Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held dueling rallies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city, on Friday as both candidates appeal to voters as Election Day approaches.
Republican Trump will return to the spot where he was crowned his party’s presidential nominee over the summer with a bright white gauze tied over his ear after being injured in an assassination attempt just days earlier, while Democrat Harris will wear rapper Cardi Will depend on star power. B. To defeat your opponent.
Their run in the so-called Blue Wall states came as the pair spent Thursday in the US West, making three appearances each.
The highlight for Harris was a star-studded rally in Las Vegas, where she was introduced by pop singer Jennifer Lopez, while Trump spent a cozy evening in mutual affection with right-wing provocateur Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Arizona.
As Tuesday’s voting approaches, the candidates appear poised for a photo finish, despite a week of strenuous efforts by rival campaigns to move the dial and dominate the news cycle, so far. The conflict has been defined by bitter disputes and mistakes between the two sides on issues including race and gender. And reproductive rights.
Wisconsin, one of the key battleground states that will sway the Nov. 5 election, was decided by less than a percentage point in 2016 and 2020, and the race for its 10 Electoral College votes is just as tight this time. .
Harris — who has struggled to maintain her image as a “happy-go-lucky warrior” even as Trump has launched slurs against her and other Democrats — plans to harness the power of musicians like Glorilla, the Isley Brothers and Flo Milli. Was trying. “We Vote We Win” rally and concert in Milwaukee.
Harris’ campaign said that Grammy Award-winning rapper Cardi B was scheduled to speak at the event.
Trump was returning to the Fiserv Forum, the venue that hosted perhaps the high-water mark of his campaign, the Republican National Convention.
The conference came when the tycoon was at the top of the polls after two major events – the assassination attempt and the debate with then-candidate Joe Biden, which proved disastrous for Democrats – but before Biden dropped out of the race and handed over the baton. Give. To Harris.
Buoyed by a wave of enthusiasm, Harris quickly obliterated Trump’s lead — but since then the polls have remained mostly deadlocked.
With fears growing that Trump might refuse to accept the results if he lost the election, many Americans were prepared for violence and unrest in the days following November 5.
Washington Police Chief Pamela Smith said in a press briefing this week that no “credible threats” have been identified against the capital, including the January 6, 2021 attack by Trump supporters trying to overturn Biden’s election victory. A deadly riot was witnessed.
Smith said authorities remain “vigilant.” Police would support peaceful protests, he said, but “we will not tolerate any kind of violence.”
“We will not tolerate any rioting, we will not tolerate any destruction of property, we will not tolerate any illegal behavior,” he said.
About 63.5 million people have voted early, more than 40 percent of total voting in 2020.
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