Harris, Trump Fight Through Final Campaign Hours

Harris, Trump Fight Through Final Campaign Hours

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump held dueling rallies Monday in the final hours before Election Day, when Americans will either choose the first woman president in US history or deliver the Republican an unprecedented comeback likely to rattle the world.

With polls showing a dead heat, the candidates offered up starkly different visions as they spent their last day of campaigning in the too-close-to-call swing states that are set to tip the balance after polls close Tuesday.

Both rivals even held raucous events at the same time in Pittsburgh, a key city in the must-win battleground of Pennsylvania, as the race went down to the wire.

“Tomorrow is election day, and the momentum is on our side,” Harris said, just before singer Katy Perry took to the stage.

Republican former president Trump, who brought his family members up on stage in the city, stuck to his darker rhetoric, saying Harris was “a disaster.”

“We do not have to settle for weakness, incompetence, decline and decay. With your vote tomorrow we can fix every single problem our country faces,” he said.

Trump held rallies in North Carolina and Pennsylvania ahead of a grand finale in Grand Rapids, Michigan — the same place where he closed his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.

Democratic Vice President Harris went all-in on Pennsylvania, building up to a rally on the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps made famous in the movie “Rocky,” where she will be joined by celebrities including Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey.

– ‘Fresh start’ –

Both sides say they are encouraged by early turnout, with more than 82 million people having cast ballots ahead of Election Day.

Superstar Taylor Swift, one of a series of celebrity endorsements for Harris, posted to her 283 million followers an “extremely important reminder” that Tuesday is the final chance to vote.

Joe Rogan, the host of the world’s top podcast, announced on Monday that he was endorsing Trump, days after the former president appeared on his show.

Both rivals hoped their clashing messages will boost turnout among their supporters and win over any remaining undecided voters.

Speaking earlier in Reading, Pennsylvania, Trump pursued his apocalyptic vision of a United States in decline and overwhelmed by illegal immigrants, whom he described as “savages” and “animals.”

Harris hammered home her opposition to Trump-backed abortion bans across the United States — one of her key vote-winning positions but took an upbeat, centrist note.