Harris labeled ‘tough enough’ by more voters than Trump as presidential campaigns ready for key weekend: Live
Registered voters see Vice President Kamala Harris in more positive light than former president Donald Trump in latest AP/NORC poll
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The latest AP/NORC poll shows Kamala Harris pulling ahead of Donald Trump as the candidate of whom voters have a more positive view.
Specifically, the vice president scores higher on where she is “tough enough to be president”, “would change the country for the better”, and “would fight for people like you”.
The former president meanwhile scores highest on “will say anything to win the election”.
Trump delivered his latest rally in Uniondale on Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, pledging to “bring back religion” to thank God for saving his life, and asking New Yorkers to vote for him by saying: “What the hell do you have to lose?”
The Republican nominee also pledged to visit Springfield, Ohio, after he and running mate JD Vance spread a bogus story about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating residents’ pets, inspiring a spate of bomb threats.
Meanwhile, a fresh poll from Quinnipiac University has placed his Democratic rival ahead in two key swing states – Pennsylvania and Michigan – and more narrowly ahead in Wisconsin.
Elsewhere, Trump has accused Harris of colluding with Iran to spy on his campaign after the FBI revealed Tehran-backed hackers had attempted to pass stolen material onto the Democratic ticket.
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Kentucky rape survivor hits out at Trump for overturning Roe in powerful new Harris ad
Kentucky rape survivor Hadley Duvall narrates a new ad for the Harris campaign in which she severely criticizes former President Donald Trump for the overturning of Roe v Wade.
During his term in the White House, Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who voted for the overturning of the landmark 1973 ruling which made abortion a constitutionally protected right. It was overturned in the summer of 2022.
In the ad, Duvall speaks about how she was abused by her stepfather from the age of five, and how he impregnated her at the age of 12 before Roe was overturned.
Duvall said this meant she “had options.”
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JD Vance makes the press part of his show as he doubles down on his attacks on migrants in North Carolina
Adirty secret about Senator JD Vance that probably would not endear him to the MAGA faithful is that on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump’s running mate is fairly friendly to reporters of all stripes.
The bestselling author is more than comfortable talking to the press and frequently lets reporters ride the elevator with him on his way to votes. Indeed, he’s shown himself willing to go on the Sunday shows to defend his Trump and his lie about pets being eaten by Haitian migrants.
But on the campaign trail as Trump’s top surrogate, the Ohio senator does something different. During his rally at Union Station in Raleigh, North Carolina, a crucial swing state, Vance dinged his boss’s opponent Kamala Harris for only doing two sitdown interviews since she became the Democratic nominee for president.
JD Vance does a delicate dance with the press--as he doubles down on Haitian migrants
Trump’s running mate likes to say he’ll ‘take as many questions as we have time for,’ to create a contrast with Kamala Harris. But reporting in Raleigh, Eric Garcia notes the other purpose
Iranian hackers sent Biden campaign stolen Trump materials in unsolicited emails, FBI says
This summer, Iranian hackers sent materials stolen from the Trump campaign to people associated with the Biden campaign as well as media outlets, according to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
“Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails,” according to a joint statement from the FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), obtained by The Hill.
“There is currently no information indicating those recipients replied,” the agencies added.
FBI says Biden campaign unwittingly received stolen Trump materials from Iran hackers
Intelligence agencies said they had ‘no information’ indicating Biden allies repled to hackers
In photos: Trump speaks on Long Island
Trump says he’ll visit Springfield, Ohio
Trump said he would visit Springfield, Ohio as he continued to make false claims about the migrants in the city.
“How about in Springfield, Ohio, they had 32,000 – This is a little beautiful town, no crime, no problem – 32,000 illegal immigrants come into the town,” Trump said. “So they almost double their population in a period of a few weeks. Can you believe it? And you know what? They've got to get much tougher. I'm going to go there in the next two weeks. I'm going to Springfield and I'm going to Aurora.”
“You may never see me again, but that's okay,” he added. “‘Whatever happened to Trump? Well, he never got out of Springfield.’”
“So the mayor of Springfield, and I think he's a very nice person,” Trump continued. “But instead of saying we're getting them all out, we're getting them out, he says, very simply, ‘we're hiring teachers to teach them English.’”
“Could you believe it? ‘We are hiring interpreters.’ So when they go to school and take the place of our children in school, we have an interpreter. Each one will have a private interpreter. What the hell is wrong with our country?” he asked.
The former president said, “we're getting them out of our country. They came in illegally. They're destroying our country. We're getting them out. They're going to be brought back to the country from which they came.”
The city of Springfield states on its website that “YES, Haitian immigrants are here legally, under the Immigration Parole Program. Once here, immigrants are then eligible to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Haiti is designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security for TPS. Current TPS is granted through February 3, 2026.”
Trump: Kamala will be ‘invasion president'
Trump suggested that Kamala Harris would be known as the “invasion president” as he complained about immigration.
“The border is 25 times worse than it was in 2016 now the border is not even believable ... I want to be known as your border president,” Trump said.
“And Kamala will be known as your invasion president. Just let them all come in ... We got to save our country. Our country is going down,” he claimed.
Trump indicates he hasn’t read Melania’s new book
Trump indicated that he hasn’t read Melania’s new book, saying that he’s “so busy.”
“People love our First Lady. Go out and get a book. She just wrote a book. I hope she said good things about... I don't know. I didn't... so busy. She just wrote a book called Melania. Go out and buy it, and if she says bad things about me, I'll call you all up and I'll say, don't buy it,” Trump said.
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