Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban told DailyMail.com on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris “absolutely” can win his home state of Pennsylvania.
Cuban was on hand Wednesday as Harris laid out her economic vision at an invitation-only event at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
The Shark Tank star said he’s willing to do “whatever I can” to get Harris across the finish line in the state where he must win.
“I’m from Pittsburgh, so I meet and talk to a lot of people, take pictures, sign autographs and do whatever I have to do,” Cuban said of his role in bolstering the Democratic nominee over former President Donald Trump.
In her speech in the Steel City, Harris attacked Trump on his record in manufacturing, calling him “one of the biggest losers ever.”
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban (left) told DailyMail.com during her economic speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris (right) “absolutely” can win the election in his home state of Pennsylvania.
Mark Cuban was on hand Wednesday as Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic vision at an invitation-only event at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
“Look, my opponent Donald Trump is making big promises on manufacturing,” Harris said.
“Just yesterday, Trump promised to bring back manufacturing jobs,” the Democrat continued. “If that sounds familiar, it does.”
“In 2016, he made the same promise about the Carrier plant in Indianapolis,” Harris said.
She pointed out how Carrier then hundreds of jobs moved to Mexico during Trump’s term in office.
“And not only did that happen, but under Trump, offshoring increased and the number of manufacturing jobs in our country and in our economy declined. In total, nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during his presidency, beginning before the pandemic hit,” Harris continued.
“Which makes Trump one of the biggest losers ever in manufacturing,” she said to laughter and cheers.
Trump told a crowd in Savannah on Tuesday that he would force foreign companies to make products in the U.S. by threatening them with import tariffs.
In his 40-minute economics speech, Harris touched on both Pittsburgh’s past — as a manufacturing giant — and its tech-focused present, where CMU is an innovator in areas such as robotics.
She talked about strengthening America’s manufacturing sector and helping start-ups access capital, and criticized Trump for hurting small businesses.
Harris’ campaign is aiming to erode Trump’s lead in the polls on the economy, a theme voters often consider their most important in this election campaign, especially as inflation hits the average American’s wallet hard.
As Harris’s campaign proxy, Cuban is trying to make it clear that Harris, not Trump, has a plan.
“When you talk to her staff about putting together a policy, they literally dig in and try to understand it,” Cuban said. “And when you do that as a real business, you’re not going to be impulsive about everything you’re going to say.”
Cuban said Wednesday he believes Trump’s lead on the economy is “shrinking.”
I mean people realize “That it’s much better to have a well thought out plan than someone who’s just talking nonsense,” he told DailyMail.com.