Republican Donald Trump asked for the support of Muslim voters in Michigan, while Michelle Obama expressed support for Kamala Harris at a Democratic rally in this state, one of those that will decide the US presidential election on November 5.
Harris and Trump are battling in Michigan for voters who include Arab-American and Muslim populations concerned about Israel's bombing of Gaza, Reuters reported.
Trump said at a rally in Detroit that he had just met with a group of local imams and that he deserved the support of Muslim voters because he would end the conflict and bring peace to the Middle East.
"That's all they want," Trump said in suburban Detroit.
Trump fully supports Israel, but has not said how he would end the conflict in the Middle East.
In the southern Michigan city of Kalamazoo, Harris pointed to the contrast between herself and Trump on issues such as abortion rights, taxes and health care.
Michelle Obama, the popular wife of former US President Barack Obama, stirred the crowd by drawing differences between the two candidates in terms of personal character and qualifications, saying there was a double standard in the treatment of Trump and Harris.
"I hope you'll forgive me for being a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore Trump's gross incompetence while asking Kamala to blindside us at every turn," the former first lady said, urging all undecided voters to "get out of the fog." .
At one point, Haris' speech was interrupted by a demonstrator who repeatedly shouted "Enough of the war in Gaza."
"On the subject of Gaza, we need to end that war," Harris replied, then picked up where she left off, asking voters to "turn the page on fear and division."
The US presidential campaign culminates on the official election day of November 5, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, focused almost exclusively on the seven politically key states most likely to determine the outcome.
National polls show this presidential race is among the tightest in decades.
US presidential elections are decided not by the national popular vote, but by the Electoral College vote, which turns the election into 50 state-by-state contests, with 48 of the 50 states awarding all of their electoral votes to the winner of their states, either Harris or Trump, while Nebraska and Maine assigns theirs by statewide and congressional district vote count.
The number of electoral votes in each state is based on population, so the largest states have the most influence in determining the overall national outcome, and the winner needs 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win another four-year term in the White House, starting in January.
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