TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE
Trump, Biden make 11th hour bids for support
WITH a blood red sunset behind him and a sea of supporters braving the freezing cold to hear his words, Donald Trump made his last argument for why he should be elected in one of five final campaign rallies yesterday.
Declaring that his Democrat opponent was a corrupt Washington insider who was now a puppet of the socialist wing of his party, Mr Trump said Joe Biden wanted to shut the country down in fear of COVID.
“Joe Biden is bought and paid for by big tech big media and powerful special interests,” Mr Trump said in Michigan.
“He will always do whatever they want.
“I definitely don’t do what they want.”
Mr Biden took a stage with celebrity backers at a drive-in rally in Pennsylvania, the battleground state that swept Mr Trump to power in 2016 and is again poised to decide the election.
But in an odd move, his star booster was pop sensation Lady Gaga, an outspoken critic of the mining industry that drove a preCOVID boom in Pennsylvania.
Gaga made a pointed plea to women to vote Mr Trump out. “To all the women and to all the men with daughters, and sisters and mothers,” she said.
“Now is your chance to vote against Donald Trump, a man who believes his fame gives him the right to grab one of your daughters or sisters or mothers or wives by any part of their bodies.
“Vote for Joe. He’s a good person.”
Earlier, at an outdoor event in Pittsburgh, Mr Biden warned the future of the country was at stake.
“I have a feeling we’re coming together for a big win tomorrow,” he said.
“This is going to be more than just who governs the next four years.
“What happens now, what happens tomorrow, is going to determine what this country looks like for a couple of generations.”
Mr Biden told the crowd that “the power to change this country is in your hands”.
He also spoke about the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on the African-american community.
“We’re done with the chaos, we’re done with the racism, we’re done with the tweets, the anger, the hate, the failure, the irresponsibility,” he said.
Mr Trump, 74, chose Scranton, the birthplace of his opponent, to launch his final pitch to Pennsylvanians.
Mr Biden, 77, lived in the scrappy city until he was nine years old and has often characterised the race as a choice between his hometown and Mr Trump’s on Park Avenue.
“He left Scranton,” Trump said to cheers.
“This guy is a stone cold phony.”
He also zeroed in on Mr Biden’s plans to “transition” away from fossil fuels.
The US has become energy self sufficient under the Trump administration, in part due to opening up states including Pennsylvania to fracking.
His campaign earlier released a statement slamming the appearance of Gaga, “a fracking activist”
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