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Kamala Harris mentioned she believes that Donald Trump is a “fascist” in a CNN city corridor in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, once more warning of the risk the Republican poses to the nation’s future.
The previous president is at present going through a recent storm of criticism over a report alleging that he as soon as mentioned he wanted “the sort of generals that Adolf Hitler had.”
John Kelly, his former chief of employees, in the meantime informed The New York Occasions that Trump praised Hitler on a number of events.
Harris informed compere Anderson Cooper that Kelly’s revelations had been a “911 name to the American individuals”, having mentioned earlier that Trump is “more and more unhinged and unstable”.
Trump has nonetheless taken a slender lead over Harris in a brand new Wall Avenue Journal ballot with lower than two weeks to go till Election Day, getting 47 p.c of the vote within the newspaper’s newest survey, with Harris two factors behind.
One other ballot from Marist locations the candidates neck-and-neck within the swing states of Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.
In a long-awaited enhance to the Harris marketing campaign, the vice chairman will likely be joined onstage in Houston on Friday by Beyoncé after campaigning with Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen tonight in Atlanta.
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One other day, one other pointless fib…
Donald Trump‘s declare that his youngest daughter Tiffany Trump graduated on the very prime of her legislation faculty class is elevating eyebrows — given the varsity doesn’t rank its college students and he or she doesn’t seem on the honors record.
James Liddell has the story.
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 17:50
Watch: Morning Joe breaks down how Trump financial plan would ‘tank financial system’
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 17:35
New ballot exhibits Trump inching previous Harris
A brand new ballot has discovered that former President Donald Trump has a small lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, lower than two weeks forward of November’s election.
Gustaf Kilander reviews (however be sure to additionally try Alicja Hagopian’s polls explainer right here):
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 17:30
Why Kelly’s Hitler claims about Trump are hardly an October shock, in keeping with Stephen Colbert
James Liddell has the story.
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 17:10
Full story: Beyoncé to affix Kamala Harris at Houston rally on Friday
The marketing campaign look will mark the “Texas Maintain Em” singer’s first public endorsement for the Democratic presidential nominee. Whereas Beyoncé has but to make a press release in assist of Harris, the vice chairman has continued to make use of the observe “Freedom” – from Beyoncé’s 2016 album Lemonade – as her 2024 marketing campaign tune.
Meredith Clark has the small print.
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 16:55
High Democratic strategist reveals why he’s sure Harris will win 2024 race
His causes are threefold, as Katie Hawkinson reviews.
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 16:50
Harris-Walz marketing campaign reacts to Trump’s feedback about firing Jack Smith
Harris-Walz 2024 Director of Speedy Response Ammar Moussa gave the next assertion on Donald Trump promising to fireplace Jack Smith on this morning’s interview with Hugh Hewitt:
“Donald Trump thinks he’s above the legislation, and these newest feedback are proper in step with the warnings made by Trump’s former Chief of Workers that he desires to rule as a dictator with unchecked energy. A second Trump time period, the place a extra unstable and unhinged Trump has basically no guardrails and is surrounded by loyalists who will allow his worst instincts, is assured to be extra harmful. America can’t threat a second Trump time period.”
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 16:45
Watch: Tucker Carlson compares Trump to indignant father spanking ‘dangerous little lady’
Tucker Carlson compares Donald Trump to indignant father spanking ‘dangerous little lady’
Tucker Carlson made a weird comparability between Donald Trump and an indignant father returning residence to self-discipline a “dangerous little lady” with a “vigorous spanking.” Talking earlier than the previous president at a rally in Duluth, Georgia, the ex-Fox Information host in contrast the USA to misbehaving youngsters. “If you happen to enable your 14-year-old to gentle a joint on the breakfast desk, should you enable your hormone-addled 15-year-old daughter to slam the door of her bed room and provide the finger, you’re gonna get extra of it and people children are going to wind up in rehab,” Carlson mentioned. “There needs to be a degree at which Dad comes residence.” The gang later chanted “Daddy’s residence” because the Republican nominee took to the stage on the Gasoline South Enviornment.
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 16:40
Can we belief the polls on Harris vs Trump — and the way do they work?
It’s now lower than two weeks till election day, and the polls are not any nearer to displaying who would be the subsequent president of the USA.
Up to now few days, polls have ranged from a 4-point Harris lead, to Trump 3 factors forward total.
With this a lot variation, can (and may) we actually belief the polls?
Right here’s Alicja Hagopian to clarify:
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 16:30
Right here at The Unbiased, we depend on the Related Press to name the outcomes of races throughout US elections, so I’m simply going to go away this right here:
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — AP sources: Beyoncé, whose tune ‘Freedom’ is Harris marketing campaign anthem, is predicted to be at Harris’ Houston rally Friday.
Oliver O’Connell24 October 2024 16:24
