Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attended a rally in Pennsylvania attended by more than 100 former Republican politicians and officials, focusing on her campaign to Republican voters.
Then, in a further appeal to right-wing voters, Harris faced a tough interview on Fox News, where host Bret Baier pressed the vice president on immigration, the economy and the Biden administration. “Let me be clear: My presidency is not a continuation of the Joe Biden presidency,” she said.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump, speaking at a town hall hosted by Univision, the largest Spanish-language network in the United States, doubled down on his baseless claims that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating pets.
Kamala Harris news and updates:
Surrounded by more than 100 former Republican lawmakers and officials, Harris on Wednesday urged Republican voters to put “country first” and abandon Donald Trump. She said Trump was “unstable” and “unhinged” and would eviscerate democratic norms if given a second term in the White House. “America must heed this warning.”
In an interview on Fox News, Harris was asked about the Biden administration’s efforts to combat illegal immigration at the southern border, and she blamed Republicans for failing to pass border legislation. Harris said President Trump told Republicans to veto the bill because he “wanted to solve the problem, not fix it.”
In an interview with Fox, Harris was asked who she thought was the United States’ greatest enemy, and she mentioned Iran. Baier questioned whether the Biden-Harris administration is “acting as if Iran is the biggest threat.”
“People are tired of someone who professes to be a leader and then disparages Full Time and deals with personal grievances,” Harris said of President Trump. She added: “He’s unstable.”
Donald Trump news and updates:
President Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, answered “no” when asked at a rally in Pennsylvania whether Trump lost the 2020 election. “What message do you think it sends to independent voters by not directly answering the question, ‘Did Donald Trump lose in 2020?'” a reporter asked, to boos from the crowd. . Vance replied, “No. I think there were serious issues in 2020.”
President Trump doubled down on controversial comments he made over the weekend about the “enemy from within.” Speaking to an all-female audience in Cumming, Georgia, President Trump derided Kamala Harris and her allies as “sick,” “evil” and “a bunch of sound bites.” he said: “They’re very dangerous. They’re Marxists, they’re communists, they’re fascists,” President Trump told Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner. “They are a threat to democracy.”
The former director of Project 2025, a conservative program aimed at reforming the U.S. government, says it was because of his former boss, Kevin Roberts, chairman of the Heritage Foundation think tank, that President Trump publicly distanced himself from the blueprint by downgrading it. He blamed the attack on “violent remarks.” that.
Trump was asked to list three virtues Harris has during President Trump’s Univision town hall, and he did so before attacking her again. He said, “She seems to have the ability to survive,” “seems like they’ve had a fairly long friendship,” and “seems to have a good attitude about her.” “I mean, I like some of the things she’s saying, some of the things she’s doing. But in other ways, I think it’s very bad for our country,” he said. .
Elsewhere in the campaign
A Georgia judge has declared seven new election rules recently passed by the state election board to be “illegal, unconstitutional, and void.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after holding a hearing on a challenge to the regulations. The rules Cox invalidated included three that received a lot of attention. One request required manual counting of votes after voting closed, and two related to the certification of election results.
Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, 100, has voted in the 2024 presidential election, his representative confirmed Wednesday. The 100-year-old man, who is in hospice care, is believed to have voted for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, although the Carter Center’s statement did not say who he voted for.
Alabama cannot remove thousands of people from its voter rolls on the eve of a presidential election, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco, an appointee of President Donald Trump, has blocked efforts by Alabama’s top elections official to remove more than 3,200 suspected non-citizens from voter rolls, at least until after the election. issued a preliminary injunction. presidential election.
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin has asked the Justice Department to investigate text messages that allegedly targeted young people and tried to dissuade them from voting in the November election. The League of Women Voters said it first learned of the alleged text campaign on October 10, when it received numerous complaints from voters who received the texts. Two people in their 20s who are active with the League of Women Voters also received messages like the following: “Warning: Violations of Wisconsin Statutes 12.13 and 6.18 can result in a fine of up to $10,000 or 3 1/2 years in prison. Do not vote in states where you are not eligible.”
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