GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — In Green Bay on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump wore an orange vest and rode a garbage truck to try to make a point. President Joe Biden made a mistake just a day ago.

Nearly 160 miles away in Madison, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage before thousands of screaming students and promised to chart a new path forward.

The split screen was played in this state of significant volatility six days before the election; Both campaigns ran across battleground states to rally voters in a race that was marginally expected to be won.

Both parties say it couldn’t be closer to the state Biden won by more than 20,600 votes in 2020. Wisconsin is among a handful of states that are almost certain to decide the election; This is also an important part of the “blue wall”. It’s critical to Harris’ path to the White House. Trump is trying to repeat 2016, when he thwarted Democrat Hillary Clinton’s victory by capturing every single blue wall state, including Wisconsin.

Both Harris and Trump will return here on Friday and hold dueling rallies in Milwaukee, the state’s largest city.

While Harris’ team specifically targeted young voters at the University of Wisconsin on Wednesday, Trump’s campaign had a garbage-themed day.

Took action to benefit from capital Biden’s comments on Tuesday He appears to have referred to Trump supporters as “trash.” Amid the immediate backlash, both Biden and the White House scrambled to clarify his comments, specifically referencing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s “hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico” at a Trump rally over the weekend. Madison Square Garden in New York.

The White House also released a transcript that attempted to show Biden’s point, adding an apostrophe to “supporters”: “The only nonsense I see floating out there is that his supporters — his — demonizing Latinos is unconscionable and unreasonable. American.”

But political damage was done.

Trump didn’t just focus on Biden’s comments rally in North Carolina Wednesday afternoon; He was also sitting in a garbage truck at the Green Bay airport when he arrived for a rally later in the evening.

“Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself if he knows what he’s doing,” Trump said from the garbage truck.

The message also became a central theme at the Green Bay rally, where Trump took to the stage wearing a fluorescent vest like the kind worn by garbage truck drivers. Many speakers have also brought up the topic, including legendary former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre.

“I can assure you that we are not all trash,” Favre said. bei whoNChineseresearched in his home state of Mississippi due to allegations of welfare fraud. “How dare you say that?”

In his speech, Trump also emphasized that he wanted to close the southern border by occasionally playing news clips about undocumented immigrants committing crimes in the United States illegally. He praised tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has become one of his biggest financial backers, and said he would protect women whether they wanted protection from him or not.

“I want to protect the women of our country. … I am the president and I want to protect the women of our country,” Trump said. “I’m going to do this whether women like it or not.”

Harris’ camp was focused on pushing voters to the polls on Wednesday. Speakers ranging from Gov. Tony Evers to Sen. Tammy Baldwin to singer Gracie Abrams urged the arena to go to the polls.

Before Harris arrived, Abrams, along with Mumford & Sons, were among the musical acts that came closer to captivating the enthusiastic crowd of more than 13,000, according to the campaign.

With a banner in the background that read “Badgers for Harris-Walz,” Harris portrayed Trump as complaint-obsessed and seeking unchecked power. He addressed the students in the arena.

“I see the promise of America and of all the young leaders who vote for the first time. And I love your generation. “I just love you guys,” she said, smiling. “You know less rights now than your mothers and grandmothers did (and) they stand for freedom, and what I know about you is that these issues are not theoretical. This is not political for you. This is your lived experience, and I see you, I see your power.” “I see your strength and I am proud of you.”

A roaring crowd waved red and white signs reading “Vote,” and a group of people in one section of the audience held up a banner reading “Freedom,” a theme Harris has embraced throughout her campaign. Protesters calling for an end to the Israel-Gaza war also experienced two brief interruptions.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., attended the rally after driving off with Baldwin. Schiff said in a brief interview with NBC News that Harris has made the path ahead clear. His speech about ellipse Tuesday evening in Washington DC. He said he wasn’t focused on the topic, skipping a question about Biden’s remarks on Tuesday and Trump’s response to the garbage truck joke.

In the Marquette University School of Law poll released Wednesday, Harris trailed Trump 50% to 49%; This is within the survey’s margin of error. That’s slightly lower for Harris, who received 52% of the vote to Trump’s 48% in the same poll in September.

“Whether we’re talking about seven swing states, most of which are on a knife edge, or we’re talking about Wisconsin, even the slightest change in these last six days is close enough to change the race,” Charles said. The survey’s administrator is Franklin. “This is really a race that could go either way, and we shouldn’t be particularly surprised by that.”

Trump’s dress-up game was his second event in front of cameras in recent weeks. workto a McDonald’s uniform and served supporters at the drive-thru.

It remains to be seen whether these actions will have repercussions.

But Trump’s anger over Biden’s comments was futile, according to Harris supporters.

Linda Gator, who lives in the Sheboygan area, scoffed when asked about this.

“Give me a moment,” he said. “There’s a guy spewing hate all the time and Biden makes mistakes and we all know the guy has a stuttering problem. We all know we misspelt sometimes, but once misspoken, you’re obviously blown away by your peers, right?

Cyrus Obut, a father of three children who attended the rally with his two daughters, said he believed that Trump would not attract attention with his ridiculous speeches. He pointed to the Madison Square Garden event and said the comments were “racist” and full of “bigotry.”

“At least he apologized on Biden’s behalf and said he was wrong. But on the other hand, is it so? “No,” said Obut.

Green Bay’s Matt Dixon and Madison’s Natasha Korecki and Shaquille Brewster reported.