ATLANTA — Kamala Harris criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday for suggesting that Republicans might cut government subsidies for semiconductor manufacturing as she and Republican rival Donald Trump embarked on one last weekend quest to round up every possible vote in the battleground states that will determine the next president.

“It is my plan and intention to continue to invest in American manufacturing,” the Democratic nominee told reporters in Milwaukee, adding that Trump had lost manufacturing jobs during his presidency.

Her criticism came a day after the Biden administration reported that employers had added just 12,000 jobs in October, down significantly from the 223,000 jobs added in September.

Harris spoke before heading to campaign rallies in Atlanta and in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The former president was attending two rallies in North Carolina and one in Salem, Virginia, a state that isn’t a battleground, after his late-night rally in Milwaukee.

President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race this summer when it became clear he could not win, was doing his part for the Democrats, making one last 2024 campaign stop in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Harris’ campaign released her closing ad pitch to the American people, a two-minute spot set to air Sunday during NFL games broadcast by CBS and Fox, including the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions.

The ad shows some of Harris’ interactions with people during the campaign and has her looking directly into the camera and addressing voters.

“Now I’m asking for your vote because as president I will get up every day and fight for the American people,” she says at the end.

Johnson, R-La., later walked back his comments about cutting semiconductor subsidies, indicating that he only meant that Republicans would “streamline” the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.

But Harris said Johnson had only issued the follow-up statement because “their agenda is not popular.”

The legislation has pumped billions of dollars into producing computer chips in the United States, supporting union jobs in battleground states such as Michigan.

The vice presidential nominees and some big-name supporters also were out in force.

Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz, and actor Eva Longoria were joining a get-out-the-vote event in Las Vegas before the Minnesota governor flew to Arizona for events in Flagstaff and Tucson.

GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance was scheduled to be in Las Vegas and Scottsdale, Arizona, for events with Donald Trump Jr. First lady Jill Biden was campaigning in Georgia and Hillary Clinton was appearing in Tampa, Florida, to back Harris’ candidacy.

The Trump and Harris planes parked near each other overnight at the Milwaukee airport and the candidates spent the night at hotels just three blocks apart.

Before Harris had even left Milwaukee, supporters were lined up for her rally in Atlanta.

Marzella and Darrell Pittman, who found out Friday about the Atlanta rally, canceled their weekend plans and drove four hours from Alabama to attend.

Marzella thinks Harris will win, but Darrell is nervous because many of the young Black men he knows support Trump and are hesitant to vote for a woman for president.

“It’s tight, and the other side, they got a lot of our people believing in that side, just like we believe in Kamala,” Darrell said.

Until the election, “we have nothing but voting on our mind and we’re talking to everybody,” Marzella said.

There is “so much on the line” and “no way we can let this slip away,” Darrell said.

Carol Hicks, who drives around with a stack of Harris signs in her back seat, she said was optimistic because she has “die-hard Republican co-workers” who voted for Harris because they could not stomach voting for Trump. Some people in her life are undecided because they do not want to vote for a woman, but she tells them “only weak men can’t stand a strong woman.”

But as Harris faces signs of erosion among several traditionally Democratic groups, her ability to win over a few more Trump-weary moderate or right-leaning Americans could play a pivotal role in determining the outcome of a razor-thin election.

“What percentage of them are going to revert to party? Probably most,” said former Rep. Jim Greenwood, a leader of a Republicans for Harris effort in Pennsylvania. “But we’re counting on it being the case that enough Republicans, something like 7, 8, 9%, will not vote for Trump but will vote for Kamala Harris.”

From suburban Philadelphia to upscale Phoenix neighborhoods, interviews with more than 50 voters in critical battleground areas made clear that these voters exist and tend to be particularly bothered by far-reaching abortion bans and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

“I want to support her,” said Meredith Smith, a Republican from Phoenix who was still struggling this past week with her decision. But, she said, Harris has not been clear enough about how she would distinguish herself from Biden.

“I just wish there were better choices,” she said.

The New York Times contributed.