MILWAUKEE — For the second time this week, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump campaigned in Wisconsin on the same day.
Friday night both candidates for president were in the same area too—just 15 minutes away from one another. While Harris was at State Fair Park, Trump was joined by thousands of supporters for a rally at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
You might remember, the last time Trump spoke at Fiserv Forum, he broke his own record for a convention speech, speaking for more than 90 minutes when he accepted the party’s nomination in July.
The closing arguments of his campaign were almost just as long Friday night, as Trump talked for a little less than an hour and a half.
“We don’t want your money. I don’t want your money,” Trump told the crowd. “I want your damn vote.”
Nearing the finish line where the campaign officially started, Trump reminded supporters why Wisconsin is a must-win.
“So, get everyone you know, you have to do it, you have to vote, vote, vote,” Trump said. “We’re going to win this thing and we’re going to win it big, and I’d love to win it right here. We win this state, we win the whole thing, you know that?”
With four days to go, Trump had help from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who is likely to become a cabinet member if Trump is elected.
“I have said a prayer to God to put me in a position where I can end the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy said. “So, when you go to the voting booth on Tuesday, you’re going to see my name on the ballot, but I do not want your vote. I want you to vote for Donald Trump.”
Following Wednesday’s trip on a garbage truck in Green Bay, safety vests were both sold and sported as Trump doubled down after President Joe Biden reportedly called his supporters “garbage.”
“That’s worse than deplorable, isn’t it? Remember Hillary? How did that work out with deplorables? Well, garbage is working out if worse for him,” Trump said. “You can't lead America if you don’t like Americans. You just can’t do it, it doesn’t work.”
However, those voting for Trump are still worried about the big issues.
“Economy should be number one, immigration number two, but for me—I’m basically voting on foreign policy this time around,” Jimmy Orrico, who came from Chicago, said. “I’ve got a good feeling about Pennsylvania, with all the money Elon Musk has put into the state. Here? I’m not so sure.”
Ahead of Trump’s rally, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson called out the former president for what he believes is a negative campaign.
“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,” Johnson said in a statement. “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.”
As the campaign winds down, Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is scheduled to make one last swing through Wisconsin on Monday with a stop in La Crosse.