Harris rallies with Cheney at birthplace of the GOP after Trump doubled down on election lies: Live
While Republican nominee campaigns in Saginaw, Michigan, Kamala Harris headed to the birthplace of the GOP to campaign with anti-Trump conservative Liz Cheney
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At a rally in Saginaw, Michigan, on Thursday, Donald Trump continued to repeat lies about the 2020 election, just a day after the release of a court filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith that outlineda sprawling criminal case against the Republican presidential nominee over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Smith’s latest filing in a Washington DC federal court was unsealed by Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday and detailed the former president’s alleged “increasingly desperate efforts” to cling to power with “knowingly false claims of election fraud”.
Responding on Truth Social, Trump furiously – and baselessly – claimed the allegations are an “obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.”
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris visited birthplace of the GOP to campaign with anti-Trump Republican Liz Cheney.
The vice president was joined by the former Wyoming representative in Ripon, Wisconsin, where political meetings in 1854 led to the formation of what became the Republican Party.
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Journalist and former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson believes there is a political strategy to Melania Trump confirming her support for abortion rights.
Carlson wrote on X: “Why now? Ya she’s selling a book — but don’t think for a minute there’s not massive political strategy here to try & move the needle w/ suburban moms & independents …. As both Trump & Vance have tried to moderate destroying a woman’s choice.”
Watch: Ex-Trump White House aide backs Harris for president
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Truth Social: Trump attacks Harris over inflation and Hurricane Helene response and Jack Smith over ‘election interference'
Here’s the latest all-caps rant from the Desk of Don:
“PRICES ARE TOO HIGH! THE CONSUMER IS ANGRY AT THIS INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION. KAMALA HAS NO IDEA HOW TO BRING PRICES DOWN. SHE IS AFRAID TO EVEN DISCUSS IT WITH THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA. EVEN WORSE THAN HER V.P. CANDIDATE, SHE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A CLUE….BUT I DO, AND IT WILL HAPPEN FAST!”
A short while earlier, he was back to bashing Kamala and President Biden over their hurricane response (which has been proactive and positive and is starting to make him look bad) and accusing Jack Smith of election interference for having the temerity to investigate him for election interference.
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