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Harris vows action on border, healthcare and prices and hits ‘petty tyrant’ Trump in closing argument speech: Live

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

Oliver O'Connell
Tuesday 29 October 2024 21:01
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Harris says American patriots did not struggle for us to ‘submit to will of another petty tyrant’

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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 has already selected a scapegoat if the election doesn’t go his way

It appears that Donald Trump is already lining up a scapegoat if he loses the election - chair of the Republican National Committee Michael Whatley.

Read more here from Rhian Lubin:

Trump has already selected a scapegoat if the election doesn’t go his way

‘You better win or you’re never going to be able to come back here,’ Trump told GOP chair Michael Whatley at North Carolina rally last month

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 16:15
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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

With just one week to go before Election Day... can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump to the White House?

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election

Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 16:05
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Bad Bunny posts reel on Instagram celebrating Puerto Rican culture following Trump rally remarks

Bad Bunny posted a reel to Instagram in which he made reference to a racist joke about Puerto Rico made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe.

The rapper, who is from Puerto Rico, shared a video which celebrated the culture of his country – but captioned it “garbage.”

At Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York on Sunday, Hinchcliffe’s described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” prompting a fierce backlash.

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 15:55
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Trump looks ‘very tired’ during Mar-a-Lago press conference

Commentators pointed out that Donald Trump looked and sounded “exhuasted” during his remarks in Mar-a-Lago, to which he was over an hour late.

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 15:45
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Trump says ‘misery’ is the only way Harris can be elected

Trump once again accused Harris of running a “campaign of hate” as he continues to face fallout from his alleged remarks about Adolf Hitler, and his rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, in which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made racist remarks about Puerto Ricans.

“Kamala will keep this misery as long as she can because that’s the only way she can get elected,” he told supporters at Mar-a-Lago.

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 15:35
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Trump tells supporters at Mar-A-Lago that things are going ‘very well'

Donald Trump kicked off his remarks at Mar-a-Lago by telling his supporters that things were going “very well” before launching into a typical attack on his Democratic rival.

The former president accused Kamala Harris of causing “war and chaos all over the world” and said that “bloodshed and squalor to our cities is common.”

“Everything is blowing up or getting ready to blow up,” he said. “No other person has caused so much destruction and death.”

“I’m running on a plan to save Amercia – we have no choice, it’s the greatest there is.”

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 15:24
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Mysterious bronze neo-Nazi tiki torch for Trump statue appears in Washington DC: ‘Very fine people’

A mysterious bronze-colored, tiki torch statue has popped up in Washington DC in a “tribute” to Donald Trump’s infamous comments calling white nationalists who marched through Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 “very fine people.”

The satirical effigy – which sits only a few blocks from the White House on Freedom Plaza – was erected on Monday and depicts a large hand clutching a tiki torch, a symbol that has become negatively associated with white supremacy in the US.

Madeline Sherratt has more:

Mysterious bronze neo-Nazi tiki torch for Trump statue appears in Washington DC

The satirical effigy – which sits only a few blocks from the White House on Freedom Plaza – pays ‘tribute’ to Trump and the ‘very fine people’ who marched through Charlottesville in 2017

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 15:15
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Trump invents story about Marjorie Taylor Greene being blown up in hydrogen car as she watches on at rally

If you missed this weird Trump fever dream from last night’s Atlanta gathering in which he joked about MTG meeting a violent end in an exploding vehicle, James Liddell has the details.

Trump invents story of Marjorie Taylor Greene being blown up in hydrogen car

‘We thought it was Marjorie Taylor Greene riding down the turnpike. She’s no longer recognizable. We found some of her,’ former president said

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 15:00
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Steve Bannon returns to airwaves after prison stint and immediately rips ‘fascist’ Harris

Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon wasted no time in getting back to work and immediately bashed Vice President Kamala Harris as a “fascist” in his return to the airwaves Tuesday after his release from federal prison.

“The four months in federal prison not only didn’t break me, but it empowered me,” the 70-year-old told his “War Room” podcast listeners hours after his release.

Read more here:

Steve Bannon returns to airwaves after prison stint and rips Harris

The 70-year-old podcaster predicted Trump would get his ‘third victory,’ promoting stolen election claims

Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 14:50
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Vulgar billboard mocking Harris removed from Ohio highway

An advertising company removed a large billboard along an Ohio highway presenting a fake image of the Democratic presidential nominee about to engage in a sex act surrounded by text that reads: “Kamala can’t talk right now. She’s at a baby shower.”

It had been posted along a highway on Friday in Licking County but was removed on Sunday, Kennedy Outdoor Advertising told The Newark Advocate.

A spokesperson told the outlet the billboard was taken down “once it was brought to our attention how vulgar the advertisement actually was.”

Kelly Rissman has more.

Vulgar billboard showing Kamala Harris in a sexual position removed from Ohio highway

‘We’re ashamed of it,’ a representative for the advertising company said

Joe Sommerlad29 October 2024 14:30

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