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The campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump

are closing in on their final pitch to voters in battleground states ahead of Election Day.

It's been a grueling schedule for both candidates, and one of them, the former president, is dismissing

observations that the pace may be catching up with him. We begin with NPR Sarah McCammon,

reporting from Gastonia, North Carolina, one of several Trump stops in that state.

Recent news reports have highlighted Trump's apparent fatigue and increasingly unfocused campaign

speeches punctuated with insults and attacks on his political opponents.

During the rally in Gastonia, North Carolina, Trump told supporters, quote, I feel I'm sharp.

Trump started a weekend of campaigning in the critical swing state, telling North Carolina supporters,

we win this state, we win the whole ball game.

This is the first of several stops Trump will make in North Carolina before Tuesday.

Sarah McKammon and PR News, Gastonia, North Carolina.

Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke in North Carolina today.

Prior to that, she campaigned in Atlanta, Georgia.

From member station W.A.B. Sam Gringless reports. With a backdrop of Atlanta skyscrapers in autumn leaves,

Harris applauded the more than four million who've already voted in Georgia and urged them to talk to others about the consequences of electing Trump.

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