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US Election Live: Donald Trump targets Latino and Asian voters in Nevada rally
In a final push to secure votes, former President Donald Trump set his sights on two communities at a Las Vegas rally. Follow live updates.
Former President Donald Trump has held a rally at the battleground state of Nevada, an event specifically attempted to appeal to the state’s Asian and Latino population.
Mr Trump took to the stage in Las Vegas alongside former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and former Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii in one of his first events geared toward Asian American communities.
Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing demographics in Nevada.
“Under the Trump administration we’re going to build an economy that lifts up all Americans, including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and also members of our great Asian American and Pacific Islander community, many of whom are here today,” he said.
“What spirit, what great spirit, it’s an honour to have you here. Beautiful clothing, the colours, I want to wear colours like that!”.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has called in a cavalcade of celebrities to bolster her campaign as Mr Trump cuts her lead to the narrowest margin since she burst into the race three months ago.
The Vice President drew 20,000 supporters to a star-studded rally in Georgia featuring singer Bruce Springsteen, director Spike Lee and actors Samuel L. Jackson and Tyler Perry, in what was also her first joint appearance with former president Barack Obama.
Pop icon Beyoncé and Mr Obama’s wife Michelle will add their star power this weekend in a bid to reverse Mr Trump’s momentum that now has him within 0.3 percentage points of Ms Harris in the Real Clear Politics average of national polls.
As Ms Harris’s supporters listened to Springsteen’s hits including The Promised Land, Land of Hope and Dreams, and Dancing in the Dark, the former president sharpened his attack on her for fuelling the illegal immigration crisis in a way that even appeared to surprise himself.
“We’re like a garbage can for the world,” Mr Trump said.
“You know, it’s the first time I’ve ever said that. And every time I come up and talk about what they’ve done to our country I get angry and angrier … But you know what? It’s a very accurate description.”
The Republican’s advisors said he would try to bring home the race by arguing: “Harris broke it, Trump will fix it.”
The Democrats, meanwhile, doubled down on Mr Trump’s former top officials calling him a dangerous fascist who had praised Adolf Hitler.
“We do not need four years of a wannabe king, a wannabe dictator,” Mr Obama said.
Springsteen added that Mr Trump was “running to be an American tyrant and he does not understand this country, its history or what it means to be deeply American”.
Jackson said Ms Harris was “the kind of president I can stand behind” as they shared a favourite curse word, while Lee warned that voters could not be “hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray” by her opponent.
But Mr Trump said they would “call me everything until, you know, something sticks”.
“She did call me a fascist, and everyone knows that’s not true,” he said.
“They really don’t know me very well … I’m not a dictator. It’s just incredible.”
His running mate JD Vance said he was “offended for my fellow American citizens” that Ms Harris was focused on “a bunch of petty grievances from years ago” about Mr Trump.
“Talk about the future, Kamala Harris. Talk about what you want to do, and shut the hell up about what happened four years ago,” he said.
But Ms Harris declared: “I took on predators of all kinds: predators, fraudsters and repeat offenders. I took them on and I won … In 12 days, it’s Donald Trump’s turn.”
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Originally published as US Election Live: Donald Trump targets Latino and Asian voters in Nevada rally