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Trump melts down over faulty mic at Milwaukee rally while Cardi B gives passionate speech at Harris event: Live

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held dueling rallies in Milwaukee in the crucial state of Wisconsin on Friday evening

Cardi B gives passionate speech attacking Trump’s record on women at Harris rally

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With three days of campaigning to go in the 2024 race, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final pitches in all of the key battleground states.

They both spent Friday evening hosting competing rallies in Wisconsin where they attempted to shore up support from voters in one of the “blue wall” states that could seal the deal for the Democratic Party on November 5.

Harris was joined by comedian Keegan-Michael Key and rapper Cardi B as well as a host of musical guests. Trump, whose speech was troubled by mic issues, was accompanied by Robert F Kennedy Jr and Republican lawmakers.

The final poll from The Times and YouGov finds that the vice president is set to narrowly win enough swing states to take the White House.

“We find that Kamala Harris very narrowly wins enough of those states to become America’s first female president,” Times US Assistant Editor David Charter said on Friday.

However, a Harris campaign official said they “fully expect” the former president to declare victory before all votes have been counted.

“It won’t work,” the official said during a press call.

“He did this before. It failed,” they added. “If he does it again, it will fail.”

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Jesse Watters tells wife that secretly voting for Harris would be like ‘having an affair’

Fox News host Jesse Watters said during a segment of The Five that if his wife secretly voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, it would be “like having an affair.”

The panel was discussing a recent Harris campaign ad voiced by actress Julia Roberts, suggesting to women that they can vote for the VP without telling their Trump-backing husbands.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

Jesse Watters says secretly voting for Kamala Harris would be like ‘having an affair’

Fox News host says vote for Harris ‘violates the sanctity of our marriage. What else is she keeping from me? What is she lying about?’

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 04:20
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Jennifer Lopez says Harris will fight for freedoms; Trump works to divide us

Jennifer Lopez says of Kamala Harris: “I know as president, she will fight for our freedoms… the freedom of women to choose what we do with our bodies.”

She then excoriates Donald Trump, saying: “He has consistently worked to divide us. At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels. It was not just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day. It was every Latino in this country, it was humanity, and anyone of decent character.”

Continuing, she said: “I promised myself I wouldn’t get emotional, but you know what, we should be emotional. We should be upset. We should be scared and outraged ... your voice and your vote matters.”

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 04:16
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Watch: Trump baselessly sows doubt on election results in Arizona

“If we can keep that cheating down, we’re going to have a tremendous victory,” says Trump as he sows doubt on the election.

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 04:06
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Meanwhile in Las Vegas... it’s JLo and Kamala Harris

Watch live: Jennifer Lopez joins Kamala Harris at Las Vegas rally

Watch live as singer Jennifer Lopez joins Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday (31 October).

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 04:04
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Trump finally takes to stage before packed venue

His answer to the first question is hardly inspiring...

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 03:55
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House GOP demands investigation of Biden White House five days before election

Republican Rep James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, has leapt onto the Associated Press report that the White House press shop altered the transcript of President Joe Biden’s call where he appeared to call Trump’s supporters “garbage”.

Comer demands that the White House must immediately turn over the emails and communications, and make federal employees available to the committee.

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 03:51
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Tucker Carlson in public at odds with Tucker Carlson in private

Good recall from journalist Aaron Rupar on how Tucker Carlson’s private text messages differ from what he says publicly, case in point, tonight in Arizona:

Here’s Joe Sommerlad reporting on what we learned from Carlson’s texts in Dominion lawsuit back in April 2023:

What the Tucker Carlson Dominion texts said about Trump

Conservative commentator hates former president ‘passionately’, lawsuit filing revealed

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 03:45
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Watch LIVE: Harris campaigns with Jennifer Lopez in Las Vegas

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 03:40
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Trump asked RFK Jr, known for anti-vax views, to restore ‘evidence based’ science and medicine

Robert F Kennedy Jr told the crowd at the Trump and Tucker Carlson event in Arizona: “As soon as Donald Trump started talking about giving me the power...He asked me to restore the tradition of gold standard, empirically based, evidence-based science and medicine in our regulatory agencies.”

Here’s more from Gustaf Kilander:

RFK Jr, known for his anti-vax views, says Trump promised him control of the CDC

Trump said during Madison Square Garden rally that he would let Kennedy Jr ‘go wild’ on health, food, and medicines

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 03:34
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Elon Musk blows off court hearing on $1m voter sweepstakes

Elon Musk was a no-show at a mandatory court appearance in Philadelphia on Thursday, after a judge ordered the billionaire and representatives of his Donald Trump-supporting political action committee to a hearing over a lawsuit targeting his $1 million sweepstakes to Pennsylvania voters.

Alex Woodward reports.

Elon Musk blows off court hearing on $1 million voter sweepstakes

The billionaire posted on X while he was scheduled to be in court over a lawsuit targeting his prize scheme

Oliver O'Connell1 November 2024 03:30

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