At rally in Las Vegas, former US President Barack Obama took aim at Trump, comparing him to a grandfather whose bizarre behavior would spark worry after his rambling speeches and a strange dance party.
“So you would be worried if your grandpa started acting like this. You would,… right? You’d like, call up your brother,… be like, have you seen grandpa lately? What we gonna do?
“But this is coming from somebody who wants unchecked power, wants the most powerful office on Earth, with the nuclear codes and all that,” said Obama.
Earlier in the day the pop star Lizzo said that “whether you’re a Democrat or Republican or neither, you deserve a president who listens when you speak.”
“You deserve a president who respects when you protest. You deserve a president who understands that their job is to be a public servant,” she said before emphasising that Harris offers just that.
“ABOUT DAMN TIME”
Lizzo – who sported a suffragette-white pantsuit as she addressed the crowd in Motor City – also drew cheers when urging listeners that America was more than ready for its first woman president, dropping a reference to her own hit song: “It’s about damn time!”
One of Atlanta’s major stars, Usher, told voters there that he was counting on them to get Harris’ “campaign across the finish line” in Georgia.
Musk, who endorsed Trump in July, is one of the Biden administration’s fiercest critics and has emerged as a loud voice in US politics since taking over Twitter, now known as X.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has taken an increasingly visible role in Trump’s campaign and has donated almost US$75 million to his political organisation America PAC.
Speaking in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he announced he would start randomly distributing cash awards – US$1 million each day until the Nov 5 vote – to a registered voter in the state who signed his organisation’s petition.
Source: CNA
