Mass arrests as demonstrations spread from Columbia and Yale to other US universities
The two men are focusing their campaigns on the closely-fought states that are expected to determine the winner of the Nov. 3 election. After spending the day in Florida, Trump held a rally in Georgia, traditionally a Republican stronghold.
Trump, a Republican, lags in opinion polls and the latest figures from his campaign show he is also behind in fundraising as the race intensifies with 18 days to go before Election Day. Early voting is shattering records, with more than 23 million Americans having already cast ballots.
Trump and the Republican National Committee raised some $247.8 million in September, his campaign manager said on Twitter, well behind the $383 million haul of Biden and the Democratic Party.
At an indoor event with a crowd of seniors in Fort Myers, Florida, Trump expressed some uncharacteristic empathy for those who have lost family members to Covid-19.
"My heart breaks for every grieving family that has lost a precious loved one. I feel their anguish. I mourn their loss. I feel their pain," said Trump, who recently recovered from his own bout with the disease.
Biden, a Democrat, has shown strength with senior voters, many of whom have faulted Trump for his response to the health crisis. Biden has lambasted Trump for often playing down the seriousness of the crisis, and has knocked the administration for seeking to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
"If I have the honor of becoming your president, we'll build on the Affordable Care Act, no matter what they do," Biden said at an event in Michigan.
Trump again asserted that the country was "rounding the turn" on the outbreak, now in its eighth month, even as the number of US cases crossed 8 million on Thursday, rising by 1 million in less than a month.
At a rally in Ocala, Florida, Trump played down Obama's potential impact.
"Oh, I got an emergency call today. They say, 'Sir, I'm sorry to tell you, but President Obama is going to start campaigning for Sleepy Joe.' I said, 'so what's the problem with that' . I said, 'you know, he campaigned harder than Hillary last time, so why do we care?'" Trump said.
Biden completed his campaign day with an evening get-out-the-vote rally in Detroit, where he criticized Trump for his actions while sick with Covid-19.
"The longer Donald Trump is president, the more reckless he gets," Biden said.
Biden tested negative for the coronavirus on Friday, his campaign said. His running mate Kamala Harris is not traveling for a few days after one of her aides tested positive.
A record 23 million Americans have already voted, according to the US Elections Project at the University of Florida, including 2.2 million in Florida. About 136.6 million people in total voted in the 2016 election.
Early voting began in Louisiana on Friday, following record turnout this week in the competitive states of Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.
Mass arrests as demonstrations spread from Columbia and Yale to other US universities
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