Brooke Rusenko woke up the morning after the 2016 presidential election distraught.
She felt she hadn’t done enough to stop Donald Trump from winning.
She resolved that from that point forward, she’d show up. Last week, Rusenko, a lawyer, flew from her home in Northern California to volunteer for Kamala Harris in the crucial suburban counties that ring Philadelphia.
She has joined volunteers from all over the U.S. and overseas. They left jobs and families behind to do anything to end Trump's political career once and for all.
“Waking up when Donald Trump won the election was one of the worst feelings I had in my whole life,” Rusenko, 41, said in an interview. “I had wished I had done more, and I hadn’t. I felt I had let myself down by not working harder, and I’ve vowed not let that happen again.”
Kamala Harris is spending most of the day with her fans in Philadelphia, the biggest Democratic stronghold in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania — which very likely end up denying Donald Trump another presidential term.
She visited a barber shop in West Philadelphia. Later in the day, she will stop at a local bookstore, a Puerto Rican restaurant, and then attend a community rally at a youth basketball facility, her campaign said.
The trip is her 14th visit to Pennsylvania since she entered the race in July and coincides with a massive balloting effort that her campaign has launched.
Pennsylvania is a must-win proposition for any presidential candidate.
Trump lost all of the Keystone State's 19 electoral votes to Joe Biden four years ago.
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