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Both Trump and Harris campaigned in Wisconsin on Wednesday evening with the Republican holding an impromptu press conference from a garbage truck
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With less than a week to go in the US presidential election race, Kamala Harris<\/a> and Donald Trump<\/a> are making their final pitches<\/a> to voters.
The Democratic presidential nominee was forced to respond to Joe Biden<\/a> inadvertently whipping up a conservative media storm<\/a> by seemingly calling Trump\u2019s supporters \u201cgarbage\u201d in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe\u2019s already-notorious Madison Square Garden joke about Puerto Rico<\/a>. The White House and president maintain he did not.
Harris told reporters on Wednesday that she \u201cstrongly\u201d disagrees with any criticism of the public based on their voting intentions.
Trump also addressed the president\u2019s comments: \u201cHe called them garbage and they mean it.\u201d
In a bizarre moment, the former president appeared in a garbage truck, dressed as a sanitation worker, before a rally in Green Bay and answered questions about the original slur on Puerto Rico, seemingly reviving the initial scandal to ridicule from the Harris campaign.
Trump also told the crowd in Wisconsin<\/a> he would protect women \u201cwhether the women like it or not\u201d<\/a>.
On Tuesday, Harris delivered her \u201cclosing argument\u201d<\/a> in Washington DC, speaking on the very same spot<\/a> from which Trump told his supporters to \u201cfight like hell\u201d<\/a> on January 6, 2021.
Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> is charging towards election day in full turnout mode<\/a>, delivering her \u201cclosing argument\u201d in a massive rally on the Ellipse<\/a> while making last-ditch appeals in key battleground states.
As she heads to Reno, Nevada on Thursday for what is likely to be her last visit to the state as a candidate, the vice president\u2019s campaign is leaning hard on support from organized labor in the Rust Belt to shore up her strength there.
John Bowden <\/strong>reports.
Union canvassing efforts reach millions of voters as Trump\u2019s populist veneer fades
Reggaeton star Nicky Jam has rescinded his support for Donald Trump<\/a> following the racist remarks made about Puerto Rico at the former president\u2019s recent New York City rally.<\/a>
The \u201cHasta el Amanecer\u201d singer, 43, who in September campaigned alongside Trump at his Nevada rally, took to Instagram to retract his endorsement.
Inga Parkel <\/strong>has the story.
The \u2018Hasta el Amanecer\u2019 singer explained that he had originally supported Trump because he \u2018believed it was what\u2019s best for the economy\u2019
Former President Trump has floated some high profile names that could join his administration, like anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and billionaire Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk. \u201cFocus on health\u201d, Trump said during an interview with Joe Rogan, while referring to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, alluding to the potential appointment. While Vice President Kamala Harris hasn\u2019t named specific individuals, she is promising to appoint a Republican to her cabinet. Here\u2019s who is speculated to join either candidate\u2019s future administration.
Josseli Barnica was suffering from a deadly infection from a miscarriage<\/a> while at the hospital in Houston \u2014 but doctors had to wait to treat her due to the state\u2019s abortion ban that limited how much care they could provide her as her baby maintained a heartbeat<\/a>.
\u201cThey had to wait until there was no heartbeat,\u201d her husband told ProPublica in Spanish. \u201cIt would be a crime to give her an abortion.\u201d
Kelly Rissman <\/strong>has the story.
She isn\u2019t the only woman to have died due to confusing laws surrounding reproductive care
Donald Trump claimed he will bring back the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d – and end inflation and immigration in just six days. The former US President said he was \u201cthrilled\u201d to be back in North Carolina on Wednesday (30 October), but told supporters he had \u201cone question\u201d to ask. \u201cAre you better off now than four years ago?\u201d, Trump asked. \u201cWe are down to six days. In six days I will end inflation and stop the mass invasion of criminals. \u201cI will bring back the American Dream, we\u2019ve not had that in a long time.\u201d
Eric Garcia <\/em><\/strong>writes: <\/em>
With less than a week to go, campaigns have inundated any state or district with a competitive election with television ads to make their closing argument. This can be especially aggravating, especially after a long day of work where the average voter might just want to watch some mindless reality television or some football.
But in truth, campaigns needs to run ads there to meet voters where they are. This might be why we are seeing more ostentatious ads this election cycle than ever before.
While in her speeches, Vice President Kamala Harris has focused on the danger of Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric \u2014 even going so far as to call him a \u201cpetty tyrant<\/a>\u201d \u2014 most of her ads have gone all-in on the economy.
Meanwhile, Republicans, led by Trump, have done a slew of anti-transgender ads<\/a>, focusing largely on the issue of transgender women in men\u2019s sports<\/a>.
Continue reading…<\/em>
From \u2018little silver spoon boy Donald Trump\u2019 to \u2018Kamala is for they\/them\u2019, Eric Garcia breaks down the most ostentatious ads from the final weeks of the US election
In the latest CNN polls <\/a>of several battleground states, Kamala Harris<\/a> leads Donald Trump<\/a> in Michigan<\/a> and Wisconsin<\/a> – but the two are tied in Pennsylvania<\/a>.
The so-called blue wall states are Harris\u2019s most viable, <\/a>but not only, path to an Electoral College victory after Tuesday\u2019s election.
Gustaf Kilander <\/strong>looks at the numbers.
Trump won all three in 2016, but President Joe Biden managed to win them all back four years later
Rudy Giuliani\u2019s<\/a> sexual assault case hearing spiraled into chaos for two hours that ended with the former New York City mayor being muted by the judge.
The first oral arguments in the civil suit, brought by accuser Noelle Dunphy,<\/a> unfolded on Wednesday after a series of delays in the case<\/a> that was first filed in early 2023. Dunphy, who claims to be his former employee, is accusing Giuliani<\/a> of wide-ranging misconduct, including sexual harassment, assault, battery and a hostile work environment. The hearing was streamed online and journalists were allowed to watch.
Kelly Rissman <\/strong>reports.
The hearing was chaos-filled, including technical troubles, \u2018inappropriate\u2019 personal attacks from Giuliani against Dunphy, and Lev Parnas\u2019 attempt to enter into the virtual call
Dressed in a bright orange safety vest to troll Democrats in the war of words over comments in which Puerto Rico was called a \u201cfloating island of garbage\u201d at another MAGA rally, Donald Trump<\/a> told a crowd in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday that he wants to protect the women of America \u2013 whether they like it or not.
He even admitted that his campaign had told him not to say that, saying that they called it inappropriate. Online, people called it \u201cthreatening.\u201d
Read on…
While there were cheers at Trump\u2019s rally, reaction online was less enthusiastic
Ian Sams of the Harris campaign notes that Trump\u2019s comments about protecting women whether they like it or not capped off quite a Wednesday for the former president\u2019s campaign.
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