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Detroit, Michigan – 23 October 2024
1. Wide of Detroit rapper Eminem stepping onto stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Eminem, Detroit rapper:
“I think it’s important to use your voice, so I’m encouraging everyone to get out and vote, please. I also think that people shouldn’t be afraid to express their opinions and I don’t think anyone wants an America where people are worried about retribution of what people will do if you make your opinion known. I think Vice President (Kamala) Harris supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld.”
3. Various of former U.S. President Barack Obama steeping to stage, crowd cheering, and being welcomed by Eminem and Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, former U.S. President:
“I’ve got to say, I have done a lot of rallies, so I don’t usually get nervous, but I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem. ++SEGUEING INTO LOSE YOURSELF’S OPENING LINES++ I notice my palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, vomit on my sweater already, mom’s spaghetti, I’m nervous but on the surface I look calm and ready to drop bombs but I keep on forgetting.”
STORYLINE:
Detroit rapper Eminem stepped into the political arena on Tuesday in his hometown, where he spoke briefly at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign before welcoming former President Barack Obama to the stage.
He said people shouldn’t be afraid of retribution or of making their opinion known, adding that Harris "supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld.”
The Detroit rapper then introduced Obama, who took the stage to the beat of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself."
The former president joked that he “noticed my palms are sweaty,” a reference to the hit song, before rapping several lines from it.
"I don’t usually get nervous, but I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem," Obama said.
Eminem, a longtime critic of former President Donald Trump, told the crowd: "I think it’s important to use your voice. So I’m encouraging everybody to get out and vote.”
The appearance by Obama and Eminem comes just days before early voting kicks off across Michigan.
Democrats hope the star-studded event, which also featured former Lions wide receiver and NFL Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson, will boost enthusiasm among voters.
Voter turnout in Detroit, a longtime Democratic stronghold, will be crucial in determining who wins the state in November, when Michigan is among a handful of swing states expected to determine who wins the presidency as well as control of the U.S. Senate.
Democrat Elissa Slotkin, who faces Republican Mike Rogers for an open Senate seat, appeared alongside Obama at the rally.
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