VP Kamala Harris campaigns in NC after presidential debate

Published: Sep 12, 2024 Duration: 00:02:40 Category: News & Politics

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raucous in here. Felt like a kind of a sporting event or a concert, but it was really noticeable inside the Greensboro Coliseum tonight. >> The sheer number of young people, a lot of those folks coming out to vote for the very first time this year from as close as the NCAA here in Greensboro to all the way down to Baca Road. Good evening, North Carolina. >> Now, nearly 17,000 roared tonight as Vice President Kamala Harris walked out to center stage. >> Yeah, we're doing this. The Democratic nominee for president completing her North Carolina doubleheader at the Greensboro Coliseum Thursday night, 53 days from Election Day. We are ready for a new generation of leadership that is optimistic and optimistic about what we can do for our country together. The new generation was in the audience, including the UNC Young Democrats, sports. These Tar Heels for Harris walls T-shirts. We are asking why I give it up, Aggie pride was all over to the vibes were electrifying. >> Honestly, you're so informative just being in this space with her. Just so informative. But she's definitely a powerful person. >> Jamie McKelvey is a freshman in the Honors College. He's also voting for the first time being a woman and she's African-American as well. >> It just means so much to me and I know I just I cannot wait, I will be I will be at those polls. >> Same goes for Edward Davis. He's also a freshman in North Carolina. And T black people had to work a lot to vote. >> So I get a vote and I'm 18. >> So it's really a lot. >> Harris spoke for 25 minutes. She touted her plan for small businesses and said she'd work to build 3 million homes by the end of her first term. She also hammered former President Trump on abortion. >> Like the fundamental freedom of a woman, to be able to make decisions about her own body. >> As governor, Cooper warmed up the crowd, along with the man running to be his replacement, Josh Stein. A crowd already fired up. You could definitely feel the energy change in the room when she walked out like these, Duke University seniors. >> Everything she stands for is something that at least young people can believe in. >> You know that I had to find the duckies. Of course, Harris said that she wants to do another debate tonight with former president Trump at some point. Meantime NC GOP is responding to the VP's visit. Campaign stops here in Greensboro and Charlotte. Stephen Lawrence saying she has no vision, no solutions, and no answers on what would be

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