Harris-Walz campaign kicks off reproductive rights bus tour in Palm Beach County

The political campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris launched a new bus tour in Palm Beach County, focusing on reproductive rights and making at least 50 stops in battleground states.

A total of 500 supporters of Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, gathered at the Benvenuto Restaurant and Banquet Facility on Federal Highway for the kick-off Tuesday.

"The tour will make at least 50 stops in battleground states," the campaign announced.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Congresswoman Lois Frankel and Harris-Walz campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez spoke at the event.

“Welcome to Palm Beach County, where Donald Trump calls home. But don’t hold that against us, because this crowd is ready to give Kamala Harris a promotion," Frankel said.

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate for Florida, also spoke at the event, urging voters to vote 'yes' on Amendment 4 in November.

“In November, we must choose a future where women's rights are respected and reproductive freedom is guaranteed," Mucarsel-Powell said. “That is why in the state of Florida, we are going to show the rest of the country who we are here, we will pass Amendment 4 and make sure to enshrine reproductive freedom into our rights."

The campaign is hoping to appeal to Floridians opposed to the state’s current six-week abortion law and garner more votes for the Harris-Walz ticket and Amendment 4.

“Americans have shown us time and time again that they will not tolerate a country where our daughters have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers, that they believe that women have the right to make their own health care decisions and not politicians," Klobuchar said.

Other speakers included Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Republican TV personality Ana Navarro.

"The tour heads to Jacksonville on Wednesday with state Sen. Tracie Davis joining," the campaign added.

The tour will then proceed to Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday.

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