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Donald Trump doubled-down on remarks in pre-recorded Fox News town hall with group of supporters hours before Kamala Harris sits for aired-as-live interview on network
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Donald Trump doubled down on comments he made at the weekend in which he referred to Democrats as “enemies from within” and that the military could be called upon to handle any unrest from “radical left lunatics”.
When confronted with his comments by Harris Faulkner of Fox News during a town hall of his supporters, the former president added that they are “sick” and “evil”.
Kamala Harris has said that Trump’s remarks are evidence that he is “increasingly unstable and unhinged” and ”out for unchecked power”.
This evening, the vice president and Democratic nominee will sit for an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, which will be broadcast unedited on Wednesday evening — a marked contrast to Trump’s pre-recorded and edited appearance earlier in the day.
On Tuesday, the Democrat joined Charlamagne Tha God for an hour-long sitdown in Detroit in which she declared she is going to win in November and agreed with the host when he called Trump’s policy platform “fascist”.
Also on Tuesday, Trump took part in a freewheeling Bloomberg Q&A with the Economic Club of Chicago and told a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, that he considers illegal immigration a greater problem than inflation.
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Donald Trump proclaims himself the ‘father of IVF’ at women’s town hall
Good morning!
Donald Trump has proclaimed himself “the father of IVF” at a women’s town hall event hosted by Fox News, inviting cries of protest given his track-record on rolling back women’s rights, notably his instrumental role in overturning Roe v Wade in 2022 and flirtation with a nationwide abortion ban this election cycle.
"We really are the party for IVF,” the Republican presidential nominee claimed.
“We want fertilization, and it's all the way, and the Democrats tried to attack us on it."
Unsurprisingly, the remark drew a swift backlash led by his election rival Kamala Harris:
Here’s Eric Garcia’s report on an event for women that was stacked out with Republicans only.
Trump held a “town hall” to talk women’s issues, but only GOP backers were there
Eric Garcia reports from Georgia on how Fox News created a safe space for Donald Trump as he seeks to court female voters
Watch: Trump says 'only stupid people put old' on the Supreme Court
Republican candidate posts campaign ad appealing to Black voters - and says to vote after election day
A Republican congressional candidate is under fire after running an ad with the incorrect date for Election Day in a Black-owned local publication.
Tom Barrett, who is vying to represent Michigan’s 7th district, ran an ad in the Black-owned Michigan Bulletin that read, “On November 6 VOTE FOR TOM BARRETT.”
Election Day is on November 5.
Federal death row inmate says he fears Trump will immediately resume executions if re-elected
A federal death row inmate in Indiana fears that Donald Trump being re-elected would mean an immediate resumption in executions, after the Republican presided over a record 13 executions in his final seven months of office.
“It seems like they’re prepping,” Billie Allen, 46, told the Daily Mail, after a delegation of officials visited the Terre Haute prison, home to the federal execution chamber. “Some of the guys are saying it’s getting real. They’re getting ready and finding out if the equipment’s still working.”
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Federal death row inmate says he fears Trump will immediately resume executions
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Trump rambles about Hurricane Milton in Atlanta
Donald Trump rambled about the destructive Hurricane Milton at his Atlanta, Georgia rally on Tuesday.
“I want to send our love and prayers to everyone here in Georgia, hit by the hurricane,” Trump said. “You got hit hard, as well as Florida. North Carolina, they really got hit hard.” South Carolina, pretty hard, Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee.”
“That’s a lot of hurricane. That was a big hurricane,” he continued. “I thought we were sort of over again. That’s Trump country. It’s Trump country. It is indeed. We love it. We love the people. We wish they took better care of Trump country, right?”
Donald Trump takes the stage in Atlanta
Donald Trump has taken the stage at his Atlanta, Georgia rally.
“Our hearts are with the families of every citizen who is tragically lost and all of the people who lost their home,” Trump said, referring to Hurricanes Helene and Milton which devastated the southeastern US.
Representative Byron Donalds speaks at Trump rally
Representative Byron Donalds spoke at Donald Trump’s Atlanta rally on Tuesday night ahead of the former president’s appearance on stage.
Donalds, a Republican and staunch Trump ally, addressed women voters from the stage and told them not to “worry” about the gender gap.
“They were trying to lecture us about the gender gap, but women, don’t worry about that,” Donalds said. “You’re going to come home and be with us. It’s going to be all right. You’re going to vote Donald J. Trump, and we’re going to make America great again.”
Stanley Kubrick’s daughter claims he would have been a Trump supporter
Stanley Kubrick’s daughter Vivian has claimed she is “very confident” that her late father would have been a Donald Trump supporter after the presidential candidate used footage from the director’s Oscar-nominated 1987 film Full Metal Jacket in a campaign video.
The clip in question was posted to Trump’s X/Twitter account with the caption: “WE WILL NOT HAVE A WOKE MILITARY!”
The video includes scenes from Full Metal Jacket in which a brutal, racist Marine Sargeant played by R. Lee Ermey shouts at and assaults Matthew Modine’s Private Joker. These scenes are captioned: “President Trump.”
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Republican candidate recently used footage from Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ in a campaign video
Trump re-ups ‘Barack Hussein Obama’ conspiracy when asked about tariffs at economic forum
Former President Donald Trump referred to President Barack Obama by his middle name Hussein when asked about tariffs during an interview at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday.
Trump was speaking to Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait when he started to ramble about a variety of subjects, such as the importance of steel production during war times before he began to brag about his record of keeping the US out of armed conflict.
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