Former President Donald Trump campaigned in battleground Georgia, one day after controversial comments about Puerto Rico by a comedian who spoke at a Madison Square Garden campaign event. NBC News' Garrett Haake reports.
Former President Barack Obama and singer Bruce Springsteen appeared in Philadelphia at a "When We Vote We Win" concert as Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Michigan.
"I don’t think it’s going to be a problem at all," Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law, said in response to a question from NBC News in Arizona. “Here’s a good rule: If somebody does not respect you, if somebody does not see you as fellow citizens with equal claims to opportunity, to the pursuit of happiness, to the American dream, you should not vote for them,” he said.Speaking in Atlanta, Trump criticized former first lady Michelle Obama, calling her “nasty” and saying she opened up a box by going after him.
Vance was trying to make the case that soldiers from World War II would support Trump — an argument he made earlier today onElon Musk a “dips---,” an insult he said he stood by earlier today when he spoke in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Days before that, TrumpHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Singer John Legend made a homecoming trip to Pennsylvania yesterday, campaigning alongside Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in a late-stage campaign push. Emhoff today said: “Nothing, and I mean nothing, will stop me from living fearlessly as a Jew. Nothing will stop Kamala and me from speaking out, and nothing is going to take away our joy, or our faith in America.”last night, where a number of speakers made hate-filled and racist comments, including about Puerto Ricans and members of the Black community.
An older woman in a wheelchair began crying when she met the president, who gave her a kiss on the head and led her into the voting center. It was not immediately clear whether the former president plans to take questions from the news media. Kelly, who was a chief architect of the CHIPs Act, responded to Trump’s comments forcefully. “He is showing us every day just how unhinged he’s become,” said Kelly. “These guys standing behind us today, if Donald Trump was to win another term in the White House, could be losing their jobs,” Kelly added, referring to the steel workers assembled at the press conference.
"This case is of paramount public importance, potentially affecting tens of thousands of votes in a State which many anticipate could be decisive in control of the U.S. Senate or even the 2024 presidential election," Republican National Committee lawyers wrote in the new filing.The ad showcases a man named Chris, a Steelers fan and maintenance worker, who says in the ad that Trump"does not care about the working man.
On Monday, Reproductive Freedom for All’s political arm launched an $8 million ad buy in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to details shared first with NBC News. “Now, 1 in 3 American women lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban,” Harris said Friday in Texas, a state with the most restrictive abortion ban in the country. “If Donald Trump wins again, he will ban abortion nationwide.”Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera, who was once a Trump ally but said earlier this month he would vote for Harris, criticized Trump for comments disparaging Puerto Rico at a rally in New York City yesterday.
Post editorial page staff members had drafted an endorsement of Harris that had yet to be published, two sources briefed on the sequence of events. The decision not to publish the Harris endorsement was made by the Post’s owner, billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, according to the sources. NBC News has not independently verified that account.
“I think with our little secret we are going to do really well with the House, right?” Trump said. “He and I have a secret. We will tell you what it is when the race is over.”“By definition, a secret is not to be shared — and I don’t intend to share this one,” he said in a statement.
"Regardless of the political views of your partner, you get to choose, you get to use your judgment, and cast your vote for yourself and the women in your life," she added.As he exited the polling place in Delaware alongside first-time voters, Biden was asked if voting today was bittersweet. He replied,"This is just sweet," and said he thinks they will win.
The rally is sponsored by When We All Vote, a nonprofit organization co-founded by the former first lady. The event is geared toward mobilizing first-time voters before the early voting period ends in Georgia on Friday. "We have to understand how unhinged this campaign has gotten, and the only reason that the rhetoric has gotten this far is precisely because they are trying to prime the kind of froth that led up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. And so it's very important that we connect those dots," she said.
States are barred from systematically removing people from voter rolls within 90 days of an election under the National Voter Registration Act.
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