VP Harris rally in E. Lansing MI tonight is packed. Screens set up for the overflow (watch event)

[bigtree]

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Victor Shi @Victorshi2020
WOW. This is the line at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan right now. Thousands of people, including a LOT of young people & students, are waiting in line hours before VP Kamala Harris is set to speak. Michigan is so fired up.

Link to tweet

watch:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?539730-1/vp-harris-speaks-rally-east-lansing-mi

x.com/eperezibarguen/status/1853185257295532213


Lily Catherine Guiney @LilyCGuiney
Jenison Fieldhouse has the Harris campaign decked in Spartan green for the VP’s visit to East Lansing tonight. By the looks of the line outside, this place is going to be packed and the campaign has screens set up outside for overflow viewers.



x.com/eperezibarguen/status/1853185257295532213


Simon D. Schuster @Simon_Schuster 9m
Not long before VP Kamala Harris is set to rally supporters at MSU’s Jenison Fieldhouse, here’s how the overflow area outside is looking.







give the thread a little poke if you'll be watching along with me

[malaise]

1. Ready to go

😀

[bigtree]

6. FIRED UP!

[rogerballard]

2. Michigan is going to bring it home!

Go Blue, Go Green

[democratsruletheday]

38. Indeed....Ann Arbor and East Lansing are KEY

to her winning the state IMO. She has a huge advantage in college towns, probably about 65/35 split. Big deal for sure. My daughter is a Sr. at MSU and was at the rally tonight at Jenison Fieldhouse...seats about 10K and she said a few thousand more couldn't get in but watched on the monitors outside the Fieldhouse. GO GREEEEEEEEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO WHITE>>>>>>>>>

Other college towns KH has a decided advantage and the campaign has worked to GOTV:
Kalamazoo/Mt. Pleasant/Ypsilanti/Allendale/Marquette/Flint/Traverse City

[rogerballard]

39. Michigan may be called fairly early I think...key word fairly :)

I can't remember where I read it and Steve Kornacki said it on MSNBC earlier. Since Kamala announced her candidacy, I have been reading and watching politics non stop. I am ready for Tuesday!

[senseandsensibility]

3. K and R

[Gaytano70]

4. This one I *will* get to watch live!

Thanks for posting, bigtree!

[Cirsium]

5. That's great

Michigan is getting a lot of attention this time around.

Here is a little information about Michigan State University. The creation of the Land Grant college system is an important progressive milestone in US history. Public education is under all out assault by the right wing. It is important that we know the history of public education.

From the MSU website:

Michigan State University was established in 1855, and by 1862, it stood as the nation’s premier land-grant university. Over the decades, the university has continued to be a model of what a land-grant university can and should do. As a university of, for and by the people, Michigan State University began a long tradition of empowering people through educational opportunity.

In 1862 MSU became the nation’s premier land-grant university and the prototype for the entire land-grant system created when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862. The act granted lands to each loyal state to support a college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts . . . in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.

https://msu.edu/about/history

From Wikipedia:

The history of Michigan State University dates back to 1855,[3] when the Michigan Legislature established the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan under the encouragement of the Michigan State Agricultural Society and the Michigan Farmer, the state's leading agricultural periodical. As the first agricultural college in the United States, the school served as a model for other institutions of its kind established in the period, to give an instance, the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania.

Together with the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania (now Pennsylvania State University), the College became one of the first two land-grant institutions under the Morrill Act enacted during Abraham Lincoln's presidency. This earned the school the title of "The Nation’s Pioneer Land Grant College". The first class graduated in 1861 right after the onset of the American Civil War. That same year, the Michigan Legislature approved a plan to allow the College to adopt a four-year curriculum and grant master's degrees. In 1870, the College became co-educational and expanded its curriculum beyond agriculture into a broad array of coursework commencing with home economics for women students. The school admitted its first African American student in 1899. In 1885, the College had begun offering degrees in engineering and other applied sciences to students.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Michigan_State_University

[speak easy]

8. I never thought I'd say this but

Michigan For The Win!
(dyed in the wool OSU supporter)

[Cirsium]

9. I hear you

I was always a fan of "that school up north" and the UM - MSU rivalry is big. I was happy to see Michigan finally beat the Buckeyes a couple of times recently, but OSU has a fabulous football program year after year.

[flamingdem]

7. Kamala the Brave

Kamala the WINNER!!!

[bigtree]

10. filling up!

Brendan Gutenschwager @BGOnTheScene
Rally attendees have begun entering for today’s rally with Vice President Kamala Harris at Michigan State University, others are lined up outside Jenison Field House now for entry this afternoon

Link to tweet

[bigtree]

11. alright, y'all, we're streaming rn - get in here

[Spazito]

12. Watching!

Thanks for the link!

[bigtree]

13. you're very welcome, Spazito!

...so happy to share these moments with the community and you!

[bigtree]

14. seal is on the podium!

...VP to step out soon.





DJ dance party first!

[bigtree]

15. dancing

corinne_perkins @corinne_perkins
Kirby Gibson, ShirDonna Lawrence and Jennifer Pope dance as they attend a campaign rally where Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will speak, at Michigan State University in East Lansing.


photo by @carlososorio

[louis-t]

16. I remember trying to go see Al Gore in 2000.

Couldn't get anywhere near the place.

[Cha]

17. TY..& Kamala GOTV in Michigan! 🕊️🕯️💙🌊🌊🌊💙🇺🇸🌈

[bigtree]

18. next Vice President of the United States takes the stage!!

[joshcryer]

19. TY bigtree, she is up!

[malaise]

20. VP in the building

😀

[Gaytano70]

21. Starting my addressing the Gaza situation is SO SMART

Proactive and powerful and earnest and perfect.

[Spazito]

22. Amazing, simply amazing!

She is finishing even stronger than ever, and every word picture perfect.

[bigtree]

24. notice how confident she seemed?

...her internals must be looking good!

[Spazito]

26. Very confident!

The numbers must be very, very good, as they should be.

[bigtree]

23. VP was especially upbeat and excited

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...now I'm excited too!!

So gratifying and fun to watch along with the DU community, and I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for being here.

On to Pa. for the 2 (?) huge rallies tomorrow in Pittsburgh, and then Philly!

[littlemissmartypants]

28. Thank You so much bigtree, for keeping a running record of

All of these rallies for us!

Every time I feel a tinge of worry or doubt I just search for "bigtree" and I find all the evidence that I need to convince myself to keep the faith.





❤️

[luvallpeeps]

30. Must be those internal polls.

Ya love to see it.💪🏽🇺🇸❤️?🔥👏🏽

[Blue_Roses]

33. Thank-you!

I'm in Texas and this is so encouraging!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. That's one helluva crowd in the first photo!

[dchill]

27. This is all very good, innit? 😎

[luvallpeeps]

29. She's finishing strong!

He’s imploding

[Blue_Roses]

31. WOW!!!

That is so exciting! It looks windy. I wish we could get some of that cool breeze here in Texas!

[ailsagirl]

32. Thank you for posting!!

[kimbutgar]

34. I just saw on msnbc that the polls are tied in Michigan

How could so much energy at her rallies mean it’s tied. We have the energy and momentum and the orange turd has none of that!

[OAITW r.2.0]

35. Kamala-Walz - +15MM voters.

No lie, not a stretch. As Joe would say.

[niyad]

36. KNR

[multigraincracker]

37. I grew up on that campus.

Lots of great memories. Brother played on the 65-66 football team and dad was a Professor Emeritus.