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President Trump accuses Harris of ‘loving’ the draft
During an event in Michigan, President Trump lashed out at Harris, saying she wants war and the draft.
“Your sons and daughters are going to end up being drafted… She wants to be drafted. All she wants is war,” Trump said. Ta.
He also spoke about Beyoncé’s appearance at a Harris rally in Houston on Friday, telling attendees at an event in Michigan that she “used[famous]people to get people to her event.” I have to,” he said.
The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment on President Trump’s remarks.
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Harris holds rally with Michelle Obama in Michigan today
Harris is planning a rally with former first lady Michelle Obama on the first day of statewide early voting in Michigan.
The two will join Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters and other local Michigan leaders at the Get Out The Vote rally.
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Trump campaign launches first Snapchat ad
With just 10 days until the election, the Trump campaign has just launched its first digital Snapchat ad of the 2024 cycle.
The ads, which are running across battleground states, are focused on getting voters to the polls. In one of the ads, an on-screen graphic asks, “Who should vote?” The camera then pans to show Trump pointing at the screen and giving a thumbs up.
During the 2020 election, the Trump campaign spent $268,000 on Snapchat ads and began running ads on the platform consistently in late August.
So far this year, the Democratic presidential campaign has spent $7.8 million on Snapchat ads. They have been advertising on the platform since March.
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Biden: “Women can do anything a man can do,” including becoming president.
During a speech at the North American Workers’ International Get Out the Vote kickoff event in Pittsburgh, President Joe Biden backed Harris, saying that women “can do anything a man could do, including become president of the United States.” “Anyone can do anything,” he told the audience.
Mr. Biden also criticized Mr. Trump as a “human loser” and urged attendees to “vote for our children, not for me.”
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President Trump doubles down on negative comments about Detroit
During a rally in Novi, Michigan, President Trump doubled down on his critical comments about Detroit, saying the city “makes us a developing country.”
His remarks came as part of a speech about bringing manufacturing back to Michigan from China and Mexico.
“I think Detroit and some areas make us a developing country. There is no place like that in China,” the former president said.
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Food bank lines get longer in key battleground states
In rural areas and industrial cities in western Michigan, semi-trucks loaded with thousands of pounds of food are parked in church parking lots and community centers, where people wait for boxes of free food. The lines are increasing.
Ken Estelle, president of Feeding America West Michigan, said one truck can transport food for up to 600 families, but some days that’s not enough to meet demand. said it has increased by 18% over the past 12 months.
“In our 43 years of serving this community, we have never seen this level of need. It’s beyond our capacity,” Esther said. “We’ve seen this drumbeat increase with more and more people every month.”
From rural Michigan to medium-sized cities in Pennsylvania to wealthy suburbs in Wisconsin, food banks are reporting record levels of need, which has steadily increased over the past few years. Despite rising wages and low unemployment rates, many households continue to struggle with rising expenses, which depletes savings and increases credit card debt, leaving them unable to put food on the table at the end of the month. There is little money left to provide, food bank leaders said.
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Judge rules that around 2,000 SC teens will not be registered to vote by election day
A South Carolina judge ruled Friday that the voter registration of 1,900 teens will not be addressed before Election Day.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit after the state Department of Transportation failed to send the teenager’s voter registration to the Board of Elections. The teens were 17 years old when they registered, but would have turned 18 on voting day.
In his ruling, the judge said it was too close to election day to be added to the voter rolls.
“Our government has failed young voters, and now that same government is making excuses instead of making things right,” Allen Cheney, legal director of the ACLU of South Carolina, said in a statement. When “too difficult” becomes an acceptable reason to disenfranchise voters, we know we have work to do. ”
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Recorded 3-hour interview with Joe Rogan about President Trump, the election, Harris, and whales
In a much-anticipated interview, Donald Trump touched on a wide range of cultural and political issues Friday night during a three-hour conversation with Joe Rogan, host of one of the world’s biggest podcasts.
Because of the length of the recording, President Trump arrived several hours late to the rally in Traverse City, Michigan, that night. Many left, frustrated at having to wait so long.
Rogan’s interview is a continuation of President Trump’s turn to nontraditional media, including podcasts, in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Mr. Rogan also invited Vice President Kamala Harris for an interview, but her campaign declined. Logan’s podcast has over 17 million YouTube subscribers.
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Trump supporters who bought President Trump’s lies about the last election face reality in court
With only days left until the 2024 election, and even though President Trump has managed to avoid his own criminal trial, supporters who were fooled by his lies about fraud in the last election continue to complain on January 6 He faces legal charges for storming the U.S. Capitol on Sunday. Become the Republican presidential candidate.
On Friday afternoon, the young Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol was sentenced inside a federal courthouse in Washington, just a few hundred feet from the crime scene. Caleb Berry, now 23, who stormed the Capitol with members of the far-right group Oath Keepers, stood before the judge wearing a black shirt and apologized to everyone in the courtroom and to the country.
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9 Congressional Sleeper Races to Watch on Election Night
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have the lead in the 2024 debate, but control of the House and Senate is also highly contested, and a series of fluid races could produce surprises on election night. There is.
These sleeper races could determine which party wins a majority in the House or Senate, which will have a major impact on the next president’s policies. Candidates are determined by a variety of factors, including turnout and whether a candidate has the unique ability to counter broader political winds.
Here are nine congressional races where one side has a clear advantage, but looks like a battle ahead.
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