Vice President Kamala Harris said the election is about much more than “partisan politics” while speaking to churchgoers in Michigan Sunday, two days before U.S. voters head to the polls to choose between her and Republican rival former President Donald Trump.
“It must be about the good work we can do together, about our fundamental values and about us as Americans and as people of faith,” she said at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ in Detroit.
“Here in Michigan right now each of us has the opportunity to make a difference because in this moment we face a real question — what kind of country do we want to live in,” she said.
Speaking in one of the swing states likely to decide the presidential elections, she said living in a democracy means that everybody has the power to “answer that question.”
“Let us answer, then, not just with our words, but with our works. Not just with our faith but with our feet as we walk to the polls. And let us use our power to advance the cause of freedom, opportunity and justice,” she said.
“Yes, let us turn the page and write the next chapter of our history,” she said. “A chapter grounded in a divine plan big enough to encompass all of our dreams. A divine plan strong enough to heal division. A divine plan bold enough to embrace possibility. God’s plan.”
She said in the next two days before Election Day Nov. 5, “we will be tested.”
“These days will demand everything we’ve got but when I think about the days ahead and the God we serve, we were born for such a time as this,” she said.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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