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Harris says Trump ‘is a fascist’ after John Kelly says the former president wanted generals like Hitler’s
By DAN MERICAUpdated 7:52 AM CDT, October 24, 2024
ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said that she believes that Donald Trump “is a fascist” after his longest-serving chief of staff said the former president praised Adolf Hitler while in office and put personal loyalty above the Constitution.
Harris seized on comments by former chief of staff John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, about his former boss in interviews with The New York Times and The Atlantic published Tuesday warning that the Republican nominee meets the definition of a fascist and that Trump, while in office, suggested that the Nazi leader “did some good things.”
Speaking at a CNN town hall Wednesday night, Harris said they offer a window into who the former president “really is” and the kind of commander in chief he would be.
When asked if she believed that Trump is a fascist, Harris replied twice, “Yes, I do.” Later, she brought it up herself, saying Trump would, if elected again, be “a president who admires dictators and is a fascist.” ...
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As Trump claims U.K. Labour Party election meddling, CBS News investigates foreign agent campaign donations
As Trump claims the U.K. Labour Party is meddling in the U.S. election, CBS News takes stock of foreign agent political donations, and who's behind them.
www.cbsnews.comProgressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms
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Election officials, concerned about misinformation, confront Elon Musk on his own turf
Local election officials have been taking to X to refute owner Elon Musk's false election claims -- but their reach pales in comparison to Musk's 200 million followers.
Analysis: Obama again feels the ‘fierce urgency of now’ as Trump eyes return to power | CNN Politics
The band was back together Thursday night, in Georgia. Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen were trying to push Democratic nominee Kamala Harris over the line in the critical swing state.
www.cnn.comHarris, Beyoncé team up for a Texas rally on abortion rights — hoping battleground states hear them
Vice President Kamala Harris is teaming up with Beyoncé for a rally in solidly Republican Texas. It's aimed at highlighting the perilous medical fallout from the state’s strict abortion ban and putting the blame squarely on Donald Trump.
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John Kelly comes out swinging against Trump, says he fits 'fascist' definition
John Kelly, a former chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, hammered his former boss in a stunningly public fashion Tuesday just two weeks before Election Day.
To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories
In election night planning, news outlets are being mindful that they have to keep watch on what doesn't happen along with what does.
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2024 election updates: Trump asks JD Vance, 'How brilliant is Donald J. Trump?'
Most polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump mostly neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go to Election Day.
Biden heads to Indian Country as Harris steps up appeal to Native American voters
President Joe Biden is at last making his way to Indian Country. He's paying a long-promised visit to a reservation in Arizona that Democrats hope could provide a boost to Vice President Kamala Harris’ turnout effort in a key battleground state.
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Meet the Pennsylvania nuns falsely accused of voter fraud | CNN Politics
For a Republican canvasser going door-to-door to get out the vote in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the address on East Lake Road in Erie must have seemed like Heaven-sent evidence of the sort of widespread voter fraud many in his party have been complaining about since Donald Trump...
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Why southern border towns are frustrated by the immigration debate
Presidio, Texas, relies on hundreds of Mexican citizens who legally cross the border daily to work in restaurants or oil fields. Presidio's mayor believes the city would be in "serious trouble" if it was harder for them to come across.
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What the Justice Department could look like under a Kamala Harris presidency
The Harris team is discussing three key names as potential attorney general nominees, should she defeat federal criminal defendant Donald Trump, NBC News has learned.
www.nbcnews.comTwo Virginia candidates for Congress say democracy is at stake. It’s there the campaigns part ways
Two candidates in Virginia are competing to take over a U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
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Elon Musk keeps up pro-Trump spending spree as Harris continues to dominate money race, new filings show | CNN Politics
Elon Musk plowed nearly $44 million in October into a super PAC working to restore Donald Trump to the White House – pushing the billionaire’s total donations to the group he established to benefit the former president to nearly $119 million, new campaign finance reports show.
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Harris, Obama slam Trump in 1st joint campaign appearance at star-studded Georgia rally
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned with former President Barack Obama for the first time Thursday night in must-win Georgia at a star-studded rally.
False claims about machines "switching" votes are going viral. Here's what to know.
Election security experts told CBS News that unfounded claims of machines flipping votes have circulated for years.
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Trump denies ever saying he wanted generals like Hitler's or that the Nazi leader 'did some good things'
The Atlantic reported this week that the former president wanted "the kind of generals Hitler had," and his former chief of staff said he made positive remarks about Hitler.
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