Gov. Tim Walz rallied volunteers at the campaign’s office in Henderson ahead of door knocking Sunday morning, highlighting what’s at stake and their role in electing the next president and vice president.
“The door knocks you’re making very possibly could be the difference between electing Kamala Harris and moving us into a positive future, or the nightmare of Donald Trump,” he told the crowd of about 100 at a “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour kicking off door-knocking.
He talked about the importance of leaving health care decisions to women, their families and doctors.
Walz was joined by Rep. Dina Titus and Kaitlyn Joshua, a reproductive rights advocate who told the story about miscarrying a pregnancy in Louisiana and getting turned away from two emergency rooms.
“They sent me home, saying they would pray for me,” Joshua said, to sounds of exasperation from the crowd.
She said it took her weeks to pass her pregnancy at home, and she was terrified.
“That’s why we must turn out to vote for two fighters for reproductive freedom, Vice President Harris and Governor Tim Walz,” Joshua said.
The Henderson visit is part of multiple stops Walz is making in Southern Nevada on Sunday to encourage early voting, including an effort to encourage early voting at a Native Americans for Harris-Walz.In the afternoon, he will join a Latinos con Harris-Walz get-out-the-vote event and watch party for the Raiders football game.
Walz’ visit comes in the middle of Nevada’s two-week stretch of early voting that ends Nov. 1. Republicans have outnumbered Democrats in early voting turnout, with nearly 230,000 votes cast to Democrats’ nearly 200,000. Of the Nonpartisan and third-party voters, 144,000 have cast votes, as of Sunday morning.
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