VP Kamala Harris to visit Detroit next week as part of economic opportunity tour

Washington ― Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit Detroit on Monday as part of a multi-state economic opportunity tour focused on investing in communities and highlighting administration achievements, the White House said.

This trip would be her second visit to the state this year and her fifth since taking office.

Harris started the economic tour in Atlanta this week, where she held a moderated conversation Monday. In Detroit, she is expected to emphasize the work the Biden administration has done to boost access to capital, strengthen small businesses, address housing costs, forgive student loans and medical debt, and fund infrastructure projects, according to an announcement from the White House.

Harris was last in Michigan in February when she gave a speech on abortion rights in Grand Rapids and held a roundtable conversation as part of her Fight for Reproductive Freedoms tour.

Harris’ visit will come days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Freeland on Wednesday, during which he thanked U.S. Supreme Court justices for overturning Roe v. Wade and surmised that a states-based approach to regulating abortion had largely removed controversy over the issue.

“You have to fight for what’s in your heart and what’s the right thing to do, but remember you also have to get elected,” Trump said.

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Trump also criticized his ongoing hush money trial in New York, framing the court proceeding as a “Biden sideshow trial” before a corrupt and conflicted judge.

President Joe Biden also is returning to Michigan this month to be the keynote speaker for the NAACP Detroit Branch’s 69th annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit on May 19.

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 Staff Writers Craig Mauger and Beth LeBlanc contributed.

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