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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Helen Sullivan

US election briefing: Harris airs clips of her opponent while Trump hosts a ‘musical-fest’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens at a campaign town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, just three weeks out from polls opening in the 5 November presidential election.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens at a campaign town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, just three weeks out from polls opening in the 5 November presidential election. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

With just over three-weeks until voting begins, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both campaigned in Pennsylvania, which promises the most electoral votes of any swing state. The Guardian’s poll tracker has Harris ahead by one point in the state.

Harris spoke in Erie, a county that is one of the state’s most reliable bellwethers – its “boomerang” electorate has backed the election winner in the last four races. Harris played clips from Trump’s recent media appearances and condemned his call for the military to be deployed against opponents he labelled “the enemy within”. “He considers anyone who doesn’t support him, or who will not bend to his will, an enemy of our country,” Harris said at the rally. “This is among the reasons I believe so strongly that a second Trump term would be a huge risk for America”.

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