Trump gives ‘closing message’ in crucial battleground Pennsylvania on election eve: Live updates and polls
Later, Kamala Harris to be joined by celebrities Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, and The Roots in Philadelphia for her final rally in swing state Pennsylvania
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Your support makes all the difference.Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters on Monday, the last full day of campaigning before Election Day.
The vice president will be joined by celebrities Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, and The Roots in Philadelphia this evening as Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera support her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas.
Trump is also concentrating on the Keystone State, delivering his “closing message” at a rally in Pittsburgh before one final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan — where he closed out both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.
During a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina earlier on Monday, Trump appeared to reference the infamous Access Hollywood tape which was published late in the 2016 campaign in which he said he could grab women by their genitals because of his fame.
Discussing Elon Musk’s and SpaceX’s rocket boosters, Trump said, “And those two big arms, you saw the arms, they grab that thing like you grab your beautiful baby ... Years ago, I would have said something else, but I’ve learned.”
He added: “I would have been a little bit more risque.”
The ex-commander-in-chief made similar comments over the weekend.
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Elon Musk appears to have been artificially boosting his posts on X (formerly Twitter) since mid July in order to promote pro-Trump content, according to new research.
Analysis of the social media platform – which the tech billionaire acquired in 2022 – showed that Mr Musk’s posts saw a sudden increase in views and engagement shortly after he began endorsing Donald Trump for US president.
Anthony Cuthbertson reports.
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Biden and Harris share tributes to Quincy Jones
President Joe Biden has paid tribute to the late Quincy Jones, who passed away today, saying in a statement that he was “a musical genius who transformed the soul of America – one beat, one rhythm, and one rhyme at a time” who “solidified Black culture as American culture”.
Kamala Harris called him “a trailblazer” and an activist who championed civil and human rights.
Harris to close out campaign on Philadelphia’s famous ‘Rocky steps’ later tonight
Will Arab American voters angry about Gaza cost Kamala Harris the election?
In the final days of her campaign, Kamala Harris is making a last-ditch appeal to Arab American voters who have abandoned the Democratic Party over the war in Gaza.
“I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza, to bring home the hostages, end the suffering in Gaza, ensure Israel is secure and ensure the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, security and self-determination,” Harris told a rally in East Lansing, Michigan, on Sunday.
Harris’s urgency comes as recent polls of Arab American voters — usually a reliably Democratic voting bloc — show a large number may either stay at home or vote for her rival, Donald Trump.
Richard Hall reports.
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Some Arab Americans have turned their back on the Democratic Party over the Biden adminstration’s unconditional support for Israel’s war in Gaza
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Selzer’s surprise: Why the Roe reckoning may finally be here for Donald Trump
Election Day is finally on our doorstep, and Kamala Harris is suddenly looking stronger than ever.
A weekend of campaigning across swing states such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia was overshadowed on Saturday by the political equivalent of a bomb going off. J. Ann Selzer, Iowa polling guru, dropped a late-game shocker: The Des Moines Register’s survey shows Kamala Harris up three points over Donald Trump in the state.
Is there suddenly a new state in play? Quite possibly — for all the bluster from the Trump camp Saturday evening and into Sunday about this being an “outlier”, it is only in the respect that other polls have been extremely careful to generously sample Republican-leaning constituencies throughout the campaign season. Selzer is sticking to her guns.
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