Trump to hold New York rally as Teamsters decline to endorse either candidate in 2024 election: Live updates
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.
Meanwhile, the influential Teamsters Union has said it would not offer an endorsement in this year’s presidential race — the first time it has declined to do so since 1996 — even after internal polling showed 58 per cent of members backed Trump and only 31 per cent Harris.
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Huckabee Sanders opens town hall by going after Harris
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former Trump White House Secretary and current Arkansas governor, slammed Kamala Harris during her opening remarks at the town hall event with former President Donald Trump in Flint, Michigan.
“Kamala Harris doesn't have anything keeping her humble,” she said. “You would think after four years of straight failure, she would know a little humility. Unfortunately, she doesn't. You would think after four years of wide open borders, skyrocketing inflation, and an embarrassment on the national stage, she would be held accountable for the failures of this administration, but she thinks she can walk away and get out of it but we're not going to let her.”
Almost half of Republicans won’t accept election result if Trump loses. 14% would ‘take action'
USA Today reports that nearly half of Republicans say they won’t accept the results of the presidential election if their candidate loses, and some of them say they would “take action to overturn” the results, according to data released Tuesday.
Roughly a quarter of Democrats says they wouldn’t accept the results if their candidate loses and far fewer would “take action to overturn” the results.
The data was gathered by the World Justice Project which indexes how strong the rule of law if in more than 100 countries. It was part of a larger study that saw online interviews conducted with 1,046 American households between June 10 -18.
Per USA Today:
The report did not ask people what specific “action” they would take to overturn the election results, just that 46% of Republicans and 27% of Democrats wouldn't accept results, and 14% of Republicans compared with 11% of Democrats said they would "take action."
Elizabeth Andersen, the group’s executive director, said the results are “kind of startling” and amount to about one-third of Americans being unwilling to accept the presidential election results if their candidate loses.
Poll shows most Trump supporters think his Haitian immigrant lies are true
Nearly half of Donald Trump voters say they believe his debunked claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are eating residents’ pets.
Some 52 percent of Trump voters said that the claim is “definitely” or “probably” true, according to a post-debate poll by YouGov released this week. Meanwhile, 24 percent of Trump voters said they’re “not sure” if it’s true, while 25 percent said it’s “probably” or “definitely” false.
On the other hand, 81 percent of Kamala Harris voters said the claim is “definitely false.”
Katie Hawkinson has the story.
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When were there two presidential assassination attempts this close?
Assassins have killed four US presidents— Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F Kennedy—part of 18 total plots against presidents and presidential candidates.
However, one Republican president faced two assassination attempts in even shorter succession than Trump.
Josh Marcus has more:
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After Georgia woman died from delay in abortion care, Harris blamed her death on ‘Trump abortion bans’
The death of a 28-year-old pregnant woman from an infection has been blamed on “Trump abortion bans” by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Amber Nicole Thurman, from Atlanta, died two years ago after delays in her care as doctors grappled with Georgia’s restrictive abortion laws.
Her death was later ruled “preventable” by a state committee, which included 10 doctors, investigative outlet ProPublica reported on Monday.
Katie Hawkinson has the details.
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New poll: Harris leading Trump by three points in Pennsylvania
Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump by three points in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to the latest USA Today/Suffolk University polling.
The post-debate survey, released on Monday shows the vice president with 49 per cent support among likely voters in the vital battleground state, outpacing the former president’s 46 per cent.
Harris’s lead however falls within the margin of error.
The Democrat also held a five-point lead with independents — 43 per cent support to Trump’s 38 per cent.
The former president has a double-digit lead with male voters of 12 points, with 53 per cent support compared to Harris’s 41 per cent.
However, the vice president has a 17-point lead among female voters in the state — 56 per cent to 39 per cent.
The statewide poll was conducted over September 11-15 among 500 likely voters from across Pennsylvania, after the two candidates faced off in Philadelphia in their first presidential debate.
The margin of error is 4.4 percentage points.
‘She’s nailing it’: Joe Rogan effusively praises Harris’s debate performance against Trump
Podcaster Joe Rogan, known for hosting a wide range of guests including those on the right wing, heaped unexpected praise on the Kamala Harris campaign and the vice president’s performance in last week’s debate against Donald Trump.
“Whoever’s helping her, whoever’s coaching her, whoever’s the puppet master running the strings—you did a f***ing amazing job,” Rogan said on an episode released Monday, recorded just after the debate.
Josh Marcus reports on what else he had to say.
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New poll: Little movement post-debate as Harris holds lead over Trump
The latest Monmouth University poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris continues to hold slightly more voter support than former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race for president.
There has been practically no change in these numbers since the last national Monmouth poll taken a few weeks after Harris entered the race, with only a handful of voters saying last week’s debate caused them to reconsider their support.
Trump has an advantage among economically disaffected voters and handling immigration, while Harris has the edge on leadership qualities and handling abortion, with a large gender gap on these key issues.
Just under half of registered voters say they will either definitely (39%) or probably (10%) vote for Harris in November and, in a separate question, just over 4 in 10 will definitely (34%) or probably (10%) support Trump. About half say they will definitely not vote for Trump (48%), while a smaller number say they definitely will not vote for Harris (42%).
These results have changed little from Monmouth’s August poll taken a few weeks after President Joe Biden dropped out of the contest. Harris then stood at 48% total support and Trump was at 43%. In fact, Trump’s support is virtually unchanged from his levels when Biden was in the race from Monmouth polling going back a year.
Last week’s debate was seen as a clear win for Harris, but very few voters report their support in the race has been affected by it. Specifically, 71% say the debate did not raise any doubts about the candidate they were already supporting, while another 17% say they did not see or hear any part of the event. Another 8% of voters say the debate raised some doubts about their choice, but it did not change their minds. That leaves a mere 3% of voters who say the debate caused them to reconsider who they may support for president. Among this impacted group, most are currently supporting Harris. Even if this represents an actual shift in vote choice for this group, it amounts to a net gain of only one point for Harris over what would have been her pre-debate margin among all voters.
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