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Harris campaign’s Election Eve rally on Ben Franklin Parkway draws long lines as the event begins
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Harris campaign’s Election Eve rally on Ben Franklin Parkway draws long lines as the event begins

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The stage is set for Harris’ massive campaign Election eve rally on Benjamin Franklin Parkway In Central City.

Performers at the event, which took place just outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, were doing a sound check hours before taking the stage at 8 p.m. on Monday.

Among the star-studded cast Lady Gaga, Oprah, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan, Freeway and Just Blaze, DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ricky Martin and Adam Blackstone.

Harris' campaign prepares for Election Eve rally

Harris’ campaign prepares for Election Eve rally

To cap off the night, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to take the stage later in the evening.

At around 18:00, participants started to fill the area. Chopper 6 was above the scene and captured long lines as people waited to get through security.

The security checkpoint was on 22nd Street, but the line stretched into Logan Square and snaked toward 22nd Street Monday afternoon.

Roads are closed around the Philadelphia Museum of Art The event is expected until Tuesday.

Roads around the Philadelphia Museum of Art are expected to be closed through Tuesday.

An important traffic announcement is that the Ben Franklin Parkway is closed from Logan Square at 18th Street to Eakins Oval.

City officials told Action News they were prepared to handle such a major event and for Election Day, which is on Tuesday..

“We’ve expanded our area of ​​control, we’ve expanded our staff over the next few days. Some people may be concerned about tonight’s incident. We’re fully staffed in the field. We’ve expanded the hours of our men and our men. We’ll be ready to respond to whatever happens tomorrow and whatever comes out of this week,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. ” he said.

Harris and Trump kept Pa. on the agenda with an angry move on the last day before Election Day

A presidential campaign that ended with a felony trial, the delisting of a sitting president and multiple assassination attempts is turning into a final push in a handful of states on the eve of Election Day.

Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania. 19 electoral votes offer biggest prize among states The Electoral College is expected to decide the outcome. The vice president and Democratic nominee will visit working-class areas, including Allentown, and culminate with a late-night rally in Philadelphia.

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Donald Trump is planning four rallies in three states, starting in Raleigh, North Carolina, with two stops in Pennsylvania, along with events in Reading and Pittsburgh. The Republican candidate and former president wrapped up his campaign the same way he did his first two, with an event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, late Monday night.

Nearly 77 million Americans have already voted early, but Harris and Trump are pushing for millions more supporters to show up on Tuesday. Both results on Election Day will be historic.

Trump’s victory would make him the first president to be indicted and convicted of a serious crime following a silence trial in New York. He will have the authority to end any other federal investigations pending against him. Trump would also be the second president in history to not serve consecutive terms in the White House, following Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century.

Harris is vying to become the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to reach the Oval Office, four years after breaking the same barriers in national office as President Joe Biden’s second-in-command.

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