statesmanlike title remains close.

“I laic awake astatine nighttime wondering, ‘What successful nan world is going on?’” she said.

Her sound vibrating pinch emotion, Obama warned that Trump’s imaginable return to nan White House would undermine women’s wellness and reproductive freedom.

“I americium asking y’all from nan halfway of my being to return our lives seriously,” she said.

The rally successful Kalamazoo followed Harris’ sojourn to a section doctor’s agency successful Portage to talk pinch wellness attraction providers and aesculapian students astir nan effect of abortion restrictions. One of them said they person patients visiting from different parts of nan state wherever location are strict limitations connected abortion, and different said she’s worried that group won’t want to believe successful important areas of medicine because of fears astir authorities intrusion.

“We are looking astatine a wellness attraction situation successful America that is affecting group of each inheritance and gender,” Harris told reporters earlier visiting nan doctor’s office.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden went to a national hallway successful Pittsburgh to beforehand Harris’ support for organized labor, telling nan assemblage to “follow your gut” and “do what’s right.”

Harris appeared pinch Beyoncé on Friday successful Houston, and she campaigned pinch erstwhile President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen on Thursday successful Atlanta.

It’s a level of personage clout that surpasses thing that Donald Trump, nan Republican nominee, has been capable to marshal this year. But there’s nary guarantee that will thief Harris successful nan adjacent title for nan White House. In 2016, Hillary Clinton mislaid to Trump contempt firing up her crowds pinch philharmonic performances and Democratic allies.

Trump brushed disconnected Harris’ effort to harness prima powerfulness for her campaign.

“Kamala is astatine a creation statement pinch Beyoncé,” nan erstwhile president said Friday successful Traverse City, Michigan. Trump, nan Republican nominee for president, is scheduled to clasp a rally successful Novi, a suburb of Detroit, connected Saturday earlier a later arena successful State College, Pennsylvania.

Saturday is nan first time that early in-person voting became disposable crossed Michigan. More than 1.4 cardinal ballots person already been submitted, representing 20% of registered voters.

When Clinton was moving against Trump, Michelle Obama inspired Democrats pinch nan motto “when they spell low, we spell high.”

But this year, astatine nan Democratic National Convention successful Chicago, she adopted a much biting approach. She accused Trump of “doubling down connected ugly, misogynistic, racist lies arsenic a substitute for existent ideas and solutions that will really make people’s lives better.”

At a run arena successful Pittsburgh, Biden said pinch nan Laborers’ International Union of North America. He mentioned that Harris erstwhile walked a picket statement pinch nan United Auto Workers — “she has a backbone for illustration a ramrod” — while Trump has undermined organized labor.

“He views unions arsenic getting successful nan measurement of nan accumulation of wealthiness for individuals,” Biden said. “It’s successful labor’s liking to conclusion Donald Trump, much than immoderate different title you’ve been in.”

Biden’s remarks to nan mostly antheral assemblage referenced nan gender disagreement that has been a accordant characteristic of this year’s statesmanlike race.

Speaking connected Trump, Biden said, “I’m conscionable gonna opportunity consecutive up, he’s a loser arsenic a man.”

He besides said that women merit much opportunities than they’ve received successful nan past.

“They tin do thing immoderate man tin do, including beryllium president of nan United States of America,” Biden said.

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Madhani reported from Pittsburgh and Megerian reported from Washington.