Harris slams Trump in Pennsylvania as US election race heats up
On Monday night, Harris and Trump addressed their respective supporters in Oaks, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, while Trump held a town hall in the city of Erie.
A second Trump term poses a significant risk to both the United States and the country. According to Harris, “Donald Trump is becoming more unstable and unhinged,” Harris cited recent remarks in which Trump vowed to confront an “enemy from within”.
As the race for the White House rages on incessantly ahead of the vote on November 5th, Trump has leaned in.
The former president has used dehumanizing language about immigrants and recently suggested that the nation faced internal enemies that could be defeated with military might.
When asked about potential chaos on Election Day, he responded, “I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within,” he said in an interview that aired over the weekend. “We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics”.
He added: “It should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by]the] National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military”.
Trump has also previously made comments on his social media platform that suggested his political rivals were traitors who needed to face military tribunals.
Democrats have been trying to portray Trump as a threat to US democracy for years, especially after a group of his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 to thwart Congress’s decision to declare the election results of 2020.
In the presidential election of 2020, Joe Biden defeated Trump, who claimed the ex-president’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) campaign was an “extremist movement that does not share the fundamental beliefs in our democracy.”
However, recent polls indicate that Harris and Trump are competing for the White House in a fiercely competitive election.
Harris has been conducting a media blitz in recent weeks to appeal to diverse demographics, including Black men as well as Arab and Muslim Americans, whose support for the candidate is declining.
She warned against extending Trump’s presidency by displaying clips of his most recent remarks at her rally on Monday.
“He considers anyone who doesn’t support him, or who will not bend to his will, an enemy of our country”, the US vice president said.
In Pennsylvania, a state in the northeast that could be crucial for the upcoming election, Harris has a slim lead of less than 1%, according to polling averages.
Trump, for his part, reiterated his commitment to increase US oil drilling at an event in the Pennsylvania town of Oaks, which he claimed would lower costs given that domestic production is at record highs.
“We’re going to drill baby drill. We’re going to have so much energy and we’re going to bring prices down”, Trump said.
The Republican candidate requested the audience play the song Ave Maria after medical issues at the crowd’s interruption of his town hall.
Source: Aljazeera
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