North Carolina returns to center stage in the presidential election on Thursday, as both President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for vice president, campaign in the state.
Greenville, N.C. — President Donald Trump returned to North Carolina on Thursday, marking the start of the state’s early, in-person voting period with a rally at Greenville’s airport. The event was the president’s sixth visit to the state since late August, and he urged the hundreds of supporters gathered there to get out and vote so he can win the battleground state, which some observers say is critical to his re-election chances. «We’re going to have a ‘red wave,'» Trump told the crowd, predicting not only his victory but wins by other Republicans in key races nationwide. He repeatedly bashed Democratic challenger Joe Biden during the 80-minute speech, spending more time attacking Biden than on rattling off his own accomplishments. «Joe Biden has betrayed the workers of North Carolina through one act of economic treachery after another,» he said. «For half a century, Biden twisted his blade into the heart of North Carolina workers. He should not be asking for your votes; he should be begging for your forgiveness.» Trump labeled the longtime U.S. senator and former vice president «a corrupt politician,» saying he used his offices to rake in money – and his son has followed suit. «Biden is a servant of the wealthy donors and globalists and special interests who got rich bleeding America dry,» he said. «Biden got rich while America got robbed.
