With just a week left in the 2024 US presidential election cycle, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are making their final pitches to voters across the country, particularly the battleground states.
Trump will host another press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday before the Vice President delivers a “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of his notorious “fight like hell” speech on January 6 2021.
On Monday, the Republican was in Atlanta, Georgia, where he denied being a Nazi while continuing to spew hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric and took a swipe at former first lady Michelle Obama, saying she had been “nasty” to him in recent criticisms and ominously warning she had made “a big mistake” by doing so.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen stumped for Harris in Philadelphia, with the 44th president taking aim at his Republican successor’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist joke about Puerto Rico.
In a possible setback for the Democrat, it has emerged that she was caught on a hot mic over the weekend discussing the race with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and admitting: “We need to move ground among men.”
Key Points
- Trump calls controversial MSG rally ‘an absolute love-fest'
- Kamala Harris to deliver anti-Trump ‘closing argument’ at Ellipse in DC
- Donald Trump insists he is ‘the opposite of a Nazi’ at Georgia rally
- Barack Obama rebukes Trump for ‘racist, sexist, bigoted’ Madison Square Garden rally
- Harris caught on hot mic admitting campaign struggles
- MAGA ally Steve Bannon walks free from prison
Watch: Trump calls controversial rally at MSG an ‘absolute love-fest'
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Mike Bedigan
Trump ominously warns ‘we’re close to World War Two’ – before rally-goer corrects him: ‘World War Three?’
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Mike Bedigan
Donald Trump was corrected by a rally-goer when his familiar warning that the planet is heading for a Third World War unless he reclaims the White House unexpectedly went awry.
The Republican presidential nominee has regularly dealt in apocalyptic rhetoric this election cycle and routinely predicts that a new international conflict will erupt if he does not return to the Oval Office in November.
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George W Bush’s daughter Barbara endorses Harris for president
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Mike Bedigan
Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former Republican president George W Bush, has endorsed Kamala Harris’s presidential bid and spent part of the weekend campaigning for the Democratic ticket in Pennsylvania, according to People magazine.
“It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” Bush told the outlet in a statement Tuesday.
“I’m hopeful they’ll move our country forward and protect women’s rights,” she continued.
50 Cent turned down $3 million offer to perform at Trump’s controversial MSG rally
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Mike Bedigan
Rapper 50 Cent reportedly turned down a $3 million offer to perform at Donald Trump’s controversial rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
The In Da Club singer revealed the news in an interview on “The Breakfast Club” radio show Tuesday morning. Asked about his endorsement of the former president, 50 Cent – real name Curits Jackson – replies: “I got a a call, but they wanted me [for] Sunday.”
“I didn’t talk to them about that kinda stuff. I’m afraid about politics,” he added, to laughter from the show hosts. “You understand? I do not like no part about them.”
Harris to run ad on Las Vegas Sphere – first political campaign to do so
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Mike Bedigan
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign will advertise on the Las Vegas Sphere, becoming the first political campaign to do so.
The ads will coincide with the vice president’s visit to Nevada on Thursday, according to local outlet KLAS, one of her final campaign stops until Election Day.
The campaign hopes the imagery will reach millions of voters in Nevada and online, a spokesperson told the outlet. A video of the 90-second advertisement shared with KLAS includes Harris’ signature campaign phrase: “When we vote, we win.”
Watch: JD Vance defends MSG rally comedian’s racist joke
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Mike Bedigan
Trump says Harris should be admonished for ‘using F-word’ – but he’s cursed 1,787 times in public this year
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Mike Bedigan
Former President Donald Trump says Kamala Harris should be “admonished” for swearing - but he has cursed in public more than 1,700 times this year alone.
Harris was caught using the S-word during a hot mic moment in Michigan over the weekend as she lamented her struggle with male voters to the state’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Read more here:
In pictures: Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago press conference
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Mike Bedigan
Trump calls controversial MSG rally ‘an absolute love-fest'
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Mike Bedigan
Finishing his remarks in Mar-a-Lago, Trump called his controversial rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday “an absolute love-fest.”
“The love in that room, it was breathtaking and you could have filled it many many time with the people that couldn’t get in,” he told supporters at a press conference on Tuesday.
“It was an absolute love-fest and it was my honor to be involved.”
The event has been heavily criticized following racist remarks by speakers including comedia Tony Hinchcliffe, who took aim at Black people, Jews, and described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
It comes as Trump still faces backlash for alleged remarks he made praising Adolf Hitler. On Sunday, some media outlets pointed out that a Nazi rally had been held at MSG in 1939.
“[The Democrats] said ‘in 1939 the Nazis used Madison Sqaure Garden’... but how terrible to say because you know they’ve used MSG many times, many people have used it but nobody has had a crowd like that,” Trump said.
Trump claims he has been on the road for ‘58 straight days’ during campaign
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Mike Bedigan
Donald Trump boasted that he had not had a day off in almost two months while campaigning, as the presidential race draws to a close.
“This is a campaign that has been long and hard. I’ve been on the road or campaiging for 58 straight days, I haven’t taken a day off - I’m proud of that,” he told supporters at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.
“And I won’t be taking one off, you can be sure I won’t be.”
The former president went on to again accuse Kamala Harris of taking several days off during her campaign, adding: “How the hell do you take off, you gotta work!”
Trump has already selected a scapegoat if the election doesn’t go his way
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Mike Bedigan
It appears that Donald Trump is already lining up a scapegoat if he loses the election - chair of the Republican National Committee Michael Whatley.
Read more here from Rhian Lubin:
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
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Mike Bedigan
With just one week to go before Election Day... can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump to the White House?
Bad Bunny posts reel on Instagram celebrating Puerto Rican culture following Trump rally remarks
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Mike Bedigan
Bad Bunny posted a reel to Instagram in which he made reference to a racist joke about Puerto Rico made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe.
The rapper, who is from Puerto Rico, shared a video which celebrated the culture of his country – but captioned it “garbage.”
At Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York on Sunday, Hinchcliffe’s described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” prompting a fierce backlash.
Trump looks ‘very tired’ during Mar-a-Lago press conference
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Mike Bedigan
Commentators pointed out that Donald Trump looked and sounded “exhuasted” during his remarks in Mar-a-Lago, to which he was over an hour late.
Trump sounds exhausted. It is telling that at his "prebuttal" to Harris's speech tonight, he had to bring in guest speakers. pic.twitter.com/OvHkuuLG92
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 29, 2024
A very tired Trump opens his remarks with election conspiracy theories, claiming “bad things” are happening with Americans voting pic.twitter.com/986A40Lbym
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 29, 2024
Trump says ‘misery’ is the only way Harris can be elected
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Mike Bedigan
Trump once again accused Harris of running a “campaign of hate” as he continues to face fallout from his alleged remarks about Adolf Hitler, and his rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, in which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made racist remarks about Puerto Ricans.
“Kamala will keep this misery as long as she can because that’s the only way she can get elected,” he told supporters at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump tells supporters at Mar-A-Lago that things are going ‘very well'
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Mike Bedigan
Donald Trump kicked off his remarks at Mar-a-Lago by telling his supporters that things were going “very well” before launching into a typical attack on his Democratic rival.
The former president accused Kamala Harris of causing “war and chaos all over the world” and said that “bloodshed and squalor to our cities is common.”
“Everything is blowing up or getting ready to blow up,” he said. “No other person has caused so much destruction and death.”
“I’m running on a plan to save Amercia – we have no choice, it’s the greatest there is.”
Mysterious bronze neo-Nazi tiki torch for Trump statue appears in Washington DC: ‘Very fine people’
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Mike Bedigan
A mysterious bronze-colored, tiki torch statue has popped up in Washington DC in a “tribute” to Donald Trump’s infamous comments calling white nationalists who marched through Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 “very fine people.”
The satirical effigy – which sits only a few blocks from the White House on Freedom Plaza – was erected on Monday and depicts a large hand clutching a tiki torch, a symbol that has become negatively associated with white supremacy in the US.
Madeline Sherratt has more:
Trump invents story about Marjorie Taylor Greene being blown up in hydrogen car as she watches on at rally
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Mike Bedigan
If you missed this weird Trump fever dream from last night’s Atlanta gathering in which he joked about MTG meeting a violent end in an exploding vehicle, James Liddell has the details.
Steve Bannon returns to airwaves after prison stint and immediately rips ‘fascist’ Harris
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Mike Bedigan
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon wasted no time in getting back to work and immediately bashed Vice President Kamala Harris as a “fascist” in his return to the airwaves Tuesday after his release from federal prison.
“The four months in federal prison not only didn’t break me, but it empowered me,” the 70-year-old told his “War Room” podcast listeners hours after his release.
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Vulgar billboard mocking Harris removed from Ohio highway
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Joe Sommerlad
An advertising company removed a large billboard along an Ohio highway presenting a fake image of the Democratic presidential nominee about to engage in a sex act surrounded by text that reads: “Kamala can’t talk right now. She’s at a baby shower.”
It had been posted along a highway on Friday in Licking County but was removed on Sunday, Kennedy Outdoor Advertising told The Newark Advocate.
A spokesperson told the outlet the billboard was taken down “once it was brought to our attention how vulgar the advertisement actually was.”
Kelly Rissman has more.
MAGA commentator hits out at CNN after network kicked him off air for ‘racist’ beeper ‘joke’
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Joe Sommerlad
Far-right pundit Ryan Girdusky got booted off Abby Phillip’s CNN show last night after telling Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan during a heated row about Hamas: “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.”
The comment appeared to be a reference to last month’s large-scale explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to alleged Hezbollah members, which killed 37 people and injured thousands, many of them civilians.
Lebanese officials have blamed the attack on Israel, which denies responsibility for the explosions.
The network quickly issued a statement, saying:
“There is zero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air.
“We aim to foster thoughtful conversations and debate including between people who profoundly disagree with each other in order to explore important issues and promote mutual understanding.
“But we will not allow guests to be demeaned or for the line of civility to be crossed. Ryan Girdusky will not be welcomed back at our network.”
Girdusky (about whom our own Eric Garcia has an important interjection to make below) has since hit back on X.
Girdusky worked for JD Vance. https://t.co/iljZlfdSBB
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) October 29, 2024
Here’s Rhian Lubin with more.
Watch live: Trump holds latest Mar-a-Lago press conference with election one week away
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Joe Sommerlad
Melania Trump insists her husband is not Hitler on Fox and Friends
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Joe Sommerlad
Imagine having to go on breakfast TV and insist that, despite heavy reporting to the contrary, your husband is not Hitler...
Melania Trump insists her husband “is not Hitler” because of the “support he has”. (Video: Fox News) pic.twitter.com/iwA7QLEyBm
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) October 29, 2024
USA Today joins Washington Post, LA Times in not endorsing a presidential candidate
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Joe Sommerlad
The newspaper has announced that it will not publicly back either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, with a spokesperson saying it will continue to provide “readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions.”
However, that stance caused particular anger among staff at the Post, who feel their organ is shirking its democratic responsibility, while reportedly more than 200,000 readers have cancelled their subscriptions in disgust.
Such is the extent of the crisis that call has sparked that owner Jeff Bezos felt compelled to take to the paper’s opinion pages to deny that a quid pro quo was in play.
Josh Marcus has more.
Harris could yet appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast
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Joe Sommerlad
If the Democrat is concerned about broadening her appeal to younger men, this is surely an opportunity she needs to take.
Some news here on Vice President Kamala Harris and Joe Rogan. pic.twitter.com/dZvwiOzDvO
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) October 29, 2024
Harris doing five interviews on Tuesday ahead of ‘closing argument’ speech in DC
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Joe Sommerlad
According to a Harris campaign official, the Vice President will be doing five interviews today ahead of her big speech in DC this evening – four battleground state TV interviews to appeal to voters in Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh – plus a Spanish radio interview with Rumba in Pennsylvania.
The latter will enable her to reach Latino voters, including Puerto Ricans, who may be increasingly interested in what she has to say in light of what was said in Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
Michael Bloomberg belatedly donating $50m to Harris
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Joe Sommerlad
The former New York City mayor has reportedly been under “extraordinary pressure” and “months of arm-twisting” from his fellow billionaires like Bill Gates and Reid Hoffman to donate to the Democratic campaign, according to The New York Times, and has now finally done so, paying out to the Future Forward USA Action PAC after speaking privately to Kamala by phone.
“Bloomberg’s decision conforms to a strategy that has become his trademark: Confounding Democratic operatives by refusing to make early investments – only to come in hot and heavy in the homestretch,” the NYT observes.
‘Appalled’ Archbishop of San Juan demands apology over comedian’s Trump rally joke about Puerto Rico
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Joe Sommerlad
One person who is not letting Hinchcliffe off the hook so easily is Roberto Octavio Gonzalez Nieves, who has written an open letter to the Republican presidential nominee expressing his shock and anger at the comic’s cruel joke at his island’s expense.
“I enjoy a good joke. However, humor has it’s limits,” Nieves wrote to Trump.
“It should not insult or denigrate the dignity and sacredness of people. Hinchcliffe’s remarks do not only provoke sinister laughter but hatred. These kinds of remarks do not have a place in society founded upon ‘liberty and justice for all.’”
The archbishop said that Puerto Rico “is a beautiful country” and pointed out that “more Puerto Rican soldiers died in the Vietnam War as part of the United States military than soldiers from any state in the United States.”
He continued: “Hinchcliffe’s remarks do not promote a climate of equality, fraternity and good will among and for all women and men of every race, color and way of life which is the foundation of the American dream. These kinds of remarks should not be a part of the political discourse of a civilized society.”
Nieves then called on Trump to personally “disavow these comments as reflecting in any way your personal or political viewpoints.
“It is not sufficient for your campaign to apologize. It is important that you, personally, apologize for these comments.”
Here’s Io Dodds on how the outcry might have been even worse had Hinchcliffe been allowed to say exactly what he wanted to about Kamala Harris.
Vance says he’s ‘so over’ people getting offended at racist jokes in defense of MSG rally comedian
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Joe Sommerlad
Trump’s running mate says the uproar over Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto Rico gag is symptomatic of people “getting so offended at every little thing in the United States of America” and advises we all just “take a chill pill”, rather than engage with the hateful rhetoric being spouted on behalf of the campaign he represents.
Rhian Lubin reports.
Listen: Harris appears to get caught on hot mic admitting campaign struggle
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Joe Sommerlad
Kamala was in the Trak Houz Bar and Grill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with that state’s governor Gretchen Whitmer when the leak in question took place, with the VP overheard to admit: “We need to move ground among men.”
Watch: Trump tells faith summit why he doesn’t drink
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Joe Sommerlad
At the same event, the nominee also reflected on his lifelong abstinence from booze, recalling the sad death of his brother Fred, which was dramatised in the recent film The Apprentice.
Watch: Trump bizarrely claims he was shot because God wanted him to win election
11:10
Joe Sommerlad
The Republican was speaking at the Inaugural National Faith Summit in Powder Springs, Georgia, yesterday, an event compered by his former White House spiritual advisor Paula White (known for speaking in tongues) at which he did his best Elmer Gantry act, pretending to reflect piously on his brush with death this summer in the hope of tying up those Christian votes.
Truth Social: Trump warns of mail-in voting fraud in Pennsylvania, attacks Fox for covering Harris and rebukes sidelining of Biden
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Joe Sommerlad
Over in the Republican’s seething social media swamp, he’s been getting his election denials in early, attacking Fox News for daring to cover the Democratic ticket and shedding crocodile tears for Joe Biden.
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 29, 2024
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 28, 2024
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 28, 2024
Also in the Magaverse, his son Barron Trump’s closest pal found himself brutally fact-checked on Elon Musk’s X over his false claim about the capacity of Madison Square Garden.
RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST JOINED MELANIA ON STAGE TO NEARLY 200,000 AT HISTORIC MSG RALLY!
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) October 27, 2024
I'm at this rally and this is the BIGGEST CROWD I'VE EVER SEEN!
No BUSSES or TWERKING RAPPERS needed!
NEW YORK IS TRUMP COUNTRY!
pic.twitter.com/R63ARYfkvs
Where are the candidates campaigning on Tuesday?
10:30
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s where the main players will be today:
- Kamala Harris will deliver her “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC this evening, the same site where Trump gave his notorious speech telling his supporters to “fight like hell” on January 6 2021, kicking off the Capitol riot.
- Tim Walz will be appearing in Columbus, Georgia.
- Michelle Obama will be stumping for Harris again, this time in College Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Joe Biden will be in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Bill Clinton, John Fetterman and Joe Walsh will be speaking in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
- Doug Emhoff will be in Savanah, Georgia, and then at the University of Nevada.
- Gwen Walz will be speaking in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Donald Trump will deliver another of his meandering press conferences at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, before taking part in a roundtable in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, this afternoon and then a rally at Allentown in the same state.
- JD Vance is speaking at rallies in Sagniaw and Holland in Michigan.
- Melania Trump will be making a guest appearance on Fox and Friends this morning.
- Robert F Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard will be together in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Lara Trump will be speaking in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Harris pledges to free American hostages from Gaza and fight for democracy
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Joe Sommerlad
The Democratic presidential nominee herself was speaking in Ann Arbor, Michigan, last night alongside running mate Tim Walz and singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers and pledged to do “everything in her power” to free American hostages still being held more than a year on from October 7.
Kamala Harris: I hear you. On the subject of Gaza, we all want this war to end as soon as possible and get the hostages out, and I will do everything in my power to make it so. pic.twitter.com/8YjQRTiAtD
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 28, 2024
Drawing a contrast with her White House rival, she told her audience: “We are not about the enemy within. We know we are all in this together. That’s what we are fighting for.”
Kamala Harris: We are all here because we are fighting for a democracy, and for the right of people to be heard and seen. We are not about the enemy within. We know we are all in this together. That's what we are fighting for. pic.twitter.com/koZGfCcffY
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 28, 2024
The Vice President was also on CBS yesterday and had this appropriately withering response to Norah O’Donnell’s naivety on Trump’s Project 2025 denials:
O'DONNELL: When you argue that Donald Trump if elected would put forward a national abortion ban
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 29, 2024
KAMALA HARRIS: Just read Project 2025.
O'DONNELL: The former president said that's not true--
HARRIS: He says everything. C'mon. Are we really taking his word for it? pic.twitter.com/OyVtQtGICj
Here’s Andrew Feinberg with news of the “closing argument” she intends to make to the American people at the Ellipse in Washington DC this evening.
Barack Obama rebukes Trump for ‘racist, sexist, bigoted’ Madison Square Garden rally
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Joe Sommerlad
In the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen spoke on Harris’s behalf in Philadelphia on Monday evening.
The 44th president took aim at his Republican successor’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York on Sunday where comedian Tony Hinchcliffe drew fire for a racist joke, commenting: “The man holds this rally and the warm up speakers were peddling the most racist, sexist, bigoted stereotypes.
“One guy called Puerto Rico an ’island of garbage.’ These are fellow citizens he’s talking about... If somebody doesn’t respect you, you should not vote for them.”
Obama: The man holds this rally and the warm up speakers were peddling the most racist, sexist, bigoted stereotypes. One guy called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage.” These are fellow citizens he’s talking about. Here in Philadelphia, they are your neighbors, they are your… pic.twitter.com/6g4WTAgXkW
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2024
He also cautioned Arab Americans against voting for Trump as a protest over the Biden administration’s failure to stop the war in Gaza while The Boss played the hits and again branded Trump “an American tyrant” in waiting.
Obama: If you’re a Muslim American and you’re upset about what’s happening in the Middle East, why would you put your faith in somebody who passed a Muslim ban and repeatedly suggested that you aren’t part of our American community? pic.twitter.com/6hDrwcYhmw
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2024
Bruce @springsteen performing Dancing In The Dark in Philadelphia tonight in support of @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz pic.twitter.com/1PqxW8mLh8
— Spring-Nuts (@SpringNuts_) October 29, 2024
Trump ally Steve Bannon walks free from prison one week from Election Day
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Joe Sommerlad
Steve Bannon has been released from federal prison one week away from Election Day, according to reports.
Bannon was being held at FCI Danbury in Connecticut and was met earlier at the facility this morning by his daughter Maureen, CNN reports.
He is reportedly expected to resume his podcast later today.
Here’s the very latest from Rhian Lubin.
Trump tells crowd he’s ‘the opposite of a Nazi’
09:20
Joe Sommerlad
Last night’s gathering in the south began with this preposterous entrance form Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, a serial underachiever basking in the glow of her own narcissism:
Despite losing every trial, Trump’s lawyer takes the stage tonight to the walkout song, ‘All I Do Is Win.’ pic.twitter.com/EY2DtjY6MA
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 28, 2024
When her client got up to speak, he opened with the aforementioned attack on Michelle Obama before bragging that he could indeed have locked up Hillary after taking office in 2017, again lied about not using a teleprompter despite having one positioned right next to him as he said, denied being a Nazi (one week before a presidential election), warned of a coming Second World War before being corrected, insisted it was Harris that is the true fascist and launched into a bizarre fantasy about Marjorie Taylor Greene meeting a fiery death in car accident.
"Isn't it great to have a guy that doesn't need to look at a teleprompter at all?" says Trump, with teleprompters visibly flanking him pic.twitter.com/AHql2XuHAN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Trump blames Democratic rhetoric for a registered Republican shooting at him pic.twitter.com/Ru14I00Erv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
"She's a fascist" -- Trump
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Someone please alert Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell! pic.twitter.com/uJEY3m0KBi
"I like China and I like President Cheese" -- Trump pic.twitter.com/5W6Uerx4Ph
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
From there, he pivoted to his usual slew of horrible immigration lies, called Harris a “a low IQ individual” again, warned his audience that their children would be drafted into the US military for an unspecified war if she won and then badly misspoke as he attempted to call her a “train wreck”.
Trump: "The American public is outraged that Kamala is importing savage criminal who assault, rape, murder our women and our girls." pic.twitter.com/NzKWhcEUl0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Trump: "Everyone knows she is a low IQ individual" pic.twitter.com/SB5alZFi1x
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
About a minute later Trump attacked Harris for "not being able to put two sentences together" https://t.co/rAQtcDA6ur
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2024
Here’s Io Dodds again on Trump attempting to walk back the idea that he is a vindictive authoritarian, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Trump says ‘nasty’ Michelle Obama made a ‘big mistake’ by attacking him as rally crowd chants ‘Lock her up!’ about Harris
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Joe Sommerlad
Good morning!
Donald Trump has ominously warned Michelle Obama that she made a “big mistake” by being “nasty” to him at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday evening.
Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology last night, the former president adopted a gleeful and ironical tone as he warned the former first lady that she had “opened up a little bit of a box”.
