'Hwangap' Harris Continues Targeting Black Voters... Encourages Voting at Battleground Georgia Church

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris visited a large Black church located in the battleground state of Georgia on the 20th (local time) to celebrate her 60th birthday. While urging Black voters, classified as the Democratic "base," to vote again, she also strongly criticized the "hate politics" of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump.

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On Sunday, Vice President Harris attended a service at a large Black church located in Stonecrest, Georgia. At the event, she referred to the "Good Samaritan" from the biblical gospel who saved a man robbed and left on the roadside, saying, "It teaches us to love our neighbors as ourselves." She also criticized, "At this moment, there are those across our country who are deepening divisions, spreading hate, inciting fear, and causing confusion."

Although she did not mention any names directly, this statement was interpreted as targeting former President Trump. Vice President Harris said, "Right now, we have an opportunity to make change. Our country stands at a crossroads, and where we go from here depends on us as Americans and people of faith," urging, "What kind of country do we want to live in? One of chaos, fear, and hatred, or one of freedom, compassion, and justice?"

Immediately afterward, Vice President Harris also visited a church in Jonesboro, Georgia. She recalled, "I remembered that former President Jimmy Carter voted on his 100th birthday. Anyone can vote," and emphasized again, "This is very important," encouraging voting.

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Vice President Harris has recently been making efforts to prevent the loss of Black voters, the traditional Democratic stronghold. Georgia is a battleground state where Black people make up one-third of the population. Especially, her visits to churches on this day were part of the "Souls to the Polls" campaign promoted by the Harris campaign, which draws inspiration from past voter mobilization efforts dating back to when Black voting rights were threatened. According to the Associated Press, buses prepared after the service took attendees to early voting locations. Democratic vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz also visited a church located in Saginaw, Michigan.

Along with this, Vice President Harris appeared in an interview with civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton on MSNBC. In the interview released at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Vice President Harris criticized former President Trump, her competitor, for using vulgar language against her during his campaign, saying, "Americans deserve better," and "Trump is unqualified, and therefore he will lose." When asked about the decline in support among Black male voters, she drew a line, saying, "There are such stories, but in reality, that is not the case." She emphasized, "We must earn the votes of all people regardless of race or gender."

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At the Georgia church Vice President Harris visited that day, singer Stevie Wonder sang a birthday song with the worship attendees in celebration of her birthday. Vice President Harris expressed gratitude, saying, "I checked off a bucket list item of having Stevie Wonder personally sing me a birthday song."

On the same day, former President Trump, who worked as a one-day employee at a McDonald's in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, was asked if he had anything to say to Vice President Harris on her 60th birthday. He responded, "Kamala's birthday? 60 years old?" then said, "Happy birthday. I think I'll buy flowers. I might buy fries. I'll buy a McDonald's hamburger."