Vice President Kamala Harris shared the stage with TV host Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night for a livestreamed campaign event featuring a live audience and virtual attendees from a Farmington Hills studio where the pair discussed a range of issues from the cost of living to abortion rights with the Nov. 5 election around the corner.
Harris faces former President Donald Trump in a tight race for the White House, and her appearance in Michigan comes after her Republican opponent visited the battleground state earlier in the week. Trump’s campaign mocked Harris’ event before it began, saying she doesn’t have a robust economic agenda. “Well, we’re sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you can’t lower inflation by hiding goodie bags under chairs,” said Team Trump Michigan Communications Director Victoria LaCivita in a statement Thursday morning.
Winfrey first endorsed a presidential candidate in 2008 when she backed Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, according to multiple media reports at the time. She went on to back Hillary Clinton in 2016 and gave a last-minute boost in the final days of President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign…