Harris says ‘victory runs through Philly’ while courting Black and Latino voters in Pennsylvania

The road to the White House goes through Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday, as she made several stops across the city that could determine her fate in Pennsylvania — and with it, the race to 270 electoral votes.

The road to the White House goes through Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday, as she made several stops across the city that could determine her fate in Pennsylvania — and with it, the race to 270 electoral votes. Harris was joined in the afternoon by Mayor Cherelle Parker during a visit to Hakim’s Bookstore & Gift Shop, a Black-owned business in West Philadelphia. Speaking to a voter there, she projected confidence. “We’re going to do it,” Harris said. “Victory runs through Philly and it runs through Pennsylvania.” Over the course of the day, the vice president also attended a church service at a predominantly Black church, stopped at a barbershop, and popped into a Puerto Rican restaurant — all part of a concerted effort to court Black and Latino voters. The Commonwealth sits at the base of the Democrats’ “blue wall,” along with Michigan and Wisconsin — states that Donald Trump swept in 2016 before Joe Biden did the same four years ago. Besides stopping at local businesses, Harris visited with a youth basketball team and rolled out a new campaign ad. The spot aired during the Eagles football game on Sunday, featuring a clip of Trump, in 2020, saying, “Bad things happen in Philadelphia.”