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Former president to speak in Democrat-stronghold of New York as polls show key swing states trending toward Kamala Harris
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Donald Trump will host a rally in suburban New York on Wednesday evening making a pitch to reverse a tax policy he signed into law in 2017 that has a bigger impact on higher tax states.
The former president will speak at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island, at 7pm, just three days after a second assassination attempt against him. Earlier in the day there was a brief security scare regarding a false report of an explosive device near the site that was quickly dismissed by law enforcement as having no factual basis.
"There is no validity to the report," a Nassau County PD spokesman told The Independent.
Trump’s decision to host a rally in New York is curious given that the election will almost certainly come down to voters in a handful of swing states. New polling from Quinnipiac shows Kamala Harris leading Trump by six points in Pennsylvania and five in Michigan — outside the margin of error.
A survey commissioned by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows the race between the former president and Harris tightening in Georgia, with Trump leading the vice president by just three percentage points, signaling yet another nail-biter from the Peach State in November.
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Trump mixed up Afghan airbase with oil-rich region of Alaska
Donald Trump has been roasted after he bizarrely mixed up an Alaskan wildlife refuge and an Afghanistan airbase during a town hall in Michigan.
The former president appeared on stage in Flint on Tuesday for the event which was moderated by his former White House press secretary and current Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
James Liddell tries to make sense of things as Trump says: “We just have the best. We have Bagram in Alaska.”
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New poll shows Georgia presidential race tightening after Harris took over ticket against Trump
A new poll released on Wednesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a tightening race for Georgia with just 48 days left until the election.
Trump currently has 47 per cent of the vote, while Harris is on 44 per cent, with a 3.1 per cent margin of error, signaling we may be in for another nailbiter in the Peach State come November.
Seven per cent of voters are undecided, and third-party candidates drew less than one per cent of support from those surveyed.
Trump draws his support from 90 per cent of Republicans and just under two-thirds of white voters.
Harris has support from just over half of independents (versus one-third who support Trump) and 77 per cent of Black voters (12 per cent said they were undecided).
The poll was conducted for the paper by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs between September 9-15 among 1,000 likely voters.
And if you think that’s premature, the First Nail Ceremony for the Presidential Inauguration platform took place outside the Capitol this morning at which lawmakers ceremoniously bang in the first nails:
Senator Amy Klobuchar quipped: “I think at its very least, it will be therapeutic.”
The presidential inauguration is 124 days away, on January 20, 2025.
It’s the first time the ceremony has taken place since 2016 as in 2020 it would have conflicted with the memorial ceremonies for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Just 48 days until Election Day... time for transition planning!
Representatives for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ transition teams met for the first time at the White House, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, as the outgoing administration plans to smooth the handoff to whomever wins in November.
Chief of Staff Jeffrey Zients hosted a meeting Tuesday of the White House Transition Coordinating Committee — the government’s senior-most transition planning group — and for the first time this year included Harris and Trump aides. The meeting and invitation to both parties’ representatives are required under the Presidential Transition Act, which mandates that the designated candidate representatives serve in an advisory capacity.
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White House hosts first meeting with Trump, Harris transition teams
Representatives for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’ transition teams met for the first time at the White House, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, as the outgoing administration plans to smooth the handoff to whomever wins in November
Vance once slammed Republicans for anti-immigrant stance. Now he’s pushing rumors about Haitians
JD Vance once penned a furious blog post sharing his disdain for the Republican party’s hostility toward immigrants – then urged his professor to delete it years later as he sought to enter politics.
As a 28-year-old Yale law student back in November 2012, the Ohio senator wrote an article titled: “A Blueprint for the GOP.”
In it, the more youthful and progressive Vance slammed Republicans for being “tone deaf” on immigration and “openly hostile to non-whites.”
Now, more than a decade later, as Donald Trump’s running mate, he has been accused of amplifying this same anti-immigrant rhetoric – most recently pushing false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.
James Liddell reports.
JD Vance penned 2012 blog slamming ‘tone deaf’ Republicans for alienating migrants
Four years after penning the 2012 post, Vance asked his Yale college professor to delete it
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Coming up today on the campaign trail
12pm — Vice President Kamala Harris at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 2024 Leadership Conference
3pm — Senator JD Vance campaigns in Raleigh, North Carolina
4.30pm — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff campaigsn in New York, New York
7pm — Former President Donald Trump campaigns in Uniondale, New York
7.25pm — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff campaigns in Brooklyn, New York
More than 100 former Republican national security figures back Harris in new letter
A large group of former national security figures who worked for Republican presidents from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump have signed an endorsement letter showing their support for Kamala Harris.
They warn that a second Trump administration would bring back the “daily chaos” that characterized his first term.
“We expect to disagree with Kamala Harris on many domestic and foreign policy issues, but we believe that she possesses the essential qualities to serve as President and Donald Trump does not,” the letter reads.
Further, they give eight bullet points demonstrating how Harris has demonstrated her suitability to be president.
- Consistently championed the rule of law, democracy, and our constitutional principles;
- Pledged to “ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world” and to honor and respect those who wear the uniform;
- Committed to sign the bipartisan Border Security package, drafted under the leadership of Republican Senator James Lankford and other Republicans, which would hire 1,500 new Customs and Border Protection personnel and provide more resources for law enforcement but was opposed by Donald Trump to avoid giving President Biden any political advantage;
- Supported a strong NATO to stand up to Russia and protect European and American security and been firm in her support of Ukraine;
- Declared her intention to ensure that the United States will meet the economic and military competition with China;
- Declared her intention to “always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself” and “to take whatever action is necessary to defend our forces and our interests against Iran and Iran-backed terrorists”;
- Demonstrated that she can engage in orderly national security decision-making, without the constant drama and Cabinet turnover of the Trump Administration; and
- Committed to appoint a Republican to her Cabinet in order to encourage a diversity of views and restore a measure of bipartisanship and comity to our domestic politics.
Trump, they say, is unworthy of the presidency given his role in “inciting” the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021.
“As President, he promoted daily chaos in government, praised our enemies and undermined our allies, politicized the military and disparaged our veterans, prioritized his personal interest above American interests, and betrayed our values, democracy, and this country’s founding documents.”
In addition to former lawmakers, other signatories include former ambassadors, lawyers, state department employees, and deputy or assistant advisors to more prominent figures in the national security community.
Whoopi Goldberg sends message to JD Vance over blame for violent rhetoric
Whoopi Goldberg criticised JD Vance after the Republican senator appeared to blame rhetoric from the left for a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump. "No one has tried to kill Kamala Harris… and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump... I found pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric and needs to cut this crap out," the former president's 2024 running mate said. In response, The View host urged Vance to "look in a mirror" as Mr Trump has "been inciting violence since 2016."
Watch: Harris campaign continues to use Trump’s nonsensical rambling rally rants as campaign ads
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