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Former President Donald Trump urged a New Mexico rally on Thursday to not make him “waste a whole damn half a day here,” by voting for his Democratic opponent.
The state hasn’t voted for a Republican on the presidential level since 2004. Trump suggested that he would win a number of Democratic states as long as the vote was “honest” as he continues to make his false election fraud claims.
With less than a week to go in the US presidential election race, Kamala Harris and Trump are making their final pitches to voters.
The Democratic presidential nominee has hit back at her Republican rival after he vowed to “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.
“Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body. Whether you like it or not,” Harris posted on X.
In a bizarre stunt prior to his speech, Trump had posed in a garbage truck dressed as a sanitation worker in an attempt to troll Harris and Joe Biden after the latter allegedly called MAGA voters “garbage” in anger over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s already-notorious Madison Square Garden joke about Puerto Rico.
‘Dude’s nearly 80’: Walz takes a shot at Trump’s age after garbage truck gaffe
Katie Hawkinson has the story.
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:40
Did the teleprompter loop around? Trump again claims he’s the father of IVF:
Perhaps more alarmingly, Trump says Robert F Kennedy Jr is going to work on women’s health in his administration:
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:32
Watch: Trump tells crowd he sued CBS, says network and ABC should lose licenses
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:25
Trump looks better now than he did in 2016, gush JD Vance and Joe Rogan
JD Vance sat down with Joe Rogan for an interview on his podcast, broadcast on Thursday, and soon both were gushing that Donald Trump looks better now than he did in 2016.
Rogan references the enormous change the role brings to a person’s life and the intense responsibility the job entails.
“Everybody’s watched presidents age radically, dramatically,” he said, adding: “Everyone but Trump.”
Vance responded: “Yeah, it’s kind of amazing.”
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:20
Trump tells crowd Democrats treat them like garbage, call them names
Donald Trump tells the crowd in Henderson, Nevada that the Democrats “treat you like garbage”.
He adds: “For the last nine years, Kamala and her party have called you racists, bigots, fascists, deplorables, irredeemables, even Nazis. And they called me Hitler.”
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:13
National polling average shows Harris down to a 1.2% lead over Trump
The candidates continued their sweep across the Sun Belt battleground states on Thursday, with rallies in Arizona and Nevada. Both will then head to the Midwest on Friday.
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:11
Watch: Trump repeats odd claim Democrats don’t want windows in buildings
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:05
Meanwhile, back in Henderson, Nevada
Meanwhile, back at the Trump rally, things are going pretty much as expected.
The former president has said he will “put the drug smugglers and human traffickers right out business” if elected and will enforce the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who commit murder.
Referring to Joe Biden’s “garbage” gaffe, Trump says: “How stupid is a man to say that? But she believes it too. I’d love to hear that conversation.”
Returning to the topic a little later, he says: “Two days ago Joe Biden called our supporters ‘garbage’. That’s nasty. I think that’s worse than ‘deplorables’… My supporters are far higher quality than Crooked Joe… My response to Joe and Kamala is simple: you can’t lead America if you don’t love Americans.”
Oliver O’Connell1 November 2024 00:00
Full story: Lebron James shares presidential endorsement
In a message posted to his X/Twitter account, LeBron James wrote: “What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me.”
Oliver O’Connell31 October 2024 23:55