Earlier, in a surprise stop before the rally at a campaign field office in Pittsburgh, Obama made an unusually direct appeal to black men, whose support polls show Harris has struggled to mobilise.
Saying he had some “truths” that he wanted the black community to hear, Obama said that “you’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I’ve got a problem with that”.
“Because part of it makes me think – and I’m speaking to men directly – part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president.”
Harris was in battleground Nevada for a town hall hosted by the Spanish language network Univision Thursday and later spoke at a rally in Arizona aimed at reaching out to Latino voters.
When a woman asked Harris at the town hall to name three of Trump’s virtues, she replied: “I think Donald Trump loves his family, and I think that’s very important … But I don’t really know him, to be honest with you. I don’t have much more to offer you.”
In Arizona, Harris addressed the devastation caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, saying the federal government “has mobilised thousands of personnel” to recover and rebuild the region.
The White House said Harris had also taken part in a virtual briefing on Milton, which has sparked a political storm between Republicans and Democrats.
