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Harris rallies in Atlanta, Trump appears in North Carolina as campaigns enter full swing
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Harris rallies in Atlanta, Trump appears in North Carolina as campaigns enter full swing

Democratic presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris addressed her supporters at a campaign rally in Atlanta on Saturday as she entered the final three days of her race against Republican Donald Trump. Photo: Edward M. Pio Roda/EPA-EFE

1 / 3 | Democratic presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris addressed her supporters at a campaign rally in Atlanta on Saturday as she entered the final three days of her race against Republican Donald Trump. Photo: Edward M. Pio Roda/EPA-EFE

November 2 (UPI) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris He attended an afternoon rally in Atlanta on Saturday and his Republican rival Donald Trump The day started in North Carolina as the head-to-head races entered their final three days.

Vice President Harris held a rally before Tuesday’s election in what could be her final stop in Georgia in hopes of winning the crucial 16 Electoral College votes. rally full of stars Atlanta Civic Center features screenings by film director Spike Leehip-hop artist Monica and R&B star Victoria Monet.

Stealing the titles of some of his best-known films, Lee told the crowd: “My brothers, my brothers, ‘We Gotta Do the Right Thing.’ ‘Mo Betta!’ We must.”

“No more playing GA! Vote for Kamala today!” Monica declared after one of Georgia’s Democratic U.S. senators: Raphael WarnockHe warned that Trump had shown he was unfit for the presidency and urged rallygoers to work over the last few days to get votes for Harris.

“I need you to reach the hero within you,” he said. “I need to know that you are the avenger of goodness, mercy, truth, justice and righteousness.”

Harris took the stage at 1.40pm and said: “We are three days away from one of the most important elections of our lives and we still have work to do… hard work is good work and make no mistake, we will win.”

Before a crowd estimated to number between 15,000 and 20,000, Harris urged Americans to “turn the page” on an “exhausting” decade of dealing with Trump.

“It is time for a new generation of leadership in America,” he declared, adding: “I promise you to listen to the experts and to listen to the people who disagree with me, because unlike Donald Trump, those who disagree with me are the enemy.

“He wants to put them in jail, and I’ll give them a seat at the table. That’s what real leaders do. That’s what strong leaders do.”

Following her appearance in Atlanta, Harris was scheduled to perform a concert. evening campaign stop She’s bringing the actress with her in case of another potentially decisive swing with a similar star-backed event in Charlotte, N.C. Kerry Washingtonrock star Jon Bon Jovi and singer-songwriter Brittney Spencer.

Meanwhile, the Republican candidate kicked off Saturday, the last day of early voting in the state, with a rally at the Gastonia, North Carolina Municipal Airport, about 25 miles west of Charlotte.

During the rally, he repeated his false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election and criticized Harris and the President. Joe Biden About this week’s jobs report showing economy It added just 12,000 jobs in October, well below analysts’ expectations.

“We cannot endure this disaster for another four years,” he said, adding: “These are depression-like numbers.”

But the Bureau of Labor Statistics blamed October’s lower total on the ongoing Boeing machinists’ strike, which caused nearly all of the manufacturing sector’s 46,000 job losses, and widespread disruptions in the Southeast due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

As he has throughout his campaign, Trump claimed without evidence that illegal immigrants were fueling a “crime wave” across the country, focusing on the story of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was killed in Houston earlier this year. Two undocumented male immigrants from Venezuela were charged with murder in the girl’s death. accordingly Houston Police Department.

During Saturday’s rally, the former president played a video of the girl’s mother criticizing Harris’ stance on immigration and endorsing her.

Embers was planned He will make another appearance in the state later in the day, speaking at a rally in Greensboro at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

Hitting the campaign trail Saturday was also Biden, heading to his childhood home of Scranton, Pennsylvania, for an appearance at the Carpenters Local 445 boardroom. There, he praised his administration’s four-year record on funding infrastructure projects and supporting unions and praised Harris’ support for workers’ right to strike.

“The other guy wants to cross every picket line he sees.” Biden said Trump “doesn’t care about us. Look at what his mega-millionaire friends are saying about healthcare. They want to get rid of the Affordable Care Act.”