Last Friday, an estimated 30,000 people gathered in Houston's Shell Energy Stadium to support Kamala Harris as her historic presidential campaign entered its final days. Neither Harris nor anyone else expects her to carry Texas, but the vice president and a star-studded roster of supporters ventured to the Lone Star State for another reason, and with a national audience in mind. They delivered a warning that Texas' near-total abortion ban could become the norm nationwide if Donald Trump is elected. In other words, it was an attempt to focus attention on an issue the Harris campaign thinks can win her the White House: reproductive rights.
“What we’re experiencing here is a health care crisis, and Donald Trump is the architect of it,” Harris told her largest rally crowd to date. “Let us be clear: If Donald Trump wins again, he will ban abortion nationwide.”
