Kamala Harris celebrated her 60th birthday on the campaign trail on Sunday, while Donald Trump visited a McDonald’s and doubled down on his dangerous rhetoric calling Democrats “enemies from within” as both candidates sought to gain ground ahead of the US presidential race key states to win support election.

Harris rallied black voters in Georgia on Sunday with “Souls to the Vote” visits to two community churches.

Harris’ comments to the congregation at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta focused on how religious experiences growing up in Oakland, California, influenced her politics. Echoing the parable of the Good Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke, the vice president advocated for policies that embrace compassion.

She said: “As we encounter our brothers and sisters in need, let us, as good Samaritans, look into the face of a stranger, a neighbor, and recognize that if we shine the light in moments of darkness, it will lift our feet lead the path of peace.

“And let us remember that although weeping lasts for a night, in the morning joy comes.”

She asked: “What kind of country do we want to live in – a country of chaos, fear and hate or a country of freedom, compassion and justice?”

Harris added: “The great thing about living in a democracy is that we, the people, have the power to answer that question.” So let’s answer not just with our words, but also with our actions and with our votes .”

Later that day, Stevie Wonder attended a rally with Harris at Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro. And the vice president spoke to Rev. Al Sharpton.

Asked by the civil rights activist about her support among men and reports that black men are withdrawing from Harris’ campaign, the vice president said: “There’s this narrative about what kind of support we get from black men that just doesn’t hold water. in reality.

Trump, meanwhile, doubled down on his previous comments attacking Democrats as the “enemy from within,” this time specifically denouncing Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.

During an interview with Howard Kurtz on Fox News that aired Sunday, the former president said that “radical left-wing lunatics… the enemy from within… should be very easy to handle, if necessary, by the National Guard, or if it really is is necessary, from the National Guard “military” – before Pelosi and Schiff are singled out.

Similar statements by Trump in recent weeks have sparked widespread concern and raised fears of an authoritarian crackdown if he were to become president again. The Harris campaign quickly responded to the new comments.

“Even in his safe space at Fox News, Donald Trump can’t help but show himself as the confused, angry, unstable man that he is – focused on his own petty grievances and the tired playbook of division,” said Ammar Moussa, Harris Walz campaign spokesman wrote in an email.

“This is exactly why his superiors hide him from major mainstream interviews and refuse to let him debate again. They don’t want the country to see the demise of this candidate,” he added.

Later that day, the former president made a campaign stop at McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and worked the fryer. The visit was intended to be a dig at Harris, who worked at the fast-food chain in her youth. Trump has frequently questioned this experience without providing any evidence to support it.

Trump spent most of his town hall on Sunday evening in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he attacked immigrants entering the U.S. through the southern border, boasted about his tough immigration policies during his presidency and vowed to increase fracking in the state.

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X who has campaigned with all his might for Trump, also took the stage on Sunday. At a town hall in Pittsburgh, Musk repeated false and fear-mongering claims, telling those in attendance, “The Constitution is literally under attack.” He then issued his second $1 million check to a signer of his petition supporting the First and Second Amendments.

Musk announced Saturday that America Pac, his Trump-allied political action committee, will donate $1 million every day until the presidential election to someone who signs the petition.

The promise appears to be a way to incentivize Republicans in battleground states to register to vote. But the legality of the project is unclear. Several legal experts said Saturday that the petition appears to violate federal election laws, which prohibit paying or offering to pay for someone to register to vote or actually vote under Title 52 of the U.S. Election Code.

Meanwhile, Democratic governors from three states in the so-called “blue wall” held their final arguments for Harris.

Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Tony Evers of Wisconsin and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan stormed onto the political shows Sunday morning to talk about the vice president’s policy agenda – and point out differences with Trump, 16 days before an election that polls show is still going strong is on a knife edge.

“I don’t want to go back to Donald Trump when he ran the country,” Shapiro told NBC’s Meet the Press.

“Do you remember the recording? I know there are still some people who may have their heads spinning a little and can’t remember what it was like under Donald Trump. There was more chaos, there were fewer jobs and there was much less freedom.

“I don’t think we want to go back to a time of chaos. I want a stable, strong leader, and that is Kamala Harris.”

According to Whitmer, voters in Michigan compared the records of both candidates before the election.

“Although it will be close, I would much rather play our hand into their cards,” she said. “We have a better candidate. We have receipts on the issues that matter to the American people, on the economy, on individual rights, on affordable housing, and we are in a better position.”

Republicans appearing on Sunday talk shows tried to control the message after Trump’s extraordinary and vulgar rhetoric during a Saturday night rally in Pennsylvania, when he called Harris a “shitty vice president” and the size of the late golfer Arnold Palmer’s penis highlighted.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham lost his temper when questioned on NBC’s “Meet the Press” — trying to focus on two recent assassination attempts on Trump, both carried out by pro-Republican figures became.

“When you talk about rhetoric, you have to remember that they were trying to blow his head off,” Graham said. “And another guy tried to kill him…so I’m not too impressed with the rhetoric game here.”

Graham also condemned Republican colleagues, including Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, as well as numerous former Trump administration officials who denounced him and expressed support for Harris.

House Speaker Mike Johnson was more reserved — but equally determined to avoid questions about Trump’s comment in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” suggesting it was host Jake Tapper who was obsessing over it was to talk about Palmer’s penis.

“The media can pick it apart, but people are going to vote on what’s best for their family and that’s what they see in Trump,” he said.

Early in-person voting is underway in numerous states, with voters in Georgia on Tuesday setting a first-day turnout record, despite polls leaving the candidates in a virtual dead heat.

On Sunday it emerged that Harris does not plan to campaign alongside Joe Biden before Election Day on November 5th. “The most important role he can play is to do his job as president,” an anonymous White House official told NBC News, saying the decision was mutual after discussions between the campaign and Biden administration officials been.

Hugo Lowell contributed reporting