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Harris & Trump focused on swing states after viral debate

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the presidential contest.In North Carolina, Democratic nominee Harris used rallies in Charlotte and Greensboro to tout endorsements from Republicans who have crossed the aisle to back her. She also promised to protect access to health care and abortion, while delighting her partisan crowds with celebrations of her debate performance Tuesday, taking digs at Trump and cheerleading for her campaign and the country.In the border state of Arizona, the Republican Trump pitched a tax exemption on all overtime wages, adding it to his previous proposals to not tax tips or Social Security income. But the former president squeezed those proposals, along with a nonspecific pledge to lower housing costs, into a stemwinding speech marked by his most incendiary rhetoric on immigration and immigrants themselves, name-calling of Harris and others, and a dark, exaggerated portrait of a nation Trump insisted is in a freefall only he can reverse.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/vice-president-kamala-harris-campaigns-charlotte-north-carolina/275-5d0ceb09-5f8b-4ddb-8ada-a88caefeb614Happy Friday the 13th! A lot of folks think it's spooky when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday, but how exactly did this superstition get so popular? Historians aren't exactly sure, but they can say it started long before the 1980s horror movie franchise with the same name. FULL STORY: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/connect-the-dots/friday-the-13th-unlucky-number-wcnc-charlotte/275-09244ca2-f413-4ac6-ab99-792bdaf12691WCNC Charlotte To Go is a daily news and weather podcast you can listen to so you can start your day with news that impacts you from the team at WCNC Charlotte.  SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts || Spotify || Pandora || TuneIn || Google Podcasts || iHeartAll of WCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. You can listen now on Android, iPhone, Amazon, and other internet-connected devices. Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere.

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Vice President Kamala Harris used two North Carolina rallies to tout endorsements from Republicans who say they can't support former President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump told supporters in Arizona he was "angry" at the debate and doubled down on unfounded claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in a small Ohio town.

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