There is one week left until voting day for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Trump will hold a rally Tuesday night in Allentown, Pennsylvania, about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The former president is aiming to win the Keystone State next week after winning Pennsylvania in the 2016 presidential election but losing in 2020.
Harris will be in the nation’s capital on Tuesday. She plans to deliver her campaign’s “closing argument” on the Ellipse. The Ellipse is the same location where President Trump gave an impassioned speech nearly four years ago before a mob of his supporters stormed the nation’s capital on January 6, 2021.
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Melania Trump denies claims her husband praised Hitler
The former first lady defended Donald Trump on Tuesday’s Fox & Friends.
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Former White House chief of staff John Kelly has claimed that during his time in office, he praised Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler, who was responsible for the murder of six million Jews. Kamala Harris called the former president a “fascist” after Kelly also said the Republican candidate “fits the general definition.”
The former president hit back at the criticism last week.
“It’s terrible,” the former first lady added on Tuesday. “He’s not Hitler.”
— Rachel Barber
Senate poll summary: Democrats narrow in Michigan, Pennsylvania
In the Great Lakes state, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) has a two-point lead over former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), according to a new Emerson College poll. The poll was conducted from October 25th to 27th.
The conservative group American Greatness also released a poll conducted in Pennsylvania from October 22nd to 26th, showing Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey beating Republican challenger David McCormick by 3 points. exceeded.
Both polls are within the margin of error, meaning the two candidates could be effectively tied. The Emerson College poll has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points, and the American Greatness poll has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.
Both of these reflect ongoing polling patterns in states where Democrats have a very narrow lead.
— Riley Begin
George Bush’s daughter Barbara Bush campaigns for Harris
Former President George W. Bush, 78, said he would not get involved in this year’s divisive coin-toss election.
However, her daughter Barbara Bush, 42, supports Harris. According to People magazine, she spent part of last weekend campaigning for vice president in Pennsylvania.
“It was exciting to join my friends from the Harris-Waltz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend and meet with voters,” Barbara Bush said in a statement to the magazine. “We look forward to them moving this country forward and protecting women’s rights.”
Her namesake and late grandmother, former first lady Barbara Bush, told USA TODAY’s Susan Page in an interview in 2018, months before her death, that she “probably” still considered herself a Republican. He said no. The patriarch of a prominent Republican family blamed President Trump for making the party unrecognizable to him.
— Savannah Kuchar
Harris rejects Trump’s demands for retaliation
Harris is scheduled to address voters on Tuesday at the Ellipse (the site of Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 rally), but on the radio show “The Breakfast Club,” part of her speech will be a clear rift between her and the president. He said he would focus on the differences. Candidacy and Trump’s candidacy.
“I want people to imagine the Oval Office. It would be Donald Trump sitting behind that desk and writing out a list of enemies he would seek revenge and retaliation against, or it would be me representing the president of the United States. It’s either you’re going to work or you’re going to work, people,” she said.
She referenced comments made about Puerto Rico at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, saying her presidency was focused on elevating discourse “not always denigrating people.” He added that he would guess.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called the U.S. territory a “floating island of trash” at a rally, sparking backlash from both Democrats and Republicans.
“Bad Bunny supported me all the way back to Puerto Rico. I know him and I know Jennifer Lopez, and they love Puerto Rico and are proud of it in terms of its heritage. , we know how demeaning and destructive Donald Trump can be about things like that,” she said.
— Sudiksha Kochi
Harris addresses claims she is losing support from black men
Harris, in a live interview Tuesday morning on “The Breakfast Club” radio show featuring co-host Charlamagne the God, said she was not directly speaking about black men or the issues that matter to them. He dismissed the claim.
“My brothers didn’t say that,” Harris said, noting that she spoke to black men during recent stops in Philadelphia and at rallies supporting her.
“Especially black men in the rallies have been saying to me recently, ‘Don’t ask me that, you’re making such a noise and they’re stopping you.’ We’re here to support you.” she said.
In an October poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College, 70% of black men said they would vote for Harris, while 20% said they would choose Trump. 10% were unsure or refused to answer. This is down from the 87% of Black men who supported President Joe Biden in 2020.
“Black men are no different than any other voter, and we have to earn their votes,” Harris added in the interview. “And I think part of the challenge of this perspective and this story was to suggest that somebody has a black man in their pocket. No, we have to get the vote. That’s why I I’ve been talking to people.”
— Sudiksha Kochi
When is Donald Trump’s press conference today?
President Trump is scheduled to address the media at a press conference scheduled for 10 a.m. ET this morning.
The former president is scheduled to visit his home, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, for the meeting.
— Savannah Kuchar and Fernando Cervantes Jr.
What time is Kamala Harris’ rally today?
Harris is scheduled to enter Washington on Tuesday night for a rally scheduled to begin at 7pm ET.
Participants will begin gathering at 3 p.m., and the event is scheduled to end by 9 p.m.
The vice president will give a speech at the Ellipse (Presidential Park South) south of the White House. This is the same location where President Trump held a “Stop the Steal” rally before the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
— Savannah Kuchar and Fernando Cervantes Jr.
Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months in prison
Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist under the Trump administration, was released from a Connecticut prison on Tuesday, one week after Election Day, after serving a four-month sentence.
Bannon was jailed in July for contempt of Congress after failing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
He is the host of the podcast “War Room,” which is popular among Trump supporters and has millions of listeners. Since Bannon’s incarceration, his podcast has featured guest hosts, including Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas.
Bannon made false claims on his podcast about the 2020 election, including that it was influenced by voter fraud. Trump has made similar false claims about voter fraud that affected the 2020 election, but those claims have been rejected by courts.
— Sudiksha Kochi
Archbishop of San Juan of Puerto Rico asks President Trump to apologize for Hinchcliffe’s comments
In an open letter, Puerto Rico’s Archbishop of San Juan Roberto O. González Nieves called on President Trump to “reject” comments by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe that Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage.” Hinchcliffe spoke Sunday at a rally for former presidents at Madison Square Garden in New York.
“Hinchcliffe’s comments provoke not only sinister laughter but also hatred. These kinds of comments have no place in a society founded on ‘liberty and justice for all,'” Nieves shared on Facebook. I wrote this in a letter.
He called on President Trump to “deny that these comments in any way reflect your personal or political views.”
“It is not enough for the campaign to apologize; it is important that you personally apologize for these comments,” Nieves wrote.
— Sudiksha Kochi
Kamala Harris reminds voters of January 6th attack in closing argument
With the White House in the background, Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday assembled thousands of people to pressure lawmakers to overturn the election defeat of Donald Trump, the last time he took office, a senior official said. Harris campaign officials say they plan to remind Americans that her supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Harris is scheduled to speak Tuesday night at the same location where President Trump spoke just before the Jan. 6 riot: the Ellipse, the park that separates the White House from the National Mall.
In her closing arguments, Harris will tell voters there are two ways to go on Election Day, the campaign said. One focused on serving the American people, the other steeped in grievance and retaliation.
–Francesca Chambers and Rebecca Morin
President Trump says Democrats use ‘disgusting’ rhetoric
Former President Donald Trump is using “disgusting” rhetoric to define his campaign, attacking everyone from Vice President Kamala Harris to former first lady Michelle Obama on Monday. He tried to convince too many important people by claiming to be a Democrat. Georgia voters just one week before the 2024 election.
Trump’s rally at Georgia Tech in Atlanta was aimed at getting voters to the polls ahead of the Nov. 5 election, when results are due. “We love Georgia,” he told the audience at the beginning of his 75-minute speech, which drew cheers.
–David Jackson and Carissa Wadick
Where do Trump and Harris stand in the polls?
The 2024 White House election is expected to be close until Election Day. Real Clear Politics’ average national poll shows Trump leading Harris by just 0.2 percentage points, well within the margin of error for the polls included in the average.
Some battleground states are even closer. For example, Real Clear Politics’ average Michigan poll shows Trump leading Harris by just 0.1 percentage point.
– Marina Pitovsky
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Where is Harris campaigning on Tuesday?
Kamala Harris will deliver a “closing argument” on the National Mall on Tuesday about why she believes voters should choose her in the 2024 election, a campaign official confirmed to USA TODAY last week.
Harris, a former prosecutor, plans to use the Ellipse venue to appeal to the nation for a counterattack from President Trump. The venue is the same venue where Trump gave an impassioned speech nearly four years ago on January 25, before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the nation’s capital. 6th, 2021.
Harris campaign officials say the vice president is using the symbolic occasion to call on voters to end Trump’s “era of chaos and division” and discuss a new path forward.
– Philip M. Bailey
Where is Donald Trump campaigning on Tuesday?
Donald Trump is holding a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, on Tuesday. He is scheduled to hold a press conference for the media from Mar-a-Lago, Florida, at 10 a.m. ET.
In the final full week of the 2024 campaign, Trump will focus on key battleground states, holding rallies and making his case to voters in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Nevada later in the week.
Trump won North Carolina in the 2020 White House election, but lost Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nevada to President Joe Biden.
– Marina Pitovsky
