VP Harris breaks silence after GOP leaders issue stark warning over ‘fascist’ rhetoric
Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated “the danger and the threat that Donald Trump poses to America and the fact that he is unfit to serve,” on Friday when asked about criticism of her rhetoric by Republican leaders.
“Well, listen, we all must speak out against any form of political violence, and I’m very clear about that. No one should be the subject of violence,” she told reporters, according to a press pool report.
“But the American people deserve to be presented with facts and the truth. And the fact and the truth is that some of the people closest to Donald Trump when he was president, generals, including most recently, John Kelly, a four-star marine general, have been very clear about the danger and the threat that Donald Trump poses to America and the fact that he is unfit to serve. And the American People deserve to hear that and know about that,” the vice president continued.
Her campaign was initially silent following a call from Republican congressional leaders for her to stop using “dangerous rhetoric,” such as referring to Trump as a “fascist.”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., released a relatively rare joint statement on Friday, demanding Harris cease using such rhetoric and reminding her of the two recent assassination attempts against Trump.
“Labeling a political opponent as a ‘fascist’ risks inviting yet another would-be assassin to try robbing voters of their choice before Election Day,” the Republican leaders said in the statement less than two weeks before the election.
Harris’ campaign initially declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital.
“Vice President Harris may want the American people to entrust her with the sacred duty of executive authority. But first, she must abandon the base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions,” Johnson and McConnell wrote.
“We have both been briefed on the ongoing and persistent threats to former President Donald Trump by adversaries to the United States, and we call on the Vice President to take these threats seriously, stop escalating the threat environment, and help ensure President Trump has the necessary resources to be protected from those threats,” they said.
The statement noted that there have been two assassination attempts against Trump in the last several months, pointing out that “in the weeks since that second sobering reminder, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States has only fanned the flames beneath a boiling cauldron of political animus.”
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During a CNN town hall this week, Harris told host Anderson Cooper that she believes Trump is a fascist.
“Yes, I do. Yes, I do,” she told Cooper when asked if she agreed with retired Gen. Mark Milley, who described Trump as “fascist to the core” in journalist Bob Woodward’s latest book.
Cooper noted that Harris had cited Milley’s quotes about Trump in the past.
Harris further referred to new interviews with Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly in The New York Times, in which he said Trump “certainly falls into the general definition of fascist.”
Kelly further claimed Trump told him once that “Hitler did some good things, too.”
Trump has denied saying this.
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According to the Kelly interview, he felt the need to speak out because of a recent comment Trump made in an interview on Fox News.
While speaking with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Trump was asked about concerns with regard to “chaos” on Election Day. The host noted a recent plot by an Afghan refugee that was foiled.
“I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within, not even the people that have come in and [are] destroying our country and by the way, totally destroying our country. The towns, the villages, they’re being inundated,” Trump began.
“But I don’t think they have the problem in terms of Election Day. I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics,” he said. “It should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard or, if really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen.”
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Harris’ campaign has since seized on the remark.
According to Johnson and McConnell, “Her most recent and most reckless invocations of the darkest evil of the 20th century seem to dare it to boil over. The Vice President’s words more closely resemble those of President Trump’s second would-be assassin than her own earlier appeal to civility.”
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“This summer, after the first attempted assassination of a presidential candidate in more than a century, President Biden insisted that ‘we cannot allow this violence to be normalized.’ In September, after President Trump escaped yet another close call, Vice President Harris acknowledged that ‘we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence,'” they pointed out.
However, “[t]hese words have proven hollow,” they said.
‘Ashamed’ newspaper staffers revolt over 2024 endorsement decision, blast boss Jeff Bezos
Washington Post staffers are revolting after the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper announced it wouldn’t endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
On Friday, Post publisher and CEO William Lewis announced the paper would not be making a presidential endorsement this year, nor in any future presidential election. “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Lewis declared.
Shortly after, the Washington Post Guild released a scathing statement condemning the decision.
“We are deeply concerned that The Washington Post – an American news institution in the nation’s capital – would make the decision to no longer endorse presidential candidates, especially a mere 11 days ahead of an immensely consequential election. The role of an Editorial Board is to do just this: to share opinions on the news impacting our society and culture and endorse candidates to help guide readers,” the Guild said.
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“The message from our chief executive, Will Lewis – not from the Editorial Board itself – makes us concerned that management interfered with the work out of members in Editorial,” the Guild continued. “According to our own reporters and Guild members, an endorsement for Harris was already drafted, and the decision not to publish was made by The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos.”
The Guild added: “We are already seeing cancelations from once loyal readers. This decision undercuts the works of our members at a time when we should be building our readers’ trust, not losing it.”
The Guild put up a post with a link encouraging action, saying, “Are you a Washington Post reader concerned with today’s decision for the Editorial Board to not endorse a candidate this election cycle? Send a letter to CEO and Publisher Will Lewis and Editorial Page Editor David Shipley.”
Post editor at large Robert Kagan resigned because of the decision, and former executive editor Martin “Marty” Baron denounced it as “cowardice.”
“This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage,” Baron wrote on X.
Washington Post columnist and associate editor Karen Tumulty reposted Baron’s message.
Post climate change reporter Brianna Sacks also retweeted Baron and wrote in reaction to the news of the decision, “We won a Pulitzer for public service for our coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection.”
A former high-level Washington Post employee also sided with Baron’s sentiment, calling out the “feckless” decision.
“It very disingenuously draws false equivalencies,” they told Fox News Digital. “This is not, for example, Kamala Harris vs. Mitt Romney. This is Kamala Harris against someone who tried to disenfranchise the electorate last time.”
“And if you’re going to decide that it’s not the role of an editorial board to endorse, then don’t endorse. Don’t endorse for Senate. Don’t endorse for House. Just don’t endorse,” they continued.
The ex-staffer has been hearing from distressed former colleagues, saying they are “shocked” and “deeply disappointed,” and said current staffers think the explanation that was given is a “fig leaf.”
“I’m hearing that they are being absolutely flooded with subscription cancelations,” the source said.
They told Fox News Digital, “I have never been honestly ashamed of The Post until today. ‘The first mission of a newspaper is to tell the truth as nearly as the truth can be ascertained.’ That’s from Eugene Meyer’s Principles of The Post. Today’s decision is an abject abdication of those principles.”
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The former Post employee warned of the “chilling effect” this could have on the newsroom as a result.
“You know this is an editorial issue. There really was a church/state divide. But I do know that there are people in editorial who have roots in the newsroom and so it stings,” they said. “And I think people in the newsroom are thinking ‘if they killed an endorsement, can a news story be far behind.’ And Lewis has certainly expressed willingness to at least try that. If Trump wins, who in their right mind would want you to cover that administration for The Post, looking over your shoulder all the time to see if the publisher or owner is going to to be miffed. There’s a chilling effect on the mission of the place that this move sends.”
Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah took to X to scold her employer.
“Today has been an absolute stab in the back. What an insult to those of us who have literally put our careers and lives on the line, to call out threats to human rights and democracy,” Attiah wrote.
In its own coverage of the news in the Style section, The Post reported, “The decision has roiled many on the editorial staff, which operates independently from The Post’s news staff, a long-standing tradition of American journalism designed to separate opinion writing from day-to-day news coverage.”
Health care reporter Fenit Nirappil tweeted of the report, “Our news side continues to report fearlessly. Even when it’s about our own bosses.”
He included images of two particular quotes:
“An endorsement of Harris had been drafted by Post editorial page staffers but had yet to be published, according to two sources briefed on the sequence of events who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The decision not to publish was made by The Post’s owner — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — according to the same sources.”
“This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty. Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners),” former Post executive editor Martin Baron, who led the paper while Trump was president, said in a text message to The Post. “History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.”
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A source close to Washington Post leadership claimed to Fox News Digital that Bezos was not involved in the decision. However, a separate source spoke with Fox News Digital and believes otherwise, citing The Post’s own reporting claiming the billionaire directly intervened.
“A non-endorsement would have made sense if it had been announced before the nominees were known. But doing it 11 days before the election suggests Bezos is worried he’d lose government contracts if Trump wins. So it signals intimidation works,” a current Post staffer told Fox News Digital. “Trump certainly caused trouble for Bezos in his presidency by killing a big cloud computing contract and messing with the Amazon postal contract. So he knows how expensive a second term might be if Trump were mad at our coverage.”
The staffer also said Baron is “regarded as a hero” for his X post, adding “he framed the stakes just right.”
As far the Post’s current leader, Lewis, the source said he has “lost the newsroom.”
“I wouldn’t trust a word Will Lewis or any of his people say,” the staffer told Fox News Digital. “He lost the newsroom over the summer. He never shows his face anymore. We get weekly rah-rah emails. That’s it. He used to wander the newsroom but apparently knows he’s not welcome.”
A Post spokesperson declined to comment further but reiterated it was a “Washington Post decision.”
11 Post opinion columnists wrote a statement calling the decision a “terrible mistake.”
“The Washington Post’s decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake. It represents an abandonment of the fundamental editorial convictions of the newspaper that we love, and for which we have worked a combined 275 years. This is a moment for the institution to be making clear its commitment to democratic values, the rule of law and international alliances, and the threat that Donald Trump poses to them — the precise points The Post made in endorsing Trump’s opponents in 2016 and 2020,” they said.
“There is no contradiction between The Post’s important role as an independent newspaper and its practice of making political endorsements, both as a matter of guidance to readers and as a statement of core beliefs. That has never been more true than in the current campaign. An independent newspaper might someday choose to back away from making presidential endorsements. But this isn’t the right moment, when one candidate is advocating positions that directly threaten freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution.”
It was signed by Perry Bacon Jr., E.J. Dionne Jr., Lee Hockstader, David Ignatius, Heather Long, Ruth Marcus, Dana Milbank, Catherine Rampell, Eugene Robinson, Jennifer Rubin and Karen Tumulty.
The Post published an image by editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes titled “Democracy Dies in Darkness” that was just what looked like black paint strokes.
Famed Post Watergate reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein issued a statement saying, “We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 12 days out from the 2024 presidential election ignores the Washington Post’s own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy. Under Jeff Bezos’s ownership, the Washington Post’s news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger and damage a second Trump presidency could cause to the future of American democracy and that makes this decision even more surprising and disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process.”
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In the political world, former Biden adviser Susan Rice wrote multiple posts expressing her outrage.
“As a DC native and lifelong subscriber to the Post, I’m disgusted. You have lost us,” she wrote, then added, “So much for ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’. This is the most hypocritical, chicken s[—] move from a publication that is supposed to hold people in power to account.”
She responded to a report of a Washington Post editorial board member blasting the decision, saying, “So what are they going to do about it? The whole Post editorial department should walk out.”
“This is what Oligarchy is about. Jeff Bezos, the 2nd wealthiest person in the world and the owner of the Washington Post, overrides his editorial board and refuses to endorse Kamala. Clearly, he is afraid of antagonizing Trump and losing Amazon’s federal contracts. Pathetic,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote.
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Trump rails against Harris for ‘partying’ with Beyoncé while there’s a ‘war going on’
Trump railed against VP Kamala Harris Friday night in Michigan for “partying” in Houston at a campaign stop with popstar Beyonce Knowles as Israel launched airstrikes against Iran.
“So Israel is attacking, we got a war going on, and she’s out partying,” Trump said. “At least we’re working to make America great again. That’s what we’re doing.”
“And tonight in the Middle East, it’s like a tinderbox,” Trump said later Friday night. “It’s ready to explode. People are being killed at levels that we’ve never seen before.”
As Trump has repeatedly said during his campaign stops, he vowed to “end the war in Ukraine quickly,” though he has not released an official plan for the Russia-Ukraine war.
“I will stop the chaos in the middle East and I will prevent World War Three,” Trump said. “I know them all. I know exactly what to do.”
The sister of Vanessa Guillén, an Army private killed by a fellow soldier in 2020, thanked former President Trump on Friday for meeting with her and her mother privately.
“Thank you @realDonaldTrump for meeting with my mother and I today & taking the time to speak with us privately,” Mayra Guillén wrote on the social media platform X.
“See you at the White House!” she added.
Vanessa Guillén, 20, was killed in 2020 at Fort Cavazos, formerly Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas, by fellow soldier Aaron Robinson, who killed himself after a confrontation with police following the discovery of Guillen’s body in the woods.
While a doctor attended to a crowd member during Trump’s Michigan rally late Friday night, Trump suggested: “Should we listen to a nice song while we wait?”
“Okay. Ave, Ave Maria by Pavarotti. You want to do it? We’ll, listen to a song. I want the doctors to take their time,” Trump said.
After the three-minute song concluded, Trump resumed his campaign speech.
Former President Trump said Friday on Joe Rogan’s podcast that he believes the word “tariff” is “more beautiful than anything.”
“To me, the most beautiful word — and I’ve said this for the last couple of weeks — in the dictionary today is the word ‘tariff,'” Trump said during an appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience.”
“It’s more beautiful than love, it’s more beautiful than anything,” Trump continued.
Former President Trump said Friday on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the biggest mistake he made during his first term was that he “picked some people that I shouldn’t have picked.”
During the episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience,” Rogan asked the former president if he was referring to neoconservatives.
“Yeah, neocons, or bad people, or disloyal people,” Trump responded.
After arriving more than two hours late to his Michigan rally after spending the day campaigning in Texas and appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast, former President Donald Trump said “it was the longest interview I’ve ever done in my life.”
“I got interviewed by, actually, a great guy,” Trump told his supporters in Traverse City. “I didn’t know him too well, but I got to know him because it was the longest interview I’ve ever done in my life. Joe Rogan, a good guy, and it’s, you know, it’s quite something.”
Trump’s full three-hour interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, filmed Friday afternoon, is already available on X and Spotify.
Former President Trump’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast reached nearly 600,000 views in the first 45 minutes after it was published on YouTube Friday night.
Friday’s episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience” also reached more than 300,000 views in the first 30 minutes it was online, as the number continues to climb.
Trump’s rally in Michigan Friday night was delayed after recording the three-hour podcast. The podcast was recorded in Austin, Texas, where Rogan is based.
“President Trump just wrapped a 3 HOUR episode of the Joe Rogan Podcast! We’re coming now, Michigan!” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Former President Trump‘s rally in Michigan was delayed Friday after he recorded a three-hour podcast with Joe Rogan.
Some of the crowd left early from the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, according to local reports.
Trump recorded the podcast in Austin, Texas, where Rogan is based.
“President Trump just wrapped a 3 HOUR episode of the Joe Rogan Podcast! We’re coming now, Michigan!” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung posted on X.
After the podcast, Trump posted a video on TikTok with him and Rogan.
“We had a good time. I think you’ll find it very interesting and enjoy it,” Trump said.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin
slammed a federal judge’s ruling ordering Virginia to reinstate potentially 1,600 noncitizens to its state voter rolls on Friday, with just 10 full days until the election.
“This is a stunning ruling by a federal judge who is ordering Virginia to reinstate individuals who have self-identified as noncitizens back on the voter rolls,” Youngkin told “The Faulkner Focus” by phone shortly after the judge’s decision was announced.
“What’s even more astounding is that the vast majority of these folks had presented immigration documents confirming that they were noncitizens, and we recently had that verified by federal authorities,” he told Fox News host Harris Faulkner.
On Friday, U.S. Judge Patricia Giles issued a preliminary injunction to reinstate all voters who had been removed from state voter rolls in the past 90 days, after Youngkin issued an executive order in August directing state officials to identify noncitizens, who were given two weeks to dispute being disqualified before being removed from voter rolls.
The judge found that the removals had been “systematic,” not individualized, and were thus a violation of federal law.
In issuing the injunction, Giles said there is reason to believe voters were being mistakenly removed from the rolls.
“This process has resulted in eligible voters having their voting registration flagged,” she said.
Her ruling came after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the State of Virginia, Virginia State Board of Elections and Virginia Commissioner of Elections on Oct. 11, saying that by removing voters from rolls too close to the Nov. 5 general election, the state had violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
Youngkin told Faulkner the ruling, which is expected to restore the voting rights to about 1,600 residents ahead of Election Day, violated common sense and the Constitution.
This is an excerpt from an article by Kristine Parks
“Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary criticized the Democratic Party for how it selected Vice President Kamala Harris to become the nominee without a primary and favored Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries.
“This is the second time the Democratic Party has circumvented democracy,” he on CNN. “Hillary Clinton was chosen.”
The Democratic party was criticized in 2016 over how Clinton was chosen, with many saying her nomination was always pre-determined.
O’Leary noted that Harris never won a primary before she was chosen as the party nominee in August.
Other panelists asked whether voters really cared about the primary process.
“The Democrats sure as hell cared today,” he replied.
Washington Post staffers are revolting after the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper announced it wouldn’t endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
On Friday, Post publisher and CEO William Lewis announced the paper would not be making a presidential endorsement this year, nor in any future presidential election. “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Lewis declared.
Shortly after, the Washington Post Guild released a scathing statement condemning the decision.
“We are deeply concerned that The Washington Post – an American news institution in the nation’s capital – would make the decision to no longer endorse presidential candidates, especially a mere 11 days ahead of an immensely consequential election. The role of an Editorial Board is to do just this: to share opinions on the news impacting our society and culture and endorse candidates to help guide readers,” the Guild said.
“The message from our chief executive, Will Lewis – not from the Editorial Board itself – makes us concerned that management interfered with the work out of members in Editorial,” the Guild continued. “According to our own reporters and Guild members, an endorsement for Harris was already drafted, and the decision not to publish was made by The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos.”
The Guild added: “We are already seeing cancelations from once loyal readers. This decision undercuts the works of our members at a time when we should be building our readers’ trust, not losing it.”
The Guild put up a post with a link encouraging action, saying, “Are you a Washington Post reader concerned with today’s decision for the Editorial Board to not endorse a candidate this election cycle? Send a letter to CEO and Publisher Will Lewis and Editorial Page Editor David Shipley.”
Post editor at large Robert Kagan resigned because of the decision, and former executive editor Martin “Marty” Baron denounced it as “cowardice.”
“This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage,” Baron wrote on X.
This is an excerpt from an article by Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Brian Flood.
Federal investigators believe Russian actors are behind a video falsely depicting the ripping up of ballots in Pennsylvania, authorities said Friday.
A video circulating on social media shows someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County officials said. The FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) determined the footage was fake.
“The IC assesses that Russian actors manufactured and amplified a recent video that falsely depicted an individual ripping up ballots in Pennsylvania, judging from information available to the IC and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities. Local election officials have already debunked the video’s content,” the agencies said in a joint statement.
The video was part of Russia’s attempts to question the integrity of the November election and “stoke divisions among Americans, as detailed in prior ODNI election updates.”
“In the lead up to election day and in the weeks and months after, the IC expects Russia to create and release additional media content that seeks to undermine trust in the integrity of the election and divide Americans,” the statement said.
U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and North Korea have tried to undermine the democratic process through a variety of cyber tactics, Microsoft said in a report released Wednesday.
Russia remains focused on the Harris-Walz campaign, while Iran has scouted election-related websites and media outlets, suggesting preparations for more direct influence operations as Election Day nears, the report said.
Vice President Kamala Harris was in Houston on Friday to campaign with Beyonce in an effort to sway voters.
Some Houston residents told Fox News Digital the campaign won’t make a difference.
“She’s been campaigning with celebrities all along,” one told Fox News Digital. “I’m looking at the polls now. She’s getting further and further behind.”
He said he’s already voted for Trump.
“I don’t vote by party. My wallet told me vote for Trump,” he added.
Another said he was glad Harris was in Texas but didn’t think the visit would make much of an impact.
“I think it’s a waste of money and resources,” another man said. “Go out there to North Carolina where the battle is being fought. I don’t understand why they’re even here”
“Maybe Florida… but places like Houston, she’s not doing too well,” he added.
A Harris supporter remained hopeful.
“If it may give her a few extra votes here, maybe we could flip this time to a blue state,” he said
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville rebuked progressive members of his party for their use of “nonsense” identity politics rhetoric, and explained why he wanted to encourage Democrats that Vice President Kamala Harris would win the 2024 election.
In a New York Times op-ed this week, Carville reassured anxious Democrats that Harris would win the 2024 election, despite a new national poll showing the race is a dead heat between the two candidates. He argued that former President Trump is on a losing streak, Harris has more money, and he “just has a feeling” that she will be the victor.
Carville said on the “Politics War Room” podcast, that he gave this pep talk to Democrats because a “depressed party is not a winning party.”
“Above all, you’re never any better than you think you are. And Democrats – this is kind of a tied race – and they will lapse into profound depression. And a depressed party is not a winning party. And so anything that I can do to address that kind of depression, I’m glad to do it,” Carville said. “And I’m glad the Times gave me the platform. And I was happy to write it and I think all the things I said are valid and true and, you know, hopefully they’ll all come to fruition.”
Both candidates are tied with 48% of the popular vote
, according to a New York Times/Siena College survey of 2,516 likely voters nationwide between Oct. 20 and Oct. 23, which has a 2.5% margin of error.
The straight-talking political operative also offered sharp criticism of the progressive left wing of his party, suggesting the way they talked was alienating to voters.
“By the way, no Democrat, anywhere, is uttering any of this identity politics nonsense. No one,” he said. “You don’t hear anyone using terms like Latinx. Communities of color…. The word is so stupid I don’t even want to pronounce it right.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Kristine Parks.
Comedian Michael Rapaport on Friday condemned liberals for making reckless Nazi comparisons, saying on the social media site, “Keep HITLER’S name out of your mouth unless you’re referring to HITLER!”Rapaport, who spent years criticizing former President Trump before softening his rhetoric toward him over Israel, said that one is free to make many insults toward him, but should not use Hitler, Nazis and the Holocaust for cavalier comparisons against mere political opponents.
“[K]eep HITLER’S name out of your mouth unless you’re referring to HITLER!!! It’s insulting,” the comedian wrote in a social media post on Friday. “Call P!g D!ck whatever you want but STOP with the #Hitler sh!t”
“S— stain Donald Trump, pig d— Donald Trump, call him whatever you want, I’ve given you gem after gem for years, but stop with the Hitler s—. Stop with the Hitler s—. Do not refer to Hitler and the Holocaust – the actual greatest slaughter and actual genocide of the Jewish people – for attention and political gain,” the comedian said in a video accompanying the post. “Stop it.”
He then went on to defend Trump supporters attending his upcoming rally in New York City, arguing those comparing them to Nazi supporters are out of line.
“That Nazi rally that took place in Madison Square Garden
in 1939 was just that, an actual true blue Nazi rally. So are you saying that anyone and everyone who shows up in Madison Square Garden for this upcoming Trump rally is a Nazi? That’s a Nazi rally?” he asked. “Get the f— out of here.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Alexander Hall.
“The next political ad I see, I swear I’m gonna throw my phone through the TV,” Gary told me, as he perused the menu at an Allentown, Pa., restaurant, and anyone who lives here knows exactly what he is talking about.
Living in a swing state is a privilege, but with privilege comes responsibility, as they say, and in this case also a tsunami of TV and radio ads, signs and billboards everywhere, streets closed by motorcades, and yes, even annoying columnists from national outlets poking a pen at you and your thoughts.
It’s exhausting. In fact, the owner of the restaurant, a fun place called Blended, was somewhere between laughing and crying as he got a notification that former President Donald Trump would be appearing Tuesday, October 29, at the PPL Center just down the street.
“Oh, it just shuts everything down,” Eric told me. But resigned to the reality of running a business in the epicenter of presidential politics, he just went on with his evening.
He is, in a way, a symbol of this town made famous by Billy Joel’s 1980s ballad about its economic decline.
Eight years ago, Eric was living on the streets, addicted to crystal meth, just blocks away, and yet metaphorical miles and miles from the successful small businessman he has become.
So too, Allentown is no longer the grim and grimy town where they’d taken all the coal from the ground. In its stead lies a clean, shiny city in which the old stone buildings, monuments of industrial power, stand proud and beautiful.
This prosperity has been general in my travels around Pennsylvania, and in this critical swing state it is not economic anxiety, but bigger-picture issues that drive most of the voters I talk to.
This is an excerpt from an article by David Marcus.
With 11 days to go
until Election Day and two leading national polls indicating a dead heat in the race for the White House between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the major party nominees hold campaign events in Texas where they’ll elevate two combustible issues as they make their closing arguments.
Harris, who has long leaned into the issue of reproductive rights, will blame Trump for an extremely restrictive abortion law in Texas, as she holds what’s expected to be a large rally in Houston.
Trump, who has spotlighted illegal immigration ever since he launched his first White House run nine years ago, was in Austin to make comments on border security.
While Texas isn’t one of the seven crucial battleground states whose razor-thin margins decided President Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump and are likely to determine if Harris or the former president wins the 2024 election, it is home to a key Senate race that’s among a handful that will decide if the GOP wins back the chamber’s majority.
Conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz joined Trump at the afternoon event in Austin, while Democratic challenger Rep. Collin Allred will speak at the Harris rally hours later.
The stop by Harris in Houston is the first time in decades that a Democratic Party standard-bearer will hold a major campaign event in Texas in the home stretch ahead of Election Day.
The trip doesn’t mean the Harris campaign thinks Texas is in play in the White House race. Even though Biden narrowed the gap to a five and a half point deficit in the 2020 presidential election, top Harris advisers don’t harbor any illusions about flipping the state.
Instead, the trip is about elevating abortion, which has been a winning issue for Democrats ever since the conservative majority on the Supreme Court in the summer of 2022 overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which had legalized abortion for decades.
The Trump campaign released an ad Friday featuring a Holocaust survivor criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for comparing former President Trump to Adolf Hitler.
“I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes,” 94-year-old Jerry Wartski, a survivor of Auschwitz, says in the roughly minute-and-a-half advertisement. “For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my 75 years living in the United States.”
Wartski said Trump was a “mensch,” a Yiddish term of endearment, arguing “he has always stood with the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”
Wartski also demanded an apology from Harris.
“I know President Trump, and he would never say this, and Kamala Harris knows this,” Wartski says. “She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
This is an excerpt from an article by Alex Schemmel.
A county in the pivotal battleground of Pennsylvania is investigating roughly 2,500 voter registration forms that were flagged for potential fraud, Pennsylvania’s Department of State confirmed to Fox News Digital on Friday.
The office confirmed it has been in contact with Lancaster County since last week, after it reported receiving two separate batches of apparently fraudulent voter registration forms.
“Suspected fraudulent voter registration forms were dropped off at the Board of Elections Office in two batches at or near the deadline for submission,” the board said in a statement Friday.
Both the local District Attorney’s office and the Lancaster County Board of Elections are working to review and vet the applications.
In a statement Friday, county election officials said the concerns were first noted “during the staff’s normal process to review and enter applications into [a Pennsylvania database] and law enforcement was alerted.
The forms marked as suspicious either had false names, duplicative handwriting, or unverifiable or incorrect identifying information, they added — prompting county election officials to immediately notify both the Pennsylvania Department of State and the state attorney general’s office and open a criminal investigation.
Speaking at a press conference Friday, Lancaster County officials urged calm and stressed that the election system did what it was intended to do in preventing fraud. The applications were not limited to a single party, and were collected in various spots across the county.
“The fact of the matter is, we’ve contained this,” Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino, a Republican who chairs the county election board,, told reporters. “This is not right. It’s illegal. It’s immoral. And we found it, and we’re going to take care of it.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Breanne Deppisch.
The co-founder of Death Row Records, one of the most recognizable and influential record labels in the music industry, spoke to Fox News Digital about why he recently decided to endorse former President Trump over VP Kamala Harris.
“It’s about his track record,” Michael “Harry-O” Harris told Fox News Digital about his decision to endorse Trump, who granted Harris clemency from a 33-year prison sentence that had seven years remaining on it as one of his last actions as president.
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The former president, while president, enacted some initiatives that speaks to my community specifically and other people as well.”
Harris cited several examples of policies from the first Trump administration that he feels are in line with the goals of his organization, Community First Action, including permanent funding for HBCUs, opportunity zones promoting investment in low income neighborhoods, the First Step Act, and bipartisan legislation combating sickle cell anemia.
Polls have increasingly shown that Trump
has made significant inroads with the Black community and is expected by many to earn a historically strong share of those votes in November. Harris told Fox News Digital he believes it is due in part to voters trusting that Trump will keep his word, and a lack of movement from the Biden-Harris administration.
“People have more confidence that he will keep his word and I think it’s kind of based on some of the same research that we did, that when somebody doesn’t campaign on something but actually enacted laws . . . that wants to double down on what he did in the first administration,” Harris said.
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I haven’t heard that from the other side as much. I mean, what I’ve heard, I believe, frankly, came a little bit too late, too little, too late. And so, when it comes to a balancing act, and you have to make a decision, the critical decision that could affect your life and the life of your family, you have to go based on facts, and the facts are that for the last three and a half years, the previous, the present administration hasn’t really focused on our community.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller.
“Mediabuzz” host Howard Kurtz said Washington Post declining to endorse a White House candidate was a “profile in non-courage” and the newspaper “whimping out.”
On Friday, Post publisher and chief executive officer William Lewis announced that the paper would not be endorsing a presidential candidate in 2024, nor in any future presidential race.
“The other 364 days of the year, the liberal Washington Post tells us what to think about everything and every issue under the sun,” Kurtz said on Fox News. “All of a sudden, when it comes down to the most important question, it’s like ‘Oh, we couldn’t possibly give you our opinion now.’”
He noted that Jeff Bezos, owner of the Post and founder of Amazon does alot of business with the federal government and may fear upsetting former President Trump, should he win.
Other newspapers like the Los Angeles Times and labor unions have also decided not to endorse a candidate. Former Post executive editor Marty Baron, who ran the paper during the Trump presidency, called the move “cowardice, with democracy as its casualty.”
Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan resigned on Friday after the announcement.
“It is interesting they are pulling back on this, the most important decision of the year after they’ve lectured us all every issue. They’ve been anti-Trump mostly,” Kurtz said. “It’s just hypocrisy in my view.”
The U.S. government is investigating unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by Chinese hackers, targets of which include the Trump campaign.
The campaign was informed this week of the potential breach of cellphones used by former President Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, the New York Times reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
“After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical assistance, and rapidly shared information to assist other potential victims,” the FBI and CISA told Fox News Digital in a joint statement.
The FBI
and CISA said the investigation was ongoing and “we encourage any organization that believes it might be a victim to engage its local FBI field office or CISA. Agencies across the U.S. Government are collaborating to aggressively mitigate this threat and are coordinating with our industry partners to strengthen cyber defenses across the commercial communications sector.”
The anonymous officials said that investigators are working to find out if any data was stolen from the campaign, adding that other people in the U.S. government may have been targeted by the attackers.
The Trump campaign blamed the Biden administration and Vice President Kamala Harris over the attack.
“This is the continuation of election interference by Kamala Harris and Democrats who will stop at nothing, including emboldening China and Iran attacking critical American infrastructure, to prevent President Trump from returning to the White House,” Steven Cheung, communications director for the Trump campaign, told Fox News Digital on Friday.
Vice President Kamala Harris has effectively framed the upcoming election as a matter of life and death, citing the issue of a woman’s right to abortion.
During a gaggle with reporters on Friday, Harris seemed to refer to the case of Amber Nicole Thurman, a Georgia woman who died as a result of complications from abortion pills she got out of state.
Thurman’s mother will appear alongside Harris at the Houston rally.
“So tonight we will be discussing the impact of that, not only to the women of Texas and their families, but to people around the country because of Trump abortion bans,” Harris said. “And I do believe it is critically important to acknowledge that this is not just a political debate.”
“This is not just some theoretical concept. Real harm has occurred in our country,” she added. ”A real suffering has occurred, people have died.”
Whether Georgia law had anything to do with Thurman’s death has been disputed.
Thurman purchased the pills in North Carolina because her pregnancy was beyond Georgia’s six-week limit. She later died of complications when fetal tissue remained in her body.
Thurman’s mother claimed that doctors delayed a procedure to remove the fetal tissue, fearing legal backlash. But Georgia law allows doctors to intervene in cases of medical emergency or if the fetus has no heartbeat, both of which applied in Thurman’s case.
Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich contributed to this report.
Former U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe had a message for her followers after speaking at an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) event.
“Protect trans people,” Rapinoe wrote on her Instagram Stories on Friday.
Rapinoe was at the ACLU event with her partner Sue Bird and others. She also warned voters in the audience how the presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris would “affect everybody.”
“This election is going to affect everybody,” she said. “The health of all of us affects your individual health. – from a mental health standpoint, from a physical health standpoint, from a safety standpoint.”
Rapinoe announced on Tuesday she will vote for Harris in the upcoming election.
This is an excerpt from an article by Ryan Gaydos.
UFC fighter Colby Covington said Democrats have tried for years to “neuter masculinity.”
“They’re labeling it toxic, criticizing men for mansplaining and calling for end to patriarchy and villainizing men in sports,” Covington said on “Ingraham Angle.” “Make no mistake, every villain in Hollywood is a straight male.”
Critics have said the Harris-Walz campaign has had trouble gaining traction with men.
When asked about trouble gaining support from men, Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly said: “That’s not my experience.”
“Real men in America know that everything in the Harris-Walz regime do is all for theater,” Covington said. “What they’ve done that last for years to this country is a disgrace and you can’t erase any of that.”
Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan resigned on Friday following the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, Fox News Digital has learned.
Kagan, the author of “Rebellion: How Antiliberalism is Tearing America Apart — Again,” has been one of the paper’s loudest anti-Trump voices. In 2023 he penned a column, “The Trump dictatorship: How to stop it.” He has also accused Trump of being “anti-Ukraine,” and has suggested that the former president could “destroy” democracy if re-elected.
Kagan’s shock resignation came after Post publisher and chief executive officer William Lewis announced the paper would not be endorsing a presidential candidate in 2024, nor in any future presidential race.
“The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Lewis wrote in a post on the paper’s website.
Lewis cited the paper’s editorial board saying back in 1960, “The Washington Post has not ‘endorsed’ either candidate in the presidential campaign. That is in our tradition and accords with our action in five of the last six elections.”
Kagan confirmed he resigned due to the decision not to endorse a candidate but declined further comment.
“This just happened,” he said.
This is an excerpt from an article by Brian Flood.
The head of the National Border Patrol Council blasted Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday over her handling of the southern border and the resulting “Kamala crime wave” from migrants let into the United States with little to no vetting.
Paul Perez spoke alongside former President Trump is Austin, along with victims of migrant crime.
“But I want to talk about the person that’s going to be coming to Houston tonight, not to apologize or highlight illegal alien crime, but to party like a fool on stage with celebrities,” he said of Harris.
“This is somebody that likes to brag about being a former federal prosecutor who prosecuted transnational gangs and cartel members, so she knew better,” he added. “She knew better than most exactly the threat that these people, these animals, create. The threat that they bring to our communities that will harm our families.”
The migrants who enter the U.S. to commit crimes are part of the “Kamala crime wave,” Perez said alongside victims of migrant crime.
He noted that Mexican cartels have “greenlit” the shooting of Border Patrol agents.
“They would have never done that under President Trump because they know that he would send a message that if you touch a single hair on a Border Patrol agent, ‘I will eradicate you,'” said Perez.
Former President Trump on Friday called Texas “ground zero for the largest invasion of our country” because of the flow of illegal immigrants entering the United States.
“We’re here today in the great state of Texas, which, under Kamala Harris, has been turned into ground zero for the worst border invasion in the history of the world,” Trump said.
Speaking in Austin, the state capital, Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over the Biden administration’s border policies. He called Harris’ handling of the border “cruel,” “vile” and an “abolition of our border.”
“Over the past four year, this state has become Kamala’s staging ground to import her army of migrant gangs and illegal alien criminals,” Trump said. “Paving a trail of bloodshed, suffering and death all across our land.”
He cited violent migrant crime in Texas, New York and elsewhere.
Alexis Nungaray, mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who authorities said was raped and killed by two Venezuelan migrants, blasted Harris’s border policies.
She said Harris has never reached out to her to apologize for her daughter’s death.
“She’s attempted to apologize to me just before this election and I find it very convenient for her,” Nungaray said.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday referred questions about her proposed policies to her campaign website instead of articulating how she would govern.
Speaking to reporters in Houston, Harris was asked about undecided voters who said they haven’t heard specifics about her policies.
“Do you think that your messaging in the final days of the election, your striking the right balance against Trump and talking about the specifics about your own policies,” a reporter asked.
“There’s a balance that must be struck. There’s no question about that,” Harris replied. “I invite everyone who’s watching to visit KamalaHarris.com where you will see 80 pages of our policies,” she said.
Harris has been criticized for not offering specifics of her policies or pivoting away from issues like the southern border when confronted with questions.
A Chicago resident and former Democrat said she will vote Republican over the migrant crisis and how it’s impacted her city.
Cata Truss criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over the Biden administration’s handling of the southern border, seizing on Harris’ indication that she would not govern any differently.
“To say that you think you did the right thing, that you’ve created another whole host of Republicans like myself will not be supporting the Democratic Party,” she told Fox News.
Truss noted the thousands of migrants that were sent to Chicago, overwhelming city agencies and depleting resources.
She said Republicans
are working in Chicago to enable high voter turnout for the GOP, citing former President Trump’s border policies that resulted in historic lows in illegal immigrants entering the United States.
“One of the reasons is because we are unsatisfied with what’s happening at the border,” said Truss. “We know these people are waiting and hoping that Kamala Harris is elected so that they can just come on over.”
Actor and comedian Billy Eichner lashed out on Instagram over the current state of the presidential race, declaring that it’s “time to f—ing panic” over former President Trump’s momentum in the polls.
Eichner, who starred in Disney’s live-action “The Lion King,” posted a video to the social media site Thursday with a desperate message for liberals to get out and vote because he doesn’t “like the vibe” of this election season.
“Everyone has to get in the game here. We have two weeks. We can’t let what happened with Hillary [Clinton] in 2016 happen again,” Eichner said, elsewhere calling Trump “very, very dangerous.”
The comedian opened by stating he’s “getting a lot of texts and feeling a lot of people panicking and then other people saying, ‘No, no, no, don’t panic. Don’t panic.’ And I think those people are wrong.
“It is time to f—ing panic, Okay? And not just panic, but to do something about it.”
Eichner went on to comment on how Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat nationally, with Trump gaining steam less than two weeks ahead of Election Day.
“I’m just gonna be blunt. I don’t work for the Kamala campaign. I’m just gonna call it like I see it. The polls are not good. Trump has the momentum,” he said.
This is an excerpt from an article by Gabriel Hays.
Former Rep. Fred Upton, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump on the heels of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, has announced that he voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential contest.
Upton noted that he was “proud” to declare that he had already cast his vote for Harris.
He said that he had never previously voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and had never thought he would.
Upton asserted that Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is “unfit to serve as commander-in-chief.”
While the former lawmaker said that he does not agree with Harris on all policies, he said that Harris is committed to Americans’ best interests.
“I invite every single person across the country, Republican or Democrat, to stand up against the hate and chaos of Donald Trump, and vote for Harris as the next President of the United States,” he declared.
Former Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the two Republicans who served on the House Select Committee established to investigate the Jan. 6 episode, have both been supporting Harris in the 2024 contest. And like Upton, they also voted to impeach Trump in 2021.
This is an excerpt from an article by Alex Nitzberg.
Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris visited the mega church of a controversial pastor this past Sunday in a key swing state, where she thanked him for his “leadership” and said she was honored to be in attendance to “celebrate” what he has “accomplished.”
Harris attended a church service at the Georgia-based New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, which is under the pastoral leadership of senior pastor Jamal H. Bryant. The longtime pastor has repeatedly praised the antisemitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and said gay people should feel “uncomfortable” in their “sin.”
Bryant, who introduced Harris as an “American hero” and “voice of the future,” told the congregation that their unborn grandchildren are going to one day ask where they were on the day of the church service and called on them to “make some noise” for their “fearless leader.”
“Pastor Bryant, I thank you for your leadership,” Harris said while delivering remarks for about 20 minutes in front of the New Birth congregation. “You and I have discussed that we first met almost 20 years ago when there was a convening of rising stars in the country, and we had conversations back then about how we thought of our role and responsibility to our country and our responsibility and duty as leaders.”
“It is so good to be with you this morning to celebrate what you have accomplished with this extraordinary congregation,” she added.
Bryant, who donated $500 to the Harris campaign a week after President Biden announced that he wasn’t running for re-election, has been a vocal Harris supporter and said earlier this summer that he and other Black leaders were “mobilizing an army” in support of her campaign.
This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller and Cameron Cawthorne
The Washington Post will not be endorsing a presidential candidate in the 2024 election or in any election moving forward, publisher William Lewis announced Friday.
The shocking move breaks a 36-year tradition of endorsing mostly Democratic candidates for president. Lewis said the move will reestablish the Post as an “independent” newspaper and allow readers to make up their own minds about the election.
“We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Lewis wrote in an op-ed titled, “On political endorsement.”
“We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility. That is inevitable. We don’t see it that way. We see it as consistent with the values The Post has always stood for and what we hope for in a leader: character and courage in service to the American ethic, veneration for the rule of law, and respect for human freedom in all its aspects. We also see it as a statement in support of our readers’ ability to make up their own minds on this, the most consequential of American decisions — whom to vote for as the next president.”
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly said he was considering a position in a potential Harris administration, but sources close to the banking magnate argued that was not the case.
The New York Times reported this week that Dimon confided in three people close to him that he was considering taking a role if tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris to serve in her administration. A position as treasury secretary could reportedly be a possibility.
However, another source close to Dimon said that while he would accept a call from either presidential candidate if they were to win, and wouldn’t dismiss a role in either potential administration if it were offered to him, Dimon has made no decisions and does not even see it as likely that he will be offered a cabinet position from Harris or former President Trump.
During the months leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election, Dimon has taken steps to remain politically neutral in the public eye. After praising some of Trump’s policies in January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, critics began slamming him as a Trump supporter. However, Dimon’s representatives were quick to note that his praise did not amount to support for him. Earlier this month, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Dimon had endorsed him, but, once again, the claim was refuted by Dimon’s representatives.
When it comes to endorsing or supporting Harris, Dimon has not done that, either. The Times reported that in private conversations with bank executives who do support Harris, the JPMorgan CEO has said he has a duty to shareholders not to put his company in the crosshairs of any politician who may want to retaliate.
Ahead of the Times’ article this week that indicated Dimon was considering a role in a potential Harris administration, he was asked during an earnings call earlier this month whether he would consider serving in the next president’s administration. Dimon responded that he “probably” would not, but left the door open if he does get asked.
“I think the chance of that is almost nil and I probably am not going to do it, but I’ve always reserved the right,” Dimon said during the call. “I don’t make promises to people. I don’t have to. But no, I love what I do. I intend to be doing what I’m doing. I almost guarantee I’ll be doing this for a long period of time or at least until the board kicks me out.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Alec Schemmel.
In a rare joint statement weighing in on the presidential election, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris to stop calling GOP nominee former President Trump a “fascist.”
“This summer, after the first attempted assassination of a presidential candidate in more than a century, President Biden insisted that ‘we can’t allow this violence to be normalized.’ In September, after President Trump escaped yet another close call, Vice President Harris acknowledged that ‘we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence,'” the Republican legislative leaders wrote together.
“These words have proven hollow. In the weeks since that second sobering reminder, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States has only fanned the flames beneath a boiling cauldron of political animus. Her most recent and most reckless invocations of the darkest evil of the 20th century seem to dare it to boil over. The Vice President’s words more closely resemble those of President Trump’s second would-be assassin than her own earlier appeal to civility.”
Johnson and McConnell said that by calling Trump a “fascist,” Democrats were inviting another would-be assassin to take a shot at Trump before Election Day.
“Vice President Harris may want the American people to entrust her with the sacred duty of executive authority. But first, she must abandon the base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions. We have both been briefed on the ongoing and persistent threats to former President Donald Trump by adversaries to the United States, and we call on the Vice President to take these threats seriously, stop escalating the threat environment, and help ensure President Trump has the necessary resources to be protected from those threats.”
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin
promised to swiftly fight a federal judge’s ruling that requires the state to place more than 1,600 individuals believed to be noncitizens back on the voter rolls.
U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Giles issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking Virginia from declaring these voters ineligible because the judge said there was reason to believe some were U.S. citizens.
“This is a stunning ruling by a federal judge who is ordering Virginia to reinstate individuals who have self-identified as noncitizens back on the voter rolls,” Youngkin told Fox News in a phone interview.
“What’s even more astounding is the vast majority of these folks have presented immigration documents confirming they were noncitizens, and we recently had that verified by federal authorities.”
Youngkin expressed astonishment that the judge would hand down this decision just 11 days before Election Day.
“Common sense says noncitizens aren’t on the voter rolls, but the Constitution and the law say it as well,” the governor said, adding that Virginia would “immediately” petition for an injunction to block the judge’s order.
Youngkin said Virginia will appeal the case all the way to the Supreme Court if need be.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday ordering Virginia to reinstate the voting rights of over 1600 voters who had been declared ineligible because officials suspected they were non-citizens.
U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Giles said there was reason to believe that some of the people who had been impacted were indeed US citizens.
“This process has resulted in eligible voters having their voting registration flagged,” said Judge Giles.
The judge went on to point out that it is, “Undoubtedly in the public interest for ineligible voters to be removed,” but that it is also in the public interest, “For states to comply with federal law particularly the right to vote.”
At issue is an executive order issued by Republican Gov. Glen Youngkin on Aug. 7 which aimed at removing non-citizens from voter rolls in the commonwealth of Virginia.
The Department of Justice and voters rights groups argued that Youngkin’s order was a violation of the 90 day quiet period before Election Day.
Judge Giles agreed, calling the order, “A clear violation of the 90-day quiet period.”
Judge Giles ordered Virginia to inform the 1600 plus voters that their voter registration had been reinstated within five days.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said the state will appeal the decision.
Fox News Digital’s Chris Pandolfo contributed to this update.
Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson revealed he’s backing former President Trump in the 2024 election and took a swipe at the intelligence of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Video obtained by TMZ shows the “Braveheart” star being asked about the presidential race during an exchange at LAX.
“I don’t think it’s gonna surprise anyone who I vote for,” Gibson said.
After the cameraman asked whether Trump was a “bad guess,” Gibson replied “I think that’s a pretty good guess.”
The “Lethal Weapon” icon was then asked what he thought “the world would be like” with Trump serving a second term in the Oval Office.
“I know what it’ll be like if we let her in,” Gibson said, referring to Harris. “That ain’t good.”
“A miserable track record, an appalling track record, no policies to speak of, and she’s got the IQ of a fence post,” he added.
Gibson’s political alliance is not a total surprise. The “Hacksaw Ridge” director was spotted chatting with the former president at a UFC fight in Las Vegas last year.
This is an excerpt from an article by Joseph A. Wulfsohn.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority will be maintained regardless of the Nov. 5 election results, constitutional law experts tell Fox News Digital.
With the anticipation of either another former President Donald Trump presidency or a Vice President Kamala Harris presidency, whether the country’s high court remains in its current state is a topic of debate that has yet to be formally broached by either candidate this past election cycle.
Over the years, both politicians and media personalities have called for the resignation of particular justices, including Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, over concerns about their ages and ethical controversies. However, experts say that while the individuals on the court may change, the power balance itself will remain intact no matter who wins the Oval Office in November.
“People might change. So, for example, if Harris were to win, Justice Sotomayor might retire. Or if a Republican were to win, then you could imagine Justice Alito retiring, perhaps,” John Yoo, the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, told Fox News Digital.
“The makeup of the individuals of the Court would change possibly, but the ideological balance wouldn’t change.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Haley Chi-Sing.
The New York Post Editorial Board endorsed former President Trump for a second term in the White House on Friday, calling him the “right choice” for America.
Comparing the records of the Trump administration to the incumbent Biden-Harris administration, the Post declared Trump to be the candidate of secure borders, safe cities, a growing economy, parental rights and “an America that’s respected on the world stage.”
“To borrow from Ronald Reagan’s famous ‘Are you better off now than you were four years ago?’: Voters should ask themselves if they were better off under Trump or Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” the editorial board wrote.
“His opponents focus on how Trump’s administration was marked by a relentless soap opera of high drama and chaos — much of which they fueled.
“And yes, many find him offensive — and we say fair enough: He can be ridiculously hyperbolic.
“But before COVID wreaked havoc across the globe, Trump’s first-term results were paychecks that grew markedly faster than inflation, the lowest unemployment in 50 years, a secure border and peace overseas.”
Fox News Media and the New York Post share common ownership.
The 2024 Montana Senate race has shattered spending records with $309 spent per registered voter, a Fox News Digital breakdown of election finance records found.
All eyes are on Montana this cycle, and whether Democratic Sen. Jon Tester can survive his re-election bid against Republican challenger Tim Sheehy in a red state won by former President Trump in 2016 and 2020.
Tester has outspent his Republican opponent this cycle, spending $69.6 million with about $7.4 million cash on hand, according to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from September.
Filings show Sheehy, a Navy SEAL and first-time Senate candidate, reported spending about $19.7 million during the same period this cycle.
Super PACs and outside groups have played a significant role in Montana advertising as Democrats pour money into a state where their majority in the Senate hangs in the balance.
Outside spending on the race totals about $154 million, according to a Fox News Digital review of FEC filings. Breaking down the numbers per candidate, outside groups spent about $61.1 million against Tester, while $15.8 million was dropped in support of his re-election bid.
Sheehy has faced $59.5 million in spending against his campaign, while $17.7 million was spent to help him unseat the three-term Democrat.
Total spending on the campaign, including contributions from outside groups, has reached approximately $243.3 million to date. There are 786,365 registered voters in Montana, according to the Montana Secretary of State, meaning the average spent per vote on the Senate race is about $309 per registered voter.
This is an excerpt from an article by Aubrie Spady.
The Pentagon released an unusual statement Thursday debunking a rumor spread online that falsely claims U.S. troops have been authorized to use force against American citizens during the election.
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others have spread inaccurate information that suggests a Defense Department policy revision in late September was timed to interfere with the Nov. 5 presidential election.
“… Biden/Harris have just pushed through DoD Directive 5240.01 giving the Pentagon power — for the first time in history — to use lethal force to kill Americans on U.S. soil who protest government policies,” Kennedy posted on X, to his four million followers.
U.S. law prohibits federal troops on American soil from using force against U.S. civilians, except in cases of self-defense as outlined in the Posse Comitatus Act.
The cited revision, Department of Defense Directive 5240.01, does not allow troops to use force on U.S. citizens. The timing of its release was not related to the election, Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough told the Associated Press.
“The policies concerning the use of force by DOD addressed in DoDD 5240.01 are not new, and do not authorize the DOD to use lethal force against U.S. citizens or people located inside the United States, contrary to rumors and rhetoric circulating on social media,” Gough said in a statement.
The Pentagon regularly updates its directives. This update was intended to align the language on use of force from other policies into 5240.01, which only applies to defense intelligence personnel.
It describes what sort of support those personnel can provide to civilian law enforcement in situations where a confrontation or lethal use of force is likely.
Defense intelligence personnel are permitted to supply intelligence, analysis, training, equipment and weapons to civilian authorities. But they cannot use force themselves.
The Associated Press contributed to this update.
CNN data expert Harry Enten said that despite being a close race on the surface, there is a high chance that the election will actually end with the winner receiving over 300 Electoral College votes.
CNN news host John Berman noted that the election seems “historically close,” but asked, “What if it’s not?” He then turned to CNN senior political data reporter Enten to break down the numbers and observed, “As close as it is, and we do believe it‘s super close right now, that also means that if things change, even just a little bit, it‘s not really close.”
“It isn’t,” Enten agreed. “So we have been talking about the idea that there‘s going to be a historically close election. I think I might have said it on this particular program, but in fact- will the winner get at least 300 electoral votes? The answer is, majority [chance] yes.”
He then broke down how there may be a “relative blowout” in store for the 2024 election.
“There is a…60% chance that the winner of this election gets at least 300 electoral votes versus just a 40% chance that the winner ends up getting less than 300 electoral votes,” he said. “So for all the talk that we had about this election being historically close, which it is, chances are the winner will still actually score a relative blowout in the Electoral College.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Alexander Hall.
A new poll has found former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat among voters with only one in four saying that the country is heading in the right direction.
Both candidates are tied with 48% of the popular vote in the New York Times/Siena College survey of 2,516 likely voters nationwide between Oct. 20 to Oct. 23, which has a 2.5% margin of error.
Harris led Trump nationally 49-46% the last time this poll was conducted in early October.
Just 28% of those who responded feel the U.S. is heading in the right direction with President Biden and Harris in the White House, compared to 61% who believe it’s heading in the wrong direction.
Twenty-seven percent of voters said the economy – including jobs and the stock market – is their most important issue in deciding their vote in November, followed by abortion and immigration, each at 15%.
When the likely voters were asked who would do a better job handling the economy, voters preferred Trump by 6%.
That is down from the 13-point advantage Trump had over Harris the last time this poll was conducted, the New York Times reported.
Harris maintains a 16% lead over Trump when it comes to protecting abortion access, while Trump holds an 11% advantage on the topic of immigration, the poll also found.
This is an excerpt from an article by Greg Norman.
The Trump campaign released a statement Friday responding after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused former President Trump of “reenacting” an infamous Nazi rally with his planned event at Madison Square Garden.
“Hillary Clinton is so messed up from her raging 8-year-long case of anti-Trump derangement syndrome that she forgot SHE did an event at Madison Square Garden when she was a senator, and her husband Bill accepted the Democrat nomination there,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
“Putting aside her hypocrisy, Hillary’s rhetoric about half of the country is disgusting.“
The Trump rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden is scheduled for Oct. 27, just nine days before Election Day.
The event is expected to be first-come, first-serve, and campaign officials are expecting massive attendance.
“Like Coachella and others to come, MSG is because we are adding some very big venues because we are seeing very high interest in attending events,” a campaign source told Fox News Digital.
MSG is a 19,500-seat venue.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this update.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton linked former President Trump’s upcoming rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden to the infamous Nazi rally that took place in the arena in 1939.
“One other thing that you’ll see next week, Kaitlan, is Trump actually reenacting the Madison Square Garden rally in 1939. I write about this in my book,” Clinton told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday night. “President Franklin Roosevelt was appalled that neo-Nazis, fascists in America were lining up to essentially pledge their support for the kind of government that they were seeing in Germany. So I don’t think we can ignore it.”
“Now, it may be a leap for some people and a lot of others may think, ‘I don’t want to go there. I don’t want to say that.’ But please open your eyes to the danger that this man poses to our country, because I think it is clear and present for anybody paying attention,” Clinton continued.
Moments earlier, Clinton told Collins she agreed with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former Trump chief of staff Gen. John Kelly who have both called Trump a “fascist.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Joseph. A. Wulfsohn.
Energy industry leaders are pushing for Vice President Kamala Harris to clarify her stance on fossil fuel production in the final days of the presidential race, citing fears that she would restrict production and add on to four years of confusing policy under President Biden.
These concerns reached a fever pitch last week after senior campaign climate adviser Camila Thorndike said in an interview that Harris has no plans to promote fracking in office. The remarks, since walked back, sparked backlash and criticism from Republicans and industry groups, who re-upped their calls for clarity from the vice president.
Many viewed the now-retracted comment
as a sign she would crack down on fracking. This could cost Harris big time in Pennsylvania – the second-largest U.S. natural gas producer behind Texas, and a key swing state with 19 electoral votes out for offer in the presidential race.
Instead, one statewide industry group said, her remarks have only inspired “more fracking confusion.”
Harris did little to assuage voters in her town hall event Wednesday night. She denied that she had previously endorsed a fracking ban while seeking the presidency in 2019 – when she said there was “no question” she is in favor of banning fracking – and instead pointed to her recent endorsement of the practice.
She has also repeatedly noted her tie-breaking vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, or the Democratic-led legislation that opened new lease sales for fracking.
However, even in the Keystone State, gas groups remain skeptical as industry leaders note that with just days left before the election, Harris has done little to spell out how she would lead on oil and gas issues, especially when it comes to issues of fracking – a necessary technology to extract natural gas in Pennsylvania.
This is an excerpt from an article by Breanne Deppisch.
With two weeks left until Election Day, the latest Fox News survey finds majorities of Vice President Kamala Harris’ supporters think votes will be counted accurately and say they will accept the results whatever the outcome.
The opposite is true among supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Most voters backing Harris (83%) are extremely or very confident votes will be counted accurately nationwide, compared to just over a third of Trump supporters (35%). Among voters overall, 58% are extremely or very confident.
Two-thirds of Harris supporters (63%) say they will accept the results of the election if she loses. Less than half of those backing Trump (42%) say they will accept the results if he loses.
This is an excerpt from an article by Victoria Balara.
Former President Donald Trump traveled to Las Vegas on Thursday evening for a Turning Point Action rally where he declared that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is “imploding” in a speech that focused on his tax cut plans.
“[Harris is] actually imploding, if you take a look. Because, look, I’m not supposed to say it, but we are leading by so much,” Trump said Thursday evening in Las Vegas to cheers from the crowd.
“Now, we’re leading by a lot in Nevada. We’re leading by a lot in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. Even states that are typically never in play for 50, 60, 70 years … But the fact is that states, other states too, big states, are all in play and they like us. But you know what? They think she is grossly incompetent. Let’s face it, she is not doing well,” Trump continued.
The 45th president joined the Turning Point Action rally at an arena on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ campus, where supporters such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard also addressed the crowd. Trump said during the rally that 29,000 people were inside the arena, and another “29,000 outside to fill the place up twice.”
Nevada is another key battleground state, and where Trump first announced earlier in the campaign cycle that he would eliminate taxes on tips. He again focused his Thursday speech on tax cuts, slamming the Biden-Harris for spiraling inflation while criticizing Harris for also saying she would end taxes on tips after Trump’s June announcement.
This is an excerpt from an article by Emma Colton.
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., how to talk to Democrats still “terrified” about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances in the race.
“I hear from Democratic friends who are, frankly, terrified that Vice President Harris is not closing the deal. I’m sure you have even more Democratic friends than I do. What do you tell them if they reach out to you and say that they’re worried about this election?” Tapper asked.
“I would tell people that it’s important that we get to work. The days of the hand-wringing are gone. And one thing we’ve seen is that the vice president continues to make her — make her point and deliver her message. She is converting people. I mean, and think about it. I think the other thing is we need to tell people you cannot sit on the sidelines on this one,” Moore said.
He added, “You cannot be either/or on this situation and you cannot sit on the sidelines. So when people, especially people, and I would say this to both Democrats and Republicans, for people who are saying that I don’t like Donald Trump and I think he is a danger to society, but you do not have the political courage to endorse the only other person that can be the President of the United States, that actually says more about you than it does about the campaign that we’re running.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Lindsay Kornick.
As of Thursday evening, more than 30 million ballots have been cast nationwide in the 2024 presidential election. Recent polling suggests a razor-thin margin in the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, and the results are expected to come down to each candidate’s performance in seven swing states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and North Carolina.
States have long allowed at least some Americans to vote early, like members of the military and people with illnesses unable to get to the polls. Many states expanded eligibility in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last presidential election, mail ballots tended to skew Democratic. In 2020, 60% of Democrats reported voting by mail, compared to 32% of Republicans, according to a 2021 study from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.
It is important to note that while early ballots demonstrate voter enthusiasm, they do not reliably determine which candidate is winning the race, because fewer voters are expected to cast early votes than in the previous presidential election.
In 2020, the Fox News Voter Analysis found that 71% of voters cast their ballots before Election Day, with 30% voting early in-person and 41% voting by mail. This time, polls suggest that around four in 10 voters will show up before Nov. 5, according to Gallup polling.
Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips and Rémy Numa contributed to this update.
Several Republican volunteers in one of Ohio’s most critical swing districts spoke out about what issues matter most to them and why they believe that former President Trump will continue his recent success in the swing state.
“What really gets me motivated is sitting around hearing all this stuff that’s going on with our country, with the economy, with inflation being real bad, with our wages being eroded like 20% last four years,” Charlie Pengov, a lifelong Toledo resident volunteering for GOP House candidate Derek Merrin told Fox News Digital. “So instead, I’ve been taught that if you have anxiety about this, these kind of things, get involved and do something.”
Although Ohio’s long history of being a swing state has been eroded recently after former President Trump won the state by 8 points in 2020 and is expected to do even better in 2024, the race between Merrin and incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur in Toledo takes place in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, which is considered a key swing district.
“Biggest thing I hear from like family members is the economy, that’s number one,” Pengov said. “Inflation has just kind of stolen anyone’s savings that they’ve had or even, you know, sometimes it’s even hard to buy groceries from week to week for some people. You know, that’s just really the biggest issue.”
“For sure the economy,” Kelly, a Merrin volunteer who was born and raised in Toledo before moving to Arizona to escape “Democrat policies”, told Fox News Digital.
“Things like groceries, grocery prices, gas prices, housing, everything has gone up so much in the past few years and it’s just really becoming unaffordable for everyone.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller.
Former President Trump will record an interview Friday with podcasting giant Joe Rogan, according to a campaign official.
“The Joe Rogan Experience” boasts the largest podcast audience in the United States and gives Trump another chance to court younger, male voters, which makes up the majority of Rogan’s audience. Rogan’s show has 17.5 million subscribers on YouTube and more than 14 million followers on Spotify.
According to Politico, which first reported the story, Trump will tape the interview at Rogan’s studio in Austin, Texas.
Trump and Vice President Harris have made numerous stops at influential podcasts during the campaign season. Harris recently appeared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, which has the largest female American audience, to discuss women’s issues. Trump has been a guest on such shows as Barstool Sports’ “Bussin with the Boys,” “Full Send” and Patrick Bet-David’s podcast.
Rogan’s show has reportedly been in talks about an interview with Harris, although no conversation has been set with two weeks to go before Election Day.
This is an excerpt from an article by David Rutz.
Singer Beyoncé is expected to join Vice President Kamala Harris during a rally in Houston on Friday, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
Harris will head to the Republican state of Texas on Friday, when she will hold a rally spotlighting the state’s abortion laws following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. The Associated Press reported Thursday morning that Harris will be joined by Beyoncé, citing three people familiar with the event.
Beyoncé, who is from Houston, has not yet endorsed Harris for president, but her song “Freedom” has become a hallmark of Harris’ rallies, including using it as Harris’ walk-up song before she addresses supporters.
Speculation mounted in August during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that Beyoncé would perform for the crowds on the convention’s final night. The singer ultimately did not perform or attend the DNC.
Though Beyoncé has not yet endorsed Harris this cycle, she has a long history of supporting Democrats, including singing the national anthem during former President Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration in 2013.
Beyoncé’s mother in July issued a full endorsement of Harris following President Biden dropping out of the race as concern mounted surrounding Biden’s mental acuity and age.
This is an excerpt from an article by Emma Colton.
Secret Service whistleblowers say NDAs were required for Trump protection, raising alarm
GOP lawmakers are calling for transparency about the protection of whistleblowers in the ongoing investigation into the two assassination attempts against former President Trump.
In a letter penned to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., expressed concern after whistleblowers revealed that Secret Service employees were required to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs).
The whistleblowers alleged they were required to sign NDAs to access briefings on “sensitive reporting” relevant to their work to protect former President Trump.
Photos, shared in the letter to Mayorkas, showed screenshots sent to Secret Service agents requesting them to sign a NDA.
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: WHISTLEBLOWERS CLAIM THAT THEY WERE ‘WOEFULLY UNPREPARED’ TO PROVIDE SECURITY
The senators are now requesting that DHS reveal the scope of the NDAs and if employees were required to sign statutorily-required anti-gag language.
In their letter, the senators referred to the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA).
The WPEA states that “no federal agency nondisclosure policy, form, agreement, or related documents may be implemented or enforced if it does not contain specific language notifying the employee of their rights to disclose waste, fraud, abuse, or misconduct to Congress, an Inspector General, or the Office of Special Counsel (OSC).”
Senators Grassley and Johnson also requested that the DHS provide the threat assessment used to justify sending the NDAs.
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They also requested that the agency share how the requirement altered and affected Trump’s and any other government officials’ protective details.
The senators highlighted the need for DHS to provide transparency about whistleblowers’ rights.
“The importance of whistleblowers knowing their rights under the law cannot be stated enough, and federal agencies should encourage their employees to disclose allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse through all appropriate channels,” they said. “Federal agencies cannot conceal their wrongdoing behind illegal non-disclosure policies and related actions.”
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Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre to amp up crowd at upcoming rally
Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre will join former President Trump in Wisconsin for a rally days before Election Day next week in Wisconsin.
The Trump campaign announced Favre as a guest speaker when Trump visits Green Bay Wednesday. The event will take place at the Resch Center.
Favre, a Green Bay Packers legend, has been a staunch supporter of the Republican presidential candidate, endorsing Trump when he ran against Joe Biden in 2020.
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He said last year the United States was in a “better place” when Trump was president.
“I think our country was in better shape with him,” he told Jason Whitlock on the “Fearless” podcast. “I think Donald was a non-political president, and I liked that about him. Was he perfect? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. I’m flawed just like the rest of ’em. We’re all flawed. But I really felt like he had our country in a better place and really cared about our people in our country.
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“Black, White, Hispanic, Asian — you name it. I think if you were an American citizen, he cared about you, first and foremost. I don’t know if our current president has the same mentality.”
In 2020, Favre backed Trump because of his stance on freedom of speech, gun rights and support for the military and police after a summer of racial unrest after the death of George Floyd.
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“My Vote is for what makes this country great, freedom of speech and religion, the second amendment, hard-working tax-paying citizens, police and military. In this election, we have freedom of choice, which all should respect. For me and these principles, my vote is for [Donald Trump],” Favre wrote on X at the time.
Chris Christie suddenly changes tune about VP Harris after suffering ‘10 bad days’
Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie argued with the liberal hosts of ABC’s “The View” on Friday’s show after he insisted that Vice President Harris still had more work to do to convince voters to support her. There are just 11 days until Election Day.
Christie suggested that undecided voters still didn’t “know” Harris and that she had failed to distinguish herself from President Biden and his policies.
“Ten days ago I would’ve told you that she’s going to win. And I think she’s had a bad ten days,” he began.
“There’s advantages and disadvantages to coming into the race this late. The advantage is she didn’t have to go through all the primaries and go through all of that that goes on that wears you down a bit. But the disadvantage is people don’t know her,” he said.
JOY BEHAR TELLS CHRIS CHRISTIE TO ‘SHUT UP’ FOR FAILING TO EXPLICITLY SAY HE’LL VOTE FOR HARRIS
“She’s been vice president for four years!” co-host Sunny Hostin cut in. “How could they not know her?”
Christie defended his comment by saying that the job of vice-president keeps you out of “focus” from the public, before co-host Joy Behar also interrupted.
“Why do they keep accusing her of doing nothing when she was vice president?” Behar exclaimed. “What did Mike Pence do?”
Christie went on to say that Harris needs to make clear to voters what she would do differently from President Biden, after she’s struggled to answer this question in multiple interviews.
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“I watched you guys that day. When you asked her, you know, ‘what would you do different than Biden?’ She didn’t say it. I got to believe there are things she would disagree with him on. You’re human beings and she is a bright woman with a mind of her own and she clearly is going to have times where she looked at President Biden and said, ‘Eh, I wouldn’t do that.’ Say it!” he said.
“They’ve had a successful administration though, and she’s not going to throw him under the bus,” Hostin pushed back.
“There’s a difference, Sunny, between throwing him under the bus and saying, I had an honest disagreement with someone on x., whatever it is. You can have an honest disagreement with someone you have enormous respect for,” Christie said.
“Compared to the other side, that’s nothing!” Behar retorted.
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Christie said “the point” he was making was that undecided voters will not make their decision on whether they “hate Trump enough” but whether they feel confident that Harris would make a good president.
“They’re open to her. She’s got to close the deal and that’s why I think, even now ten days out, it’s too early to say someone or the other is going to win,” he said.
Later in the segment, fellow co-host Ana Navarro lashed out at Christie, saying that he was “holding to her a higher standard” than Trump by saying she hadn’t honed in on her closing message to voters.
“You’re spending all this time criticizing Kamala!” she said.
“I’m not criticizing,” Christie said.
“Sounds like criticism to me,” Navarro reacted.
“Well then you’ve got to open your ears. What I’m saying is trying to give her suggestions on how I think she can close the deal. That’s the difference. The bottom line is, I’m not here to be a cheerleader for her…she has an opportunity to go up,” Christie responded.
Holocaust survivor can’t stay silent after VP Harris compares Trump to Hitler
The Trump campaign released an ad Friday featuring a Holocaust survivor criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for comparing former President Trump to Adolf Hitler.
“I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes,” 94-year-old Jerry Wartski, a survivor of Auschwitz, says in the roughly minute-and-a-half advertisement. “For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my 75 years living in the United States.”
Wartski said Trump was a “mensch,” a Yiddish term of endearment, arguing “he has always stood with the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”
TRUMP BLASTS HARRIS OVER HITLER COMPARISON, RIPS HIS FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF: ‘LOWLIFE’
Wartski also demanded an apology from Harris.
“I know President Trump, and he would never say this, and Kamala Harris knows this,” Wartski says. “She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
The ad comes after Harris repeatedly compared Trump to Hitler this week, including during a press conference from the steps of her formal residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., during a town hall Wednesday that Harris conducted with CNN and on social media.
‘ADMIRES DICTATORS’: HARRIS CONTINUES COMPARING TRUMP TO HITLER DURING BATTLEGROUND STATE TOWN HALL
Harris’ remarks followed media reports this week that detailed alleged claims by ex-Trump administration officials, including Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, that the former president on “multiple occasions” praised Hitler and the loyalty his Nazi generals showed him.
“Donald Trump is out for unchecked power. He wants a military like Adolf Hitler had, who will be loyal to him, not our Constitution,” Harris posted to X this week. “He is unhinged, unstable, and given a second term, there would be no one to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses.”
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“If the President of the United States, the commander in chief, is saying to his generals, in essence, ‘Why can’t you be more like Hitler’s generals?’ Anderson, come on. This is a serious, serious issue,” Harris said during her town hall event Wednesday.
“And we know who he is. He admires dictators, sending love letters back and forth with Kim Jong Un.”