WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania: Donald Trump launched fresh personal attacks against White House rival Kamala Harris on Saturday (Aug 17), as new polling showed her making major gains in key battleground states ahead of next week's Democratic National Convention.
A supporter takes a selfie with a person wearing a Donald Trump mask before a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Trump at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Saturday, Aug 17, 2024.
Republicans and Trump advisers - concerned by Harris' energised campaign - have publicly urged him to stick to the issues and lay off the personal attacks which they believe play badly with the undecided and independent voters he needs to win the Nov 5 election."You don't mind if I go off teleprompter for a second, do you?" he asked the crowd about 15 minutes into his speech, before proceeding to reel off a now familiar list of insults at Harris.
At the rally on Saturday in Wilkes-Barre, Trump skewered Harris on her historic opposition to fracking - an unpopular stance in Pennsylvania which is the second-largest natural gas-producing US state after Texas. Trump lost the state by a narrow margin against Biden in 2020 but has strong support in rural areas and small towns.
She will be hoping to sustain her poll momentum at the four-day event which will include keynote speeches from party leaders like Biden and former president Barack Obama.
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