Election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris to campaign in battleground Pennsylvania

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The two White House candidates are descending on the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania on Monday, which Joe Biden narrowly won four years ago and which promises to serve as kingmaker once again this time around.

Harris will be holding a rally in Erie, a Democratic majority city in the northwest of the state of about 94,000 people bordered by suburbs and rural areas that is home to plenty of registered Republicans in the hope of changing their minds.

Trump, meanwhile, will be in the southeast doing a town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds in suburban Oaks.

The Vice President has announced a plan to give Black men more economic opportunities and other chances to thrive as she works to energize a key voting bloc that Democrats are worried lacks enthusiasm for her candidacy.

Harris’s “opportunity agenda for Black men” includes providing forgivable business loans for Black entrepreneurs, creating more apprenticeships and studying sickle cell and other diseases that disproportionately affect African American men.

The Democrat has already said she supports legalizing marijuana and her plan calls for working to ensure that Black men have opportunities to participate as a “national cannabis industry takes shape.”

She also is calling for better regulating cryptocurrency to protect Black men and others who invest in digital assets.

The VP’s plan is meant to invigorate African American males at a moment when there are fears some may sit out the election rather than vote for Harris or her opponent, Donald Trump, an issue Barack Obama attempted to tackle head-on in Pennsylvania last week.

Join executive editor Holly Baxter on October 15 as she sits down with a panel of experts from The Independent, including Bel Trew, Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia.

The event will delve into Harris’s platform, her vision for America and the implications of her presidency while also addressing Trump’s potential resurgence and what his return could mean for the nation and the world.

For more information and to sign up for a free ticket, click here.