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US Vice President and Democratic presidential candiadte Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Rawhide Western Town and Event Center in Chandler, Arizona, on October 10, 2024. Rebecca Noble, AFP/File

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candiadte Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Rawhide Western Town and Event Center in Chandler, Arizona, on October 10, 2024. (Photo by Rebecca NOBLE / AFP)

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1729318258548AFP__20241011__36JV3XF__v1__Preview__UsVotePoliticsHarris.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="US Vice President and Democratic presidential candiadte Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Rawhide Western Town and Event Center in Chandler, Arizona, on October 10, 2024. Rebecca Noble, AFP/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Rawhide Western Town and Event Center in Chandler, Arizona, on October 10, 2024. <em>Rebecca Noble, AFP/File</em></span></span></span>DETROIT -- Kamala Harris questioned Donald Trump&#x27;s fitness for office Friday as the oldest major-party White House candidate in history faced speculation that he is &quot;exhausted&quot; after backing out of a spate of interviews.</div><p>While he has been appearing on friendly TV networks, the 78-year-old Republican has canceled sitdowns with media outlets including NBC, CNBC and CBS. He has also refused a second debate with Harris, after being soundly bested in the first.</p><p>Politico reported that a Trump aide had told producers at a website negotiating an interview that the ex-president was &quot;exhausted&quot; and refusing some appearances -- a claim described by his campaign as &quot;detached from reality.&quot;</p><p>But Harris, who turns 60 this weekend, hammered Trump over his health and resilience.</p><p>&quot;If you are exhausted on the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughest job in the world,&quot; Harris told supporters during a day of multiple stops across the swing state of Michigan.</p><p>The former president has hardly been idle, pursuing a busy schedule of appearances with new and traditional media, but most have been on outlets where he is rarely challenged.</p><p>Trump reacted angrily to Harris&#x27;s jab, telling reporters that he had canceled nothing and calling his Democratic opponent a &quot;loser&quot; who &quot;doesn&#x27;t have the energy of a rabbit.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/16/kamala-harris-steps-into-lions-den-with-fox-interview-006">READ: Fiery Harris uses testy Fox interview to claim break from Biden</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/15/harris-mocks-trump-after-rally-turns-into-bizarre-dance-a-thon-654">READ: Harris mocks Trump after rally turns into bizarre dance-a-thon</a></div><div><strong>- Dueling rallies -</strong></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABOrjfbjjGzkMjV2&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><p>The ex-president also pushed hard at a town hall in Auburn Hills, a suburb of automaking hub Detroit, on his pledge to impose across-the-board levies on US imports.</p><p>&quot;You have a lot of words that are damn nice like love. But I think it&#x27;s more beautiful than love. The word tariff,&quot; Trump said.</p><p>But Harris, speaking in Oakland County, warned voters: &quot;Donald Trump is making the same empty promises to the people of Michigan that he did before, hoping you will forget how he let you down the last time.&quot;</p><p>The vice president has a narrow lead in national polling averages, while numerous October surveys in Michigan show them neck and neck.</p><p>Trump has surprised analysts with a program that mixes swing state stops with appearances in regions he has no chance of winning, but where he is guaranteed big crowds.</p><p>He was in the liberal stronghold of New York for a Catholic charity dinner on Thursday, where he mocked Harris in an occasionally mean-spirited speech that earned gasps for its off-color remarks and profanity.</p><p>But he was back on home turf Friday morning for a soft Fox News interview, before heading to Michigan for counterprogramming against Harris.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/18/musk-stumps-for-trump-in-key-us-swing-state-951">READ: Musk stumps for Trump in key US swing state</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/16/musk-donates-almost-75-million-to-trump-s-presidential-cause-2153">READ: Musk donates almost $75 million to Trump&#x27;s presidential cause</a></div><p>Both candidates are spending their final campaign days in pivotal battleground states where early voting is already underway.</p><p>With less than three weeks to go, Harris has seen encouraging signs in her push for supporters to vote as soon as possible, as a bulwark against the traditional Republican edge among Election Day voters.</p><p>Almost 12 million votes had been cast by Friday evening -- around a third of them in the seven swing states expected to decide the election -- according to data tracked by the University of Florida Election Lab.</p><div><strong>- Early voting surge -</strong></div><p>Georgia has been smashing records, while North Carolina reported a first day of voting Thursday that beat 2020, when there was a pandemic-linked surge of early ballots.</p><p>Where party breakdowns were available, registered Democrats accounted for roughly half of the total, while Republicans -- who have spent much of the Trump era casting aspersions over drop boxes and mailed ballots -- were responsible for around a third.</p><p>The Democrat has found herself on eggshells as she upholds President Joe Biden&#x27;s support for key ally Israel, while Muslim and Arab American voters -- particularly in Michigan -- have voiced outrage over the death toll in Gaza.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/17/israel-says-killed-hamas-chief-sinwar-in-gaza-715">READ: Israel PM says killing of Hamas chief &#x27;beginning of the end&#x27; of Gaza war</a></div><p>The killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar drew optimism from Harris for a Gaza ceasefire, but Israel quickly said his death is not the end of the campaign launched in response to the militant group&#x27;s October 7, 2023 attack.</p><p>Speaking to journalists ahead of a speech in Detroit, Trump said Sinwar&#x27;s death had increased the likelihood of a peaceful solution to the war in Gaza -- while warning Biden not to try to restrain Israel.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Kamala Harris questioned Donald Trump's fitness for office Friday as the oldest major-party White House candidate in history faced speculation that he is "exhausted" after backing out of a spate of interviews.</p>

Kamala Harris questioned Donald Trump's fitness for office Friday as the oldest major-party White House candidate in history faced speculation that he is "exhausted" after backing out of a spate of interviews.

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