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    Kerry Washington supports Kamala Harris, says she’s proven herself

    Madoc Meredith Posted on

    Kamala Harris is flooding the campaign trail with stars to lure rare voters to the Nov. 5 election.

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    MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin needed treatment. So the Harris campaign sent Kerry Washington.

    Washington, who played fictional overachiever Olivia Pope on the hit ABC series “Scandal,” rallied Kamala Harris supporters on Sunday as an exclusive new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll showed there was a dead heat between the vice president in Wisconsin and former President Donald gives Trump.

    The Harris campaign is leaving nothing to chance in the Midwest in the final days of the presidential campaign, putting every celebrity and national politician available on the streets.

    “You here in Wisconsin have the ability to save the soul of this county, to really stand between us and a man who said on day one that he wanted to be a dictator, and to stand between us and a man who said “He wants generals.” “More like Hitler’s generals,” Washington told a room full of black women at a private Harris campaign rally at a coffee shop on Sunday.

    The Emmy winner played Olivia Pope for seven successful seasons until 2018, helping solve fictional crises in the White House. These days, she takes the position that voters, not TV characters, will decide how the country is run.

    More: Harris and Trump were in a dead heat in battleground Wisconsin, according to a new exclusive poll

    Americans have forgotten how important they are to democracy, Washington told USA TODAY after a Harris campaign stop.

    “We expect others to solve our problems and solve them for us. But a democracy is truly a government of the people, for the people,” she said. “So I’m not here to fix anything. I’m really here to remind people that they have so much more power than Olivia Pope.”

    “There is no election we can sit out”

    Washington told the women she didn’t expect voters to change their behavior just because she begged them to vote for Harris on Nov. 5. Rather, the actress said she hopes that by being in battleground states like Wisconsin, she can remind community members how important they are to the political process.

    “They are the real superheroes right now,” she said. “The real fixers.”

    Harris’ campaign fears the election will come down to small groups of low-voters. The Harris team is hoping that in the final week of the campaign, artists they have followed for years and known longer than Harris can motivate them to give the Democrat a new look.

    Artists like Beyonce, Usher, Lizzo, Bruce Springsteen and Eminem have come out in support of Harris in the final days of her race against former President Trump. On Saturday evening, Michelle Obama campaigned with Harris in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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    “This is not an election we can sit out. There is simply too much at stake,” Washington told the gathering on Sunday.

    Washington has spoken openly about feeling it could have done more to help former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton against Trump in the 2016 election. The pope’s name was trending the morning after Trump’s surprise victory, Washington said, as social media users asked the fictional fixer for help.

    She was actively involved in Harris’ campaign and hosted an evening of programming at the Democratic National Convention in August. Washington spoke at two promotional events in Milwaukee on Sunday as well as the invitation-only event at the Black-owned small business. She said she was recently in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and will be traveling to Georgia and North Carolina.

    Washington is also scheduled to speak at a rally in Atlanta on Tuesday hosted by When We All Vote, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that works to register young people and people of color. She is co-chair of the organization founded by Michelle Obama in 2018.

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    “Women make decisions every day, very important decisions”

    Shante Nelson, 42, a political strategist who came to the event in Milwaukee, said anyone with any degree of influence should do what Washington is doing.

    “Women make decisions every day, very important decisions. And that’s why we should be able to make decisions when it comes to governing this nation,” she said in an interview afterwards.

    The private event with Washington was held at the HoneyBee Sage Wellness & Apothecary Café.

    Owner Angela Mallett said she was discouraged when choosing President Joe Biden or Trump and had previously decided not to participate in the political process. She feels that during election seasons, promises are made to the black community that are not kept.

    “But now, because of the state of emergency that I find in this country, and based on the views and perspectives of one of the candidates — Trump — I don’t feel like I can sit back on this issue,” Mallett said.

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    Washington on Harris: She has proven herself “time and time again.”

    The evening before the event in Washington, Obama launched a sharp attack on Trump at a rally with Harris in Michigan. She urged men in particular to consider Harris’ qualifications.

    “I hope you’ll forgive me if I get a little frustrated that some of us are ignoring Donald Trump’s gross incompetence and demanding that Kamala blind us at every turn,” Obama said.

    Her remarks were well received by the two dozen or so women who came from Washington the next day to listen. One of those present brought up Obama’s comments and asked Washington how to speak to people who have double standards toward Harris.

    “She’s proven herself,” Washington replied, listing the votes she personally cast for Harris in previous offices. “The way she has proven herself time and time again in these leadership areas where she continues to gain more and more power and authority because she has what it takes and is so willing.”

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    Washington encouraged the women to urge people who question Harris’ abilities to explain why they have those concerns to help them become aware of their assumptions.

    “Yeah, it’s frustrating,” she told them. “These are the moments when… you’re not going to change in a conversation, like because of some deep-rooted misogyny, but by calling people out and saying, you know, do you believe that anyone – that a woman, who you know is just as capable?” as you are.

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