Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are moving through “blue wall” states expected to decide the outcome of the US election, and are betting on high-profile events over the weekend to help push voters to the polls on November 5.
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(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are racing through “blue wall” states expected to determine the outcome of the U.S. election, betting on high-profile events over the weekend to help push voters to the polls on Nov. 5. .
Former First Lady Michelle Obama, one of the most popular figures in Democratic politics, is scheduled to join the vice president at a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday night. Trump also visited the Wolverine State, where he held a midday rally before heading to an event in Pennsylvania before his appearance on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York. His aides described this appearance as the beginning of his closing arguments.
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President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail on Saturday with a visit to Pittsburgh. Democrats are hoping the president can help shore up support for Harris in his home state, where Harris is clinging to a 1.7 percentage point lead in the crucial battleground in the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.
Here’s the latest from the campaign trail:
Trump talks about cars
Trump honed his latest message in the Detroit suburb of Novi, claiming he would get Michigan’s auto industry “back to life” through “smart use of tariffs, taxes and incentives” — and mocking Harris for deploying superstar Beyoncé at a rally in Houston. Friday night without singing.
The former president touted his pledges to banish Chinese-made cars, cut energy costs and stimulate business through corporate tax cuts that favor companies that make in the United States. If he is re-elected, he said, “the whole world will be talking about the Michigan miracle and Detroit’s amazing renaissance.”
Trump has floated a series of tax-cut ideas, including the idea of making interest on auto loans deductible on vehicles manufactured in the United States, which he repeated in Novi. When asked if Trump was serious when he proposed eliminating US income taxes, his adviser Jason Miller told reporters that it was “potentially something in the future that could be an aspirational goal.”
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Trump also sought to attract Arab-American votes in a state where they have traditionally been a pillar of Democratic support. Ten days before Election Day, with polls in swing states showing the candidates in a tight race, he also offered a simpler message.
“Are you better than you were four years ago? “I doubt it,” he said. “That’s all you need to know: Kamala broke it, and I’ll fix it.”
Biden is taking the Labor Party to court
President Joe Biden returned to his home state of Pennsylvania to campaign for his running mate and rally support among union members, kicking off a vote-in event in Pittsburgh organized by the Laborers International Union of North America. He said it was in organized labor’s interest to defeat Trump, whom he described as “a loser as a man.”
While Biden has made the tours of Pennsylvania several times, he has not appeared with Harris since Sept. 2 when they campaigned together in Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania’s 19 Electoral College votes make it the largest prize among potential swing states.
-With assistance from Alicia Diaz.
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