Election 2024 live updates: Trump hits out at ‘fake’ Iowa poll after Harris makes surprise SNL appearance
Harris and Trump are spending their weekends making their final pitches in the key battleground states
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has hit out at the Iowa poll which put opponent Kamala Harris ahead by three points.
Trump told a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, this morning that the poll was “fake” and he's “not down in Iowa.”
The Republican won Iowa in his past two presidential campaigns by more than nine percentage points in 2016 and eight points in 2020.
The Des Moines Register poll observes that much of the shift to Harris from the former president comes from women and independents.
At the Pennsylvania rally, Trump referred to the Emerson College Polling which, by contrast, has him leading Harris by 10 points in the state.
Meanwhile, Harris made a surprise appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live alongside host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan.
The vice president, who was played on the 50th season of the comedy show by Maya Rudolph, flew to New York City on Saturday evening after a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Harris is making several campaign stops in Michigan today, while Trump will hit Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.
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Harris on Trump winning: ‘He will not’
The vice president raised the possibility of Trump winning next week at her final rally of the night in Wisconsin, getting a rise out of an audience eager to elect her.
Harris caught herself, quickly adding, “He will not,” to cheers.
The comment came during a common refrain in Harris’ stump speech, when she asks voters to envision whether they want Trump in the Oval Office, fixated on his “enemies list,” or her, focused on a “to-do list.”
Harris attacks Trump and draws contrast over ‘enemy within’ comments
Vice President Kamala Harris tells the crowd at his rally in Milwaukee: “Unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe people who disagree with me are the enemy ... That is what real leaders is about. That's what strong leadership is about.”
Watch: Trump is really mad about the mic
“Do you want to see me knock the heck out of people backstage?” says Donald Trump.
“I’m up here seething!”
He blames “stupid people”.
Trump talks jobs report but misses crucial factor
Donald Trump said at his rally that the US jobs report issued today, which showed that employers added 12,000 jobs in October, showed that the Biden-Harris administration is failing on the economy.
Last month’s hiring gain was down significantly from the 223,000 jobs that were added in September.
“This is like a depression,” Trump said of the numbers as he heaped insults on Harris.
Economists estimate that Hurricanes Helene and Milton, combined with strikes at Boeing and elsewhere, pushed down net job growth by tens of thousands of jobs in October.
Trump did not mention that.
Harris denounces Trump as ‘obsessed with revenge’ and ‘consumed with grievance’
Vice President Kamala Harris tells the crowd at her rally: “We know who Donald Trump is. This is not someone who's thinking about making your life better. This is someone who is increasingly unstable. Obsessed with revenge. He is consumed with grievance. And the man is out for unchecked power.”
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