Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to members of the media earlier than leaving her lodge in Madison, Wisconsin on October 31, 2024. – Harris criticized Donald Trump’s newest remarks wherein he vowed to guard girls in America whether or not they “prefer it or not,” describing her White Home rival’s feedback as “very offensive.” (AFP)
WASHINGTON – Kamala Harris clapped again Thursday at Donald Trump over what she referred to as his “very offensive” remarks about girls, returning reproductive rights to the fore because the rivals take their knife-edge White Home race to western battleground states.
As every candidate seeks even the slightest of benefits, they’ve additionally homed in on immigration and are aiming to woo essential Latino voters with simply 5 days earlier than the November 5 election.
Pop icon Jennifer Lopez will convey her star energy to the stage for Harris in Las Vegas, Nevada, because the Democratic vp and Republican former president chase each other by the seven swing states anticipated to resolve the election winner.
Trump too holds a rally Thursday in Nevada, in addition to a scheduled interview in neighboring Arizona with ex-Fox Information host Tucker Carlson.
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Harris started her day in Wisconsin, lashing out at Trump over his remarks the day gone by when he raised eyebrows by telling a rally that “I need to defend the ladies of our nation… whether or not the ladies prefer it or not.”
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She branded the feedback “offensive to everyone” and “very offensive to girls by way of not understanding their company.”
Trump, she instructed reporters, “doesn’t prioritize the liberty of ladies and the intelligence of ladies to make choices about their very own lives and our bodies.”
Reproductive rights have served as a rallying cry for Democrats — and an Achilles heel of kinds for Trump — ever for the reason that conservative-dominated US Supreme Court docket ended the federal proper to abortion in 2022, leading to what Harris has been fast to name “Trump abortion bans” in a number of states.
With this 12 months’s election displaying a demonstrable gender hole, with girls voters tilting towards Harris, and Trump incomes assist from most males, abortion rights may play a figuring out function within the final result.
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Each campaigns have been jolted in current days after controversies stemming from a comment by a warm-up speaker at a Trump rally, which initially blew again in opposition to Republicans earlier than a dangerous gaffe from President Joe Biden.
Harris made political hay from the comic calling the US territory of Puerto Rico a “floating island of rubbish.”
Her marketing campaign received the backing of Puerto Rican celebrities Lopez, rapper Dangerous Bunny and singer Ricky Martin, and launched a Spanish-language advert with the voice-over concluding: “On November 5, Trump will discover out that one particular person’s trash is one other’s treasure.”
However Harris discovered herself on the defensive after Biden appeared to name Trump supporters “rubbish” — prompting the Democratic candidate to state she disagreed with criticism of individuals based mostly on who they vote for.
Trump, who himself has branded Harris’s allies “rubbish” and “scum,” pounced on the misstep with a publicity stunt as he climbed right into a Trump-branded rubbish truck.
The 78-year-old may also go to New Mexico on Thursday, and Virginia on Saturday — stunning calls provided that polls counsel the 2 states will go to Harris.
Greater than 60 million Individuals have forged their ballots through early or mail-in voting to date, virtually 40 p.c of the 2020 complete.
‘Of us are exhausted’
Campaigning out west, Trump is betting frustrations over the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration coverage will swing border state Arizona again in his favor after Biden beat Trump there in 2020.
Latino voters historically have aligned extra with Democrats, however current polling exhibits a noticeable pattern towards Republicans.
The newest New York Occasions/Siena ballot confirmed Harris with 52 p.c of assist amongst Hispanic voters to Trump’s 42 p.c.
Each candidates can be in North Carolina on the weekend as a part of a blitz of battleground states, with Harris additionally visiting Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania earlier than Election Day.
Talking Wednesday in Wisconsin, the Democrat pushed her message of unity.
“Of us are exhausted and need it to cease, the pointing fingers. It’s time that we begin locking arms collectively as a individuals who rise and fall collectively,” she stated.
Trump — who has 34 felony convictions for crimes related to the 2016 election — is anticipated to reject Tuesday’s election outcome if he loses.
In Georgia, the place Trump faces expenses he interfered within the 2020 election, early voting is shattering information, stated the state’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger.
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He instructed CNN all early votes can be counted inside an hour of polls closing, with practically all outcomes from the state’s counties reported “earlier than the top of the evening” Tuesday.
