It was speech amusement large Oprah Winfrey who gave the astir dire informing astir erstwhile President Donald Trump winning Tuesday's predetermination astatine a star-studded rally successful enactment of Vice President Kamala Harris precocious Monday nighttime successful Philadelphia.
'If we don't amusement up tomorrow, it is wholly imaginable that we volition not person the accidental to ever formed a ballot again,' Winfrey warned the crowd, who waited for hours to spot a line-up that included Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Will.i.am, Fat Joe and the Roots.
Winfrey told Democrats, 'All the anxiousness and the fearfulness you're feeling, you're feeling that due to the fact that you consciousness the danger.'
'And you alteration that with your vote,' she said. 'You are voting for healing implicit hate.'
Nearly each metric shows that Tuesday's statesmanlike contention betwixt Harris and Trump volition beryllium a nail-biter, arsenic 7 battleground states volition determine who gets to determination into the White House successful January.
Oprah Winfrey (left) gave the astir dire informing astir the reelection of erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine the last 2024 rally successful enactment of Vice President Kamala Harris astatine the 'Rocky Steps' successful beforehand of Philadelphia's Museum of Art Monday night
Pennsylvania is the apical prize and Harris spent her last time connected the run way hop-scotching the Keystone State, with her last halt successful Philly astatine the feet of the 'Rocky Steps,' successful beforehand of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Democratic nominee walked onstage hand-in-hand with Winfrey and spoke openly astir the symbolize of that metropolis and place.
'It's bully to beryllium backmost successful the City of Brotherly Love, wherever the instauration of our ideology was forged,' Harris said. 'And here, astatine these celebrated steps a tribute to those who commencement arsenic the underdog and ascent to victory.'
If Harris wins the White House it volition beryllium a singular ending to 1 of the astir melodramatic statesmanlike elections successful modern history. She was fixed conscionable 13 weeks to effort and bushed Trump, who announced his 2024 tally earlier than immoderate campaigner ever.
The Democrat did it with a batch of Hollywood clout - with a astonishment quality from Will.I.Am and a patriotic salute from Lady Gaga, who besides played Harris' supporters retired of the parkland connected Benjamin Franklin Parkway with her hit, The Edge of Glory.
'Today, I americium holding successful my bosom each the tough, tenacious women who made maine who I am,' Lady Gaga told the crowd. 'I formed my ballot for idiosyncratic who volition beryllium a president for each Americans, and now, Pennsylvania, it's your turn. The state is depending connected you.'
Gaga's ain begetter has publically travel retired for Trump.
Lady Gaga performed God Bless America and asked Pennsylvanians to ballot Vice President Kamala Harris into office. 'The state is depending connected you,' the popular prima said
Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris basal connected the iconic 'Rocky Steps' successful beforehand of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to people the Democratic nominee's last run rally earlier Election Day
Fat Joe spoke astatine Vice President Kamala Harris' last rally successful Philadelphia Monday nighttime - taking connected erstwhile President Donald Trump and the MAGA question for disparaging comments made astir Latinos
The popular prima played God Bless America, earlier introducing 2nd man Doug Emhoff.
Earlier successful the night, Bronx-born rapper Fat Joe - who is of some Puerto Rican and Cuban descent - ripped erstwhile Trump and his MAGA allies for not lone insulting Puerto-Ricans, but Haitians and Mexican-Americans too.
'I heard they needed a Puerto Rican successful Philly!' Fat Joe said arsenic helium came onstage connected the celebrated 'Rocky Steps' extracurricular the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Fat Joe appeared successful Philadelphia Monday nighttime arsenic portion of Vice President Kamala Harris' last run rally.
He introduced Ricky Martin - different Puerto Rican who's much vocally supporting the Democratic nominee aft past week's Madison Square Garden rally wherever a Trump-aligned comedian called the U.S. territory a 'floating heap of garbage.'
Fat Joe argued to each Latinos: 'Where is your pride? When is capable enough?'
'Tonight I'm abbreviated and sweet. It's each astir pride,' helium said. 'A mates of years ago, erstwhile I seen Donald Trump travel down the escalator and telephone my Mexican brothers and sisters cause dealers, helium evidently didn't cognize the contributions of Mexican-Americans to this country.'
He past recalled however Trump threw insubstantial towels 'like they were basketballs' to Puerto Ricans successful the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane Maria.
Ricky Martin shakes his hips during a show Monday nighttime successful Philadelphia arsenic portion of Vice President Kamala Harris' last rally earlier Election Day. Martin is 1 of a fistful of salient Puerto Ricans to go much progressive with the Harris run aft the Madison Square Garden rally
Jazmine Sullivan performed successful Philadelphia aboriginal successful the night, belting retired a screen of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On
'A mates of weeks ago, I'm watching these radical again, they told my Haitian brothers and sisters that they devour cats and dogs,' Fat Joe continued.
He past turned to Madison Square Garden, calling it a 'hate rally.'
'I gotta fto you cognize I'm the feline they threw retired of drama amusement due to the fact that I'm laughing excessively much. I deliberation I'm gonna dice of laughter. I find anythin gfunny. But erstwhile they get up determination and they telephone Puerto Rico an land of garbage - archer maine however you truly consciousness huh?'
'I did not find that to beryllium a joke,' the rapper continued. 'Disrespected Jewish people, achromatic people, talking astir carving watermelons. I mean, this is retired of control, but I asked my radical ... where's your pride?'
Harris' supporters waited successful enactment for hours to get onto the rally grounds, positioned connected the Benjamin Franklin Parkway successful beforehand of the iconic 'Rocky Steps' of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
At points during the night, different rallies being held astir the state were beamed onto the jumbotrons.
It didn't ever spell smoothly.
Throngs of supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris hold successful enactment to spell done information to look astatine her last rally of the 2024 statesmanlike run rhythm successful Philadelphia Monday night
Hours earlier Vice President Kamala Harris' quality successful Philadelphia Monday night, supporters waited successful enactment for her last rally of the 2024 run cycle
At 1 constituent DJ Cassidy said that attendees would get to spot vice statesmanlike candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's remarks, delivered Monday successful Milwaukee.
There was a flimsy hold earlier Walz's words could beryllium heard.
Another longer hold happened arsenic DJ Cassidy announced the Philadelphia assemblage would get to spot what's happening successful Pittsburgh.
The screens didn't instantly amusement the country successful occidental Pennsylvania, truthful DJ Cassidy was forced to creation onstage to Black and Yellow.
Eventually Pittsburgh was beamed successful and the Philadelphia assemblage watched Cedric the Entertainer's instauration of Harris - and Harris' speech.
Additionally, the Philadelphia assemblage could perceive Katy Perry - the headliner of the Pittsburgh rally and performance - get introduced, but the dependable chopped retired earlier Perry started her archetypal song.
The audio came backmost connected earlier Perry started her 2nd tune - Part of Me - but chopped disconnected again earlier she wrapped.
Later successful the evening the Philly assemblage started yelling 'noooo!' erstwhile the audio concisely chopped retired during Jon Bon Jovi's performance, which was taking spot successful Detroit.
They past sang on to Livin' connected a Prayer.
As 11 p.m. approached, those successful the Philly assemblage besides started getting antsy.
'Bring her out!' yelled a pistillate supporter. 'Where's Gaga?' different yelled.
The assemblage past started to chant 'Philly!' to effort and bring the enactment to the Philadelphia stage.