With less than a week to go in the US presidential election race, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters, with both set to appear in battleground North Carolina on Wednesday.
The Democratic presidential nominee has been forced to respond to Joe Biden inadvertently whipping up a conservative media storm by seemingly calling Trump’s supporters “garbage” in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s already-notorious Madison Square Garden joke about Puerto Rico.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters – his – his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” the president told Latinos on a Zoom call on Tuesday.
Harris told reporters on Wednesday that she “strongly” disagrees with any criticism of the public based on their voting intentions.
The Democrat delivered her “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC last night, speaking on the very same spot from which Trump told his supporters to “fight like hell” on January 6 2021.
She urged Americans to finally “turn the page” on the “division, chaos and mutual distrust” of the Trump era, characterising her opponent as a cynical opportunist vulnerable to the influence of malign actors at home and abroad.
Key Points
- Kamala Harris responds to Joe Biden’s ‘garbage’ gaffe
- Harris urges Americans to ‘turn the page’ on ‘divisive’ Donald Trump as she delivers closing argument in DC
- Arnold Schwarzenegger backs Harris as Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump
- Trump campaign sues over ‘voter suppression’ in Pennsylvania
- Who’s campaigning where on Wednesday?
Live: Kamala Harris holds campaign rally in North Carolina
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Mike Bedigan
Trump campaign sues over ‘voter suppression’ in Pennsylvania
16:10
Joe Sommerlad
The Republican ticket has announced it is suing Bucks County in the crucial swing state, alleging its officials have been “turning away voters” queuing outside election offices hoping to apply for mail-in ballots before they close at 5pm, which, the campaign points out, would be against the law if true.
BREAKING: Trump campaign sues Bucks County, Pennsylvania, alleging it is "turning away our voters." pic.twitter.com/4jrxcJv8Lw
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 30, 2024
“Yesterday, Kamala delivered a speech of falsehoods in Washington, DC claiming Republicans are a threat to democracy – while her allies in battleground Pennsylvania are actively turning away voters,” the Trump-Vance say in their email.
“This is against the law. This is voter suppression from the left. We will fight for every legal vote in Pennsylvania. Go vote, and stay in line!”
RFK Jr, known for his anti-vax views, says Trump promised him ‘control’ of the CDC
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Joe Sommerlad
Robert F Kennedy Jr claims Donald Trump has promised him “control” over multiple health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Kennedy Jr told followers in a livestream on Monday that Trump would put him in charge of the Departments of Health and Agriculture if he wins a second term, adding that he would make his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda a priority.
Yeesh.
Gustaf Kilander has more.
Harris responds to Biden’s ‘garbage’ gaffe: ‘The work I do is about representing all the people’
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Joe Sommerlad
The Democratic presidential nominee has been forced to respond to Joe Biden inadvertently whipping up a conservative media storm by seemingly calling Trump’s supporters “garbage” in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s already-notorious Madison Square Garden joke about Puerto Rico.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters – his – his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American,” the president told Latino voters on a Zoom call on Tuesday.
Harris told reporters on Wednesday that she “strongly” disagrees with any criticism of the public based on their voting intentions.
“You’ve heard my speech last night and continuously throughout my career,” she said.
“I believe that the work I do is about representing all the people, whether they support me or not, and as president of the United States, I will be a president for all Americans, whether you vote for me or not.”
“I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for.”
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 30, 2024
Harris addresses Biden “garbage” comments pic.twitter.com/8UPs2dwrk4
Arnold Schwarzenegger backs Harris as Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump
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Joe Sommerlad
Two major celebrity endorsements to bring you news of here, one for each side.
I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) October 30, 2024
I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.
My time as Governor taught me to…
https://t.co/oZekfkFKVZ
— Dr. Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) October 30, 2024
A half-Century ago, it was an honor to serve my country in the effort to put a human being on the Moon. I am proud of what we accomplished then and I have dedicated my life to the pursuit of an enduring human presence in space – it is a calling that runs…
Seven states will decide the election. They’re all too close to call
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Joe Sommerlad
With just one week until the election, we are no closer to knowing whether Trump or Harris will be the next president of the United States.
But that question will ultimately be answered by voters in a handful of battleground states, whose 93 electoral college votes will push either candidate over the line.
In each of these seven states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — neither Harris nor Trump has established a secure lead, with polling averages showing that the candidates are within two points of each other.
This means that nearly 100 Electoral College votes are ripe for the taking and will not be secure until next week.
Alicja Hagopian has more.
Jimmy Kimmel admits own role in ‘dividing’ America in last-ditch 19-minute plea to Republicans
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Joe Sommerlad
The late-night host, particularly hated by Trump, belatedly reached out to the GOP ahead of Election Day on his show last night.
Rhian Lubin was watching.
Republicans will ‘go big’ in Trump’s first 100 days and ‘take a blowtorch’ to federal agencies, says Speaker Johnson
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Joe Sommerlad
In a video obtained by NBC News, House Speaker Mike Johnson can be seen addressing an event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Monday promising that his side will “take a blowtorch” to federal agencies in the first 100 days of a Donald Trump presidency.
“Healthcare reform’s going to be a big part of the agenda,” Johnson tells his audience.
“When I say we’re going to have a very aggressive first 100 days agenda, we got a lot of things still on the table.”
Asked if that would mean no Obamacare, Johnson rolled his eyes and answered: “No Obamacare. The ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work, and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that.”
Mike Johnson says one of Trump’s top priorities will be to repeal the Affordable Care Act and rip away health care from tens of millions of Americans: “No Obamacare” pic.twitter.com/ZOquqx2sFE
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 30, 2024
This is what Harris-Walz spokesperson Sarafina Chitika had to say in response:
“Healthcare is on the ballot this November. Speaker Mike Johnson is making it clear – if Donald Trump wins, he and his Project 2025 allies in Congress will make sure there is ‘no Obamacare.’
“That means higher healthcare costs for millions of families and ripping away protections from Americans with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, asthma, or cancer.
“Voters see Trump’s ‘concepts of a plan’ for what they are: Ending the Affordable Care Act, jacking up prices, and leaving millions of Americans without the care they need.”
How close are Trump and Harris in Arizona and Nevada?
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Joe Sommerlad
Just one point separates the two presidential candidates in those two must-win battleground states, a new poll finds.
James Liddell has the details.
Tim Walz tells Good Morning America: ‘We’re winning this thing’
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Joe Sommerlad
Harris’s running mate was on the breakfast show a little while ago talking to George Stephanopoulos and said of her Ellipse speech last night: “The vice president’s rhetoric is the rhetoric that the president of the United States gives. One that understands we’re all in this together. One that welcomes robust debate about the issues.”
Asked about Joe Biden’s “garbage” blunder, Walz said: “The president has clarified his remarks. Let’s be very clear, the vice president and I have made it absolutely clear that we want everyone as a part of this. Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric is what needs to end.”
On their ticket’s supposed struggle to attract male voters, he said: “I think folks are still undecided. We go again back to those kitchen table issues. Men care about the lives of the women they love in their lives and they do care about the issue of reproductive care.
“They also want to make sure manufacturing jobs are coming back to Michigan. They want to make sure their kids are safe in schools from gun violence. Men are no different than women in that they want to live safe and secure lives. They want an opportunity to thrive.”
Asked how optimistic he was about next Tuesday, Walz declared: “We’re winning this thing... There’s energy out there. People are ready.
“There will be a clear result. My biggest concern is that Donald Trump has brought pessimism to folks. That folks don’t believe that their votes don’t matter. Those votes do matter.”
“My biggest concern is that Donald Trump has brought a pessimism to folks, that they believe that their votes don’t matter…”
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 30, 2024
Gov. Tim Walz speaks one-on-one with @GStephanopoulos with 6 days to go until Election Day. pic.twitter.com/kPaD3uCcEK
Elon Musk agrees that Trump’s economic plans will lead to ‘hardship’ and cause markets to ‘tumble’
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Joe Sommerlad
The world’s wealthiest man appears to believe that a Trump presidency must crash the economy in order to benefit Americans.
Elon Musk agreed on Tuesday that proposed drastic cuts to the federal government, coupled with Trump’s sweeping deportations, will likely cause global markets to “tumble”.
Alex Woodward has more.
‘Nostradamus’ of presidential races reveals why there’s ‘more election anxiety this year than ever’ before
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Joe Sommerlad
Allan Lichtman, the American political historian is known as the “Nostradamus” of elections because he has successfully predicted the last nine out of 10 presidential races since 1984, has revealed why he believes there is “more election anxiety this year” than ever before.
In a new episode on his YouTube channel, marking one week to go until voters elect either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump as the next president, Lichtman spoke of the “election anxiety” this time around.
“There was more election anxiety this year than I’ve ever seen, and I go back to Kennedy – Nixon in 1960,” Lichtman said.
“I’ve never seen this kind of election anxiety,” he added.
“A lot of people believe the future of the country is on the line here, and the democracy of America could be a thing of the past. I don’t think that’s an illegitimate fear.
“I’m so worried about the future of our election, you know, I think I’ve said this before – democracy is precious but like all precious things, it can be destroyed.”
Rhian Lubin has more.
Nikki Haley on Trump: ‘I am choosing policy over personality’
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Joe Sommerlad
Which policy? Mass deportations?
Baier: You have no doubts that this president is not a threat to democracy, is not dangerous, is not unhinged?
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2024
Haley: You don’t have to agree with his style. I am choosing policy over personality. pic.twitter.com/6e85laLPp4
Trump’s former primary rival was not even invited to speak at Madison Square Garden – shunned in favor of Tony Hinchcliffe, Hulk Hogan, Rudy Giuliani and the crucifix guy – but is nevertheless still out there backing the man who trashed and taunted her for months last winter.
Speaking to Bret Baier on Fox News, “Birdbrain” did at least criticize the Republican nominee for his rhetoric on Puerto Rico and women but are even conservatives listening to her at this point?
Nikki Haley: "This is not a time to have anyone criticize Puerto Rico or Latinos. This is not a time for them to get overly masculine with this bromance thing that they've got going." pic.twitter.com/GFVk2ZSYrS
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 29, 2024
Nikki Haley: "They also need to look at how they're talking about women ... You've got affiliated PACs that are doing commercials about calling Kamala the C-word. Or you had speakers at MSG referring to her and her pimps. That is not the way to win women" pic.twitter.com/Z3Y9Ay6keG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 29, 2024
Honestly, how embarrassing is this?
Nikki Haley on Fox News justifies her support for Trump by saying "I look at my husband, who's a combat veteran." Trump literally demeaned the guy earlier this year! pic.twitter.com/7SIXznc4Uk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 29, 2024
Here’s more on her appearance from James Liddell.
Trump slams Biden for supposedly calling MAGA garbage – after he called entire US a ‘garbage can’
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Joe Sommerlad
Here’s James Liddell to offer some timely perspective on the president’s gaffe on Tuesday, given that his would-be Republican successor twice referred to their country as a “garbage can” yesterday.
J Lo to give speech at Harris Vegas rally as Puerto Rico’s biggest newspaper endorses Democrat
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Joe Sommerlad
In the latest fallout from the Tony Hinchcliffe crack, pop superstar and actress Jennifer Lopez has revealed she will speak at Kamala Harris’s event in Nevada tomorrow to urge her fellow Latinos to back the Democrat rather than a candidate whose surrogates consider Puerto Rico a “floating garbage island”.
The territory’s biggest newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, has meanwhile moved to back Harris in response to the Trump comic’s insult.
Puerto Rico’s national newspaper @ElNuevoDia just announced they are endorsing VP Kamala Harris as the conversation of recent offensive remarks made at a Trump rally by a comedian continue.
— Cristina Corujo (@cristina_corujo) October 29, 2024
VP Harris recently unveiled an agenda targeting the island’s economy and electric grid. pic.twitter.com/wQmPGsZUpz
And, for good measure, here’s Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro dismissing Trump’s attempts to walk away from Hinchcliffe in conversation with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
“This is more BS from Donald Trump,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says after Trump said he didn’t know the comedian who spoke at his rally — as Shapiro also responds to President Biden’s comments about Trump supporters. “It’s certainly not the words I would use," he says. pic.twitter.com/0vBawdGMOJ
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 30, 2024
Rhian Lubin has more.
Truth Social: Trump urges law enforcement to intervene in Pennsylvania ‘cheating’
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Joe Sommerlad
Sigh. It’s going to be a long winter.
Here’s the Republican nominee’s latest early morning social media outpouring, offered with no context or evidence:
RFK Jr hits out over Supreme Court’s decision to leave him on ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin
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Joe Sommerlad
The aspiring Trump health secretary (shudder) has accused SCOTUS of “undermining election integrity” by upholding a decision by the secretaries of state in the above swing states to leave him on their ballot papers, despite his decision to suspend his campaign, in accordance with state law.
Here he is insinuating a Democratic conspiracy while urging the public not to vote for him – a message he should have started out with, if you ask me.
The Supreme Court has unfortunately today sided with the Secretary of State of Michigan and Wisconsin, both Democrats, to undermine election integrity and leave my name on the ballot in both those states. It is a purely political move in the hope that folks who would have…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) October 29, 2024
Who’s campaigning where on Wednesday?
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Joe Sommerlad
With just six days to go (!), here’s where the main players will be today:
- Kamala Harris plans to make stops in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, including another “When We Vote, We Win” rally in Madison, where she will be joined by Gracie Abrams, Mumford and Sons, Remi Wolf and The National’s Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner for musical performances.
- Tim Walz, her vice presidential nominee, will be on Good Morning America and CBS before lunch and then likewise campaigning in North Carolina, making appearances in Charlotte, Greensboro and Asheville.
- Donald Trump will be in Rocky Mount in the same state and then Green Bay, Wisconsin, with retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre joining him for the latter event.
- JD Vance, his running mate, will be taking part in a town hall in Bedford, Pennsylvania, in the company of reformed Democrat Tulsi Gabbard.
- As for their surrogates, Bill Clinton will be in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, Doug Emhoff and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be in Las Vegas and Vivek Ramawamy will be stumping for Trump in Charlotte, North Carolina.
‘I was there when Trump dispatched his mob to the Capitol. Tonight, I saw Harris offer a stark warning from the same spot’
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Joe Sommerlad
Richard Hall experienced the events of January 6 first-hand and was back in DC last night to see the Democrat put the infamy of that day in its proper context and offer America a path to move on from Donald Trump and all of the shameless mendacity, greed and division he represents.
Harris campaign says 75,000 people at Ellipse speech – 22,000 more than Trump’s Jan 6 crowd at same spot
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Joe Sommerlad
He won’t like this at all.
Josh Marcus has more on a crowd size claim that actually matters.
Trump tries to brush off racist Puerto Rico joke in latest Sean Hannity interview
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Joe Sommerlad
The Republican nominee’s other big offering yesterday was an exclusive interview with Hannity on Fox News, apparently recorded in a dank dungeon either to set the mood for Halloween or to conceal Trump badly overdoing the bronzer earlier in the day, the candidate looking at his most beaming orange on stage in Pennsylvania.
Our man claimed to know nothing about the Hinchcliffe controversy (as he always does whenever a crony gets in trouble), said that people from Puerto Rico routinely hug and kiss him in the street and unwisely recalled his post-hurricane visit to the territory in October 2017 when he made light of the locals’ suffering by tossing packets of paper towels around like basketballs.
Trump: I don’t even know who put him in. I can’t imagine it’s a big deal pic.twitter.com/9zDwekiEup
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 30, 2024
Trump: "Every time I go outside I see somebody from Puerto Rico. They give me a hug and a kiss." pic.twitter.com/VUoCLq4wR9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Trump brags about throwing paper towels at Puerto Ricans who were devastated by a hurricane that killed thousands: “It was fun” pic.twitter.com/0h6ztcVvcC
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 30, 2024
He also pushed his alarmist school sex change conspiracy theory (again, not happening), claimed no one would notice Elon Musk gutting the federal government and scaremongered over urban crime.
Trump: "A young man leaves for school and goes to school and the authority takes him over without parental consent and they do things to him that you don't want to know about." pic.twitter.com/RMkpuDqwrQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Trump claims that "nobody is gonna feel it" when Elon Musk cuts $2 trillion from the federal budget, or almost 1/3 of it total pic.twitter.com/5GXkRL7vEK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Trump: When they go into department stores and strip the store and our police stand out there wanting to do their job but are told to stand down and they walk out with refrigerators. They walk out with air-conditioners. pic.twitter.com/ZK34HsvJxT
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 30, 2024
Here’s more from Oliver O’Connell.
Trump already spreading false claims about voter fraud in Pennsylvania
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Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump was also speaking last night, following up his flushed and exhausted appearance at a “low energy” press conference at Mar-a-Lago with outings in Drexel Hill and then Allentown in pivotal Pennsylvania.
The Republican’s set list has all gotten very familiar and repetitive by this point but he assured the crowd Democrats have “already started cheating” the vote and had them booing Beyonce within minutes.
He went on to take credit for undermining the public’s faith in the Fourth Estate, trashed trans rights, called America “a garbage can” (again), claimed migrants have taken over Times Square in NYC (they have not), lied about the persecution of Catholics and talked of locking people up for exercising their right to free speech.
Trump fans boo Beyonce as Trump lies about her pic.twitter.com/RTtvyK4WRG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Trump wonders how Democrats can win an election with "transgender everybody" pic.twitter.com/dxvtPjcHUA
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Trump claims that migrants with military weapons have taken over Times Square.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Someone rouse the fact-checkers on that whopper. pic.twitter.com/Xui9YzAsgH
Trump says he wants to lock up people engaging in free speech pic.twitter.com/kbGIFS5cYg
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
There was also some pretty outrageous Puerto Rico-washing in the hope of clawing back some of the Latino votes Tony Hinchcliffe blew for him.
Trump: "I've done more for Puerto Rico than any president by far." pic.twitter.com/crkQMlp3if
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Here’s Josh Marcus on Trump kicking off his pre-emptive fake Pennsylvania voter fraud narrative on Truth Social earlier this week.
Joe Biden accused of calling MAGA supporters ‘garbage’ – but did he actually say it?
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Joe Sommerlad
Unfortunately, Harris’s triumphant moment looks like being overshadowed by the president, who has inadvertently whipped up a conservative media storm after seemingly calling Trump’s supporters “garbage” in response to Tony Hinchcliffe’s already-notorious Madison Square Garden joke about Puerto Rico.
Speaking on a Zoom call with Latino voters yesterday, Biden stumbled over a few words as he gave a response to the the comedian calling the US territory a “floating island of garbage”.
Per the White House transcript, he said: “And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage.’ Well let me tell you something. I don’t – I – I don’t know the Puerto Rican that – they I know –or a Puerto Rico, where I’m fr- – in my home state of Delaware, they [are] good decent honorable people.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters – his – his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.”
The White House maintains Biden’s remarks have since been misconstrued and taken out of context, which, of course, did not stop him having to apologize on social media or the Trump campaign from pouncing, eager to change a narrative that has potentially cost it the support of America’s Latinos.
Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The…
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 30, 2024
While I am running a campaign of positive solutions to save America, Kamala Harris is running a campaign of hate. She has spent all week comparing her political opponents to the most evil mass murderers in history. Now, on top of everything, Joe Biden calls our supporters…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2024
Here’s more from Oliver O’Connell on a gaffe the Trump campaign is keen to portray as Biden’s “basket of deplorables” moment.
Kamala Harris urges Americans to ‘turn the page’ on ‘divisive’ Trump as she delivers closing argument in DC
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Joe Sommerlad
Good morning!
Let’s start with a look back at the Democratic presidential nominee’s speech at the Ellipse in Washington DC last night, speaking on the very same spot from which Donald Trump told his supporters to “fight like hell” on January 6 2021, leading to the deadly assault on the US Capitol.
Harris urged Americans to finally “turn the page” on the “division, chaos and mutual distrust” of the Trump era, characterising her opponent as a cynical opportunist vulnerable to the influence of malign actors at home and abroad and offered herself as a sunny alternative.
“The United States of America is the greatest idea humanity ever devised,” she told her (huge) audience to rapturous applause, closing an address that went pretty much perfectly, at least from her campaign’s point of view.
"America that's who Donald Trump is. And that's who's asking you to give him another four years in the Oval Office" -- Harris points out that four years ago, Trump stood at that spot and incited an attack on democracy itself pic.twitter.com/gPGLI43jL4
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 29, 2024
Kamala Harris: "America, for too long we have been consumed with too much division, chaos, and mutual distrust. And it can be easy then to forget a simple truth: It doesn't have to be this way." pic.twitter.com/TN2WbrdhI0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 29, 2024
Kamala Harris: "World leaders think that Donald Trump is an easy mark -- easy to manipulate with flattery or favor. And you can believe that autocrats like Putin and Kim Jong Un are rooting for him in this election." pic.twitter.com/UNkydG3DYR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
"We are not a vessel for the schemes of wannabe dictators. The United States of America is the greatest idea humanity ever devised." -- That was a really strong speech from Kamala Harris. Here's how she brought it home. pic.twitter.com/NGdmpgoUdm
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
This was Trump’s notably rather short – and vague – rebuttal on Truth Social.
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 30, 2024
Andrew Feinberg has this report on the Vice President’s big moment.
Harris to launch ad on the iconic Las Vegas Sphere
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Oliver O'Connell
Kamala Harris‘s presidential campaign will become the first to advertise on the largest screen in the world: the iconic Las Vegas Sphere.
The campaign announced the move on Tuesday ahead of Harris’s rally in Las Vegas on Thursday. The pop band Maná will join the vice president at the Halloween event as she makes her final push in the Silver State ahead of Election Day.
Katie Hawkinson has the details.
Trump’s social media company is now worth more than Musk’s X
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Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump‘s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk‘s X, thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president’s social media platform.
Trump Media & Technology Group is now valued at over $10bn after its shares more than quadrupled since late September.
Continue reading...
Trump already spreading false claims about voter fraud in Pennsylvania
06:00
Oliver O'Connell
As Election Day nears, Donald Trump has shared false and exaggerated claims about the integrity of the vote in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.
In a Truth Social post on Monday evening, Trump claimed multiple counties in Pennsylvania were experiencing major potential fraud, outpacing the facts on the ground.
Josh Marcus reports.
Bloomberg shows his hand on election with $50m donation
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Oliver O'Connell
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has reportedly donated $50 million to back Kamala Harris under pressure from a fellow billionaire.
The news of Bloomberg’s financial support comes just one week before election day, with the polling between Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck.
Ariana Baio reports.
Elon Musk once offered RFK Jr’s running mate Nicole Shanahan his sperm, claims report
04:45
Oliver O'Connell
Elon Musk reportedly offered friends and associates the use of his sperm in conceiving children, including one such suggestion to Nicole Shanahan, the vice presidential pick for the independent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., campaign.
Shanahan rejected the suggestion, according to The New York Times, which cited multiple unnamed sources regarding the exchange.
Josh Marcus has the story.
