Candidates prepare to make their closing arguments just nine days before election dayGood morning, Cecilia Nowell here today bringing you the latest news of the 2024 election as it happens. As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump prepare to make their closing arguments, Harris is heading today to Philadelphia to campaign “neighborhood-to-neighborhood” while Trump gears up for a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.Here are some of the other headlines we’re tracking:JD Vance and Liz Cheney spoke on CNN’s State of the Union this morning about recent comments from former Donald Trump staffers that the ex-president has authoritarian tendencies. Vance denounced the former Trump officials as bitter about being fired, while Cheney criticized Vance for his own past comments on Trump: “I think what we just watched is what it looks like when someone has got to go through just unbelievable contortions to try to find a way to defend the person that JD Vance himself called ‘America’s Hitler.’”In an interview that aired this morning on CBS, Kamala Harris described her choice to deliver her closing argument speech at The Ellipse, a park near the White House, on Tuesday – one week before the election. “I’m doing it there because I think it’s very important for the American people to see and think about who will be occupying that space on Jan. 20th,” she said.Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, is on ABC’s “The Week” this morning also discussing comments from past Trump administration officials calling the ex-president a fascist. “How about a little self-reflection about the job you did before you criticize others,” he said. »Michelle Obama joined Kamala Harris for a rally yesterday focused on reproductive freedom in Kalamazoo, Michigan (or as Obama called it, “Kamala-zoo”). The former first lady and the vice-president emphasized the stakes for abortion and reproductive healthcare if Donald Trump is re-elected. Earlier in the day, Harris spoke with reproductive healthcare providers at a clinic in Portage, Michigan.On the first day of early voting in Michigan, Donald Trump also held a rally in Michigan. At an event in Novi, the ex-president was joined on stage by several imams and other leaders of the state’s large Muslim and Arab American community, who denounced Joe Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza.Later in the evening, Trump spoke at a second event in State College, Pennsylvania, where he again promised to ban sanctuary cities and launch a massive deportation program all while unleashing more personal attacks against Harris.The Washington Post’s and Los Angeles Times’ decisions not to endorse a presidential candidate has sparked furor (and a slew of resignations) among the papers’ staff. Continue reading…
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Author : Cecilia Nowell
Publish date : 2024-10-27 14:49:11
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Harris heads to Philadelphia and Trump gears up for Madison Square Garden rally –live
