As the US prepares to elect a new president on November 5, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump held rallies in Pennsylvania on Monday, making their final pitches in the key swing state.

The Harris and Trump rallies in Pennsylvania come amid polls and polls pointing to a head-to-head race between the two presidential candidates.

Addressing voters on the eve of Election Day, Harris and Trump presented starkly contrasting visions for America’s future.

Trump’s rallies have centered around personal attacks on a number of high-profile Democratic women and attempts to portray migrants as dangerous criminals. Meanwhile, Harris delivered a more upbeat closing argument, deflecting attention from the threat her White House rival could pose and insisting that “we all have a lot more in common than what separates us.”

The Harris campaign and her surrogates continued to appeal to female voters, while Trump revived familiar slurs against prominent women, sometimes with violent language.

What did Trump say at the rallies on the eve of the election?

In North Carolina, Republican candidate Trump attacked former first lady Michelle Obama and said: “She hit me the other day. I was going to say to my people, am I allowed to hit her now? They said take it easy sir.

Not only that, Trump even suggested that Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi should be jailed for hacking a copy of his 2020 State of the Union address: “She’s a bad, sick woman, she’s crazy as a bug.”

Trump, from North Carolina, also threatened Mexico’s president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, suggesting he would impose tariffs on all Mexican goods “unless they stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs.”

The Republican nominee also repeated his lines that Harris is a “low IQ individual.”

Trump continued his taunting even as he faced scrutiny over his recent comment suggesting that Liz Cheney, a former GOP congresswoman and a Harris supporter, should face the guns that are “shooting at her “.

In Reading, Pennsylvania, Trump fantasized about fighters who could “take migrants in a fight.” He continued his racist tropes about immigrants and asserted his threat of unprecedented mass deportations, saying Tuesday would be “liberation day.”

He also claimed that Democrats support “open borders” so that undocumented people can vote fraudulently.

Harris’ final pitch to American voters

Harris, meanwhile, was rallying about 40 miles from Trump in Allentown, where he railed against Trumpism, refraining from directly naming his opponent: “America is ready for a new way forward, where we see the colleague our American not as an enemy, but as a neighbor. We are ready for a president who understands that the true measure of a leader’s power is not based on who you knock down. It’s based on who you pick up.”

Later, Harris stopped at a Puerto Rican restaurant with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and jumped right into canvassing in a residential area of ​​Reading, telling voters at one house, “I wanted to knock on the door!”

I took some time today to hear from Pennsylvania voters and ask for their support.

You still have time to join us at the doors: pic.twitter.com/J7E8ObhEjp

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 5, 2024

Biden’s “garbage” remark appears.

Monday also saw Trump running mate JD Vance earn loud applause at a rally in Georgia when he attacked Harris by bringing up President Joe Biden’s recent gaffe in which he appeared to call supporters Trump’s “garbage.”

“In two days, we’re going to take the trash out of Washington DC, and the trash is named Kamala Harris,” the Ohio senator said in remarks that were condemned by Democrats and pundits.

On Monday, Trump held four rallies — one in Raleigh, North Carolina, two in Pennsylvania and a late event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

With his busy schedule, Trump sometimes seemed low-energy and hoarse. He continued to brag about his crowd numbers, but reports suggested there were empty seats and early departures from audience members during his long, rambling speeches at some of his final events.

Meanwhile, Harris remained in Pennsylvania, holding several rallies and events in the critical state that could decide the 2024 US presidential election.

With contributions from agencies.

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