Vice President Kamala Harris rallies supporters in Rankin on eve of Election Day

Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit Monday to Pittsburgh region was succinct.

It was the fourth of five stops in Pennsylvania on the eve of an election where the Keystone State has lived up to its nickname.

Harris urged her supporters at Carrie Blast Furnaces in Rankin to get out and vote, and urged everyone they know to cast their ballots.

The event included performances from Katy Perry and Andra Day, and was Harris’ penultimate stop of the night.

She left Rankin for Philadelphia, where attendees were said to include Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, Freeway and Just Blaze, DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone.

It capped a campaign season during which the Pittsburgh region has been a focal point for both presidential candidates and their high-profile proxies.

Harris took the stage just after 9 p.m. to enthusiastic cheers of “Kamala” and supporters waving signs bearing her name, “USA” and “Vote for Freedom.”

“We know it’s time for a new generation of leadership in America, and I am ready to offer that leadership as the next president of the United States,” Harris said.

She promised to work to improve the lives of her supporters and to listen to the citizens whose lives will be impacted by the decisions she makes in the White House.

“As president, I pledge to seek common ground and common sense solutions to the challenges you face,” Harris said. She said she also would offer a seat at the table to people whose views differ from her own.

She said that if Congress passes legislation to protect abortion rights, she would sign it.

“It’s a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom — like the fundamental right of a woman to make decisions about her own body,” Harris said.

She urged everyone in the crowd to vote on Election Day.

“Pittsburgh, listen: we’ve got one day left to get this done,” Harris said. “Now we work to get out the vote. Let’s reach out in the next 24 hours to family and friends and classmates and neighbors and coworkers.”

Harris spent about 10 minutes on stage in Rankin before ending her speech: “God bless you and God bless the United States of America.”

Pop singer Perry followed Harris on stage. She said had known Harris since before she was a senator.

“I have always known her to fight for the most vulnerable,” she said, adding that Harris would fight for women’s right to abortion.

Local Democratic leaders urged supporters to get out the vote for Harris and their party’s candidates down the ballot.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey led a “Don’t go back” chant with the crowd before reminding people the outcome of Tuesday’s election is up to the voters.

“Destiny is in our hands,” he said.

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis touted Harris as “a president for each and every one of us” who would represent everyone, regardless of their background or whether they voted for her.

“The contrast could not be clearer,” he said. He painted Trump as someone “dialing up the hate” and Harris as a candidate “talking about what she’ll do by creating an opportunity economy that will help Americans not just get by, but get ahead.”

“Pennsylvania is going to decide this election,” Davis said. “It’s going to be close, but we’re going to win for Vice President Harris.”

With 19 electoral votes, Pennsylvania is the largest swing state in the country. Both campaigns have focused heavily on the Keystone State, with former President Donald Trump rallying his supporters Monday less than 10 miles away from the Harris event at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

Video feeds connected Harris’s Rankin rally with similar events in other key swing states.

Her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appeared via video from a rally in Milwaukee, where he told voters there that Harris would support abortion access and chart a new path forward for the nation.

“We get an opportunity tomorrow to shape the future for generations to come,” Walz said from Wisconsin. “We get the chance to elect a new generation of leadership and have Kamala Harris lead us in a new way forward. We’re running like everything’s on the line because it is.”

Kara Murthy, 40, of Delmont brought her 11-year-old daughter Madeline to the Harris rally in Rankin. Madeline said she was excited to see the pop star – but even more excited to see the vice president.

“We’re really hoping that Kamala wins,” Kara Murthy said. “I wanted her [Madeline] to see hopefully the first female president speak before she’s elected.”

Harris supporters young and old flocked to the historic Rankin site for the rally, many wearing Harris attire.

Myra Freeman, 81, of Homestead wore a shirt with a comma and the letters “la,” a reference to the pronunciation of the vice president’s first name.

“I have been supporting Kamala ever since she decided she was going to run,” said Freeman, who’s been voting consistently since she turned 18. “I love everything she stands for.”

Alexis Walker, 27, said she interned on Capitol Hill six years ago when Harris was a senator. Ahead of Harris’s rally Monday, she said she felt optimistic about her candidate’s chances on Election Day.

“As a young Black woman, I am so happy to see this moment,” she said. “It’s a fulfilling feeling to see someone who looks like me. I’m taking in this historical moment.”