Election 2024 live: Trump issues new threat to enemies as he praises dictators ahead of Harris rally in Houston
Trump and Harris campaign in Texas with pop superstar Beyoncé set to star with VP, after Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen and other celebrities stumped for her in Georgia
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Former president Donald Trump repeated his familiar rhetoric and misinformation about immigration and the U.S.–Mexico border and praised Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin at a rally in Austin, Texas.
“Putin and the whole group, Kim Jong Un, they’re tough guys out there. They’re tough and they’re smart and they’re street wise and they’re at the top of their game,” Trump told rallygoers.
The former president is known to praise dictators. Thirteen former Trump administration officials have issued an open letter expressing their agreement with ex-chief of staff John Kelly’s assessment of the former president as a fascist.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris will appear alongside pop superstar Beyonce in Houston, Texas, later today as she focuses on the future of reproductive rights.
The Democrat held a start-studded rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday where she was joined by Barack Obama, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Tyler Perry and Bruce Springsteen, the latter serenading her supporters and denouncing Trump as an “American tyrant”.
At his own rally in Las Vegas yesterday, Trump falsely claimed that Harris had “absolutely bombed” in Georgia, before spewing fresh bile about his opponent and immigrants.
He had earlier called America “a garbage can for the world” in Arizona.
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Full story: Harris slams Trump for ‘belittling’ Americans after he calls US the ‘garbage can of the world’
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday clapped back at her Republican opponent’s description of the United States as a “dumping ground” for criminals after Donald Trump claimed the US is “like a garbage can for the world” in remarks the previous day.
Speaking to reporters in Houston, where she is set to appear alongside Beyonce at a rally Friday evening, Harris was asked to respond to the former president’s incendiary remarks at a Las Vegas event.
Harris called the racist tirade “another example of how he really belittles our country.”
Andrew Feinberg reports on the vice president’s full remarks.
Harris slams Trump for ‘belittling’ US after he calls it ‘garbage can of the world’
Harris says Trump is ‘constantly demeaning and belittling who the American people are’ after ex-president calls US a dumping ground
Watch: Former Haley voter explains decision to vote for Harris
Full story: McConnell and Johnson say calling Trump fascist encourages another assassin
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday warned that Vice President Kamala Harris is “inviting” another assassination attempt against Donald Trump by calling him a fascist.
“The man who was caught waiting in ambush in Florida left others with a chilling call to arms: ‘It is up to you now to finish the job’. Labeling a political opponent as a ‘fascist,’ risks inviting yet another would-be assassin to try robbing voters of their choice before Election Day,” the Republicans wrote in a joint statement.
Josh Marcus has the full story.
McConnell says calling Trump fascist encourages another assassin to’ finish the job’
Statement ignores that Trump has repeatedly called Harris a ‘fascist’ on the campaign trail
The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white. The deception did not stop there
“Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a man from upstate New York. He’s white.
But wait, there’s more...
The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white. The deception did not stop there
The account ‘Black Insurrectionist’ can be traced to a 51-year-old white man from upstate New York called Jason Palmer
Bowen Yang says he struggled to play JD Vance on SNL — here’s why...
Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang has spoken about his initial resistance to performing as Ohio Senator JD Vance on the season 50 premiere of the NBC late-night sketch comedy.
On the September 28th episode, Yang, 33, made his debut as the mustachioed Vance.
However, in a recent interview with them, Yang revealed that up until the live show, he was positive he was the wrong choice to impersonate the Republican Vice Presidential nominee.
Inga Parkel has the story.
Bowen Yang says he struggled to play JD Vance because he ‘doesn’t have a personality’
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Biden apologizes for Native American boarding school policy he calls ‘blot’ on US history
President Joe Biden on Friday offered a formal apology to Native Americans for the US government’s attempt to erase tribal culture via a system of boarding schools that separated native children from their parents for decades, calling the long-discarded policy “a sin on our soul.”
Andrew Feinberg reports on the president’s apology on behalf of the United States.
Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy
Biden’s visit could be a boost to Vice President Kamala Harris in a state where Native Americans are a key voting bloc
Harris endorsed by largest Teamsters union in Texas
The largest Teamsters union in Texas, Local 988, has endorsed Kamala Harris before her rally in Houston this evening.
The Hill obtained a letter in which the union, based in Houston, said it surveyed more than 8,000 members before endorsing the vice president.
It cited the Biden administration’s protection of union pensions and Harris’s pledge if elected to sign the PRO Act, pro-labor legislation.
“There’s no doubt that politics can get bitter, complicated, and confusing,” Local 988 president Robert Mele said in a statement. “But Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have a proven track record of supporting workers throughout their careers.”
“As organizing continues to gain momentum, the Teamsters need elected officials who will fight for us, not against us. Kamala Harris is that candidate,” he added.
Harris to warn Trump will ban abortion nationwide in Houston remarks
Trump grumbles about Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
With 11 days to go until Election Day, Donald Trump can’t stop obsessing about former President Barack Obama having been awarded a Nobel Prize in 2009, a little more than eight months after taking office.
At a campaign stop in Las Vegas on Thursday, the former president bombarded the audience with false claims about, among other things, hordes of undocumented “animals” entering the United States, widespread voter fraud, and the size of the crowd there to see him at the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center, insisting there were 29,000 people inside the 19,522-capacity arena.
Must’ve been cramped!
Justin Rohrlich reports.
Trump grumbles about Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize — and claims he deserved it more
Speaking to a crowd in Las Vegas, the former president also insisted there were 29,000 people inside the 19,522-capacity arena.
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