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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Margaret Sullivan

The candidates’ closing campaign messages could not be more different

Portraits of Trump and Harris side by side.
‘If there’s any justice or decency left, Harris will leave the pollsters and pundits scratching their heads after her historic victory.’ Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

In recent days, the Republican nominee for president of the United States has driven around in circles in a garbage truck, pretended to work at McDonald’s and presided over a rally in which Puerto Rico was called a floating island of garbage.

Outrageous, of course – but then it got worse. On Thursday, talking on stage with Tucker Carlson in Arizona, Donald Trump went after the former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, who opposes his re-election and has campaigned with Kamala Harris: “Let’s put her with a rifle with nine barrels shooting at her. Let’s see how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face.”

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