Harris and Trump will take their closing arguments to two important states in the Southwest

The presidential campaign heads west on Thursday as Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump deliver closing arguments to voters in critical swing states like Arizona and Nevada.

With five days left until voting ends on Election Day, candidates are expected to make a presentation to Latino voters in two states and talk about one of the campaign’s biggest issues: border security.

In Arizona, Trump will speak at an event in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. tucker carlsonConservative commentator known for stirring up controversy. Harris will speak at a rally in Phoenix, where the famous California-based Mexican norteño group Los Tigres del Norte is scheduled to perform.

Arizona, which Trump lost by fewer than 11,000 votes in 2020, remains one of the most competitive states in this year’s election. Republicans eyeing ballot measure that would make illegal border crossings easier a state crime It will help motivate support for Trump as Democrats try to mobilize voters around a ballot measure that would elevate Trump. right to abortion in the state’s constitution.

Both candidates will stop in Nevada, home to a large population of service industry workers, returning to a state where they touted elimination plans. tip taxes for hourly workers.

Trump will be in the city of Henderson, just outside Las Vegas. Harris will be in Reno and Las Vegas, where she will perform alongside pop icon Jennifer Lopez and Mexican pop rock band Maná.

In Arizona, Latinos make up 25 percent of the voting population, while in Nevada they represent just over a fifth of the electorate. Pew Research Center. Democrats have traditionally gained significant shares of the demographic, but voting It showed that the Republican candidate took advantage of this advantage.

The Sun Belt breakthrough comes as both candidates continue to recover from the fallout from a comedian’s crude joke at Trump’s rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden last week, in which he called Puerto Rico a “floating garbage island.”

Description originally brought a wave of reaction She was against Trump, but on Wednesday, Harris was clearing up comments in which President Biden appeared to call Trump supporters “trash” during a video call. Embers Responded in Wisconsin Speaking to the press from inside a garbage truck on Wednesday.

Trump is also making an unusual campaign stop Thursday in New Mexico, which hasn’t elected a Republican to the White House since 2004. first time in reliably Democratic state Since his run for the White House in 2020.

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