Trump, Harris hold Milwaukee rallies Friday: full speeches
MILWAUKEE - Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris rallied in Milwaukee on Friday night as their battleground state push continues with less than a week until Election Day.
Friday's stops come after Trump and Harris crisscrossed several swing states on Wednesday and passed each other in Wisconsin. Harris was in Madison that night for a "When We Vote We Win" rally and concert. Trump spoke in Green Bay with former Packers quarterback Brett Favre, a longtime supporter of Trump and other Republicans.
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Trump has pulled closer to Harris in the latest Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin, released on Wednesday.
Harris (50%) leads Trump (49%) among likely voters in a head-to-head matchup. The results included initially undecided voters who were then asked whom they would vote for if they had to choose. When keeping initially undecided voters as a separate category, Harris holds 48% of likely voters, Trump gets 47%, and 5% are undecided.
In Wisconsin, 1.3 million people have already voted. Four of the past six presidential elections in the state have been decided by less than a point, with 20,000 votes separating the winner from the loser in both 2016 and 2020. In 2000, Al Gore edged George W. Bush in the state by just 5,700 votes.
Trump at Fiserv Forum
With the White House on the line, the former president returned to the site of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
Several speakers, including U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, spoke beforehand. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – who is still on Wisconsin's ballot – introduced Trump.
Supporters of the former president lined up for hours ahead of the event; FOX6 News crews spotted people in line outside the arena at 5 a.m.
Harris at Expo Center
The vice president began to deliver her final push to voters after Trump took the stage roughly six miles away. Harris was in Janesville before heading to Milwaukee.
Performances from GloRilla, The Isley Brothers and more preceded the vice president. Grammy Award-winning rapper Cardi B and Milwaukee resident Adrien Calvert introduced Harris
The campaign said more than 12,000 people attended the rally. FOX6 News saw cars lined up and down the street waiting to get into the fairgrounds.
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Reactions and statements
WisGOP Chairman Brian Schimming
"Lowering inflation, reducing crime, and making rent affordable again are the issues that will decide this election. While Democrats delude themselves into thinking Milwaukeeans care one iota about their latest caravan of Hollywood celebrities, President Trump and Republicans are focusing on the needs of working families."
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson
"Donald Trump calls us a ‘horrible’ city and spends every visit here complaining about his own problems instead of proposing any solutions to make our lives better. That’s not what Milwaukee and Wisconsin are about. While Donald Trump has an enemies list, Vice President Harris has a to-do list for working families. We’re ready to turn the page on Trump and come together to elect Vice President Kamala Harris, who will fight for all of us and chart a hopeful, more optimistic vision for the future."
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley
"Wisconsin has borne the brunt of Kamala Harris’ job-killing economic policies which destroyed thousands of manufacturing jobs. Since Harris took office, the country has lost more manufacturing jobs than it created—46,000 were lost in the last month alone. The hardworking men and women of Wisconsin will vote for President Trump to bring jobs home, put money back in their pockets, and Make America Wealthy Again!"