Report:Vice President Kamala Harris comes to Philadelphia to court….

Saturday to deliver the keynote address at the Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) Presidential Town Hall. Harris, the first Asian-American vice president, emphasized the importance this community played in the 2020 election and will play in the upcoming presidential election.

“In 2020, it was the leaders here who helped to energize, organize and mobilize. It is you who helped elect Joe Biden to become President of the United States and me to become Vice President of the United States,” Harris said Saturday, to applause. “And in 2024, we are counting on your leadership, once again.”

Harris is seeking to court the key AANHPI voting bloc that has seen support for President Joe Biden soften since 2020, according to the latest bi-annual survey.

The 2024 Asian American Voter Survey found 46% of Asian American voters say they’ll likely vote for Biden, down from 54% in 2020. And 31% of those surveyed said they would likely vote for former President Donald Trump this year, compared to 30% in 2020.

But the survey also found 62% view Trump unfavorably, with 43% viewing him very unfavorably; 44% view Biden unfavorably, including 23% very unfavorably.

The most important issues to Asian American voters include jobs and the economy (86%); inflation (85%) and healthcare (85%), the survey found.

Harris didn’t focus much on the economy during her address, but touted the Biden-Harris administration’s strengthening of the Affordable Care Act and blasted former President Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, for his efforts to repeal the law while he was in office. She also criticized Trump for appointing three Supreme Court justices who sided in the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The vice president took aim at Trump for a significant portion of her speech, accusing him of inciting hate and vilifying immigrants.