Trump attacks Harris at mega-rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden

Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump has rallied his Make America Great Again (MAGA) basal astatine a rally successful New York City, promising to ace down connected migration portion repeatedly slamming his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.

Trump told the assemblage of supporters astatine Madison Square Garden – 1 of the astir storied venues successful the United States – connected Sunday that they stood “on the verge of the top 4 years successful US history”.

“November 5 volition beryllium the astir important day successful the past of our state and together, we volition marque America almighty again,” said the erstwhile president, who painted a representation of a state plagued by economical and societal crises.

“We volition marque America affluent again. We volition marque America steadfast again. We volition marque America beardown again. We volition marque America arrogant again,” helium said. “And we volition marque America large again.”

The rally comes just 9 days earlier Americans spell to the ballot container connected November 5 to elite their adjacent president, with polls showing Trump and Harris locked successful a neck-and-neck combat for the White House.

Trump speaks during the rally astatine Madison Square Garden, successful New York, October 27 [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]

The predetermination is hinging connected 7 critical battleground states – including Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania – wherever the contention remains excessively adjacent to call.

Reporting from New York connected Sunday evening, Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher explained that the predetermination volition apt travel down to a fewer 1000 voters who “are going to marque the last verdict” successful those plaything states.

“And it’s determination that the candidates volition ore their efforts successful the past 9 days of this predetermination campaign,” Fisher said.

Both the Harris and Trump camps person been urging their supporters to get retired to ballot successful the last agelong of their respective campaigns.

More than 41 cardinal Americans had already voted successful aboriginal in-person voting oregon via mail-in ballots by midday connected Sunday, according to a tally by the Election Lab astatine the University of Florida.

Harris was successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected Sunday, making stops astatine a church, barbershop and a Puerto Rican edifice earlier spending clip with younker hoops players astatine a section assemblage centre.

During a rally connected Sunday evening, the Democratic vice president sought to represent her Republican rival arsenic a divisive unit successful American authorities and warned of the “high stakes” of the upcoming vote.

But she struck a much conciliatory enactment than astatine immoderate of her astir caller run events, wherever Harris has accused Trump of being a “fascist” and “unhinged”.

‘Let’s speech with each different astir what we person successful common,’ Harris said during her rally successful Philadelphia, October 27 [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]

That whitethorn beryllium a effect of a caller informing from a starring pro-Harris governmental enactment committee, which said specified attacks against the Republican whitethorn not beryllium connecting with voters, The New York Times reported.

“Let’s attack this infinitesimal successful a mode that successful the look of strangers, we spot a neighbour,” Harris said during her Philadelphia event.

“Let’s speech with each different astir what we person successful common,” she said.

“Let’s physique assemblage and let’s sound connected doors. Let’s substance and telephone imaginable voters. Let’s scope retired to our household and our friends and our classmates and our neighbours, archer them astir the stakes successful this predetermination and archer them astir their power.”

Trump and his Republican allies utilized the New York City rally to onslaught Harris, with the erstwhile president disparaging her arsenic a “radical near Marxist” who is “unfit” to service successful the White House. “You’ve destroyed our country,” helium said, referring to the vice president.

But Harris’s campy seized connected immoderate of those comments from Trump and different speakers during the lawsuit astatine Madison Square Garden, including a comedian who said Puerto Rico was “a floating land of garbage”.

“Puerto Rico is location to immoderate of the astir talented, innovative and ambitious radical successful our natin. And Puerto Ricans merit a president who sees and invest[s] successful that strength,” Harris said successful a run video shared connected societal media.

The speech could supply a boost to Harris, arsenic determination are ample Puerto Rican populations successful the cardinal plaything states of North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

As the run blitz continues up of predetermination day, the Democrat volition beryllium going backmost to Michigan – different cardinal plaything authorities – connected Monday to clasp a rally alongside her vice-presidential moving mate, Tim Walz.

For his part, Trump volition beryllium successful Atlanta, Georgia, to effort to rally his supporters successful a authorities that helium narrowly mislaid to Democratic President Joe Biden successful 2020.