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Polls tighten in key swing states as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter final two weeks of campaign
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are still virtually tied in the seven key battleground states according to the latest Washington Post/Schar School poll.
Harris has a narrow lead in the Blue Wall states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, as well as in Georgia. Trump is ahead in Arizona and North Carolina, while they are tied in Nevada.
Trump was in Swannanoa, North Carolina on Monday, which was devastated by floods from Hurricane Helene, and repeated the baseless conspiracy theory that Federal Emergency Management Agency money to deal with the disaster had instead been sent to “illegal migrants”. He reiterated the accusation later at a rally in Greenville.
The former president spent Sunday working the fry cooker at a branch of McDonald’s – the latest bizarre moment in a campaign that has increasingly become a tour of personal vendettas and aimless grudges, despite his aides’ best efforts to keep him on track.
Harris joined former Republican Rep Liz Cheney on Monday for a tour of suburban districts in three states that could swing the election to her by encouraging GOP voters, unhappy with Trump, to vote for the Democratic ticket instead.
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Harris and Cheney campaign in Royal Oak, Michigan
Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican Rep Liz Cheney are at the second stop of their day of campaigning together — Royal Oak, Michigan.
Said Harris at the event: “I think most of us believe, regardless of your party affiliation, that the real measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift up. And so for that reason, I'm not surprised that Liz Cheney and I are on the same stage.”
The vice president added: |I have seen a lot of Republicans go up to Liz Cheney and thank her. They may not be doing it publicly ... I think she has shown to your point extraordinary courage especially in this environment post January 6...from my vantage point, she is actually not alone.”
Cheney said: “When I look at the nature of the threat that Donald Trump poses and…think about that level of instability, the level of erratic decision-making, misogyny, that is not something that you can entrust with the power of the Oval Office.”
She added: “When Donald Trump says that his political opponents are the enemy within, and when he contemplates deploying force against them, the response that we all have should not be to be so afraid we don't act. It should be vote him out... Vote for Vice President Harris.”
Americans are addicted to gambling on the election because it’s finally legal, sort of
People can’t get enough of betting on the 2024 presidential election, and thanks to a recent legal ruling, it’s easier than ever for Americans to vote with their wallet.
On Polymarket, one of the top online exchanges, people have already spent over $1.2 bn betting on the US presidential election. That includes two mystery individuals betting millions on a Trump win.
Betting market odds are suddenly on the lips of US broadcasters and campaign spin doctors, quoted like polls and watched like the weather.
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Watch: Harris says she is not surprised to share a stage with Cheney given stakes of election
Trump forgets moderator’s name during town hall
Donald Trump called the host of his Pennsylvania town hall by the wrong name after months of mocking President Joe Biden for his own gaffes.
Former ESPN host Sage Steele moderated the former president’s town hall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Sunday, with the former president making the slip-up almost immediately.
Kelly Rissman has the story.
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A GOP senate candidate says he was shot while serving in Afghanistan — but is it true?
A former Park Service ranger said Friday that U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound that the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan — going public with an accusation that has nagged the Republican’s campaign for months.
The claim from former ranger Kim Peach that Sheehy in fact shot himself on a family trip in Montana was immediately dismissed by Sheehy and his allies as a smear campaign engineered by Democrats in a race that’s expected to help decide control of the Senate.
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Watch LIVE: Harris participates in a campaign event in Birmingham, Michigan
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Harris and Trump are taking two different strategies in final stretch of campaign
Eric Garcia writes:
Both Harris and Trump know that just like in college basketball, the path to victory runs through North Carolina. If Trump wins North Carolina, he will only need to win Georgia and either pick up Wisconsin and Michigan or win Pennsylvania to win. If Harris wins North Carolina, Trump would need to sweep Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and pick up either Pennsylvania or win Wisconsin and Michigan.
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