Harris prepared to challenge Trump if he prematurely declares victory – as he calls her ‘lazy’
With just two weeks remaining before the US 2024 presidential election, the main players were out campaigning in key battleground states to sway the vote in their party’s favour.
Kamala Harris said her team is prepared to challenge Donald Trump if he tried to prematurely declare victory in the race.
In an interview with Sky News’ partner network NBC News she said America is ready for a female president of colour.
Meanwhile Mr Trump called Ms Harris “lazy as hell” at an event in Miami aimed at wooing Latino voters.
At a rally later in the day in Greensboro, North Carolina, he called Ms Harris a “stupid person” and asked: “Does she drink? Is she on drugs?”
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Obama raps Eminem at Detroit rally
While Ms Harris did not appear on the campaign trail on Tuesday, it was the first day in more than two weeks she had no public events scheduled and came a day after she visited three swing states.
Instead, her campaign sent out several key representatives, including Barack Obama, who was introduced on stage by Eminem in the rapper’s hometown of Detroit, Michigan.
The former president joked he had “noticed my palms are sweaty” before rapping several lines from the Grammy award-winning artist’s hit song Lose Yourself.
“Love me some Eminem,” he added.
Eminem told the crowd Ms Harris “supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld.”
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Obama acknowledges election will be ‘tight’
Earlier in the day Mr Obama told voters in Wisconsin the election was “going to be tight” in the state and “all across the country… because a lot of Americans are still struggling” after the events of recent years, including the pandemic.
“I understand why folks are looking to shake things up,” the former president said.
“What I cannot understand is why anybody would think Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that’s good for you.”
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Trump: Obama’s a ‘jerk’
Trump calls Obama ‘a real jerk’
Mr Trump attacked Mr Obama as “a real jerk” at a rally in North Carolina, describing him as “a divider” and saying “he was terrible”.
“He’s trying to campaign because [Harris is] incapable of campaigning, so they sent him in to try. He’s not going to do it,” Mr Trump said.
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Biden says Trump is ‘a danger to the republic’
President Joe Biden took aim at his Republican predecessor during an appearance in New Hampshire, saying: “He has no concept of anything. No plan.”
He added: “This guy is a danger to the republic.”
And Ms Harris’s running mate Mr Walz poked fun at Mr Trump for his recent visit to McDonald’s, quipping: “That five minutes he stood next to the deep fryer are the hardest he’s worked in his life.”
The Democrat also joked McDonald’s clown Ronald McDonald wears less make-up than Mr Trump.
Charlie Kirk has been posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump.
The USA’s highest civilian honour was received by the conservative activist’s widow, Erika, at the White House.
Mr Kirk, 31, was fatally shot on 10 September while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.
He founded Turning Point USA and toured American university campuses, debating students about current affairs.
Erika Kirk at the White House. Pic: Reuters
Erika Kirk and Donald Trump. Pic: Reuters
Addressing those attending the ceremony in the White House rose garden, the US president said they were there to “honour and remember a fearless warrior for liberty” and a “beloved leader who galvanised the next generation”.
He said Mr Kirk’s name was being entered “forever into the eternal roster of true American heroes”.
Mr Trump described Charlie Kirk as an “American patriot of the deepest conviction, the finest quality and the highest calibre”.
He said his nation had been “robbed” of an “extraordinary champion”.
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And Mr Trump said Mr Kirk was assassinated in the “prime of his life for boldly speaking the truth, for living his faith, and relentlessly fighting for a better and stronger America”.
The ceremony coincided with what would have been Mr Kirk’s 32nd birthday.
Mr Trump described Erika Kirk, now head of Turning Point USA, as someone who had “endured unspeakable hardship with unbelievable strength”.
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Charlie Kirk. File pic: AP
A 22-year-old man, Tyler Robinson, from the city of Washington in Utah has been charged with Mr Kirk’s murder. Prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty.
At a memorial event held at a stadium in Arizona, Erika Kirk told an enormous crowd she forgave her husband’s killer.
“The answer to hate is not hate,” she said.
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