Rowan Bridge
North America correspondent, Washington DC
If you watch the rallies of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump – and I’ve watched quite a few in recent weeks – it can start to feel like you’re watching a band do its greatest hits tour.
At their separate appearances in Wisconsin on Wednesday evening, both sides played to what they see as their strengths and disparaged the other side.
Among Donald Trump’s promises were to: “rapidly defeat inflation”; “drill baby drill”, his shorthand for expanding fossil fuel production in the US; “massively cut taxes” for workers and small businesses; crack down on illegal immigration.
“Kamala, you’re fired,” he said at one point, using his catchphrase from the reality show The Apprentice.
Kamala Harris focused on abortion rights and appealing beyond just Democrats, saying she pledged “to seek common ground and common sense solutions to the challenges you face”, adding: “I am not looking to score political points.”
She also took a dig at Donald Trump: “I don’t believe people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I’ll give them a seat at my table.”
There are few things both sides seem to agree on but they both know getting out their vote – especially in the seven states will decide the result – is crucial.
Those states are where their efforts will be focused and why they were both were in Wisconsin. Expect to see them back there again before voting ends on 5 November.
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Publish date : 2024-10-30 17:50:00
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