Trump threatens to lock up opponents in escalating rhetoric ahead of crucial debate

Harris said she was honored to have the support of two key Republicans: former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz Cheney, a former Wyoming congresswoman.

“People are exhausted by the division and the attempts to divide us as Americans,” she said, adding that her main message during the debate would be that the country wants to be united.

“It’s time to turn the page on division,” she said. “It’s time to unite our country, to find a new way forward.”

Trump held his rally in the central Wisconsin town of Mosinee, population about 4,500. It is in Wisconsin’s largely rural 7th Congressional District, a reliably Republican area in a purple state.

During his speech, he launched into a dark and ominous frenzy against Harris, claiming that if the woman he calls “Comrade Kamala Harris” gets another four years, you will be living in a full-fledged banana republic ruled by “anarchy” and “tyranny.”

Trump also strongly criticized the administration’s border policies, calling the Democrats’ approach “suicidal” and accusing them of “importing murderers, child molesters and serial rapists from around the world.”