By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“You can be confident that we’ll be on the ground … all over this city to make sure that they won’t be allowed to intimidate you, block you or stop you from voting.”
- Rev. Al Sharpton, on potential federal attempts to interfere with voting in Michigan.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters following a visit to the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network on Oct. 27, 2026. (Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance)
By Katherine Dailey
DETROIT — A day after Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made anti-Arab remarks at a get-out-the-vote rally for Republican candidates in Grand Rapids, he declined to address the comments during a stop in Detroit to promote a new care program for homeless individuals.
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to Republicans during a rally on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, at CHI Aviation in Howell, Mich. (Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
HOWELL — Vice President JD Vance was deployed once again to Michigan on Tuesday in a final push to boost the Republican Party ticket and to attack the Democratic ticket head-on, ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist speak outside an early voting site at Wayne County Community College District’s Northwest Campus on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, encouraging voters to exercise their right to vote as volunteers prepare to help address intimidation concerns across Wayne County. (Photo by Janelle D. James/Michigan Advance)
By Janelle D. James
DETROIT — As concerns about voter intimidation and election interference grow ahead of Election Day, civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist reassured voters that they can cast their ballots without fear.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What Michigan city is known as the “City of Four Flags” and why?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Tuesday’s answer: Denzel Valentine from Lansing Eastern is the only mid-Michigan high school graduate to later be named National College Basketball Player of the Year. He won the honor in 2016 while playing for the MSU Spartans.
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