Trump fires back at Harris after she shares medical report finding ‘mental resilience’ to be president: Live
Harris is releasing her medical information in a challenge to Donald Trump, whose health and age are coming under increased scrutiny
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Kamala Harris has released a health summary from her White House physician, stating that she “possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”
In the summary released on Saturday morning, the vice president’s physician Joshua Simmons writes that she is in “excellent health.”
Harris is releasing her medical information in a challenge to Donald Trump, whose health and age are coming under increased scrutiny.
Former Trump ally Chris Christie is the latest to sound the alarm over Trump’s competency to serve, saying that he has seen a “significant” mental decline in the former president.
On Friday, Trump espoused more anti-immigration rhetoric at his rallies in Reno, Nevada, and Aurora, Colorado, calling for the death penalty for migrants who kill American citizens and saying he would enact the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Mike Coffman, Aurora’s Republican mayor, hit out at the comments and insisted neither the city nor state has “not been ‘taken over’ or ‘invaded’ or ‘occupied’ by migrant gangs.”
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At the same time Donald Trump falsely accused and criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for using a teleprompter, the former president removed a piece of signage that fell on his teleprompter at a rally in Reno, Nevada on Friday evening.
Halfway through Trump’s rally, he walked away from the lectern to pick up a piece of signage that fell onto the teleprompter which caused it to stop projecting a script.
“Thank god I don’t use teleprompters too much,” Trump told rallygoers. “I look at the teleprompter, it’s totally gone. I say ‘What the hell happened’. The sign fell on top of it.”
The irony of the incident comes to light when reflecting on the number of times the former president has accused Harris of relying on a teleprompter and mocking her for it.
Trump told supporters on Friday he would “level” with them, admitting to his teleprompter usage and yet still asserted Harris uses one more.
“Isn’t it nice to have a guy that doesn’t need a teleprompter, a president, a potential president that doesn’t need a teleprompter?” Trump asked supporters moments after fixing his teleprompter.
He went on to, again, falsely accuse Harris of using one during her town hall with Univision on Thursday.
Jon Bon Jovi endorses Harris
Singer and songwriter Jon Bon Jovi announced he is endorsing Kamala Harris for president in a post on X today and wrote a new song about unity.
“The People’s House is a song that celebrates this beautiful place that we call home, from sea to shining sea. The truth matters. And the truth is on election day I’ll be voting for [Harris and Walz] because I believe in the power of we, not of me. I’ve written a song reminding us that out of many, we are still one,” he wrote.
Harris says she would form bipartisan group of advisors
Vice President Kamala Harris said if she is elected in November she will create an advisory group comprised of people on both sides of the aisle.
“Wherever they come from, I love good ideas,” Harris said at a campaign event in Scottsdale, Arizona. “We have to have a healthy two-party system.”
The proposal is the Harris campaign’s latest effort to appeal to moderate Republican voters. Harris has promoted a list of Republicans or former Republicans who endorsed her, even campaigning with former Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney.
Trump rants about ‘60 Minutes'
Despite turning down the opportunity to appear on 60 Minutes, Trump went on an angry rant about Vice President Kamala Harris appearing on the CBS show – claiming they edited her interview to appear better.
Trump accused the show of “election interference” and their “license” should be “revoked.”
60 Minutes asked Trump to appear for an interview – a tradition for presidential elections. He turned it down.
Trump repeats lies about Venezuelan gang in Aurora
Trump, once again, repeated lies about Aurora, Colorado being taken over by violent Venezuelan gangs at a rally in Reno on Friday night.
The former president claimed the gangs were taking over apartment complexes, “shooting people, smashing skulls, breaking down doors, collecting the rent”.
Officials in Aurora have said Trump’s claims are inaccurate and exaggerated. After Trump held a rally in Aurora on Friday afternoon, Republican Mayor Mike Coffman released a statement saying, “the city and state have not been ‘taken over’ or ‘invaded’ or ‘occupied’ by migrant gangs.”
While there was a group of people, associated with a Venezuelan gang, that were involved in crimes in Aurora – authorities and officials have said they did not take over apartment complexes and 10 of those individuals were arrested.
Trump teases economic plan
Donald Trump teased his plan to release a comprehensive economic policy at his rally in Reno on Friday evening.
So far, Trump has shared economic ideas like implementing tariffs, not taxing on tips or overtime and extending his 2017 tax plan. But has not released a comprehensive plan.
The former president told rallygoers his campaign would release something soon.
JD Vance was asked 5 times if Trump lost the 2020 election. He refused to answer
With only three weeks left before the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump’s running mate repeatedly refused to answer whether he believes the former president lost the last race.
JD Vance was asked five times by The New York Times within two minutes if he believes Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, but he refused to acknowledge his loss.
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Texas Representative Wesley Hunt opened for Donald Trump’s rally in Reno, Nevada on Friday by using an interesting description to describe the United States.
“This is a country that became back-to-back World War champs, you’re welcome world,” Hunt said.
Trump to rally in Reno, Nevada soon
Donald Trump is expected to take the stage in Reno, Nevada around 8:30 p.m. ET for another campaign rally.
Nevada is a swing state, recent polling shows Trump is essentially tied with Vice President Kamala Harris
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