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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.”
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.
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.”
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
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
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
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
MAGA commentator hits out at CNN after network kicked him off air for ‘racist’ beeper ‘joke’
Far-right pundit Ryan Girdusky got booted off Abby Phillip’s CNN show last night after telling Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan during a heated row about Hamas: “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.”
The comment appeared to be a reference to last month’s large-scale explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to alleged Hezbollah members, which killed 37 people and injured thousands, many of them civilians.
Lebanese officials have blamed the attack on Israel, which denies responsibility for the explosions.
The network quickly issued a statement, saying:
“There is zero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air.
“We aim to foster thoughtful conversations and debate including between people who profoundly disagree with each other in order to explore important issues and promote mutual understanding.
“But we will not allow guests to be demeaned or for the line of civility to be crossed. Ryan Girdusky will not be welcomed back at our network.”
Girdusky (about whom our own Eric Garcia has an important interjection to make below) has since hit back on X.
Here’s Rhian Lubin with more.
MAGA commentator who made ‘racist’ beeper ‘joke’ hits out at CNN after network ban
Donald Trump supporter Ryan Girdusky claimed his comment was a ‘joke’
Watch live: Trump holds latest Mar-a-Lago press conference with election one week away
Watch live: Trump holds press conference after fallout over racist remarks at rally
Watch live as Donald Trump speaks to reporters from his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, 29 October, with just one week to go until the 2024 US presidential election.
Melania Trump insists her husband is not Hitler on Fox and Friends
Imagine having to go on breakfast TV and insist that, despite heavy reporting to the contrary, your husband is not Hitler...
USA Today joins Washington Post, LA Times in not endorsing a presidential candidate
The newspaper has announced that it will not publicly back either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, with a spokesperson saying it will continue to provide “readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions.”
However, that stance caused particular anger among staff at the Post, who feel their organ is shirking its democratic responsibility, while reportedly more than 200,000 readers have cancelled their subscriptions in disgust.
Such is the extent of the crisis that call has sparked that owner Jeff Bezos felt compelled to take to the paper’s opinion pages to deny that a quid pro quo was in play.
Josh Marcus has more.
Bezos insists no quid pro quo in decision to pull Washington Post Harris endorsement
Amazon founder argued endorsements don’t move voters and end up harming paper’s credibility
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