Harris marks birthday at Georgia churches while Trump courts voters at McDonald's

US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are both shown on October 16, 2024 in this composite image.

Kamala Harris celebrated her 60th birthday campaigning in Georgia, joined by Stevie Wonder, while Donald Trump appealed to blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania. Harris urged compassion and focus on families, contrasting her message with opponents sowing division. Wonder serenaded Harris at a Black church, emphasizing unity and community responsibility in the final days of the US election.

Kamala Harris turned 60 on Sunday in the final stretch of a knife-edge US election, making campaign stops at Black churches in Georgia as her 78-year-old opponent Donald Trump served fries at a Pennsylvania McDonald's in a bid to appeal to blue-collar voters.

Music legend Stevie Wonder accompanied Democrat Harris at one of her appearances in a suburb of Atlanta, singing the vice president his rendition of "Happy Birthday" while urging voters to "think about more than yourself when you vote."

In brief remarks Harris echoed that sentiment, saying, "Ours is a country that is about doing things that are focused on the best interest of our children, our families, giving people the resources they need around assistance, helping people pull out of poverty."

Earlier, speaking at a Baptist megachurch near Atlanta, she had urged a Black congregation to embrace compassionate values while others "spread hate, sow fear and cause chaos."

Harris did not mention Trump by name but the crowd nodded knowingly to her allusions to her Republican rival.


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