Vice President Kamala Harris focused her week-long Rust Belt swing state tour on battleground Wisconsin on Thursday, where she looked to mobilize students around her economic agenda in the final stretch before Nov. 5. 

Speaking at a rally at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Thursday afternoon, Harris kicked off her remarks commenting on her GOP opponent, former President Donald Trump, referring to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as a “day of love” during a town hall with Univision that aired the night before. 

“But it points out something that everyone here knows: The American people are exhausted with his gaslighting, exhausted with his gaslighting – enough,” the vice president declared in front of a roaring crowd. 

The vice president hit on many of the same notes typically covered in her speeches on the trail – blaming Trump for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, blasting Project 2025 and mocking her opponent for claiming he has the “concepts of a plan” to replace the Affordable Care Act.” At one point she turned to address “everyone here and especially the students.”

“It’s about you guys, it really is, it really is and we know that America is ready for a new way forward,” she said. “We are ready for a new and optimistic generation of leadership.” 

Harris spent a significant amount of time on her economic agenda and goal to create what she calls an “opportunity economy.” She lauded her plan to give a $50,000 tax deduction to small business startups, expand Medicare to cover at-home care for seniors and provide  $25,000 in down payment assistance to first-time home buyers, an issue, she noted, was “a big deal for the young people.” 

“Part of the difference between the way we see our country and the world and the way my opponent sees it, is we actually see real people and care about them,” Harris said of Trump. “And have a sense of understanding about how tough times can be but how good times can be if we put the work into solving problems instead of trying to run on problems like Donald Trump.” 

Harris went on to call Trump an “unserious man,” but added that the consequences of him getting a second term would be “brutally serious.” 

Billionaire businessman and “Shark Tank” star, Mark Cuban, joined Harris on the trail on Thursday, framing the election as a “battle for entrepreneurs.” 

Cuban, also the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, used his remarks ahead of the vice president in La Crosse to tear into Trump’s plan to impose across-the-board tariffs on goods from China, calling it “crazy” and “gibberish.” 

“This man has so little understanding of tariffs, he thinks that China pays for them,” Cuban said. “This is the same guy who also thought that Mexico would pay for the wall.” 

Cuban referred to Trump as the “grinch that wants to steal your Christmas,” making the case that his plan would significantly increase the cost of holiday presents next year. 

“People just don’t realize how many of the products that we use on a daily basis are made in China,” he said. “It’s a lot.” 

Trump argues his proposal would incentivize manufacturing to return to the U.S.

Before heading to La Crosse, Harris and Cuban stopped by a business class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where the pair were set to discuss the vice president’s economic plans with students, according to her campaign. 

While there, the vice president delivered previously unscheduled remarks on Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, saying his death meant “justice has been served” and referring to it as “an opportunity to finally end the war.” 

The war in Gaza has become a flash point within the Democratic party as some push back on President Joe Biden and Harris’ support of Israel. Last spring, college campuses became the epicenter of the discontent among some in the party when widespread protests roiled universities. 

Harris on Thursday was met with demonstrations when she arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 

The vice president was also holding a campaign event in Green Bay on Thursday night before heading back to Michigan, where she will campaign on Friday. She spent Wednesday in Pennsylvania. Harris’ team says it has more than 50 campaign offices across the state and has knocked on over one million doors.