Kamala Harris is in the driver’s seat for the Democrats, but party faithful clearly haven’t forgotten about the president.

At the mention of Biden, the crowd began chanting, “Thank you, Joe!”

“I’m going to tell him what you said,” Harris said onstage in Detroit.

The vice president has arrived and taken the stage in Detroit.

Tim Walz is opening up about why he’s so committed to fighting for access to reproductive care like IVF, which could be under threat from a future Trump administration.

His own daughter, Hope, arrived via the procedure.

“This is very personal for my family,” Walz said, describing the “agony” of waiting for years for a successful round of treatment.

“The agony of that I can feel to this day.”

More on the Walz family here, as Sheila Flynn reports.

The Harris-Walz campaign is starting to hit on some central themes, and joy is one of them.

“Those other guys.. tried to steal the joy from this country,” Tim Walz said today from the podium in Detroit.

The campaign has also sought to instill a bit of Midwestern, small-town flair to things, mixing positive messaging and touting the importance “minding your own damn business” on issues ranging from women’s health to access to books.

“It’s amazing what minding your own damn business does to make things work better,” Walz told the crowd.

Earlier in the event, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer called the crowd a group of “happy warriors” for Harris-Walz.

The atmosphere has been upbeat so far in Detroit, but today’s rally has been stopped numerous times as multiple speakers including Tim Walz and Mitchigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for medics to attend to members of the crowd.

By our count, at least five people have gone down.

It wasn’t immediately clear what the rallygoers were experiencing, but, given the packed rally in an airport hangar, with temperatures at nearly 80 degrees with over 50 percent humidity, it’s more than likely the heat.

Onstage, Walz thanked the crowd for looking after those in distress.

“Thank you for caring for your neighbors,” he said.

It’s not the same as a winning poll, but it’s not nothing, either.

The Harris-Walz campaign recently released a camo hat that almost instantly sold out.

Here’s more on the unlikely accessory of the summer.

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, one of the country’s most prominent female elected leaders, is reminding the crowd of one of the historic milestones that could happen this election.

“We need a strong woman in the White House, and it’s about damn time, and a good man by her side in Vice President Tim Walz,” she said.

During her remarks, Whitmer also touched on the theme of abortion rights, describing how a Harris-Walz administration would protect “the freedom to make your own damn decisions about your own damn body.”

Gretchen Whitmer just took a major shot at JD Vance, even though she didn’t have to say his name.

In response to comments from Vance criticizing those without biological children, Whitmer praised Harris for living a “normal life” and being a stepmother in a “beautiful” family.

“She lived a normal life,” Whitmer said. “She was raised by a single mom who had a full-time job.”

“She is a proud stepmom with a beautiful blended family who call her ‘Mom-ala,’” she added. “And I know a lot of us identify with some of those characteristics.”

More on Vance’s controversial comments on families.

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, once thought to be on the shortlist for Kamala Harris’s VP pick, has taken the stage, as the crowd chanted her nickname “Big Gretch.”

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