Trump accuses Biden of working with Iran over hack and says Haiti migrants are ‘destroying’ US: Live
Former president says he will visit Springfield, Ohio, after making false claims about city’s migrant population
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Donald Trump spoke at a rally in suburban New York on Wednesday evening where he accused President Joe Biden of working with Iran because of the recent hacking operation against his campaign.
“The FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, they just released a report confirming that Iran actors hacked into the Trump campaign's e-mail accounts, and in turn, sought to give the hacked materials to the Biden-Harris campaign,” Trump said at the rally in Uniondale on Long Island.
Trump also said he would visit Springfield, Ohio, as he continued to make false claims about the migrants in the city.
“We’re getting them out of our country,” the former president said.
“They came in illegally. They’re destroying our country... They’re going to be brought back to the country from which they came.”
Trump began to speak at the Nassau Coliseum shortly after 7pm and continued for roughly 90 minutes.
The former president said early in his rally remarks that Vice President Kamala Harris is a threat to democracy as he tried to turn Democratic attacks back onto his rival.
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The anti-abortion and anti-IVF campaigners who feel betrayed by Trump
Eric Garcia writes:
On Tuesday, Democrats held a vote to enshrine protections for IVF and mandate insurance coverage for the treatment. Unsurprisingly, Republicans blocked the legislation, with only Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joining Democrats to vote for the bill.
Former president Donald Trump had only just promised that a second Trump administration would mean free IVF for all Americans. Yet, even Trump’s running mate JD Vance failed to show up to work that day to vote on the legislation.
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Trump says GOP should shutdown government without SAVE Act being attached to continuing resolution
Donald Trump has weighed in on the Republican plan to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month with a continuing resolution to extend funding for six months until March 2025.
The former president says GOP lawmakers should not agree to keep the government funded if it doesn't include the SAVE Act — which would require documentary proof of US citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections and there are virtually no record of it being a problem.
Speaker Mike Johnson does not have the votes to pass a continuing resolution with the SAVE Act attached in the House and it would then die in the Senate.
Does he allow the government to shut down on September 30, or will he defy Trump and pass a clean continuing resolution?
Here’s what the former president wrote on Truth Social this afternoon:
If Republicans don’t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form. Democrats are registering Illegal Voters by the TENS OF THOUSANDS, as we speak - They will be voting in the 2024 Presidential Election, and they shouldn’t be allowed to. Only American Citizens should be voting in our Most Important Election in History, or any Election! A Vote must happen BEFORE the Election, not AFTER the Election when it is too late. BE SMART, REPUBLICANS, YOU’VE BEEN PUSHED AROUND LONG ENOUGH BY THE DEMOCRATS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. Remember, this is Biden/Harris’ fault, not yours!
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