Review: Kamala Harris' Wisconsin campaign visits Thursday in Milwaukee, La Crosse and Green Bay

(This story was updated to add new information, photos and videos.)

Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned for the 2024 presidential election across Wisconsin Thursday, starting in Milwaukee before heading to La Crosse and Green Bay.

Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, talked with students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in a private meeting, then spoke for about three minutes to reporters about the killing of Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar by Israel.

"Hamas is decimated, and its leadership is eliminated," Harris said. "This moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza."

Billionaire entrepreneur, Dallas Mavericks owner and "Shark Tank" star Mark Cuban spoke at the La Crosse rally before Harris. A viral moment during the event came when Harris threw shade at Donald Trump's rallies as protesters were being removed.

The night ended with a sold-out rally at the Resch Expo in Green Bay where the vice president focused her speech on the theme of "A New Way Forward for Wisconsin."

With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, the campaign trail is especially focused on battleground states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Thursday marked Harris' sixth visit to Wisconsin as a presidential candidate.

The Journal Sentinel and Green Bay Press Gazette provided updates throughout the day. Review it below:

Watch Kamala Harris rally in Green Bay

Kamala Harris ends speech at Resch Expo, heads to Michigan tomorrow

Harris ended her speech around 7:20 p.m. after speaking for about half an hour.

Harris is set to campaign tomorrow in Grand Rapids and Oakland County, Michigan. Trump will also hold a rally in Detroit Friday.

-- Hope Karnopp

Kamala Harris encourages sending back absentee ballots, making plan to vote

Harris reminded the crowd there are 19 days until Election Day and encouraged people to make a plan to vote.

Early, in-person absentee voting begins Tuesday, the same day former President Obama and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz will rally in Madison.

"If you have received your ballot in the mail, please do not wait. Fill it out and return it today. And remember, Wisconsin has same-day voter registration," she said.

The U.S. Postal Service recommends mailing back absentee ballots at least a week before Election Day, Nov. 5. Sending it back 10-14 days beforehand will ensure your clerk receives it in time.

Early voting in Wisconsin: How to find dates, locations and hours in your community.

Early voting can be held between Oct. 22 and Nov. 3 in Wisconsin. But dates, locations and hours are set by each city, town or village.

-- Hope Karnopp

After 'lock him up' chants, Kamala Harris says 'the courts will take care of that'

After airing clips of Trump calling himself the "father of IVF" at a town hall for women voters earlier this week, the crowd started chants of "lock him up!"

"Okay, the courts will take care of that. Let's take care of November," Harris responded.

"The man calls himself the 'father of IVF.' I mean, what does that even mean?" Harris continued. "When you listen to Donald Trump talk, it becomes increasingly clear, I think, he has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to the health care of women in America."

-- Hope Karnopp

Kamala Harris criticizes Trump's comment that Jan. 6 was 'day of love'

Harris criticized Trump's comment at a Univision town hall event Wednesday night, where he called the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol a "day of love."

"The American people are exhausted with his gaslighting," Harris said, repeating a line she said earlier in La Crosse. "We are ready to turn the page."

Beforehand, Harris mentioned her Fox News interview.

"I intend to be a president for all Americans, no matter their political party, where they live, or where they get their news," Harris said.

-- Hope Karnopp

Crowd at Resch Expo for Kamala Harris rally surpasses 4,000

The crowd in the Expo Center has reached more than 4,000 with overflow, the Harris-Walz campaign said. Some supporters waiting in line were turned away around 5:40 p.m.

'Packer,' union member introduces Kamala Harris

Jim Ridderbush, Vice President of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1473, introduced Harris in Ashwaubenon. Ridderbush, wearing Green Bay Packers apparel, introduced himself as a "packer" at JBS meat processing plant.

"(Trump's) a scab," Ridderbush said, referencing a line United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said at the Democratic National Convention. "He doesn't like union people. When unions are strong, the middle class is strong."

The campaign has focused on union support in the last week of the campaign, with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visiting a Teamsters office last week to stump for Harris.

-- Hope Karnopp

Kamala Harris about to take the stage

The press pool is settling into the risers. The Secret Service just put the seal of the Vice President on the podium: Harris is here.

“Go, Pack, Go!” into “KA-MA-LA!”

Democratic 8th Congressional District Kristin Lyerly took a risk by going off script, but the Packers fans in the audience picked up quick.

She led the crowd in a round of the often-chanted “Go, Pack, Go!” heard at Packers games, then remixed it with another three-syllable word: “KA-MA-LA!” the crowd shouted back at her.

Resch Expo reaches capacity

Just after 5:40 p.m., the remaining crowd began to walk away from the Resch Expo as officials said the venue reached capacity.

Jasmine Puls, a student at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, said she and her friends had waited over an hour in line and were about to go through security when they were told they were at capacity.

-- Vivian Barrett

Small group of protesters in Green Bay

On the other side of the line, two protesters stand with signs: "no arms embargo, no vote," and "no vote 4 genocide"

Sandra Kohlmann, 43, is talking to supporters as they wait in line. "How many kids have to die before you stop the genocide?"

A supporter yells back, "you're voting for Trump, sorry."

‘A New Way Forward for Wisconsin’ in Green Bay

As the three Jumbotron-size plaques inside the Resch Expo remind attendees, tonight’s about ‘A New Way Forward for Wisconsin..

Harris has been criticized by many conservatives for not doing enough in the time she’s been vice president on the economy and immigration, and have tried to frame her candidacy as a repeat of the last administration.

She offered her most plain rebuke of that argument last night on FOX News: “My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.”

-- Jesse Lin

'Vote for Trump!'

A small pro-Trump protest has started outside the Resch Expo. Waving Trump flags, "47" signs and a banner with a photo of Trump at the July 13 assassination attempt prompt honks in support from passing trucks.One supporter leaned out his truck window. "Vote for Trump!" he yelled.

-- Nadia Scharf

Where are the protestors in Green Bay?

Where are the protestors in Green Bay? In contrast to Harris’ earlier visit to Milwaukee and La Crosse, there’s a conspicuous lack of protestors in Green Bay.

That’s not an indication, however, of how the rest of the night will play out: a lone pro-Palestinian heckler was in the crowd for Walz on Monday but was quickly dragged away and drowned out by chants of “We’re not going back!”

'Educators for Kamala and Tim' at Green Bay rally

Scattered throughout the Green Bay line are supporters wearing "Educators for Kamala and Tim" shirts. People "have to support" Harris, said Karen Smith, 66.

Katie Wavrunek, 42, works in early childhood education. Under Project 2025, crafted by the Heritage Foundation and more than 100 other conservative groups, funding for Head Start and the Department of Education as a whole would be severely diminished, setting children as a whole back. Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025.

"We're here to support education," Wavrunek said. "We want a better world for the children we work so hard to support every day."

-- Nadia Scharf

Kamala Harris supporter at Green Bay rally says election is about saving democracy

Stas DeWet, 61, arrived at the Resch Expo decorated with political buttons to show her support for Harris in what she called a fight to save democracy. Some of the top issues on her mind included preventing the implementation of Project 2025, expanding the supreme court and reproductive rights.

“To my Republic friends, this is not against what you believe as a Republican,” DeWet said.

DeWet said she is excited to be a part of the historic moment of President Joe Biden passing the torch to Harris. She described Biden’s decision as a part of protecting democracy.

-- Vivian Barrett

It's getting crowded outside for the Kamala Harris rally in Green Bay

The line outside Resch Expo, where Harris is scheduled to speak in under two hours, stretches blocks.

A group of Hmong Harris supporters is gathered near the start of the line. Tim Kong, 58, said they're out because they want to see something different.

"A better vision, a better future," Kong said.

"She cares," Moua Theo, 60, added.

In line, Deborah Logerquist said she's here to give her veteran's support for Harris. She's excited to see her in person, especially after Harris's recent Fox News appearance.

"She wasn't having it," Logerquist, 70, said. "You go, girl!"

She's hoping Harris will be able to rally support to overturn the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which eliminated the right to abortion at the federal level. She's also a fan of her economic policy — she feels it's "about time" for politicians to think about the middle class.

-- Nadia Scharf

Green Bay mayor attending Kamala Harris event

Green Bay mayor Eric Genrich, who opened Walz’s visit to the city on Monday, just arrived at the Harris event and greeted his former chief of staff Amaad Rivera-Wagner.

Among the list of high-profile locals to attend or who are already in line: Democratic 8th Congressional candidate Dr. Kristin Lyerly, several City Council members, Oneida Nation council members, and the local Hmong community member president.

-- Jesse Lin

Watch Kamala Harris in La Crosse

Kamala Harris invokes Wisconsin's 'Forward' motto on abortion and other issues at La Crosse event

Invoking her campaign’s popular refrain -- “we are not going back” -- Harris at her La Crosse rally said,” just like Wisconsin’s state motto tells us, ‘We will move forward.’”

“We will move forward, because ours is a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom …  like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body,” she said, referring to states like Wisconsin that have laws on the books banning abortion in almost every case.”

Wisconsin’s 19th century-law banned abortions except when the mother would die without one. A case challenging the law awaits a final decision from the state Supreme Court.

“One does not have to abandon their faith or their deeply-held beliefs to agree, the government should not be telling her what to do,” Harris said, pledging to sign into law a bill codifying Roe v. Wade.

-- Jessie Opoien

Two hours before start of Kamala Harris rally in Green Bay and it’s already a party inside Resch Expo

Two hours to Green Bay start and it’s already a party.

Personal space seems tight for attendees who fill five sets of high school football stadium-like bleachers and rows of folding chairs inside the Resch Expo. More attendees are still making their way through airport security style entrances.

At the middle of it all: a blue runway below speakers that have so far blasted The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, Sabrina Carpenter, and now Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” to which attendees are doing the corresponding dance choreo.

-- Jesse Lin

Kamala Harris touts Wisconsin roots, boosts Tammy Baldwin in La Crosse

In her opening remarks at UW-La Crosse, Harris noted her Wisconsin roots.

From the ages of 3 to 5, Harris lived on the west side of Madison, before leaving in 1970. Harris visited her childhood home when she campaigned in Madison in March. Her mom and dad were professors at the UW-Madison.

“Every time I come (to Wisconsin) now, when I land, Gov. (Tony) Evers will greet me, and he'll say, ‘Welcome home,’” she said, then encouraging the state’s voters to “reelect someone who has spent her career fighting for the families of Wisconsin, your senator, Tammy Baldwin. We need her in Washington.”

— Jessie Opoien

Like on Packers game day, Green Bay street parking beginning to fill for Kamala Harris rally

Green Bay locals know to take advantage of the city’s relaxed rules on street parking when the Green Bay Packers play home games.

Likewise, at 4 p.m., hours before Harris is set to speak at the Resch Expo, cars are beginning to line the streets north of the nearby Lambeau Field.

— Jesse Lin

Protesters at Kamala Harris rally in La Crosse removed from facility

About 20 minutes into Harris' speech, a number of attendees were escorted out, while shouting "Jesus is Lord" at those around them.

Harris stopped her speech.

"Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally," she said. "No, I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street."

The crowd erupted into cheers and applause as the protesters were shown towards the door.

-- Laura Schulte

Mark Cuban calls Trump the Grinch, says he wants to steal Christmas through tariffs

Mark Cuban took the stage ahead of Harris’ arrival, warning attendees that “Donald Trump wants you to have a lousy Christmas” through his vow to raise tariffs on imported goods.

“I honestly think that he used to understand how tariffs work,” Cuban said, noting that, in the 1990s and early 2000s, Trump was “a little bit coherent” and “actually made a little bit of sense” when he discussed tariffs and trade policy.

Trump’s policies now, Cuban said, are “just gibberish.”

“People just don't realize how many of the products that we use on a daily basis are made in China. It's a lot," he said. "At this time next year, you're going to be making decisions on the Christmas presents you want to buy for family and friends.

“If Donald Trump is elected, he puts these 60% tariffs on Chinese products. ... It will be up so much you won't be able to afford the presents that you want for your family and friends.”

Those costs would filter down, Cuban said, to small businesses, too.

“We were talking about small businesses, the local retailers that you've been supporting for years, that are in your community, the local clothing shop, the local sporting goods store, the local knick-knack store that carries all the candles and all the goodies and funky gifts that you like to buy,” he said. “Their costs for everything they sell, or most of the things they sell, could go up by 60%."

Cuban said the election is “a battle for entrepreneurship."

"Behind every small business, there is an entrepreneur that busted their ass. Behind every small business, there is an entrepreneur who gave up almost everything to be able to start that business, who dreamed of a better future for their family," he said. "The Trump that stole Christmas, the Grinch, will crush (their) dreams."

Cuban said Harris is the candidate who understands small businesses the best.

“She knows that small businesses are an integral part of our community that we grow up with, and she wants to help those businesses grow, because she knows that maybe one of you here right now will be the one to start a business that turns into the next Google, turns into the next Nike,” he said. “And I want all of us to just ask yourself, 'Why can’t I be the one that changes the world?'"

— Laura Schulte and Jessie Opoien

La Crosse rally for Kamala Harris off to a loud start

Mitch Reynolds, the mayor of La Crosse, was one of the first speakers on the stage at the UW-La Crosse Recreational Eagle Center.

He touted Harris’s plan for down-payment assistance for new home buyers, and to create more manufacturing jobs.

“Ya'll know what happened when Trump was in office, right? Those jobs went overseas,” he said. “You’ve heard this before, but Kamala Harris is working for the people. Donald Trump is working for himself.”

He also encouraged attendees to take up work to get Harris elected, and to get U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin re-elected.

“She needs you to fight just as hard to elect down-ballot Democrats who will help support her agenda,” he said.

The crowd erupted in cheers and applause as Reynolds left the stage. Harris is due to speak with attendees around 3:15 p.m.

— Laura Schulte

Kamala Harris leaves Milwaukee for La Crosse

Kamala Harris on killing of Yahya Sinwar: 'Hamas is decimated, and its leadership is eliminated'

Harris made a brief statement to reporters about the killing of Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar by Israel.

Sinwar is regarded as the architect of the militant group's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel that prompted the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Harris on Thursday said Israel had a right to defend itself and that Hamas's threat to Israel "must be eliminated."

"Today, there is clear progress toward that goal," Harris said. "Hamas is decimated, and its leadership is eliminated. This moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza. And it must end such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination."

She added: "And, it is time for the day after to begin without Hamas in power."

Harris didn't take questions.

— Alison Dirr

More: Kamala Harris issues statement on death of Hamas leader after closed press event at UW-Milwaukee

Watch Kamala Harris in Milwaukee

Grandparents bring grandson to first political rally for Kamala Harris rally in La Crosse

In La Crosse, where Harris will speak later this afternoon, Jeff and Julie Larson-Keller brought their grandson, Luca Sien, 9, to his first political rally.

Jeff said he was excited to see Harris, and that he's enjoyed watching her "come alive" since entering the presidential race.

"She does bring so much, I don't know, encouragement and hope to us," he said.

The Larson-Kellers and their grandson traveled to La Crosse from Rochester, Minnesota.

Julie said she was "really happy" to have the chance to support Harris in person, and has been dedicated to getting her elected after watching Hillary Clinton lose in 2016.

"I really think health care for everybody, but especially for women's health care, is really important. It's a basic right and that's why we can't go back," she said. "And our grandkids ... we don't want them to have to worry about those things."

Luca said he was excited to see Harris in person and "shake Kamala's hand."

— Laura Schulte

Kamala Harris to make comments on Middle East at UWM event

The meeting between Harris, entrepreneur Mark Cuban and UW-Milwaukee students will now be closed to the press.

Harris is expected to make a statement about the Middle East to reporters instead.

— Mary Spicuzza

Student protesting at UWM angry over Kamala Harris visit, police involvement

Dina El Kassas, a UWM sophomore majoring in global studies, was initially protesting with the group of students closest to the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center who are surrounded by police.

She said officers eventually allowed her to leave the group and move out of the police-tape boundary because she didn’t want to be arrested. Still, she thought the heavy police presence was just for show and that police wouldn't actually arrest the student protesters.

“I think they’re just there to intimidate us,” El Kassas said.

She has been involved in pro-Palestinian student protesting efforts at UWM since last year, including the two-week encampment on campus. She objected to paying tuition to a school that would welcome Harris, who she sees as complicit in Israel’s devastating military operation in Gaza.

She was also frustrated that UWM had released a statement days ago, saying it was politically neutral.

“It’s a lie. It’s a blatant lie,” El Kassas said.

— Sophie Carson

Attendees for Kamala Harris rally in La Crosse arrive early

In anticipation of seeing Harris speak in La Crosse after her appearance on the UWM campus, hundreds of rally attendees flooded into the UW-La Crosse Recreational Eagle Center Thursday afternoon.

Students took their seats on risers behind the podium where Harris will speak later this afternoon, while other attendees took seats or found a place to stand next to the stage.

Some ran to find a spot as soon as the doors opened at noon, excitedly giving each other high-fives and taking selfies in front of the podium.

The event in La Crosse is expected to start around 3 p.m.

— Laura Schulte

Pro-Palestinian protesters chant as Kamala Harris arrives to UWM

After Harris’ motorcade arrived at UW-Milwaukee, protesters continued chanting outside the police tape, and the students surrounded by officers inside the police tape haven't yet been arrested.

The protesters are chanting such things as “Kamala. Kamala, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide.” And, “UWM is painted red; 40,000 dead.”

The motorcade was greeted by protesters accusing Harris of genocide and chanting, “From the river to the sea.” At least one protester called reporters “Nazis” as they entered the UW-Milwaukee buildings.

Potentially hundreds of student onlookers are gathered outside the police tape near the UWM student union and Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, along with additional protesters.

Meanwhile, dozens of officers from several departments continue to arrive. A handful of large trucks are being parked in the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Kenwood Boulevard, blocking some onlookers’ view of the student protesters inside the police tape.

— Sophie Carson and Mary Spicuzza

Kamala Harris heads to UWM for campaign event

Harris' motorcade pulled away from the Pfister Hotel at about 11:30 am.

It wound past the lakefront under clear blue skies, heading for UW-Milwaukee.

Onlookers walking along Lincoln Memorial Drive were stopping to take photographs and videos.

— Mary Spicuzza

Kamala Harris at UWM: No arrests made of protesters amid a heavy police presence at university

Squad cars from several departments, including Mukwonago, Hartland, Caledonia, Burlington, Glendale, Menomonee Falls, UW-Madison and the State Patrol, have surrounded the students on three sides.

Protesters are asking some officers if Harris has arrived.

Additional protesters outside of the police tape are chanting, "Free Palestine!" and "Shame!" Protesters with bullhorns outside the police tape are chanting, “Let them go!” and saying UWM has blood on its hands for inviting Harris to campus, as she has been vice president during the Israel-Hamas war.

Student protesters surrounded by police officers and squad cars on all sides don't appear to have been arrested yet.

— Sophie Carson

Pro-Palestinian protesters are at UWM before Kamala Harris event

A group of about 50 protesters are chanting and carrying flags within the police tape set up around the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center on the UW-Milwaukee campus.

A UW-Madison police officer told onlookers if they cross the police tape, they'll be subject to arrest.

Roughly two dozen officers, some with bicycles, are lined up around student protesters.

— Sophie Carson

Where is Kamala Harris campaigning today?

Harris is holding campaign events in Milwaukee, La Crosse and Green Bay on Thursday.

Kamala Harris rally schedule today

Harris is meeting with UW-Milwaukee students at about 12:20 p.m. She'll leave Milwaukee around 1:20 p.m. and head to La Crosse in western Wisconsin.

Harris will then speak at an event in La Crosse around 3:15 p.m. She'll leave around 4:45 p.m. and head to Green Bay.

She will arrive in Green Bay at about 5:35 p.m. and then speak at an event at 6:15 p.m. Harris will depart Green Bay for Grand Rapids, Michigan, around 7:25 p.m. ahead of campaign events in that swing state Friday.

— Chris Kuhagen

Kamala Harris at UWM

Harris' event at UW-Milwaukee is labeled as a "meet and greet" with students. Media Milwaukee reported multiple students had received invitations via text message.

Mark Cuban will be with Kamala Harris today in Wisconsin

Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire businessman Mark Cuban will campaign with Harris in Milwaukee and La Crosse.

Cuban, also one of the celebrity investors of the long-running TV show "Shark Tank," has been a vocal critic of Trump over the years.

— Chris Kuhagen

Donald Trump's campaign says Kamala Harris' visits 'won't the move' needle ahead of Election Day

Trump's campaign Thursday said Harris' visit "isn’t going to move the needle for her failing campaign."

"Wisconsin will prove itself to be Trump Country when it votes for a return to the peace, prosperity and stability of the first Trump presidency in November,” the campaign's Wisconsin communications director, Jacob Fischer, said in a statement.

In the most recent Marquette University Law School poll, among both registered and likely voters, Harris holds a four-point lead over Trump, 52% to 48%. That shows no change from the last poll, released in mid-September, which had the same numbers for both registered and likely voters.

The margin of error for both likely and registered voters was plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

— Alison Dirr

Where did Kamala Harris stay in Milwaukee?

Harris arrived in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, and stayed at the Pfister Hotel, a Milwaukee landmark.

The Pfister is known for its beautiful architecture, and has hosted many presidents and dignitaries over the years. It is also widely believed to be haunted by the “Pfister ghosts.”

— Mary Spicuzza and Alison Dirr

Kamala Harris in Milwaukee: Traffic closures

East Layton Avenue will be closed between South Pennsylvania and South Howell avenues on Thursday afternoon, the Cudahy Police Department said in a Facebook post.

The northbound on-ramp to Interstate 794 and left turn lane from South Pennsylvania on to East Layton Avenue during Harris' departure will also be closed.

Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania: Republicans show support for vice president

Harris arrived in Milwaukee after holding an event Wednesday in Pennsylvania. She was in Bucks County at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Upper Makefield Township for a rally.

The event was meant to showcase cross-party support for Harris. Several Republicans were in attendance and spoke at the rally. This was similar to when former Republican Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney campaigned and stood on stage with Harris in Ripon, Wisconsin, earlier this month to back the vice president over Trump.

The theme of these rallies has been "Country over Party."

She was in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes is a critical state for victory for both Harris and Trump.

— Chris Kuhagen

Kamala Harris speech at Pennsylvania event

Kamala Harris Fox News full interview with Bret Baier

Harris' Wisconsin appearances also come a day after she sat down with Fox News host Bret Baier for an interview.

Watch it here:

When is Election Day 2024?

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign in Wisconsin

Since becoming the Democratic nominee for president after President Joe Biden announced he wasn't seeking re-election, Harris has made Wisconsin a top priority.

She kicked off her campaign at West Allis Central High School in July, held an outdoor rally with new vice president nominee Tim Walz in early August from Eau Claire, hosted a sold-out rally at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee while the Democratic National Convention was taking place in Chicago, energized the base in September in Madison, and earlier this month visited the home of the Republican Party in Ripon.

— Chris Kuhagen

Kamala Harris in Ripon, Wisconsin

Kamala Harris in Madison, Wisconsin

Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Kamala Harris in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Kamala Harris in West Allis, Wisconsin

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