Harris slams Trump in Pennsylvania as US election race heats up | 2024 US Election News

Harris says Trump’s second term will be ‘dangerous’ as the presidential candidates hold opposing rallies in key states.

US President Kamala Harris accused her Republican rival Donald Trump of being a danger to democracy, as the two held protests in a critical battleground in Pennsylvania.

Harris and Trump spoke to their respective supporters Monday evening, with Harris speaking in downtown Erie and Trump holding a town hall in Oaks, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia.

“Trump’s second name would be very dangerous for America – and it is dangerous. Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unstable and careless,” Harris told the crowd, referring to recent speeches in which Trump warned that the United States was facing an “enemy within”.

Trump has become increasingly dependent on rhetoric as the race for the White House heats up ahead of the Nov. 5 vote.

The former president has embraced derogatory remarks about immigrants, and recently suggested that the country confront internal enemies that cannot be dealt with through the military.

“I think the biggest problem is the enemy within,” he told Fox News in an interview that aired over the weekend when asked about potential chaos on Election Day. “We have very bad people. We have sick people, abandoned lunatics. “

He added: “It should be handled easily, if necessary, by [the] The National Guard, or if absolutely necessary, the military. “

Trump also shared content on his social media suggesting that his political opponents were traitors who should face military courts.

For years, Democrats have wanted to portray Trump as a threat to American democracy, especially after a crowd of his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election.

President Joe Biden – who defeated Trump in that 2020 vote – said last year that the former president’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) campaign is “an extremist organization that does not share the fundamental beliefs of our democracy”.

But recent polls suggest Trump and Harris are locked in a tight race for the White House, less than a month before the election.

In recent weeks, Harris has been in the news as his campaign seeks to appeal to key segments of the Democratic Alliance, including black and Arab men and Muslim Americans who have shown declining support for him.

At his rally on Monday, he showed clips of Trump’s recent comments as he warned against re-electing him.

“He considers anyone who does not support him, or who will not bend to his will, as an enemy of our country,” said the US vice president.

Polls show Harris with a slight lead of less than 1 percentage point in Pennsylvania, a northeastern state that could prove critical in the upcoming election.

For his part, during his event in the Pennsylvania town of Oaks, Trump repeated his promise to increase oil production in the US, which he said would reduce costs even though domestic production is at a high level.

“We will do the baby drill. “We’re going to have more energy and we’re going to lower prices,” Trump said.

After medical incidents in the crowd disrupted his town hall, the Republican candidate asked for Ave Maria to be played for the audience.

“These two people who came down are patriots,” Trump said afterward. “We love them. And because of them, we ended up with good music, right?”