Democratic candidate Kamala Harris was greeted by an unusual sight when she arrived in North Carolina on November 2: the red-white-blue plane of Donald Trump, her Republican rival in the presidential race, Reuters reported.
As Ms. Harris stepped off the Vice President's Air Force Two at the Charlotte airport, Mr. Trump's private Boeing 757 was parked on the tarmac nearby.
The clash is a stark illustration of how the two candidates are focusing on a handful of states that are expected to decide the winner and loser of the US presidential election on November 5.
This is the fourth consecutive day that both candidates have campaigned in the same state. Only seven battleground states, including North Carolina, are considered truly competitive.
With just three days to go until Election Day, Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris have stuck to familiar themes in their appearances.
Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN in an exclusive interview ahead of a rally in Atlanta that her campaign is still trying to reach every voter.
She said she intended to “be a president for all Americans,” a message echoed on campaign signs her team used during the final sprint.
During a campaign stop in Atlanta, Ms. Harris contrasted the leadership she wants to bring to the Oval Office with that of Mr. Trump, criticizing the former president’s threats against his political opponents.
Later, in Charlotte, Ms. Harris reiterated her view that Mr. Trump focuses on his “enemies list” while she focuses on her “to-do list.”
At the North Carolina rally, Harris was interrupted several times by the crowd. She used those moments to emphasize her campaign theme of democracy and said she would work as president to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home.
For his part, during a rally in Gastonia, former President Donald Trump repeated his claim that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs away from black Americans.
At a rally in North Carolina, Mr Trump also said he was “doing well with men” but acknowledged that the widening gender gap had worried some Republicans. He reiterated that, despite criticism stemming from the remarks, he would “defend women” if elected.
At a rally in Virginia, Mr. Trump continued to criticize Ms. Harris’s record on immigration and the economy. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance echoed those sentiments at a rally in Las Vegas, where he told voters that voting for Ms. Harris was voting for “more of the same” on inflation and the border.
About 71.5 million Americans have voted early, according to data from 47 states and the District of Columbia collected by CNN, Edison Research and Catalist.
Amid the threat of civil unrest over the US presidential election, the National Guard is on standby as a precaution in several states, including Washington, Nevada and Oregon.
The FBI says a video circulating on social media claiming the agency has "arrested three groups involved in election fraud" and another video involving Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff are both false.
