Pennsylvania Just over two weeks before the presidential elections in the United States, Democrat Kamala Harris visited two churches this Sunday while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, visited another kind of American temple: a McDonald’s, where she again accused Harris of lying about having previously worked at the fast food chain.
Both candidates were fighting for votes in the most competitive states: Harris, the vice president of the United States, was appealing to early voters in Georgia and Trump, the former president, campaigning in Pennsylvania ahead of the November 5 election. Harris highlighted the heroism of those responding to Hurricane Helene, which caused death and destruction in Florida earlier this month. He drew a contrast between his vision for America and the harsh rhetoric of the current political climate, although he did not mention Trump by name.
“Right now across our nation, what we do see is that some are trying to deepen the division between us, spread hate, sow fear and cause chaos,” he told thousands of worshipers at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest. Georgia. Some measured a leader’s strength as “who you defeat” rather than being guided by “kindness and love,” he said, urging congregants to vote for a more compassionate future. Harris was more direct in an interview with MSNBC when asked about Trump’s comments at an earlier rally in Pennsylvania in which he called her a “f***ing vice president,” telling civil rights leader Al Sharpton: “The American people deserves much better.”
Trump at McDonald’s restaurant
At a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia, Trump took off his suit jacket, put on a black and yellow apron and cooked batches of fries, something he said he had wanted to do “my whole life.” The former president dipped baskets of potatoes in hot oil before salting them and distributing them to some of his followers through the window of the restaurant, which had been closed to the general public. Thousands of people lined the street in front of the restaurant to watch. “I like this job,” said Trump, whose adoration of fast food has been well-documented. “I’m having a lot of fun here.”
Trump has said the McDonald’s visit was intended, in part, as a jab at Harris, who says she worked at the fast-food chain during her college years in California. Trump claims Harris never worked there, but has provided no evidence to support that. Harris spokesman Ian Sams said the stunt was a sign of the real estate mogul’s desperation.
“The only thing he knows how to do is lie,” he said. “He can’t understand what it’s like to have a summer job because he was handed millions on a silver platter, only to waste it.”
Harris’ campaign said Trump’s visit also contradicted her opposition to an increase in the federal minimum wage and her support for a rule that could make it harder for workers to win lawsuits against the parent company if a franchise owner violated laws. minimum wage and overtime. .
“Happy Birthday”
Harris, who was raised in the teachings of the black church and sang in a church choir, turned 60 on Sunday while campaigning outside Atlanta. At Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro, Georgia, music icon Stevie Wonder performed, singing his hit “Higher Ground” and a cover of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.”
When asked about polls showing a lack of enthusiasm for her candidacy among black men who have been a reliable voting bloc for Democrats, Harris told Sharpton that she, too, was working to earn their votes. “There’s a narrative about the type of support we get from black men that just isn’t working in reality,” Harris said. “Because why would black men be any different than any other demographic of voters? They expect you to earn their vote.”
Harris will need strong results in the majority nonwhite cities of Detroit and Atlanta and their surrounding suburbs to repeat President Joe Biden’s 2020 victories in Michigan and Georgia. At a campaign event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Trump expressed his birthday wishes to Harris, drawing boos from his crowd.
“Happy birthday, and many more, and I mean it,” Trump said, although he continued to criticize Harris’ policies and speculated that his opponent may have “a cognitive problem.”
(With contributions from the agency)
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