Election live updates: Obama and Springsteen rally for Harris; Trump heads back to swing state after MSG

A new pro-Donald Trump ad says the country has “gone to hell” under the Biden-Harris administration and uses violent imagery from moments that occurred under his own presidency.

Kelly Rissman reports:

Jay Johnston, an actor known for his roles on ‘Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘Arrested Development’ was sentenced on Monday to one year and one day in prison for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

The federal judge overseeing Johnston’s sentencing called his behavior “problematic” and “reprehensible”.

Johnston pleaded guilty to interfering with law enforcement and civil disorder for his part in January 6

The actor, who claims to now be blacklisted from Hollywood, voiced Jimmy Pesto in ‘Bob’s Burgers’ and played Officer Taylor in ‘Arrested Development.

Georgia Representative, and MAGA Republican, Marjorie Taylor Greene defended a comedian calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at Trump’s MSG rally on Sunday night, claiming it was justified.

Greene claimed Democrats focused too much on one part of the show – comedian Tony Hinchcliffe making a dismissive and unkind joke about Puerto Rico. She also claimed there was some truth to Hinchcliffe’s joke.

“A quick google search reveals severe waste management problems plaguing Puerto Rico that has also been hit by multiple devastating hurricanes in recent years,” Greene wrote on X.

“Also, a 2024 federal audit report showed that less than 10% of more than $23 billion in available federal funds have been spent in Puerto Rico under the Biden Harris administration. They don’t care about Puerto Rico and neither do Democrat activists in the media as they’ve reported many times about the problems Puerto Rico faces.”

“We must always fight against cancel culture and constantly defend free speech!” Greene said.

Despite a lack of evidence, Trump allies have fixated on alleged claims of illegal voting and voter roll purges across battleground states and beyond as the presidential race against Kamala Harris tightens.

The GOP said it has been involved in 130 legal cases this election cycle after it launched an initiative earlier this year around “election integrity.”

Rhian Lubin reports:

One of Donald Trump’s loyal allies asserted the former president worked harder to assist Puerto Rico than any other president in an attempt to help distance Trump from a comedian who made an offensive joke at his Madison Square Rally on Sunday evening

“No one worked harder for Puerto Rico after the hurricanes hit than [Trump],” Peter Navarro wrote.

A 2021 probe into Trump’s handling of Hurricane Maria found that the Trump administration delayed approximately $20 billion in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico in 2017. Hurricane Maria was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in history claiming the lives of more than 3,000 people.

Navarro worked in the Trump administration and is one of the people who assisted Trump in trying to overturn 2020 election results. He was jailed for contempt of Congress this past year.

Vice President Kamala Harris criticized a comedian’s remarks about Puerto Rico at Trump’s MSG rally last night.

“I’m very proud to have the support of both like Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lope and others who were supporting me before that nonsense last night at Madison Square Garden.”

President Joe Biden arrived in Wilmington, Delaware this morning to cast his ballot in the 2024 presidential election – likely a bittersweet moment for the president who initially believed he would be voting for himself had his party not pushed him out.

Monday morning, Biden arrived at the polling location and waited in line. While waiting he greeted other voters, according to the White House poll report.

Hundreds of ballots were burned inside a ballot box that was set on fire after “an incendiary device” was placed inside the box, police say.

Authorities in Portland, Oregon said police officers received a call around 6 a.m. local time that there was a fire inside a ballot box approximately a block away from the Multnomah County Elections Office.

By the time police arrived, a nearby person had begun to put the fire out.

The Clark County elections auditor told KATU that only a few ballots could be saved. Anyone who placed a ballot in the box after 11 a.m. on Saturday can request a replacement from the auditor’s office.

Police say some sort of incendiary device was placed inside the ballot box and started the fire.

Philadelphia’s district attorney is suing Elon Musk’s political action committee to stop his multimillion-dollar stunt that the Department of Justice has warned could be illegal.

A lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania on Monday by District Attorney Larry Krasner argues that Musk’s Donald Trump-supporting America PAC “hatched an illegal lottery scheme to influence voters in that election.”

“America PAC and Musk must be stopped, immediately,” before Election Day, according to the lawsuit, which was first reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Though Musk says that a winner’s selection is ‘random,’ that appears to be false,” according to the lawsuit. “Multiple winners that have been selected are individuals who have shown up at Trump rallies in Pennsylvania.”

The lawsuit marks the first legal action against the billionaire’s stunt, which offered people who signed the PAC’s petition supporting First and Second Amendment rights the chance to win a random daily $1 million prize drawing.