Donald Trump is returning to the battleground state of North Carolina Friday
to address a meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police as he tries to portray himself as tougher on crime than his Democratic opponent, Vice President
Kamala Harris, in the campaign’s closing months.

Meanwhile, Harris’ campaign announced Friday that it raised
$361 million from nearly 3 million donors in her first full month as a candidate. Trump’s team had
announced Wednesday he brought in $130 million over the same period.

There are 60 days until the November election. Early voting will be underway in at least four states by the end of this month and a dozen more to follow by mid-October.

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Donald Trump returns to North Carolina to speak at Fraternal Order of Police meeting

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Donald Trump is returning to the battleground state of North Carolina Friday to address a meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police as he tries to portray himself as tougher on crime than his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the campaign’s closing months.

Trump is scheduled to address FOP’s National Board of Trustees fall meeting in Charlotte. The
FOP, the world’s largest organization of law enforcement officers, endorsed Trump’s reelection bid in 2020, with its president saying on behalf of its 373,000 members that Trump had “made it crystal clear that he has our backs.”

The imagery of the former president and GOP nominee in a room of law enforcement officers offers Trump the platform to contrast their support with his characterization of Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general whom Trump has called the “ringleader” of a “Marxist attack on law enforcement” across the country.

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