Democratic presidential nominee US Vice-President Kamala Harris addressed a church congregation at Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville, North Carolina, on October 13. REUTERS
Democrat Kamala Harris will commence her 60th birthday on Sunday with visits to two churches in Georgia, where she intends to energize early voters. Meanwhile, her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, will spend time at a McDonald's fast food outlet in Pennsylvania. Harris and Trump, who are closely matched in the race in key states, have intensified their attacks in recent days, while rallying support for early voting by mail or in person, with only 16 days remaining until the November 5 election. Following a Saturday event in Detroit with hometown rapper Lizzo and another in Atlanta with pop icon Usher, Harris will receive a birthday boost from music legend Stevie Wonder, who will attend one of the churches she plans to visit on Sunday.
Vice-President Harris and former President Trump, aged 78, are concentrating on Pennsylvania, Michigan, and several other states that are likely to determine the election outcome, where both parties have strong backing and electoral results have been tight in previous cycles. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, will emphasize the "Souls to the Polls" initiative on Sunday, aiming to mobilize voters through gospel performances, national and state faith leaders, elected officials, and others. Harris, who was raised in the teachings of the Black church and sang in a church choir, will attend a service and speak at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, about 50 km east of Atlanta, according to the campaign. She will also speak at Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro, just south of Atlanta, where she plans to encourage worshippers to exercise their voting rights. Wonder will be in attendance and is scheduled to perform.
After her events, Harris will record an interview with civil rights leader Al Sharpton that will air Sunday night on MSNBC. Walz will attend a service in Saginaw, Michigan, while his wife, Gwen Walz, will visit a church in Las Vegas. Harris will need strong results in the predominantly non-white cities of Detroit and Atlanta and their surrounding suburbs to replicate President Joe Biden's 2020 victories in Michigan and Georgia. Trump, after escalating personal attacks on Harris on Saturday, told Breitbart News he would work at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pennsylvania on Sunday “just for fun” to mock Harris. Trump adviser Jason Miller said Trump would be working in the french fries section of the restaurant. Harris claims she worked at a McDonald’s when she was young, but Trump says he does not believe her.
Trump also plans a rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the late afternoon. The former president is aiming to capitalize on what he perceives as an improved position for him in opinion polls that indicate a closely contested race. Some voters in Pennsylvania, the biggest prize among battleground states on Election Day, have already received their mail-in ballots.
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