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Obama advocated for Harris at a campaign stop in Pittsburgh on Thursday evening, denouncing Trump in his speech
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Former President Barack Obama gave an impassioned speech about character, denouncing Donald Trump’s recent lies about storms in Florida, his rhetoric about immigrants and more during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Thursday evening, the former president appealed to voters on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris by comparing her values to those of Trump, who spread misinformation in the wake of natural disasters.
“The idea of intentionally trying to deceive people in their most desperate and vulnerable moments. My question is when did that become okay?” Obama asked the crowd.
“I want to ask Republicans out there…. When did that become okay? Why would we go along with that?” He asked rallygoers at the Univesity of Pittsburgh.
It is the first of several stops Obama will make in key battleground states to campaign for Harris. Former President Bill Clinton is also expected to campaign for Harris in rural areas of Georgia sometime next week.
Harris is leading Trump by four points in the latest Economist/YouGov poll, 49-45 percent, and appears to have pulled ahead with suburban voters according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey — though one data analyst says the former president’s odds of winning have inexplicably surged.
Inside the Trump campaign’s ‘edgy’ and crass approach to appeal to young men and ride them to victory
Donald Trump has proclaimed himself the “protector” of women but the tone of his messaging has become geared toward young men with crass language and put-downs in hopes the bloc will back him in November - despite the former president potentially isolating women voters.
“Alphas for Trump,” Steven Cheung, a campaign spokesperson recently tweeted, “vs Simps for Kamala.”
This seven-word tweet perhaps encompasses Trump’s years-long immersion into a stereotypical “tough” alpha male figure — a brand that some have described as “toxic masculinity.”
Kelly Rissman reports.
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Detroit congressman responds to Trump dunking on city
US Congressman from Michigan’s 13th District Shri Thanedar responded to Donald Trump dunking on Detroit on X.
He wrote: “I represent Detroit in Congress. Detroit is a city with a booming economy, diverse culture, and some of the best people in America.”
The congressman added: “Donald Trump: keep Detroit and our people out of your mouth. We will elect Kamala Harris.”
Michigan State Senate Majority Whip Mallory McMorrow was somewhat blunter: “As a proud elected representative of tens of thousands of Detroiters: Fuck this guy. Don’t come back.”
Trump unwittingly reveals Tiffany is pregnant
Former President Donald Trump announced during a speech in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday that his daughter Tiffany Trump is pregnant.
Trump noted that the father of Tiffany Trump’s husband Michael Boulos, Dr Massad Boulos, was in the audience during his speech to the Detroit Economic Club.
The former president called the young couple “very exceptional” before going on to say “she’s going to have a baby. So that’s nice.”
Trump unwittingly reveals Tiffany is pregnant as he goes off-script in speech
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New polling shows Republicans likely to seize control of the Senate this fall
Democrats risk losing control of the Senate this fall as new polling in a handful of crucial races shows Republicans in strong single-digit leads less than four weeks before Election Day.
Alex Woodward looks at the latest data from the key contests.
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Trump drunks on Detroit in speech to Detroit Economic Club
In a moment reminiscent of when he called Milwaukee, the largest city in key swing state Wisconsin, “horrible” weeks before it hosted the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump has done it again.
Speaking to the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday lunchtime, the former president warned the business community of the city (also the largest in a key swing state): “The whole country will be like, you want to know the truth? It'll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she's elected president. ... We're not going to let her do that to this country. We're not gonna let it happen.”
They must be thrilled.
The anti-right-wing extremism X account PatriotTakes, tweeted: “Please do this in every city.”
He also asserted several times through a long speech that the city’s industrial base — the car industry — was going out of business and is “a failing industry just like we’re a failing country right now. We’re a failing country. We’re a nation in decline. I hope you know that.”
While Detroit has a reputation for post-industrial decline as the auto industry relocated production over several decades, more recently the city has been lauded for its urban regeneration, as CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla noted:
Perhaps that’s a message the business community would rather publicize.
Walz campaigns with John McCain’s son as Kamala Harris lags in Arizona
Tim Walz is campaigning in Arizona with Native American leaders as polling shows the vice president lags in the state.
The Minnesota governor attended events this week with Ruben Gallego, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Arizona, and Jim McCain, the son of late Republican senator John McCain. The younger McCain announced earlier this year that he had switched parties and plans to vote for Harris in this election.
Eric Garcia reports.
Watch: Biden tells Trump ‘get a life man'
During his hurricane response press conference, President Joe Biden was asked if he had spoken to former president Donald Trump about misinformation regarding the storms that have struck the southeast over the past two weeks.
He had a curt response: “Mr President Trump, former President Trump, get a life, man, help these people.”
Asked about accountability for the misinformation, the president said: “The public will hold them accountable. The press will hold them accountable. You know truth.”
Pressed on whether he would speak with Trump, Biden replied as he exited the briefing room: “No.”
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John Bowden reports from Washington, DC.
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