Trump and Harris sweep Sun Belt battleground states as polls tighten: 2024 election live updates
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are out on the campaign trail in Nevada and Arizona this evening as the former files lawsuit against CBS News
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Your support makes all the difference.Former President Donald Trump urged a New Mexico rally on Thursday to not make him “waste a whole damn half a day here,” by voting for his Democratic opponent.
The state hasn’t voted for a Republican on the presidential level since 2004. Trump suggested that he would win a number of Democratic states as long as the vote was “honest” as he continues to make his false election fraud claims.
With less than a week to go in the US presidential election race, Kamala Harris and Trump are making their final pitches to voters.
The Democratic presidential nominee has hit back at her Republican rival after he vowed to “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.
“Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body. Whether you like it or not,” Harris posted on X.
In a bizarre stunt prior to his speech, Trump had posed in a garbage truck dressed as a sanitation worker in an attempt to troll Harris and Joe Biden after the latter allegedly called MAGA voters “garbage” in anger over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s already-notorious Madison Square Garden joke about Puerto Rico.
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Trump looks better now than he did in 2016, gush JD Vance and Joe Rogan
JD Vance sat down with Joe Rogan for an interview on his podcast, broadcast on Thursday, and soon both were gushing that Donald Trump looks better now than he did in 2016.
The bold claim came early on in the Republican vice presidential nominee’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience when the host asked him whether he had any doubts about becoming Trump’s running mate.
Rogan references the enormous change the role brings to a person’s life and the intense responsibility the job entails.
“Everybody’s watched presidents age radically, dramatically,” he said, adding: “Everyone but Trump.”
Vance responded: “Yeah, it’s kind of amazing.”
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Trump tells crowd Democrats treat them like garbage, call them names
Donald Trump tells the crowd in Henderson, Nevada that the Democrats “treat you like garbage”.
He adds: “For the last nine years, Kamala and her party have called you racists, bigots, fascists, deplorables, irredeemables, even Nazis. And they called me Hitler.”
National polling average shows Harris down to a 1.2% lead over Trump
The FiveThirtyEight national polling average for the 2024 election has Kamala Harris’s lead narrowing to 1.2 per cent over Donald Trump.
The candidates continued their sweep across the Sun Belt battleground states on Thursday, with rallies in Arizona and Nevada. Both will then head to the Midwest on Friday.
Watch: Trump repeats odd claim Democrats don’t want windows in buildings
Meanwhile, back in Henderson, Nevada
Meanwhile, back at the Trump rally, things are going pretty much as expected.
The former president has said he will “put the drug smugglers and human traffickers right out business” if elected and will enforce the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who commit murder.
Referring to Joe Biden’s “garbage” gaffe, Trump says: “How stupid is a man to say that? But she believes it too. I'd love to hear that conversation.”
Returning to the topic a little later, he says: “Two days ago Joe Biden called our supporters ‘garbage’. That's nasty. I think that's worse than ‘deplorables’... My supporters are far higher quality than Crooked Joe... My response to Joe and Kamala is simple: you can't lead America if you don't love Americans.”
Full story: Lebron James shares presidential endorsement
In a message posted to his X/Twitter account, LeBron James wrote: “What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me.”
Kevin E G Perry reports.
Lebron James shares presidential endorsement with 2024 election just days away
‘When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me,’ says the NBA star
Both Trump and Harris will campaign in Milwaukee tomorrow night
As the 2024 election campaign narrows to just a few battleground states and the clock ticks down to November 5, it is perhaps not entirely surprising to see both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be campaigning in Milwaukee in the crucial state of Wisconsin on Friday night.
Former President Trump will be back the FiServ Forum, the site of the Republican National Convention in July, with the program starting at 8pm CT (doors at 4pm).
The “When We Vote We Win Rally” with Vice President Harris features special guest Cardi B featuring performances by DJ GEMINI GILLY, Flo Milli, GloRilla, The Isley Brothers, and MC Lyte. That will take place at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center from 6pm to 10pm CT.
Another milestone in Georgia early voting
“On Thursday, Georgia voters exceeded 50% statewide turnout among active voters, with 3,653,333 Georgians having cast ballots, 3,426,851 of those voting early,” says a press release from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.
Trump speaking in Henderson, Nevada
Taking to the stage 40 minutes late after an extended playlist of his Broadway favorites, Donald Trump begins his rally: “Five days!… We’re doing great in Nevada.”
“I’d like to start with a very simple question: are you better off now than you were four years ago?”
The crowd responds loudly: “No!”
After accusing Kamala Harris of lying every time she gets on stage, Trump then says: “I feel like I’m the father of IVF.”
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