US Election 2024: Mr. Trump 'launches a dangerous attack' on immigration, Ms. Harris 'fights back' fiercely

Ms. Harris called out Mr. Trump at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 13 for his failure to release recent medical records.

Harris called out former President Donald Trump at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 13 (local time), for not releasing his recent medical records, refusing to be interviewed by 60 Minutes and refusing to participate in the second presidential debate. Vice President Kamala Harris questioned whether Trump's team was worried that voters would see him as unfit and unfit to lead if elected US President. Harris seized the opportunity, 'counterattacked' her opponent. The new attack from Harris came after she recently released her personal medical records, participated in her own "60 Minutes" interview last week, after Trump refused to participate in the second presidential debate with her. In North Carolina, Harris said Trump has been “not transparent” with voters, particularly for not releasing more up-to-date medical information, something “every other presidential candidate in modern times has done,” she said. Trump, who at 78 is the oldest person to become a presidential candidate in US history, has not released details about his health. Nearly three weeks before Election Day, Harris and Trump both rallied supporters across the country on Sundays. The vice president campaigned at East Carolina University — home to a state she hopes will turn blue for the first time since 2008. Trump held a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona — a state where recent polls show him leading. Mr Trump appeared on stage in the town north of Phoenix as supporters waved “Protect Our Border” signs as he announced plans to hire 10,000 new border patrol agents — a sign that he was hardening his stance on immigration. “We need agents. We need them badly,” Mr Trump said, pledging to lobby Congress to “immediately” approve a 10% pay raise for all border patrol agents, shortly after members of the National Border Patrol Council took the stage to endorse the former president. The labor union, which represents more than 18,000 border patrol agents, backed Mr Trump in 2016 and 2020 and backed the failed border bill that Mr Trump helped block. Ms Harris has repeatedly criticized Mr Trump for his role in scuttling a bipartisan border bill earlier this year. As for Mr. Trump, he told the crowd in Arizona, “You don’t need a bill,” echoing claims Republicans made when they blocked the border bill that President Joe Biden could “close the border” through an executive order. And a recent Wall Street Journal poll found that voters still believe Mr. Trump would handle immigration and border security better than Ms. Harris.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Early voting has already begun in several states, including Arizona, and Mr Trump has urged his supporters there to take advantage of the practice and return their mail-in ballots “immediately”, with just weeks to go until Election Day.

Harris noted that early voting begins Thursday in North Carolina in her own campaign. “We’re getting close,” Harris said. “I will tell you this is going to be a tight race all the way to the end, and we’re running as underdogs.” It ’s a tight race, with polls showing the pair locked in a battle within a margin of error in all seven battleground states. And in the final stretch of the campaign, Harris is ramping up her public appearances. Next week, she and Gov. Tim Walz will campaign heavily in the “Blue Wall” states with rallies and events in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Harris’s weekend trip through North Carolina is aimed at reaching out to black voters, a key part of how former President Barack Obama turned the state blue in 2008 and the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state. Her focus on black voters, which includes a town hall event with radio host Charlamagne tha God in Detroit on Tuesday, is a tacit acknowledgement of the crucial role black voters will play in November. The vice president is on track to win a majority of black voters, but any slippage with that core group could be an existential challenge for her campaign. On Saturday, Harris met with black elected officials and community leaders in eastern North Carolina, and she personally packed supplies for victims of Hurricane Helene. Harris then spoke Sunday at a historically black church in Greenville, where she told congregants at Koinonia Christian Central Church how her faith, which includes singing in a children's choir, has inspired her leadership. In her address to the congregation, Harris acknowledged the victims of Hurricane Helene and called out Trump for misrepresenting his comments after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated much of the Southeast. Harris launches new push to appeal to black voters Facing polls that show her support among black men is the weakest of any previous Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris is launching a series of efforts to strengthen this important group. In the coming days, Harris will attend several campaign events and announce three new policies aimed at black men. The proposals include: providing 1 million forgivable small business loans of up to $20,000; launching training and mentoring programs to help them enter “high-demand” industries; and launching an initiative to improve the health of black men. She will also film a meeting with Breakfast Club host Charlamagne tha God on Tuesday in Detroit. The campaign will also host events specifically for black men and launch a “Black Men Huddle Up” series with athletes in Charlotte, Detroit, Atlanta and Philadelphia. The effort is aimed at answering the question: “What is keeping black men from achieving economic well-being?” said Quentin Fulks, deputy campaign manager. He said the focus on this group of voters is an effort to address a longstanding lack of attention from Democrats. “We need to prioritize listening to both black men and women in America about the challenges they face,” Fulks stressed. Polls from CBS News and the New York Times/Siena Poll show that while Harris has the support of a majority of black men, that number is still significantly lower than in the 2020 and 2016 elections. The survey, which is a large sample of black voters, found that she had just 78% support, down from the 90% mark the Democratic Party has achieved. One of the campaign’s main efforts has been to enlist former President Barack Obama to campaign in swing states. However, he sparked controversy when he warned volunteers in Pittsburgh that black men needed to show more support rather than find reasons not to vote for Harris. Many argue that this criticism could alienate the very people Harris is trying to reach. Others defended Mr Obama's comments, saying they may have been taken out of context. They believed it would not be all sunshine and rainbows for the first black president to speak to black men at such an old age. "His tone was that of an elder, a statesman, a father," said a former senior Obama official. "It came from a place of love. It was a way of communicating with family." Mr Trump's campaign seized on the controversy surrounding Mr Obama's remarks, calling the comments "offensive," according to a statement from the Black Men for Trump advisory board. "Black Americans are not a monolith, and we do not owe our votes to any candidate just because they 'look like us.'" But even with Ms. Harris’s new policies and messaging, there are real concerns that this push to attract black men is coming so late in the campaign. If Ms. Harris truly hopes to defeat Mr. Trump in a matter of weeks, she will need every black voter in any swing state she can win. Ms. Harris spent Sunday at the Koinonia Christian Center, a predominantly African American church in Greenville, North Carolina, a key battleground state with a large number of black voters. She criticized Mr. Trump for spreading misinformation about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, which devastated the state. Some top Democrats have said they have not seen the need to get black voters to the polls when President Biden is ahead. Those Democrats have also expressed frustration that Ms. Harris’s campaign has not been much different. Still, there are those in the party who believe Harris can deliver the right message to those voters. He points to Harris launching a “National Economic Opportunity Tour” focused on black entrepreneurs earlier this year before ascending to the top job over the summer. Davis also notes Harris’ economic agenda, which includes grants for first-time homebuyers and a $50,000 tax credit for those who start small businesses, as evidence of the policies Harris is pushing that will help black Americans. Some in the party say that’s a better approach than urging black men to stop “making excuses.” “When you guilt-trip voters into voting for you, you’ve already lost,” said Nina Turner, a prominent progressive activist and former Ohio state senator.

Minh Trang

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