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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered rousing remarks at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of Donald Trump’s notorious ‘fight like hell’ speech on January 6, 2021
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With just a week left in the 2024 US presidential election cycle, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are making their final pitches to voters across the country, particularly the battleground states.
The vice president delivered a “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of his notorious “fight like hell” speech on January 6, 2021.
In her remarks before a crowd of 75,000 people, Harris said American patriots “did not struggle, sacrifice and lay down their lives” only to “see us submit to the will of another petty tyrant”, referring to her political opponent.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to face fallout from his controversial rally on Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, during which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.” Speaking in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Trump told supporters that “no president has ever done more for Puerto Rico.”
At a separate event earlier in the day he described the rally at MSG as “an absolute love-fest.”
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Trump ominously warns ‘we’re close to World War Two’ – before rally-goer corrects him: ‘World War Three?’
Donald Trump was corrected by a rally-goer when his familiar warning that the planet is heading for a Third World War unless he reclaims the White House unexpectedly went awry.
The Republican presidential nominee has regularly dealt in apocalyptic rhetoric this election cycle and routinely predicts that a new international conflict will erupt if he does not return to the Oval Office in November.
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George W Bush’s daughter Barbara endorses Harris for president
Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former Republican president George W Bush, has endorsed Kamala Harris’s presidential bid and spent part of the weekend campaigning for the Democratic ticket in Pennsylvania, according to People magazine.
“It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” Bush told the outlet in a statement Tuesday.
“I’m hopeful they’ll move our country forward and protect women’s rights,” she continued.
50 Cent turned down $3 million offer to perform at Trump’s controversial MSG rally
Rapper 50 Cent reportedly turned down a $3 million offer to perform at Donald Trump’s controversial rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
The In Da Club singer revealed the news in an interview on “The Breakfast Club” radio show Tuesday morning. Asked about his endorsement of the former president, 50 Cent – real name Curits Jackson – replies: “I got a a call, but they wanted me [for] Sunday.”
“I didn’t talk to them about that kinda stuff. I’m afraid about politics,” he added, to laughter from the show hosts. “You understand? I do not like no part about them.”
Harris to run ad on Las Vegas Sphere – first political campaign to do so
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign will advertise on the Las Vegas Sphere, becoming the first political campaign to do so.
The ads will coincide with the vice president’s visit to Nevada on Thursday, according to local outlet KLAS, one of her final campaign stops until Election Day.
The campaign hopes the imagery will reach millions of voters in Nevada and online, a spokesperson told the outlet. A video of the 90-second advertisement shared with KLAS includes Harris’ signature campaign phrase: “When we vote, we win.”
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Trump says Harris should be admonished for ‘using F-word’ – but he’s cursed 1,787 times in public this year
Former President Donald Trump says Kamala Harris should be “admonished” for swearing - but he has cursed in public more than 1,700 times this year alone.
Harris was caught using the S-word during a hot mic moment in Michigan over the weekend as she lamented her struggle with male voters to the state’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Trump calls controversial MSG rally ‘an absolute love-fest'
Finishing his remarks in Mar-a-Lago, Trump called his controversial rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday “an absolute love-fest.”
“The love in that room, it was breathtaking and you could have filled it many many time with the people that couldn’t get in,” he told supporters at a press conference on Tuesday.
“It was an absolute love-fest and it was my honor to be involved.”
The event has been heavily criticized following racist remarks by speakers including comedia Tony Hinchcliffe, who took aim at Black people, Jews, and described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
It comes as Trump still faces backlash for alleged remarks he made praising Adolf Hitler. On Sunday, some media outlets pointed out that a Nazi rally had been held at MSG in 1939.
“[The Democrats] said ‘in 1939 the Nazis used Madison Sqaure Garden’... but how terrible to say because you know they’ve used MSG many times, many people have used it but nobody has had a crowd like that,” Trump said.
Trump claims he has been on the road for ‘58 straight days’ during campaign
Donald Trump boasted that he had not had a day off in almost two months while campaigning, as the presidential race draws to a close.
“This is a campaign that has been long and hard. I’ve been on the road or campaiging for 58 straight days, I haven’t taken a day off - I’m proud of that,” he told supporters at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.
“And I won’t be taking one off, you can be sure I won’t be.”
The former president went on to again accuse Kamala Harris of taking several days off during her campaign, adding: “How the hell do you take off, you gotta work!”
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