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Trump and Harris campaign in battleground states with less than a week until Election Day: Live updates

Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump both rallied in North Carolina on Wednesday after Democrat delivered ‘closing argument’ speech and defends Joe Biden over latest gaffe

Oliver O'Connell,Joe Sommerlad,Mike Bedigan
Wednesday 30 October 2024 21:10
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With less than a week to go in the US presidential election race, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters, with both appearing in battleground North Carolina on Wednesday.

The Democratic presidential nominee has been forced to respond to Joe Biden inadvertently whipping up a conservative media storm by seemingly calling Trump’s supporters “garbage” in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s already-notorious Madison Square Garden joke about Puerto Rico.

Harris told reporters on Wednesday that she “strongly” disagrees with any criticism of the public based on their voting intentions.

Elsewhere, at a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Trump also addressed the president’s comments.

“Last night, Joe Biden finally said what he and Kamala really think of our supporters,” he said. “He called them garbage and they mean it... even though, without question, my supporters are far higher quality than Crooked Joe or Lyin’ Kamala.”

He added: “My response to Joe and Kamla is very simple: You can’t lead America if you don’t love Americans, you just can’t.”

On Tuesday, Harris delivered her “closing argument” in Washington DC, speaking on the very same spot from which Trump told his supporters to “fight like hell” on January 6, 2021.

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RFK Jr hits out over Supreme Court’s decision to leave him on ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin

The aspiring Trump health secretary (shudder) has accused SCOTUS of “undermining election integrity” by upholding a decision by the secretaries of state in the above swing states to leave him on their ballot papers, despite his decision to suspend his campaign, in accordance with state law.

Here he is insinuating a Democratic conspiracy while urging the public not to vote for him – a message he should have started out with, if you ask me.

Joe Sommerlad30 October 2024 11:30

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