The presidential candidates for the White House, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, have disqualified each other in two simultaneous events in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the swing states that will determine the election results on November 5 in the United States.
The Democratic candidate has focused her speech on ensuring that she will keep her promises; the Republican, on stating that he believes that Harris “hates” Americans, according to the television network CNN.
The call to vote can be decisive for this state. With ten electoral votes, Wisconsin, together with Michigan and Pennsylvania, is part of what American politics commonly knows as “the blue wall”, traditional Democratic strongholds whose loss has invariably led to a Republican victory in the presidential elections.
THE ENTRY TO THE WHITE HOUSE
“Either he’ll be there on day one, walking into that office, thinking about his list of enemies, or when I’m elected I’ll walk in on his behalf with my to-do list,” Harris said in reference to who will take over from Joe Biden in the White House.
Very confident, Harris stressed, while the audience cheered, that if she has “the opportunity to fight, there will be nothing in the world that will stand in her way.”
Referring to the tone used by her adversary in his electoral events, the vice president told reporters, according to CNN, that “violent rhetoric must be disqualifying.”
The Democrat, before the rally, claimed that it is now “time for a new generation of leadership in the country.” “And I am ready to offer that leadership as the next president of the United States,” she added.
The event in Milwaukee was packed with celebrity guests, including rappers Glorilla, Flo Milli and Cardi B, who called Trump a “swindler.”
“HE’S NOT A GOOD PERSON”
For his part, Trump said that Harris “is not a good person.” “Kamala’s final message to Americans is that, I think, she hates them,” he said.
The American tycoon also stressed that his “final message” is that he “loves” the United States. “And I invite you to join us in building an extraordinary future for our nation,” he added.
After being visibly angry about a problem with the microphone, for which he said he was “boiling with rage,” Trump spoke about global warming: “If it’s cold, it’s fine. If it’s hellishly hot, it’s fine. Before, global warming didn’t work because, in reality, we’re cooling down,” he said.
“They talk all the time about how the ocean level will rise in 500 years, one-eighth of an inch. Who the hell cares?” he said.
In four of the last six presidential elections, the outcome in Wisconsin has been decided by less than one percentage point. In 2016, Trump carried the state by a 0.7 percentage point lead, while in 2020, Joe Biden managed to turn the tables and win by 0.6 percentage points, according to CNN.
