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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered rousing remarks at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of Donald Trump’s notorious ‘fight like hell’ speech on January 6, 2021
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With just a week left in the 2024 US presidential election cycle, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are making their final pitches to voters across the country, particularly the battleground states.
The vice president delivered a “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of his notorious “fight like hell” speech on January 6, 2021.
In her remarks before a crowd of 75,000 people, Harris said American patriots “did not struggle, sacrifice and lay down their lives” only to “see us submit to the will of another petty tyrant”, referring to her political opponent.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to face fallout from his controversial rally on Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, during which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.” Speaking in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Trump told supporters that “no president has ever done more for Puerto Rico.”
At a separate event earlier in the day he described the rally at MSG as “an absolute love-fest.”
Donald Trump‘s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk‘s X, thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president’s social media platform.
Trump Media & Technology Group is now valued at over $10bn after its shares more than quadrupled since late September.
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As Election Day nears, Donald Trump has shared false and exaggerated claims about the integrity of the vote in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.
In a Truth Social post on Monday evening, Trump claimed multiple counties in Pennsylvania were experiencing major potential fraud, outpacing the facts on the ground.
Josh Marcus reports.
Former president’s recent social media post exaggerates and mischaracterizes election investigations in state
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has reportedly donated $50 million to back Kamala Harris under pressure from a fellow billionaire.
The news of Bloomberg’s financial support comes just one week before election day, with the polling between Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck.
Ariana Baio reports.
Billionaires are picking sides in the hotly contested presidential race – with Bloomberg joining Bill Gates in backing Kamala Harris while Elon Musk is firmly in Donald Trump’s camp
Elon Musk reportedly offered friends and associates the use of his sperm in conceiving children, including one such suggestion to Nicole Shanahan, the vice presidential pick for the independent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., campaign.
Shanahan rejected the suggestion, according to The New York Times, which cited multiple unnamed sources regarding the exchange.
Josh Marcus has the story.
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Donald Trump denies knowing the comedian who made a stream of racist and sexist remarks at his rally on Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, ABC News reports.
Tony Hinchliffe, the comedian in question, was part of a roster of MAGA figures and celebrities who riled up the crowd before the former president spoke.
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Trump campaign has already distanced itself from comedian’s widely condemned ‘joke’ about US territory
The fallout from the racist joke told at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally continued on Tuesday evening when Joe Biden had to issue a denial that he called supporters of the former president “garbage”.
Following the remarks, which the White House maintains were misconstrued and taken out of context, the Trump campaign pounced, eager to change the narrative that has potentially cost them support from Latino voters.
Speaking on a Zoom call with Latinos, President Biden stumbled over a few words as he gave a response to the remarks made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe on Sunday when he referred to the US territory of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage”.
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Trump campaign eager to change narrative of comedian’s remarks amid outrage in Latino community over ‘joke’ about Puerto Rico
Kamala Harris‘s presidential campaign will become the first to advertise on the largest screen in the world: the iconic Las Vegas Sphere.
The campaign announced the move on Tuesday ahead of Harris’s rally in Las Vegas on Thursday. The pop band Maná will join the vice president at the Halloween event as she makes her final push in the Silver State ahead of Election Day.
Katie Hawkinson reports.
The Las Vegas Sphere boasts the largest screen in the world at 580,000 square feet
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has reportedly donated $50 million to back Kamala Harris under pressure from a fellow billionaire.
The news of Bloomberg’s financial support comes just one week before election day, with the polling between Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck.
Ariana Baio has the full report:
Billionaires are picking sides in the hotly contested presidential race – with Bloomberg joining Bill Gates in backing Kamala Harris while Elon Musk is firmly in Donald Trump’s camp
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