Kamala Harris urges 'too big to rig' turnout, slams Trump on midterm tour

The former vice president campaigned across seven states, urging Black voters to honor ancestors and demanding structural reforms.

By Felo News Desk · Published Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:08:19 GMT

Kamala Harris, the former vice president and California senator, toured seven states in the final stretch of the 2026 midterm campaign, urging Democrats to turn anger into action and calling Donald Trump “callous, corrupt and incompetent,” according to reports from CityNews and the Los Angeles Times.

What happened

Harris campaigned for candidates across seven states, ending with a two‑day visit to Georgia. She repeated the phrase “turn that anger into action,” urged Black Americans to “honor the ancestors” with their votes, and called for “structural work” such as U.S. Supreme Court expansion, statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and a reconsideration of the Electoral College.

What the reports add

CityNews described the itinerary as reminiscent of the nostalgic barnstorming tours of Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and noted that Harris’s stops included early‑presidential‑primary states like Nevada, New Hampshire and Michigan, as well as Mississippi on behalf of Senate candidate Scott Colom.
The Los Angeles Times echoed the same description and added that Harris said she has become “unapologetically transactional,” demanding more from politicians.
Both outlets reported that Harris warned Trump could try to meddle in the upcoming election and invoked his own mantra, urging voters to turn out in numbers “too big to rig.”

What was said

“This is the moment where we turn that anger into action,” Harris said, as reported by both outlets.

She called Trump “callous, corrupt and incompetent” and dubbed him the “decorator in chief” for his White House renovations, CityNews reported.

“I have become unapologetically transactional,” Harris told reporters, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“The South is in play. When Democrats invest in the South, we can win in the South,” Harris said while campaigning in Mississippi.

“Ruthlessness is key—not ruthlessness in the sense of cruelty … but in our willingness to use our power to deliver on our commitments,” she told a Democratic dinner in Atlanta.

“I think she’s hitting all the right notes,” said Melinda Johnson, a retired nurse who attended a Fulton County Democratic Party fundraising gala that Harris headlined in Atlanta.

How it came about

Harris’s midterm push follows a week of high‑profile rallies by both parties, including Donald Trump’s final‑week rallies in key states and Barack Obama’s Georgia rally, covered in Felo’s Oct. 28 report. The intense campaign atmosphere has been shaped by a contentious election two years earlier, when Harris lost the presidential race to Trump.

Key facts

Kamala Harris toured seven states, ending with a two‑day visit to Georgia. (toronto.citynews.ca)
She urged Democrats to "turn that anger into action" and called Trump "callous, corrupt and incompetent". (latimes.com)
Harris highlighted the need for Black voters to "honor the ancestors" with their votes. (toronto.citynews.ca)
She described herself as "unapologetically transactional" and called for "structural work". (latimes.com)