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Donald Trump And Kamala Harris they’ve honed their closing arguments, and now they’re both heading to famous venues to help get those messages across Only 10 days left until Election Day.

The former president is returning to his hometown for a rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden, one of New York City’s most iconic landmarks. Two days later, the vice president is hosting an event at the Ellipse, the park just outside the South Lawn of the White House; Here, Trump’s fiery speech nearly four years ago mobilized the United States. Attack on the US Capitol.

These two events can provide important moments in a race that is on a knife edge. CNN’s latest nationwide poll It shows each candidate with the support of 47% of likely voters.

Both campaigns are urging their supporters to vote early, trying to reach small lost pools of undecided voters (or those who know which candidate they prefer but aren’t sure whether to vote).

Harris and Trump made clear the issues they were emphasizing in the final days of the campaign. Harris leans on him support for abortion rightsThe Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Roe v. Wade is a political winner for Democrats since overturning his case. He also compares his character to Trump’s; a strategy aimed at reaching independents and moderate Republicans.

“You’re either going to elect Donald Trump, who’s going to sit in the Oval Office and plot revenge, plan revenge, write a list of his enemies,” he told reporters Thursday, “or you’re going to choose what I’m going to do, which is how people react. Just like the people who made a to-do list last night.”

Trump presses vice president on border security. inhumane language He has targeted undocumented immigrants, focusing on an issue that has been at the core of his political identity throughout his three presidential runs. It’s part of his broader argument that Democrats have undermined the stability and economic success of his four-year tenure in the Oval Office.

Trump relies on his own showmanship and celebrity as he holds a rally at Madison Square Garden; He hopes he can fill the arena in the deep blue city and the show will reach television and phone screens in all seven battleground states.

“I will liberate every town in America that has been invaded and conquered,” he said in Las Vegas on Thursday.

Previewing the final run-up to Election Day, a senior official from Harris’ campaign said the vice president “expects to see more,” referencing the former president’s description of political opponents as “enemies within” and also framing the race as Trump’s “enemies.” He described it as a decision between. list” and his own “to do list”.

His running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, also used the frame for the first time Thursday while campaigning in North Carolina.

“There’s a to-do list. There’s an enemy list,” Walz said.

Harris’ Star-studded rally in Georgia on Thursday night His first campaign appearance with former President Barack Obama and a host of other celebrities – kicked off what a senior campaign official described as a prelude to the campaign’s closing argument. The official said that argument shows how a Harris administration would look compared to the threat Harris says Trump poses.

The vice president continued this celebrity-backed push in Texas on Friday night; it was a rare visit to a state that is not a presidential battleground.

Yet Harris was derailed by seven states expected to decide the election—the Great Lakes swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and the Sun Belt battlegrounds of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina—for two big reasons. First: Beyoncé and Willie Nelson showed up with her.

Second: Texas, the nation’s second most populous state, has one of the strictest abortion laws. This procedure is banned after six weeks (before many women find out they are pregnant); except when it would save the mother’s life.

Harris told the crowd in Houston that the Lone Star State is “ground zero in the fight for reproductive freedom.”

Harris’ campaign paired her trip Friday with an ad highlighting Trump’s praise for her role in ending the constitutional right to abortion.

Harris and Trump’s standoff over abortion rights is an issue the vice president’s campaign has emphasized as it seeks to capitalize on what polls show could be a historic gender disparity.

“Our message right now is to pump up on early voting,” a senior campaign official told CNN, adding: “This is all about mobilization.”

Harris is expected to continue highlighting those themes with her most high-profile supporters when she campaigns alongside former First Lady Michelle Obama in Michigan on Saturday.

A big moment for the former president comes Sunday, when he returns to New York City, his home of more than seven decades, for a rally at Madison Square Garden.

An iconic venue in an iconic city. But New York is also a deep blue state where almost no Republicans believe Trump can win.

Still, his campaign looks positive for Sunday’s event. The Madison Square Garden rally will be one of the most talked about moments of the race, with media expected to reach all seven swing states. It is also paired with a pre-event fundraiser. And it could help the GOP in the fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives, where vulnerable Republicans currently hold some New York-area seats.

Trump also said Wednesday he thought he could win New York, claiming in part because immigrants were “taking over the city.”

“We think he has a chance to win New York for the first time in a long time. And with immigrants taking over the city, taking over the entire state, frankly, we think there’s a real chance with what’s going on,” he said on Fox News Radio. In 1984, Ronald Reagan was the last Republican presidential candidate to carry the Empire State.

Trump’s comments showed Harris focusing on abortion rights as well as attacking her Democratic rival on border security.

He also visited Austin, Texas, on Friday, highlighting an issue that has been a cornerstone of his political campaigns since he began his first run for president in 2015. Trump has promised to expand strict immigration policies; mass deportations – if he wins another term.

“Kamala is here in Texas to rub shoulders with woke celebs. Isn’t this exciting? But while he is here, he will not meet with any victims of immigration crime,” Trump said in Austin.

While the economy remains a top priority for voters, polls show why Harris and Trump leaned into these rival issues in their closing arguments. Latest poll from The New York Times and Siena College It shows that the former president continues to have a 54 percent to 43 percent advantage on who is more trustworthy on immigration, while Harris is ahead by double digits on abortion.

Like Harris, Trump’s campaign is entirely focused on winning supporters; especially those who vote irregularly.

Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, visited the Oakland County GOP office in Michigan on Thursday; The party’s home base is in a large suburban county northwest of Detroit and Harris is expected to win, but Trump could significantly improve his chances statewide. keeping margins close.

“What we’re really focused on is the people who will vote for us. “They’re angry about the way the country is going, but only if they go to the polls,” Vance said. “Every time you bank a vote, that allows us to allocate more resources to bank the next vote, and the next vote, and the next vote.”

He added: “We bought all the TV time we could afford. We bought all the radio time we could get. But the most important thing here is just this participation operation.”

CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez, Kit Maher, Aaron Pellish, Terence Burlij, Kate Sullivan, Kevin Liptak and Samantha Waldenberg contributed to this report.