Gov. Tim Walz, vice-presidential pick for Kamala Harris, returned to Pittsburgh  for the third time Tuesday to talk early voting and rally supporters with only three weeks left until election day.

Both the Harris campaign and the Trump campaign continue to make many stops in Pennsylvania, highlighting the swing state’s importance in the Nov. 5 election. Walz also visited Telesz Farms in Butler, talking about his plans for rural communities and to warn about the potential effects of Project 2025.

Makayla Christy, who goes to school in Texas and is a first-time voter, hoped to see Walz talk about women’s rights.

“I’m a mom, and when I was pregnant with my first child, I wasn’t ready at all…I was super scared, so living in Texas, I didn’t have the option to even think about an abortion,” Christy said. “I love my kids, I’m so happy I had him, but it was really heartbreaking to not even have that thought and the fact that Donald Trump wants to take that away.”

Christy also vocalized her support for Walz and his wife using infertility treatments, which she says will be taken away by Trump if he were to win the presidential election.

Walz talked about protections a potential Harris-Walz campaign would implement for reproductive access, such as codifying Roe v. Wade into law. Like many of the other speakers, Walz slammed Project 2025 and said that it will include a pregnancy register, limitations to contraceptives, and went into depth about limits to fertility treatments.

“If you’ve been through the hell of fertility treatments, you know what I’m talking about; waiting for the phone to ring, ‘oh, you’re not pregnant, time after time,’” Walz said. “But you’re doing everything because it is our choice to have a family and I’ll be damned if I let Donald Trump or JD Vance tell us we can’t have our children.”

Other speakers at the rally included Sara Innamarato, Allegheny County Executive, who said that Allegheny County is crucial for the election and warned that a second Trump presidency “would be dangerous for women.” The other speakers echoed talking points from past Harris-Walz rallies such as Project 2025, protecting abortion access, and saying that Trump is too radical.

Early voting access was mentioned multiple times, specifically including the satellite voting location at the Soldiers and Sailors Hall in the Oakland neighborhood.

Walz repeated points made during both the presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate, such as that the Biden-Harris administration is pro-union and walks with striking workers on the picket line, a potential child tax credit for new families, and limits on “price gouging.”

Insulin prices were used as an example for price regulation, where the price per vial is limited to $35.

Adam Whysong, who goes to Duquesne University, said that this was the first rally he has gone to so far and is pleased with the turnout.

“I’m just happy to see so many people here, especially the amount of old people,” Whysong said. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d think I was at a Trump rally, but I guess it’s a good sign.”

Walz spent much of the rally bashing Trump and his policies, including what happened at the capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and saying that he is not fit for office, referring to how he says Trump stands “frozen on stage” during his rallies.

“If this was your grandfather, you would take the keys,” Walz said. “When it came time to making the decision on January 6, he froze as his supporters stormed and defiled the capitol, beat 140 police officers, some of whom died, and then just said ‘those are really fine people.’”

Whysong and other attendees who said this was their first rally attributed this to not knowing how to sign up for other Harris-Walz rallies because they did not know where to look online until recently.

Tim Ward, from Swissvale, said that this is the first Walz rally he went to and wanted to make sure to see Walz.

“I’ve read so much about [Walz] and his policies, and it’s a good venue,” Ward said.

Nick Parrish, from Mount Lebanon, also said that this was his first rally.

“It just seems like a unique experience that I’ve never done before, so now I want to show my support for the candidacy,” Parrish said.

During the beginning of the event, at least three Israel-Gaza protesters were escorted out of the stadium by security for shouting phrases such as “arms embargo now” and “free Palestine” at Walz. Walz did not respond to any of the protesters directly or talk about the Israel-Gaza conflict throughout his speech.