In an effort to unite voters and surge turnout for the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and media mogul Oprah Winfrey hosted a virtual event in battleground Michigan on Sept. 19.

It has been 61 days since President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race and anointed his VP; in that time, she has yet to hold a press conference.

Filmed from a studio in Farmington Hills and live-streamed online, their "Unite for America" featured personal stories related to the issues Harris champions, including abortion access and ending gun violence. She also fielded questions on immigration and the rising cost of living.

Every candidate can look calm, relaxed, and in control when they know that no difficult questions or thorny issues are headed their way.

As Ms. Harris notches up a string of friendly encounters, the public is left wondering whether she has the capability to deal with anything more challenging.

And these concerns are beginning to reverberate beyond the electorate.

As Jacob Burg reports via The Epoch Times, the 90-minute event showcased more than 140 pro-Harris grassroots groups appearing virtually to appeal to undecided voters in key battleground states and throughout the country.

"Tonight is all about leaving this moment here and figuring out what it is you can do in your own home in your own community, in your own district to spread the word and spread the vote," Winfrey told the audience.

Harris campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said her team sees the 2024 election as a "margin of error race" statistically.

Many national and swing state polls show that Harris and former President Donald Trump remain neck and neck, even as both candidates crawl toward marginal leads in key states.

"It's tied right here in Michigan. It's tied in all the battleground states. So it's going to take all of us to build a pathway, many pathways, to 270 electoral votes. That's what we're focused on," O'Malley Dillon said.