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President Donald Trump’s town hall event in suburban Philadelphia turned into a chaotic impromptu music festival Monday night when two people in the crowd suffered medical emergencies, interrupting the Q&A. .
The former president continued to awkwardly bang his head on stage to various pop tunes and hymns as medical workers treated two supporters who had apparently passed out in the hot auditorium.
Despite multiple promises to extend the event, Trump ended up leaving after answering just three questions and performing hits ranging from “YMCA” and “Memory” from the musical “Cats.” A parade was performed.
At a dueling rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, the same night, Kamala Harris played a recording of President Trump threatening to deploy the National Guard and even the military against “enemies” in the United States.
Harris said a second term for President Trump “would be a great risk to the United States” because the president is “increasingly unstable, unfree, and espouses unchecked power.” Ta.
Meanwhile, Fox News said Harris has agreed to sit in on her first public interview with the conservative network, conducted by chief political anchor Bret Baier and aired on Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, in Erie, Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris played a recording of Donald Trump’s own words, claiming that Trump is becoming “more and more unstable and less free.”
My colleague Andrew Finberg reports:
Speaking to a crowd of supporters at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Harris called the twice-impeached former felon “someone who will stop at nothing to assert his power” and said he believed the Constitution He cited his long history of statements expressing disdain for the Constitution. A recent Supreme Court decision granted the president blanket immunity from prosecution for any crimes committed in the performance of his official duties.
But Ms. Harris told the audience, estimated by campaign officials at about 6,000 people, that there was no need to take her word for Mr. Trump’s malicious intent.
She asked her staff to “roll a clip” of what she said was an example of President Trump’s “worldview and intentions.” It’s part of an interview President Trump sat down with FOX Business host Maria Bartiromo.
In it, Trump told an economic correspondent, a strong and vocal supporter of his who had repeatedly broadcast lies about the conduct of the 2020 election, that the “enemy from within” and that he would not support Trump. , or a term used to refer to Americans who do not vote Republican, said: It is “more dangerous” than foreign adversaries such as Russia or China.
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They say he should practice transparency because of his “advanced age.”
The letter was originally obtained by CBS News. The event was sponsored by Doctors for Harris, an organization not affiliated with the vice president’s campaign.
“Mr. Trump falls short of any standard of fitness for public office and exhibits worrying characteristics of impaired vision,” they said in a letter released Sunday.
“In the limited opportunity to investigate his actions, he provides a very worrying snapshot,” they added.
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Alone in the moonlight
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Thank you for sticking with us through this roller coaster of a situation. We pray for the repose of the souls of the two people who became ill.
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Lies, damn lies, and statistics
One of the themes of this town hall, at least before the medical crisis, was President Trump’s refusal to believe official statistics.
He did not go into detail or provide evidence on crime, inflation or the death toll from the war in Ukraine, repeatedly insisting that currently published figures were unacceptable and that the real numbers were far worse.
Meanwhile, my colleague Alex Lang says City Hall has now been in this suspended limbo for twice as long as it has actually been in operation.
Trump continues to sway his body to the music.
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Performing Luciano Pavarotti’s “Ave Maria,” Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli’s “Time to Say Goodbye,” and James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s World” (again featuring Pavarotti) After that, Mr. Trump reappeared, mixing in some of the former president’s slightly stiff dance moves. address the crowd.
“How about this? We play at the YMCA and go home. But listen, do whatever you can and go out. We have to win. This is me This is the most important election in our country’s history…
“These two people who passed away were patriots and we love them. And because of them, good music was born, right?”
And then there’s Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” We’ll let you know as soon as we have more exciting news.
Io DoddsOctober 15, 2024 01:14