Harris said Trump’s second term will be “dangerous” as presidential candidates hold dueling rallies in key battleground states.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has denounced her Republican rival Donald Trump as a threat to democracy after he held dueling rallies in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Harris and Trump each addressed their supporters Monday night, with Harris speaking in Erie and Trump hosting a town hall in Oaks, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia.
“A second term for Trump is a great risk and danger to America. Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and less free,” Harris said, adding that the U.S. faces “enemies from within.” Trump told the audience, referring to recent comments he warned about.
As the race for the White House heats up ahead of the Nov. 5 vote, President Trump has increasingly turned to inflammatory rhetoric.
The former president has made dehumanizing statements about immigration and recently suggested that the country faces an internal enemy that can be countered with military force.
“I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within,” he said in a Fox News interview aired over the weekend, when asked about the potential for chaos on Election Day. “We have some very bad people. We have sick people and radical left-wing lunatics.”
He added: “It could very easily be dealt with by the National Guard if necessary, or by the military if really necessary.”
President Trump has previously shared content on his social media platforms suggesting that his political opponents are traitors who should face military tribunals.
Democrats have for years labeled Trump a threat to American democracy, particularly after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election results. I’ve been trying to portray it as.
President Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in the 2020 vote, last year called the former president’s “Make America Great Again (MAGA)” campaign “an extremist movement that does not share the fundamental beliefs of our democracy.” said.
However, recent polls show that with less than a month until the election, Trump and Harris are in an extremely close race for the White House.
Harris has come under a media barrage in recent weeks as she seeks to appeal to key demographics of the Democratic Party, including not only black men but also Arab and Muslim Americans, whose support for the candidate has declined. has been done.
At Monday’s rally, she showed a clip of Trump’s recent comments warning him not to re-elect him.
“He considers anyone who does not support him or submit to his will to be an enemy of our country,” the US vice president said.
An average of polls shows Ms. Harris leading by less than 1 percentage point in the northeastern state of Pennsylvania, which could be crucial in the next election.
Meanwhile, President Trump reiterated his pledge to increase U.S. oil drilling during an event in the Pennsylvania town of Oaks, saying it would reduce costs even though domestic production is already at record high levels. said.
“We’re going to train the baby. We’re going to have so much energy and we’re going to bring the price down,” Trump said.
After a medical incident in the crowd interrupted a town hall, the Republican candidate demanded that “Ave Maria” be played in front of the audience.
“The two men who fell were patriots,” President Trump said afterward. “We love them, and they make great music, right?”
