The controversy would be the first-ever assembly between Harris and Trump
Wisconsin, US:
Donald Trump delivered a darkish speech to a rally Saturday within the US swing state of Wisconsin, whereas Democrat Kamala Harris hunkered down in one other essential battleground, Pennsylvania, making ready for subsequent week’s televised presidential debate.
Trump and Harris are actually basically tied within the polls, with the Republican once more shrugging off a mountain of scandals that might have sunk candidates of the previous.
On the rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, the previous president delivered his attribute stream of insults, exaggerations and outright falsehoods, portray an image of an apocalyptic America run by a leftist dictatorship — a “rogue regime.”
Underneath President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris, “your authorities imported murderers, baby predators and serial rapists from everywhere in the planet, whereas weaponizing regulation enforcement to jail political opponents,” Trump instructed a number of thousand supporters at an airport within the heartland of Trump’s largely white, conservative base.
“Along with your vote this election, their mendacity, dishonest, thieving, hoaxing and plotting will come to an finish.”
He denounced the string of prison instances he faces over every part from making an attempt to overthrow his 2020 election loss to Biden, to dozens of felony fraud convictions in New York.
Harris, taking a break from days of debate preparation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, visited a spice retailer the place she drew a distinction to Trump’s grim tone.
Requested what message she would most wish to get throughout of their debate Tuesday, she replied: “It is time to flip the web page on the divisiveness. It is time to carry our nation collectively — chart a brand new means ahead.”
Harris mentioned she was “honored” by the current endorsements of two outstanding conservatives, former vice chairman Dick Cheney and his daughter, former consultant Liz Cheney, including, “It is essential to place nation above social gathering.”
Requested if she was able to face Trump, Harris mentioned merely, “Sure, I’m.”
Crowds exterior cheered as she left the store, and the Harris marketing campaign launched video of the vice chairman hugging emotional supporters there, together with a younger lady.
Police union for Trump
Trump obtained a lift Friday when the nation’s largest police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, endorsed him regardless of his historic standing as a convicted felon.
And he loved a authorized victory earlier within the day when a New York choose delayed his sentencing for hush cash paid to a porn star till after the November election.
Trump additionally appeared earlier than reporters to rail in opposition to the ladies who’ve accused him of sexual impropriety.
Harris, a former California prosecutor, is leaning closely on her message that she represents regulation and order in a contest in opposition to a convicted prison who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss — one other unprecedented factor in a political season that has the nation on edge.
Harris’s insurance policies
The vice chairman jumped into the 2024 race on the final minute after Biden abruptly dropped out on July 21, amid fears over his stamina and psychological acuity.
Regardless of a burst of preliminary enthusiasm from Democrats, Harris has needed to race to introduce and outline herself.
The controversy on Tuesday gives her a first-rate alternative to current clear coverage proposals — she has been criticized for an absence of element — whereas sharpening her assault traces in opposition to Trump.
The previous president, maybe looking for to set expectations for the controversy, mentioned Saturday that the “crooked system” wouldn’t acknowledge if he received on Tuesday.
“They’re going to say, ‘Trump suffered a humiliating defeat’,” he asserted.
Pennsylvania, the place Harris is making ready, is carefully divided between Republican and Democratic voters, and stands out as the deciding piece within the puzzle of the state-by-state Electoral School battle that decides US presidential elections.
The controversy would be the first-ever assembly between Harris and Trump. He refused to attend Biden’s inauguration — he would have met her there — after falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him.
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