ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIA, USA —
A little more than two weeks before the presidential elections in the United States, Democrat <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/donald-trump-whats-behind-the-us-presidents-baltimore-attack/" title="Donald Trump: What's behind the US President's Baltimore attack”>Kamala Harris visited two churches on Sunday, while her Republican rival, Donald Trump, visited another type of American temple: a McDonald’s.
Both candidates were fighting for votes in the most competitive states, with Harris appealing to early voters in Georgia and Trump campaigning in Pennsylvania ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
At a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia, Trump took off his suit jacket, put on a black and yellow apron and proceeded to cook batches of fries, something he said he had wanted to do “my whole life.”
He dipped wire baskets of potatoes into sizzling oil before salting them and handing them out to customers through the restaurant’s drive-thru window. Thousands of people lined the street in front of the restaurant to watch.
“I like this job,” said Trump, whose adoration of fast food is well known. “I’m having a great time here.”
Trump has said the McDonald’s visit was intended in part as a dig at Harris, who says she worked at the fast-food chain during her college years. Trump claims that Harris never worked there, but has provided no evidence to prove it.
Campaigning in Georgia, Harris, who turned 60 on Sunday, participated in two church services outside Atlanta on Sunday.
At Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro, Georgia, music icon Stevie Wonder performed, singing his hit “Higher Ground” and a cover of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.”
Harris urged people to vote. “We are all in this together. We have much more in common than what separates us,” he said.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris looks on as Stevie Wonder sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to her during a Souls to the Polls Sunday service at Divine Faith Ministries International Church in Jonesboro, Georgia, USA, on October 20, 2024 REUTERS
Harris, who was raised in the teachings of the black church and sang in a church choir, previously spoke at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia.
There, he drew a sharp contrast to the harsh and divisive rhetoric of the current political climate, although he did not mention Trump by name.
“Right now across our nation, what we do see are some trying to deepen the division between us, spread hate, sow fear and cause chaos,” he said. “Right now, our country is at a crossroads and where we go is up to us.”
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