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Today's Political News Compilation - Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024
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In swing states, Harris touts Republican endorsements while Trump leans into incendiary rhetoric
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, BILL BARROW and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Updated 10:08 PM CDT, September 12, 2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the presidential contest.
In North Carolina, Democratic nominee Harris used rallies in Charlotte and Greensboro to tout endorsements from Republicans who have crossed the aisle to back her. She also promised to protect access to health care and abortion, while delighting her partisan crowds with celebrations of her debate performance Tuesday, taking digs at Trump and cheerleading for her campaign and the country.
“We’re having a good time, aren’t we?” Harris declared, smiling as her boisterous crowd chanted: “USA! USA! USA!”
In the border state of Arizona, the Republican Trump pitched a tax exemption on all overtime wages, adding it to his previous proposals to not tax tip s or Social Security income. But the former president squeezed those proposals, along with a nonspecific pledge to lower housing costs, into a stemwinding speech marked by his most incendiary rhetoric on immigration and immigrants themselves, name-calling of Harris and others, and a dark, exaggerated portrait of a nation Trump insisted is in a freefall only he can reverse. ...
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Attorney General Merrick Garland says Justice Department ‘will not bend’ to political pressure | CNN Politics
Attorney General Merrick Garland slammed efforts to turn the Justice Department into a “political weapon” during a fiery speech Thursday to department staff and US attorneys from across the country amid attacks from former President Donald Trump and his allies.
www.cnn.comTrump plans to launch his sons' crypto business on Monday, 50 days before Election Day
Former President Donald Trump plans to deliver remarks next Monday about cryptocurrency and the launch of the company World Liberty Financial, a crypto platform controlled by the Republican nominee’s sons Donald Jr. and Eric.
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Buttigieg: Trump and Vance ‘demonizing immigrants’ to distract from their record | CNN Politics
Pete Buttigieg on Thursday slammed former President Donald Trump’s recent false claims that migrants are eating pets, saying it’s a strategy to distract from the Republican presidential nominee’s record.
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White House press secretary blasts Trump's association with conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer
“No leader should ever associate with someone who spreads this kind of ugliness, this kind of racist poison,” Karine Jean-Pierre said.
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Garland vows DOJ won't be used as 'political weapon'
Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered remarks to the Justice Department workforce on Thursday.
Trump rules out another debate against Harris as her campaign announces $47M haul in hours afterward
Donald Trump is ruling out another presidential debate against Kamala Harris. The former president posted on Truth Social on Thursday that “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!”
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JD Vance says GOP should threaten a shutdown: 'Why have a government if it’s not a functioning government?'
Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government or risk a shutdown.
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Elon Musk dubs Australia’s gov’t ‘fascists’ over misinformation law
Tech billionaire’s comments prompt rebuke from Australian officials.
Analysis: Why Trump ditched a debate rematch – for now | CNN Politics
The great showman just turned his back on tens of millions of viewers.
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California state senator accused of forcing former chief of staff to perform sex acts on her - Washington Examiner
Chad Condit, the plaintiff, first worked as state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil's campaign manager in 2022 and later became her chief of staff.
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'He said concepts of a plan': Harris mocks Trump in first post-debate rally
Vice President Kamala Harris mocked former president Donald Trump for saying he has the "concepts" of a healthcare plan during their debate.
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Harris says she and Trump 'owe it to the voters' to debate again
Stumping in the swing state of North Carolina, Vice President Kamala Harris told her rally crowd she believes she and Donald Trump "owe it to the voters to have another debate."
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In Harris' debate performance, Democrats see an advertising, social media 'gold mine'
Vice President Kamala Harris' debate performance is offering Democrats a deep well of opportunities for new ads and social media content.
How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage
By the time Trump talked about Haitian immigrants "eating dogs" and "eating the cats" on Tuesday night, the baseless claim had been thriving in right-wing corners of the internet.
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Harris comment on destroying lives was about using power responsibly | Fact check
The video leaves out part of Harris’ speech that makes it clear she is talking about using power responsibly, not bragging about abusing it.
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