Trump slammed by Giuliani’s daughter as Vance and Walz prepare to go head-to-head at VP debate: Live

Caroline Giuliani says Donald Trump ‘destroys everything he touches’ as vice presidential nominees prepare to square up at crucial showdown in New York

Watch: Trump suggests Purge-style ‘day of violence’ to tackle crime

Donald Trump has been attacked by the daughter of his former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who argues the Republican presidential nominee “destroys everything he touches” in an article for Vanity Fair in which she implores voters to support Democrat Kamala Harris instead.

“Watching my dad’s life crumble since he joined forces with Trump has been extraordinarily painful, both on a personal level and because his demise feels linked to a dark force that threatens to once again consume America,” Carolina Giuliani writes.

“It dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too.”

Harris’s running mate Tim Walz will meanwhile square up to Trump’s vice presidential pick JD Vance on the debate stage on Tuesday evening in what promises to be a hugely consequential and fiery encounter in New York.

For his part, Trump has continued to try to attack Harris and Joe Biden over the federal response to Hurricane Helene, which has wrought havoc in states like Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, having visited Valdosta in the Peach State on Monday.

Key Points

• Donald Trump ‘destroys everything he touches’, says Rudy Giuliani’s daughter
• When is the VP debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance?
• Trump GoFundMe for Hurricane Helene victims raises $1.8m
• Republican narrows Harris’s lead among Latino voters in new poll
• VP debate could change the course of the election, according to the data

[1 October 2024 06:30 · Josh Marcus]

Ohio business owner who defended Haitians deluged with death threats

A business owner in Springfield, Ohio and his family have received graphic death threats after defending his Haitian employees from Donald Trump’s racist smears.

Jamie McGregor, 48, who employs about 30 legal Haitian immigrants at his vehicle parts factory, had spoken out in September after Trump and his allies began spreading false claims that Haitians in Ohio were eating people’s pets.

“They come to work every day. They don’t cause drama. They’re on time,” McGregor told The New York Times, saying that the migrants had taken up crucial positions that he’d been struggling to fill after expanding his business.

Now the Times reports that strangers have been threatening McGregor and his family in the most lurid terms, as well as putting up posters near the factory that declared him a “traitor”.

Io Dodds has the story.

[1 October 2024 06:00 · Oliver O'Connell]

Trump is trying to have it both ways with mail-in voting

Richard Hall reports from Indiana, Pennsylvania, on how MAGA activists are trying to flip the state for Trump by encouraging Republicans to vote by mail — despite messaging from the former president about its dangers.

[1 October 2024 05:30 · Josh Marcus]

Michigan man accused of attacking Black postal worker with knife over Kamala Harris election mailers

A Michigan man is accused of attacking a Black postal worker with a knife because he was furious about receiving political mail adverts for Kamala Harris.

Prosecutors in Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit, charged 61-year-old Russell Frank Valleau on Friday with assault and ethnic intimidation, the latter of which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.

Valleau was reportedly arrested the previous evening after hurling racial abuse at a US Postal Service mail carrier and “lunging” at her with a blade, forcing her to fend him off with her service-issued pepper spray.

Io Dodds reports.

[1 October 2024 05:00 · Oliver O'Connell]

In wake of Hurricane Helene destruction, Trump sparks controversy for calling climate change a ‘scam’

Donald Trump has sparked controversy for declaring that climate change is “one of the great scams” after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction, killing more than 100 people, across the southeast US.

Speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon, the former president pushed a conspiracy theory that man-made climate change is a myth.

James Liddell reports.

[1 October 2024 04:00 · Oliver O'Connell]

New unearthed footage shows JD Vance saying childfree adults should be 'punished' with higher taxes

[1 October 2024 03:00 · Rachel Sharp]

Trump admits he hates paying workers overtime. Harris responds by calling him a ‘scab’

In a wild rally speech in Pennsylvania on Sunday, Trump admitted he “hated” paying workers overtime at his businesses – and would replace workers who asked for it.

“I shouldn’t say this,” he admitted.

“I know a lot about overtime. I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I’d get other people, I shouldn’t say this, but I’d get other people in. I wouldn’t pay.”

Kamala Harris’s campaign quickly seized on the comments, branding Trump a “scab.”

“Donald Trump is finally owning up to it: He’s built an entire career on screwing over workers. It’s exactly what he did in the White House.... and exactly what he plans to do in a second term,” a spokesperson said.

“Trump is a scab, plain and simple. He is selling snake oil lies in a desperate attempt to trick voters. He can’t be trusted–workers know it, and voters know it. They’ll elect a champion who has their back by voting for Vice President Harris this November.”

[1 October 2024 02:00 · Oliver O'Connell]

‘Literally proposing The Purge’: Trump mocked for solution to crime

Donald Trump was mocked online after proposing a solution to crime that bore jarring similarity to horror movie franchise The Purge.

At a rally in Pennsylvania on Sunday the former president suggested that one way to decrease levels of criminal activity would be allowing police “one rough hour” to tackle the issue, during which time there would be less restraints.

“One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word will get out and it will end immediately,” Trump said.

Read the full story:

[1 October 2024 01:30 · Oliver O'Connell]

Numbers show Vance-Walz vice-presidential debate could change the course of the election

New poll shows the choice of VP has a ‘significant impact’ on two-thirds of Democrats, and 75 percent of Americans will be tuning in to watch Vance and Walz debate on Tuesday.

Two-thirds of Democrats believe the vice-presidential candidate has a significant impact on the overall presidential ticket, according to polling from Prolific for The Independent.

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance is set to debate Democratic VP pick Tim Walz this Tuesday, October 1 at 9 p.m. ET.

Read more here:

[1 October 2024 01:00 · Oliver O'Connell]

Republican ex-senator Jeff Flake endorses Kamala Harris as anti-Trump right coalesces

Kamala Harris on Sunday picked up the endorsement of another prominent opponent of Donald Trump within the Republican Party, a sign that the remaining “#NeverTrump” wing of the GOP is rallying behind her.

Jeff Flake, a former senator from Arizona who left Congress in 2019, issued his endorsement in a statement released on Twitter. He further explained his motivations in an interview Sunday on ABC’s This Week.

“I’ll be supporting Kamala Harris for President and Tim Walz for Vice President,” wrote Flake in the post accompanying his video message endorsement. “I’ve served with Kamala in the U.S Senate. I’ve also served with Tim in the House of Representatives.”

John Bowden reports:

[1 October 2024 00:30 · Oliver O'Connell]

Giuliani’s daughter says she ‘lost her dad’ to Trump and begs people to vote for Harris

Rudy Giuliani’s daughter issued a stark warning about a second Trump presidency, using her father’s “implosion” as an example of what happens when someone is caught up in the former president’s “destructive trail”.

Giuliani has gone from a revered prosecutor and New York mayor that led the city through the devastation of the 9/11 attacks to a bankrupt and disbarred attorney since becoming one of Trump’s staunchest allies.

This fall from grace exemplifies how Donald Trump “destroys everything he touches”, according to Caroline Giuliani.

Kelly Rissman has the story.