Trump says there is ‘something wrong’ with Harris as he rallies in Michigan a day after Joe Rogan talk: Live
Former president due to speak again at rally in Pennsylvania as Michelle Obama joins Harris in Michigan
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Former President Donald Trump said during a rally in Michigan on Saturday that there’s “something wrong” with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“You do know she's doing really badly, right?” Trump asked the crowd. “She can't speak. There's something wrong with her. We went through four years of that. We can't go through four more.” The former president also hosted a rally in the State College borough of Pennsylvania.
On Friday, Trump told podcaster Joe Rogan that his biggest mistake during his first term in the White House was hiring “disloyal people.”
Rogan asked Trump if he had made “bad choices” when putting in place various officials. “The biggest mistake I made,” Trump said, was that “I picked some people that I shouldn’t have picked.”
Trump also hit out at “stupid women” as he accused political commentators of distorting his comments in the run-up to the election.
In a three-hour interview, he appeared to single out MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others.
“Some of these women, they’re so stupid,” he said.
It came as Harris appeared alongside pop superstar Beyonce and country music veteran Willie Nelson in Houston, Texas, for a rally focused on reproductive rights on Friday.
Willie Nelson performs for crowds in Texas ahead of Harris remarks
Veteran musician Willie Nelson took to the stage and performed to crowds ahead of remarks by Kamala Harris.
The 91-year-old country star played a medley of his hits including On The Road Again.
The vice president will also reportedly be joined by Beyonce at the rally in Houston, Texas.
On Thursday, Bruce Springsteen serenaded crowds at a Harris rally in Atlanta, Georgia.
Trump and Rogan boast of three hour podcast as crowds in Michigan head to their cars
Donald Trump posted a short video with Joe Rogan after wrapping up his podcast, which was apparently three hours long.
Meanwhile, in Michigan, crowds of people were seen heading to their vehicles due to Trump’s delayed arrival.
Trump tells supporters in Michigan he will be two hours late
Donald Trump told supporters waiting for his rally in Traverse City, Michigan, he would be “two hours” late, despite having already kept them waiting for over an hour.
The former president delivered the news via video from his plane that was projected at the site of the rally – explaining that he had been busy recording a pdcast with Joe Rogan. He had been due to speak at around 7.30pm local time in Michigan.
“We’re stepping on the gas, but it’s all about winning so we had to spend some time with people, a lot of people actually... we’re gonna have a good time tonight. See you soon,” he said.
Scores of people were seen leaving the venue following the announcement.
Russian actors made video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, FBI says
Russian operatives were behind a video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, the FBI has said.
The video, based in a suburban Philadelphia county, took off quickly on social media Thursday afternoon, prompting cries of election fraud.
But within three hours Bucks County election officials were countering the video, identifying it as fake.
“The envelope and materials depicted in this video are clearly not authentic materials belonging to or distributed by the Bucks County Board of Elections,” read a statement released by the board on Thursday.
Live from the Trump rally in Michigan
Excruciating moment JD Vance gives a shout out to Mark Robinson at rally – then realises his mistake
Vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance tripped over his words on Friday at a rally in North Carolina and appaered to briefly praise the state’s scandal-plagued lieutenant governor Mark Robinson, who’s accused of claiming to be a “Black Nazi” in online comments on a porn site.
“I want to give a shout out, to, and you guys have a great lieutenant governor,” Vance told the crowd. “Sorry, we’ve got— sorry, Mark isn’t here.”
Josh Marcus watched the somewhat cringeworthy moment:
Excruciating moment JD Vance gives a shout out to Mark Robinson at rally
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate allegedly left lewd and hateful comments on porn website
Ahead of Michigan rally Trump plays video attacking... Biden
Ahead of his appearance in Traverse City, Michigan, Donald Trump played a video clip showing his wins over Joe Biden.
The former president has not been competing with Biden since July, when the president dropped out in favor of Kamala Harris.
Trump sits for Joe Rogan podcast ahead of rally in Michigan
Donald Trump has sat down to record an episode of wildly popular podcast The Joe Rogan experience, ahead of his rally in Michigan this evening.
The former president is reportedly recording the podcast – which boasts 14.5 million Spotify followers and 17.5 million YouTube subscribers – in Rogan’s studio in Austin, Texas.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris is set to be joined by singer Beyonce onstage at a rally in Houston.
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