Harris continued his focus on two of the seven battleground states that could decide the outcome of the closest election in modern US history as he travelled to North Carolina and then Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday, White House rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris began their hectic final week of campaigning, forcing the Democrat to disassociate herself from remarks made by President Joe Biden that seemed to call Trump supporters “garbage.”
Harris continued his focus on two of the seven battleground states that could decide the outcome of the closest election in modern US history as he travelled to North Carolina and then Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday, Republican Trump will also visit the town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, which is approximately an hour’s drive from Harris’ rally in Raleigh. He will then travel to Wisconsin, where he will make an appearance alongside American sports legend Brett Favre.
If he loses, Trump is likely to deny the outcome of the election, and the Republican has already seized on a few anomalies that election officials have discovered to support his allegations of widespread “cheating.”
Harris had hoped to be enjoying the aftermath of her speech outside the White House on Wednesday, where she warned that her opponent was unstable and desperate for unchecked power in front of tens of thousands of people.
At a Trump rally, Biden responded to a warm-up speaker by calling the island of Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage” in an off-colour joke that could potentially alienate Latino voters. Instead, she was avoiding questions about Biden’s apparent gaffe.
Biden said, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” but the White House tried to make it clear that he was talking about Trump’s rhetoric rather than his supporters.
“Let me be clear: I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” said Biden’s vice president, Harris.
“Instable, fixated” In a symbolic setting in Washington, Harris had given a powerful closing argument speech.
She spoke at the exact location where, on January 6, 2021, Trump incited a mob that later attacked the US Capitol in a violent attempt to hold onto power despite losing the 2020 election to Biden.
Harris characterised the individual as unstable, vengeful, grievance-driven, and seeking unbridled power.
However, with the White House illuminated behind her, the vice president also offered a hopeful outlook for the future of the United States.
Harris told supporters waving flags, “Each of you has the power to turn the page and start writing the next chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told.”
Claims of “cheating”
Trump seemed to set the stage for a rerun of his unfounded allegation that his 2020 defeat to Biden was rigged when he took to social media on Wednesday to reiterate his claims of widespread voter fraud.
Where he had made similar remarks on Tuesday night, he condemned what he called “cheating” at “large-scale levels never seen before” in Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground state.
At that rally in Pennsylvania, Trump also took credit for driving down public trust in US news media.
“I’m very proud of it. I’ve exposed them as being fake. But with your help, one week from today, we’re going to defeat Kamala Harris and the media,” he said.
Along with minimising Puerto Rico’s harm, Trump claimed that “nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rico community more than I do.”
He referred to Biden’s remarks about his supporters as “terrible,” and on Wednesday, he used them to make a new appeal for campaign contributions.
He declared, “I LOVE YOU!” His patriotic supporters are the BEST PEOPLE in the nation.
Actor and former California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who supported Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, is one voter who will not cast a ballot for Trump on November 5.
This election, inflation, and the state of the US economy have been major concerns. New government data released on Wednesday indicated strong economic growth, albeit a minor slowdown.