Democrat Kamala Harris will ring in her 60th birthday on Sunday with two church visits in Georgia, where she plans to rally early voters, while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, spends time at a McDonald’s fast food location in Pennsylvania.
Harris and Trump, who are essentially neck-and-neck in the presidential race in the most competitive states, have stepped up their attacks in recent days, both by mail or in person, with just 16 days remaining until the Nov. 5 election. Are actively gathering support for early votes.
After joining hometown rapper Lizzo in Detroit on Saturday and pop icon Usher in Atlanta, Harris will get a birthday boost from another music legend, Stevie Wonder, on Sunday when she visits one of the churches she plans to attend. Making plans.
Vice President Harris and 78-year-old former President Trump are focusing on Pennsylvania, Michigan and a few other states where the election is likely to be decided, where both parties enjoy strong support and election results have been close in previous cycles.
Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, on Sunday will double down on the “Souls to the Polls” initiative, which aims to use evangelical demonstrations, national and state faith leaders, elected officials and others to mobilize voters. Have to do.
The campaign said Harris, who grew up in the teachings of the Black Church and sang in a church choir, attended New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, about 30 miles (50 km) east of Atlanta. Will participate and speak at the service. ,
She will also speak at Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro, just south of Atlanta, where she plans to encourage worshipers to exercise their voting rights. Wonder will be attending and performing.
After her events, Harris will record an interview with civil rights leader Al Sharpton that will air on MSNBC Sunday night.
Walz will attend the service in Saginaw, Michigan, while his wife, Gwen Walz, will visit a church in Las Vegas.
Harris will need strong results in the majority non-white cities of Detroit and Atlanta and their surrounding suburbs to repeat President Joe Biden’s 2020 victories in Michigan and Georgia.
After stepping up his personal attacks on Harris on Saturday, Trump told Breitbart News he would work at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pennsylvania on Sunday “just for fun” to mock Harris. Trump adviser Jason Miller said Trump will work in the restaurant’s French fry area.
Harris says she worked at McDonald’s when she was younger, but Trump says he doesn’t trust her.
Trump also plans a rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the late afternoon.
The former president is looking to take advantage of what he believes is a better position for him in opinion polls that show a deadlocked race. Some voters in Pennsylvania already have mail-in ballots, the biggest prize on Election Day in battleground states.
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