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Harris holds marginal lead over Trump with two weeks before Election Day, new polls show: Live

Kamala Harris narrowly ahead of Donald Trump, new survey finds, as presidential race remains on a knife edge with just two weeks to go

Joe Sommerlad
Tuesday 22 October 2024 10:43
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Kamala Harris has taken a slim three-point lead over election rival Donald Trump in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, which puts her ahead of the Republican by 46 percent to 43 percent.

The same survey found 70 percent of Americans saying they were concerned about the cost of living, 60 percent saying the economy was on the wrong track and 65 percent saying the same about illegal immigration, capturing the pessimistic national mood as race for the White House enters its final fortnight.

Trump was on the campaign trail in hurricane-hit North Carolina on Monday, where he again pushed a false conspiracy that the government has been giving FEMA disaster relief funding to illegal immigrants, suggested that if God were counting the votes he could win California because of his large rally crowd sizes, scaremongered over “migrant crime” and smeared Harris on human trafficking.

In Michigan, Harris appeared alongside Never Trump Republican Liz Cheney and accused her “increasingly unstable” rival of “hiding” by not debating her again, urging voters “we cannot despair.”

“We rise to a moment and we stand on the broad shoulders of people who have fought this fight before for our country,” she said.

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Adam Schiff roasts Trump over ‘authoritarian slip’

The Democratic congressman running to be a California senator, whom Trump once derided as “Pencil-Neck” and recently cited as an example of “the enemy within”, is enjoying himself here pointing out a particularly telling typo.

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 13:30
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Almost one in five Republicans say Trump must call election invalid if he loses

Nineteen percent of GOP voters believe the former president should do “whatever it takes” to return to power, even if that means calling the results invalid if he loses, according to a new national poll by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute.

Worrying, in a word.

Here’s Gustaf Kilander’s report.

19% of Republicans believe if Trump loses he should do ‘whatever it takes’ to win

Nearly 30 percent of Republicans believe ‘true American patriots may have to resort to violence to save the country’

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 13:10
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In the final stretch, Harris and Trump are taking two different strategies

As Kamala and Tim Walz methodically campaign in the swing states stressing the importance of the issues and politely articulating policy positions that might actually help people, Trump is out joking about Arnold Palmer’s three-wood and salting fries for yucks while JD Vance goes largely unnoticed.

Here’s Eric Garcia on two sharply contrasting strategies for the final weeks.

In the final stretch, Harris and Trump are taking two different strategies

What we can learn from the upcoming travel schedules of the Democratic and Republican nominees

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 12:50
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Harris holds 2:1 lead over Trump in early voting – as poll goers cite abortion as key issue

Here’s Graig Graziosi with some better news for democracy fans: the vice president has a near two-to-one lead over Trump among voters who have already cast their ballots, according to the latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll.

Harris holds 2:1 lead in early voting – as poll goers cite abortion as a main issue

Early voters tend to favor the Democratic candidate, and those waiting until Election Day will tend to favor her Republican opponent, according to a recent poll

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 12:30
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Trump cashes in on McDonald’s stunt with new ‘MAGADonald’s’ merch

“True Trump patriots” can now purchase a white T-shirt emblazoned with an image of the Republican nominee waving from the drive-thru window in his apron.

Although pitched as a “McGift” in a fundraising email to supporters, the shirt is not free, with his campaign’s website suggesting a donation of $100 would be appropriate.

I think it was Stephen Colbert who characterized the relentless MAGA cash grab as “the grifting of the rubes” and perhaps there is no finer example.

James Liddell reports.

Trump cashes in on McDonald’s stunt with new ‘MAGADonald’s’ merch

Trump’s campaign offers the MAGA crowd a ‘McGift’: a $100 T-shirt featuring a photo of the Republican president candidate waving from a Golden Arches drive-thru

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 12:10
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‘Why is that funny?’ Lara Trump snaps when Charlamagne tha God laughs at her claim Donald isn’t racist

The Republican nominee’s daughter-in-law snapped at the Detroit radio host when he laughed at her for claiming she had “never seen” her Trump “say a racist thing.”

Appearing on The Breakfast Club on Monday, the co-chair of the RNC was asked about Trump being sued for defamation by the Central Park Five when the disagreement erupted.

Rhian Lubin reports.

Lara Trump snaps when Charlamagne tha God laughs at her claim Donald isn’t racist

The RNC co-chair, married to Eric Trump, defended her father-in-law Donald Trump on The Breakfast Club

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 11:50
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McDonald’s workers roast Trump over ‘insulting cosplay’ stunt at restaurant that failed health inspection

Staff from the Golden Arches have given their verdict on Trump’s performance behind the fry cooker on Sunday.

Here’s Kelly Rissman on where they marked him down.

McDonald’s workers roast Trump over ‘insulting cosplay’ fry cook stunt

Trump sported neither gloves not a hair net as he worked at a branch of the fast food chain in Pennsylvania

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 11:30
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Seth Meyers unpacks Trump’s latest ‘insane’ rally obsession: Arnold Palmer’s manhood

Over on NBC, another late-night host pronounced himself baffled by the Republican presidential nominee’s crude anecdote in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night about the legendary golfer.

James Liddell reports.

Seth Meyers unpacks Trump’s latest ‘insane’ rally obsession: Arnold Palmer’s manhood

‘No one wants to talk about Arnold Palmer’s penis except for Donald Trump,’ the late night show host said

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 11:10
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Tim Walz defends Harris campaigning with Cheney as he makes Daily Show debut

The Minnesota Governor assured Jon Stewart that Democrats would not adopt former GOP vice president Dick Cheney or his daughter Liz Cheney’s foreign policy postitions despite accepting their endorsement.

Here’s Eric Garcia on Walz’s latest late-night appearance on Comedy Central.

Tim Walz defends Harris campaigning with Cheney as he joins Jon Stewart on Daily Show

On Monday night’s show, Walz told Stewart he had met several Republicans who simply ‘want to find a reason to not vote for Donald Trump’

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 10:50
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Trump suggests criticism of judges is a crime

Here’s another interesting line from Trump during his Concord address yesterday.

I wonder what Judge Juan Merchan thinks about this, given that the former president spent the entire spring smearing him and his family as he attempted to preside fairly over his Manhattan hush money trial, repeatedly insisting without evidence that Merchan was corrupt and the instrument of a “weaponized” justice system.

His dear friend and supposed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk should also surely be incensed by the hypocrisy.

Joe Sommerlad22 October 2024 10:30

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