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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024
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Harris urges voters to reject Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear
By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 8:25 PM CDT, October 29, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris stood before an overflowing crowd near the White House on Tuesday and promised Americans she would fight for them every day as she urged voters to reject Donald Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear, declaring, “It doesn’t have to be this way.”
One week out from Election Day, the vice president tried to drive home the contrast with Trump by delivering her closing argument from the same spot on the grassy Ellipse where the Republican former president had fomented the Capitol insurrection in 2021, pledging that she would work to improve people’s lives while arguing that her Republican opponent is only in it for himself.
“I’ll be honest with you: I’m not perfect,” she said. “I make mistakes. But here’s what I promise you: I will always listen to you, even if you don’t vote for me. I will always tell you the truth, even if it’s hard to hear. I will work every day to build consensus and reach compromise to get things done. And if you give me the chance to fight on your behalf, there is nothing in the world that will stand in my way.”
Harris began her capstone speech by reminding voters of Trump’s role in the chaos of Jan. 6, 2021, when he spewed falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election that inspired a crowd to march to the Capitol and try unsuccessfully to halt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. She brought up his threats to use the military against his political rivals and his labeling of those who disagree with him as “the enemy from within.” ...
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Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was 'an absolute lovefest'
Donald Trump says his weekend rally that was marked by crude and racist insults was a “lovefest.” That’s a term the former president has also used to reference the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.
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Trump threatens to drown out his own closing message in the final days of the election
Harris' final events have been far more disciplined, while Trump's have often been eclipsed by his off-the-cuff comments and crude remarks by his allies.
www.nbcnews.comTwo closing arguments show the stark choice between Trump and Harris
The presidential candidates' dueling closing arguments outlined in stark terms the choice U.S. voters face on Nov. 5 as they weigh two very different visions of leadership and America’s future.
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Presidential betting odds: How Harris, Trump race compares to 2020, 2016 with 1 week to go
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A clumsy early voting option has backed up election offices in Pennsylvania and frustrated voters
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Trump’s tariffs would put US last - Washington Examiner
Trade allows average working-class Americans to buy all kinds of things they could not otherwise afford because of trade.
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Inside a secure Arizona facility printing millions of election ballots
The Runbeck Election Services facility in Phoenix will print about 35 million ballots for eight states this election.
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Judge Aileen Cannon defends her judicial independence and says she’s never met Trump | CNN Politics
Judge Aileen Cannon is refusing to recuse herself from the criminal case against the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump, saying she has no relationship with the former president who nominated her to the federal bench and that she doesn’t control what he says about her.
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Not-so warm Trump welcome in Allentown as Puerto Ricans swing away after offensive rally
Trump visited a Hispanic majority town in Pennsylvania as the fallout over a comedian's racist jokes at his Madison Square Garden rally continues.
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Nikki Haley pans Trump world for 'bromance and masculinity stuff'
Haley said Republicans are alienating Latinos and women, who are turned off by divisive and offensive language like what was on display at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.
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Trump says it was ‘my honor to be involved’ in controversial Madison Square Garden rally | CNN Politics
Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his controversial Madison Square Garden rally, telling supporters that the event was “an absolute love-fest” and that it was “my honor to be involved.”
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More outrage after Trump calls controversial New York rally ‘a lovefest’
Backlash is growing from the Sunday rally, where a comedian made crude jokes about migrants and Puerto Ricans.
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