Michigan,September 20 :
A slew of Hollywood In a heated event in Michigan, A-listers US Vice President Kamala Harris and media tycoon Oprah Winfrey discussed a wide range of topics, including immigration, the economy, reproductive rights, and the fight against gun violence.
"It is so good to be with @Oprah for a town hall to speak directly with Americans about the issues on their minds in this election," Harris wrote on X's website.
Everything is riding on this election, and the most important thing is this: what type of nation do we want to live in? Each of us has the power to answer that question—that's the beauty of a democracy, as long as we can hold on to it," the Democratic presidential contender remarked.
Our campaign is all about expressing our American identity and standing up for fundamental values like liberty, autonomy, and respect.
The studio show that Oprah hosted, "Unite for America," was eerily identical to Winfrey's old talk show set décor.
Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Tracee Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts, and Meryl Streep were among the 400 people in attendance or who joined online for the event, which was also webcast live.
Guests on the show spoke with voters in person about reproductive rights, school shootings, and other pressing concerns.
Talking about ways to reduce gun violence “I think for far too long on the issue of gun violence, some people have been pushing a really false choice to say you're either in favour of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone's guns away,” Harris said. Abolition of assault weapons, universal background checks, and "red flag" legislation are all causes that Harris supports. She also defends the Second Amendment.
"If somebody breaks into my house, they're getting shot," Harris remarked in response to Winfrey's inquiry regarding her gun ownership, something the vice president has openly admitted to. It is likely that my statement was inappropriate. Someone from my team will attend to that later.
Oprah thanked several famous people who had tuned in to her live feed before she spoke with Kamala Harris.
Actor Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad remarked, "I have never felt this much joy and optimism in a campaign in a long time," while comedian Chris Rock expressed his desire to visit the White House with his daughters in order to see a Black woman president.
As for me, I'm ready to move on and believe she would be an excellent president. With all the bitterness and animosity. It must end.The Hollywood Reporter highlighted Rock's statement.
For Julia Roberts, this is the first election in which her children will have the opportunity to cast a ballot. She expressed her utmost enthusiasm for the opportunity for them to say that they voted for you as their first presidential candidate. Just typing that out gives me the willies.
The Hollywood Reporter quotes Elis Ross as saying that Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance called out famous Democrats as "childless cat ladies" in reference to remarks made by Ross. In her experience as a "52-year-old childless woman," Ross elaborated, she has discovered that "you do not need to push out a baby to help push humanity forward."
The outlet cited Meryl Streep as saying that she feels "the word of the day has been preventable," emphasizing that "all of this, the surround of hatred and venom and toxicity and encouraging some segment of Americans to hate other segments of Americans," is preventable, and that the "world of the day has been preventable."
In the meantime, new surveys put Vice President Harris ahead of former President Trump in the race running up to the November 5 elections.
According to polling averages from aggregator FiveThirtyEight, Reuters reported that they were deadlocked in Arizona, and Harris was leading in battleground states like as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, and North Carolina. On the other hand, Trump had more support in Georgia.
Harris has a 49.8 percent nationwide advantage over Trump, according to the most recent average of polls from The Hill.
According to NBC, a new Marist poll of potential Pennsylvania voters conducted following the first presidential debate in Philadelphia between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris shows that the two candidates are tied at 49%, with both candidates inside the margin of error.
Harris has 50% and Trump has 46% according to a poll conducted following the debate by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New York Times, and Siena College. A recent poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicates that Americans have a somewhat more favorable impression of Harris compared to their opinion in July, just following President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race.
