Latest poll finds Harris ‘narrowly’ wins enough swing states to become first female president: Election live updates
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are holding rallied in Milwaukee in the crucial state of Wisconsin this evening
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Your support makes all the difference.The final poll from The Times and YouGov finds that Kamala Harris is set to narrowly win enough swing states to take the White House.
“We find that Kamala Harris very narrowly wins enough of those states to become America’s first female president,” Times US Assistant Editor David Charter said on Friday.
This comes as a Harris campaign official has said they “fully expect” former President Donald Trump to declare victory before all votes have been counted.
“It won’t work,” the official said during a press call.
“He did this before. It failed,” they added. “If he does it again, it will fail.”
With four days of campaigning to go in the 2024 race, Harris and Trump are making their final pitches, spending Friday evening hosting competing rallies in Wisconsin where they will attempt to appeal to “blue wall” voters.
Having already addressed two gatherings of his supporters on Thursday, the former president ended his day in a sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson on stage in Glendale, Arizona, at which he shockingly fantasized about former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney being shot at.
Cheney has since hit back at Trump, calling him “a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”
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White House officials were pressured into altering the transcript of a Joe Biden call in which he appeared to refer to Donald Trump supporters as “garbage,” according to a report by the Associated Press, citing two U.S. government officials and an internal email.
The president had been criticizing a comment by a comedian at Trump’s New York rally last weekend calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”
He told a call with Latino supporters: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters [or supporter’s] — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”
The comments caused a storm among conservatives.
Phil Thomas reports.
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It’s all available here including the supporting materials.
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Tucker Carlson claims he was mauled by a demon while asleep
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The former Fox News host says he was “physically mauled” by a demon a year and a half ago that left him bleeding and with still-visible scars on his body from “claw marks”, as first reported by Mediaite.
At the time, Carlson says, he was asleep in bed with his wife – and four dogs...
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Watch: Jennifer Lopez officially endorses Kamala Harris
Final Marist poll of Blue Wall, shows Harris leading
The final Marist polls from the Blue Wall states has some good news for Kamala Harris.
The vice president is up 51/48 in Michigan against Donald Trump; 50/48 in Pennsylvania; and 50/48 in Wisconsin.
Marist last polled these states in September. Pennsylvania was tied, and Harris was up 50/49 in Wisconsin and 52/47 in Michigan.
There is also good news for the Democratic candidates in the three Senate races in those states.
Jesse Watters tells wife that secretly voting for Harris would be like ‘having an affair’
Fox News host Jesse Watters said during a segment of The Five that if his wife secretly voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, it would be “like having an affair.”
The panel was discussing a recent Harris campaign ad voiced by actress Julia Roberts, suggesting to women that they can vote for the VP without telling their Trump-backing husbands.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Jesse Watters says secretly voting for Kamala Harris would be like ‘having an affair’
Fox News host says vote for Harris ‘violates the sanctity of our marriage. What else is she keeping from me? What is she lying about?’
Jennifer Lopez says Harris will fight for freedoms; Trump works to divide us
Jennifer Lopez says of Kamala Harris: “I know as president, she will fight for our freedoms… the freedom of women to choose what we do with our bodies.”
She then excoriates Donald Trump, saying: “He has consistently worked to divide us. At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels. It was not just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day. It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity, and anyone of decent character.”
Continuing, she said: “I promised myself I wouldn’t get emotional, but you know what, we should be emotional. We should be upset. We should be scared and outraged ... your voice and your vote matters.”
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