Glove and hate

THE polls could not be closer, or the differences greater, in the race to become the next US president.

- MIKEY SMITH

Both hopefuls have staged rallies in one of the crucial battleground states, which may decide Tuesday's election.

But while Kamala Harris won a ringing endorsement from rapper Cardi B, Donald Trump ranted after sound problems dogged his event.

And yesterday, his team was forced to deny reports that he had wanted to call his then-opponent Joe Biden "Retarded Joe Biden".

Huge crowds were at each rally on Friday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The rivals are neck and neck in the state and the other six swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. Both campaigns are now pouring all of their resources into the key battlegrounds.

A 12,000-strong crowd at the Democratic event cheered Cardi B as she walked on stage dressed in white and waved with her gloved hands.

The star, 32, did not mince her words as she backed Vice President Ms Harris for the top job and branded former president Trump a bully. She said: "I'm not giving [him] another chance. I can't stand a bully. But just like Kamala, I always stand up to one." President Biden, 81, dropped out of the race for the White House in July.

Cardi B said: "I wasn't going to vote this year. But Kamala joining the race changed my mind completely.