The presidential campaign comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day.
Kamala Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. Donald Trump plans four rallies in three states, beginning in Raleigh, North Carolina and stopping twice in Pennsylvania with events in Reading and Pittsburgh.
Trump: The Presidential Race Is ‘Ours to Lose’
Trump has taken the stage to roaring applause in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He sounds a little hoarse after a busy campaign schedule that will include another three stops later Monday.
Trump says of the presidential race: “It’s ours to lose.”
Trump sounded confident, telling his audience, “With North Carolina, I’ve always gotten there.”
“Here’s my only purpose in even being here today: Get out and vote,” Trump said, loudly but hoarsely.
After Raleigh, he’s expected to head to Pennsylvania, perhaps the biggest prize on the electoral map, for rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh.
Final Presidential Ads Focus on Unity
As the two leading presidential candidates make their final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday’s election, a common theme has emerged in their camps’ final ads: unity.
In a two-minute ad released on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, promised to deliver a “brighter future” for all Americans.
“The vast majority of people in our country have so much more in common than what separates them,” Harris said in the ad. “Good people, hardworking people—we see in our fellow Americans: neighbors, not enemies. … We’re not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us.”
Harris’s comments allude to a remark often made by her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, who has vowed to defeat the nation’s “enemies from within.”
Trump defined those enemies as “the fascists, the Marxists, the communists, the people that we have that are actually running the country” at a rally in Wisconsin last month.
In a pro-Trump ad shared Sunday on X by Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s former running mate, who is now backing the former president, the overarching message was also one of unity.
The ad highlights Shanahan, Kennedy, their fellow ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, and other notable names who have set aside their political differences to form a broad coalition of support behind Trump.
“This election really isn’t about the left versus the right,” Gabbard says in the ad. “It’s about We the People choosing our government and the choice between freedom versus tyranny.”
Over a montage of clips of Trump’s surrogates, rallies, and campaign events, he closes out the ad by saying: “The people dreamed this country, and it’s the people who are making America great again.”
NBC Airs Trump Message After Harris Saturday Night Live Appearance
NBC aired a message from former President Donald Trump one day after Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on Saturday Night Live (SNL).
Trump spoke for about one minute during the message, which was prerecorded and broadcast during a NASCAR race on Nov. 3. It was aired again during an NFL game.
Trump, after greeting fans of sports, noted that the presidential election is slated for Nov. 5.
“We’re two days away from the most important election in the history of our country. We’ve got to save our country, and it needs saving. It’s in very bad shape,” Trump said.
“We’re going to end up in a depression based on what’s been happening,” he added later.
“We have to straighten out our country, we have to close our borders, we have to lower our taxes, we have to get rid of inflation. I’ll fix it.”
Star Power to Fuel Harris’ Final Day of Campaigning
The vice president is holding a rally in Allentown with rapper Fat Joe before visiting a Puerto Rican restaurant in Reading with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
She’ll also hold an evening Pittsburgh rally featuring performances by DJ D-Nice, Katy Perry and Andra Day, before rallying at Philadelphia’s Museum of the Arts’ “Rocky Steps,” featuring a statue of the fictional boxer.
The final event includes remarks from DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, Freeway and Just Blaze, as well as Lady Gaga, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone, and Oprah Winfrey.
Where Will Trump Be on the Eve of Election Day?
Former President Donald Trump is closing out his campaign day for the White House with a jam-packed schedule that includes four rallies across three battleground states.
He’ll begin Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, underscoring the significance of a state he has visited the past three days.
He then heads to Pennsylvania—perhaps the biggest prize on the electoral map—for rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh.
He will end his night—and likely spend the early hours of Election Day morning—in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That’s a campaign tradition for the former president who also held last-day rallies there during his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.
Harris Targets Puerto Rican Communities in Pennsylvania Campaign
After a visit to Scranton, Harris will speak in Allentown—a majority Hispanic city that’s home to tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans.
Pennsylvania is a swing state that could decide the election.
Harris later heads to Reading, where she plans to visit a Puerto Rican restaurant with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Epoch Times reporters Samantha Flom and Zachary Stieber and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
