On the first day of early voting in Detroit, Michigan, rapper Lizzo campaigned for Kamala Harris, rejecting claims that America is not ready for a female president and saying, “It’s about time.” ” he added. Harris was joined by singer Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Democratic candidate described Donald Trump’s speech as “nonsense.”
With Harris and Trump essentially tied in the most competitive states, both campaigns are focused on early voting by mail or in-person, with just 17 days until the Nov. 5 election.
In the hotly contested state of Pennsylvania, Trump escalated his personal attacks on Harris, calling her a “fucking vice president.” The Republican candidate had touted the event as the beginning of his final argument to voters, but he quickly went off script with a long talk about Arnold Palmer, including a comment about the late golf legend’s genitals.
Here’s what else happened Saturday.
Kamala Harris Election News and Updates
In both Detroit and Atlanta, Harris urged her supporters to do everything they can to win. “On Election Day, we don’t want to regret what we were able to do in the last 17 days,” she said. For the second day in a row, Harris criticized Trump for canceling events and avoiding the next presidential debate for what she called “fatigue.” His campaign called Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania “rubbish” and said he focused on “the issue that matters most to voters in this election: the ‘anatomy’ of a dead golfer.” said.
Harris said in Atlanta that Trump’s behavior was “cruel” when she spoke about the grieving family of a Georgia mother who died from complications from abortion pills. Harris blamed Georgia’s abortion regulations for Amber Thurman’s death and cited footage of Trump at a Fox News town hall. Asked about the Thurman family participating in another media call, Trump reportedly said, “I promise you we’ll get better ratings.” “Donald Trump still refuses to take any responsibility for the pain and suffering he has caused,” Harris said.
Harris reiterated her call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza and said it was important to seize the opportunity presented by the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Harris dodged a question about whether Arab-American and Muslim anger over U.S. support for Israel might hurt her election in the battleground state of Michigan, but said the tragic loss of innocent life He said he would continue to raise his voice. “I talk publicly all the time about the fact that there are so many tragic stories coming out of Gaza,” Harris said.
Donald Trump Presidential Election News and Updates
President Trump said in La Trobe, Pennsylvania, that Harris is further to the left than Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. I have to say it,” he added. President Trump emphasized the importance of Eastern states’ Electoral College delegates to the overall election, saying, “If we win Pennsylvania, we win everything.”
Donald Trump’s campaign may not be reaching the thousands of voters it hoped to reach in Arizona and Nevada, and leaked data and officials show that about a quarter of America Pac’s door knocks It has been reported that the solicitation app may be fraudulent. That problem. Earlier this year, the Trump campaign outsourced much of its ground campaign to America Pac, a political action committee founded by Elon Musk, spending millions of dollars to recruit Trump supporters, especially those who don’t normally vote. They bet that their profits would increase if they participated in the vote.
Elsewhere in the campaign
Early voting also began Saturday in Nevada, where Barack Obama campaigned for Harris in Las Vegas. The former president mocked President Trump, telling the audience, “We don’t need to see what an older, dumber Donald Trump is like without guardrails.”
Billionaire Mark Cuban, who has emerged as Harris’ energetic campaign surrogate, said Trump’s planned tariffs could put “small retailers and manufacturers” out of business. told the Guardian. “Small businesses don’t have the same price elasticity as large businesses. They can’t pass on the incremental and administrative costs associated with tariffs.”
Elsewhere, another billionaire, Elon Musk, campaigned for Trump in Pennsylvania. Speaking in Harrisburg, he announced that he would begin randomly distributing $1 million in prizes every day until the election to registered voters in the state who signed the organization’s petition. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has played an increasingly prominent role in the Trump campaign, donating nearly $75 million to Trump’s political group America PAC.
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