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Polls tighten in key swing states as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set to end busy day of campaigning with events in Waukesha County, Wisconsin and Concord, North Carolina respectively
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are still virtually tied in the seven key battleground states according to the latest Washington Post/Schar School poll.
Harris has a narrow lead in the Blue Wall states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, as well as in Georgia. Trump is ahead in Arizona and North Carolina, while they are tied in Nevada.
Trump visited Swannanoa, North Carolina, which was devastated by floods from Hurricane Helene, and repeated the baseless conspiracy theory that Federal Emergency Management Agency money had instead been sent to “illegal migrants”. He reiterated the accusation later at a rally in Greenville and called Harris a “cognitive mess”.
Harris joined former Republican Rep Liz Cheney on Monday for a tour of suburban districts in three states that could swing the election to her by encouraging GOP voters, unhappy with Trump, to vote for the Democratic ticket instead.
Cheney, who has opposed abortion in the past and praised the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade argued it is OK to vote for Harris even if you oppose abortion, as women are not getting the care they need and that has to change.
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Donald Trump serves up disturbing message with fries at Pennsylvania McDonald’s
Good morning!
Donald Trump spent one of the final Sundays of the election cycle working the fry cooker at a Pennsylvania branch of McDonald’s – the latest bizarre moment in a campaign that has increasingly become a tour of personal vendettas and aimless grudges, despite his aides’ best efforts to keep him on track.
The Republican presidential nominee is known for his love of the fast-food franchise but has become obsessed with the fact that his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris worked in one of its restaurants when she was a student, a detail he griped about during his stunt appearance in Lower Southampton.
The roughly hour-long photo opp closed down the branch in question entirely.
During the visit, Trump had an apron tied behind his back by a McDonald’s cashier before he recieved a short demonstration on how to work the fry station before sticking his head through the drive-thru window.
The former president proceeded to hand out a number of orders, chatting to supporters who were picking up their meals.
But as he took a question from a reporter through the window, Trump again resorted to baseless suggestions that the upcoming presidential election could be tainted by fraud, a charge he and running mate JD Vance have repeated about the 2020 vote.
“Will you accept the results of the election?” the journalist asked.
“Yeah, sure, if it’s a fair election,” came the ominious answer.
Here’s more on an odd afternoon from John Bowden.
Trump serves disturbing message through McDonald’s drive-thru window
Ex-president once again raises notion that election could be tainted by fraud his campaign failed to prove existed in 2020
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