Trump vows to ‘take other countries’ jobs’ as Harris wants end to filibuster for abortion rights: Live
Former president said he could make foreign companies move production to US through aggressive tariff hikes that would raise prices for American consumers long before any manufacturing could be relocated
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Donald Trump has vowed to take jobs from other countries if he wins the presidency in November through a program of tariff hikes and tax incentives that he believes will encourage foreign companies to relocate production to the US.
The Republican presidential nominee was speaking at a rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday as part of a week of swing state events.
On Monday night he told a crowd in Pennsylvania that he would be a “protector” for women who “will no longer be thinking about abortion” if he is re-elected.
At the rally in the city of Indiana, scenes turned ugly when the crowd broke out into chants of “send them back” after the former president whipped up the crowd about immigration.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has told Wisconsin Public Radio that she is in favor of axing the Senate filibuster in order to codify abortion protections that were previously guaranteed under Roe v Wade.
The latest Reuters poll has Harris up six points nationally but a Quinnipiac University poll also released today has the candidates neck-and-neck among likely voters.
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Anti-LGBT+ author and activist Corey DeAngelis has been placed on leave from the conservative group the American Federation for Children following allegations that he appeared in gay adult films.
The organization removed a page outlining his work with the group. The federation said that DeAngelis had been placed on leave while the claim that he appeared in videos as “Seth Rose” on the adult film site GayHoopla was investigated, according to LGBTQ Nation. The videos seem to have been posted around 2014, the outlet noted.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
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Trump attacks Harris over trip to southern border
With Kamala Harris scheduled to visit Arizona on Friday during a swing through western states, there are reports seized upon by Donald Trump that the vice president will be visiting the southern border.
The former president mentioned the trip (which has not officially been announced by the Harris campaign) during remarks in Savannah this lunchtime, but had already posted on Truth Social:
After almost four years, Border Czar Kamala Harris has decided, for political reasons, that it’s time for her to go to our broken Southern Border. What a disgrace that she waited so long, allowing millions of people to enter our Country from prisons, mental institutions, and criminal cells all over the World, not just South America, many of those coming are terrorists, and at a level never seen before! She’s trying to con the public like she did a good job at the Border when, in fact, she has destroyed the very fabric of our Nation allowing 21 Million people in from places unknown….
….When Kamala is seen at the Border on Friday, she will pass Hundreds of Miles of Wall that was built by TRUMP, and it is Wall that WORKS! When she speaks, be advised that this woman has allowed more than 21 million people into our Country, totally unvetted, and from places unknown. They are now creating criminal havoc all throughout the Country. Every State is a Border State! When she speaks, I hope everybody remembers that she has caused our cities, towns, and Country itself, tremendous damage, and only I can fix it!
Senator Joe Manchin says he won’t endorse Harris over call to end filibuster
Senator Joe Manchin, a staunch defender of the filibuster, tells CNN’s Manu Raju that he will not endorse Kamala Harris now over her call to end the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade.
“Shame on her,” Manchin said today in the Capitol.
“She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It's the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids.”
Given her stance, Manchin said he wouldn't back Harris for president.
“That ain't going to happen,” he said. “I think that basically can destroy our country and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person's ideology... I think it's the most horrible thing.”
Trump wants to cut corporate tax to 15% — with a catch
In his speech today in Savannah, Georgia, Donald Trump says he wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15 per cent but only for businesses that manufacture their products in the US. It is currently at 21 per cent.
He also made a bit of a gaffe:
Ignoring First Amendment, Trump says those who criticize the Supreme Court should be tossed in jail
Donald Trump scolded those who critique the Supreme Court at a rally on Monday, saying people should be jailed for “the way they talk about our judges and our justices” – despite the First Amendment allowing people to criticize the government.
The former president, who has invoked his First Amendment right to launch a bevy of attacks against federal and state judges, suggested it should be “illegal” to rebuke judicial decisions or try and advocate in favor of a certain decision.
Ariana Baio has the story.
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Trump says he’s going to McDonald’s to work a french fry job
Donald Trump isn’t letting this one go.
At a Pennsylvania rally Monday evening, the former president continued his attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris for speaking out about her summer job at McDonald’s, this time insisting he’d like to stop by the fast-food joint and try “the French fry job” for a bit to “see how it is.”
Madeline Sherratt has the story.
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Trump vows to ‘take other countries’ jobs'
In a speech focused on the economy and tax policy in Savannah, Georgia, Donald Trump has vowed that under his leadership, should he win November’s election, “we're going to take other countries' jobs ... we're going to take their factories, and we really had it rocking four years ago.”
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