Angel mom’s plea ignites Trump’s pledge on America’s defining crisis
Carmen Rodriguez, the mother of murdered Georgia mom Minelys Rodriguez, a TikTok star and single mother, joined former President Donald Trump on stage Sunday to urge supporters to vote for him as Democrats downplay the kind of migrant crime that killed her daughter.
“She was murdered the last Tuesday – I lost my daughter, but I didn’t lose my faith,” she told rallygoers at the Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, while standing alongside her family and the former president. “And I know Donald Trump is the best choice for the USA. And not [just] the best choice – he is the only one we need to save our country.”
The younger Rodriguez was last seen at a Walmart in Cornelia, Georgia, on Oct. 22.
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State investigators found her remains last Tuesday after they arrested a 24-year-old man on kidnapping charges.
Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches is expected to see his charges upgraded to include murder. Law enforcement sources and the Trump campaign say he is an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Fox News Monday that the agency has made a detainer request for Rivera-Sanches and that he entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown place and time.
“I have a 25-year-old daughter with a lot of life and somebody stopped her life,” Rodriguez said during the rally. “And we have to stop with this and keep going with Donald Trump.”
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Border security has become a major 2024 campaign issue, and mothers of other victims like Minelys Rodriguez have been called to Capitol Hill to testify multiple times in recent weeks, pleading with lawmakers to do something.
Big city police departments have blamed illegals and unvetted asylum seekers for spikes in crime that largely victimize women, ranging from purse and phone snatchings to rape and murder.
Tonight, Patty Morin, the mother of Maryland jogger Rachel Morin, will join Trump on stage at a rally in Pennsylvania.
“We must save American lives by strengthening our borders,” she said Monday through her attorney, Randolph Rice. “By supporting President Trump, I know we can prevent other families from experiencing the heartbreak mine has endured.”
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Minelys Rodriguez was last seen at a Walmart in Cornelia on Oct. 22, and her last known contact was a text message to her fiancé that evening, which he told local media sounded suspicious.
She never made it home, and her family reported her missing the following day.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents, state Department of Natural Resources crews and local police discovered Rodriguez’s body Tuesday evening, authorities said.
Rodriguez was a U.S. citizen originally from Puerto Rico. Her TikTok account contained a mix of shopping videos and personal stories, including about a past that involved childhood run-ins with the law.
Rivera-Sanches is being held without bail in the Habersham County Detention Center, records show.
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Results of an autopsy on Rodriguez were pending.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact GBI.
Harris drops two signature words from her talking point in the last lap
Vice President Kamala Harris did not mention the name of her opponent, former President Donald Trump, for the first time at her campaign rallies while hitting stops in Michigan on Sunday, just two days before Election Day.
Harris made four campaign stops across the battleground state without mentioning Trump’s name as she looked to close out her campaign for president on a positive note.
The vice president ended Sunday with a rally at Michigan State University’s Jamison Field House in East Lansing, where she sought to contrast her optimistic tone with what she has described as the darker message of her Republican opponent.
“We have an opportunity in this election to finally turn the page on a decade of politics driven by fear and division,” Harris said in a veiled reference to Trump. “We are done with that. We are exhausted with that. America is ready for a fresh start, ready for a new way forward where we see our fellow American not as an enemy, but as a neighbor.”
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While Harris was hoping to end with a more optimistic tone, surrogates of the vice president have recently hurled insults at Trump and his supporters.
On Tuesday, President Biden spoke during a virtual Harris campaign with Voto Latino, where he took a swipe at Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden. The rally made headlines after insult comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a joke referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
Biden, however, would go on to make his own headlines with his description of Trump supporters.
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” Biden said. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and it is un-American.”
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On Thursday, billionaire Mark Cuban appeared on ABC’s “The View,” making comments some deemed insulting against women.
“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” Cuban said. “It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them.”
Meanwhile, Trump made stops in Pennsylvania, another critical battleground state that could tip the scales of the election.
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Trump flipped Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in 2016, but all three turned blue for Biden in 2020.
Possible outcome that could allow Dems to ‘rule America uncontested for 100 years’
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has suggested that if Democrats sweep the 2024 elections, they will control the nation for a century.
He predicted that if Democrats win both chambers of Congress and the White House, they will eliminate the filibuster in the Senate, add justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, grant Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico statehood, and establish federal control over elections, redistricting, and campaigns.
“Day 1: Nuke the filibuster,” Lee wrote on X. “Day 2: Pack SCOTUS. Day 3: Make DC & PR states. Day 4: Enact federal takeover of elections/redistricting/campaigns. Days 5 – 36,500: Rule America uncontested for 100 years.”
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Lee, who has been serving in the Senate since 2011, endorsed former President Donald Trump in January prior to the Iowa GOP presidential caucus, which Trump decisively won.
The senator has been active on X, frequently responding to 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
“In the global struggle between tyranny and democracy, the President of the United States must always be on the side of freedom,” Harris tweeted.
“Exactly,” Lee responded. “That’s why most of us are voting for Trump.”
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Lee offered a blunt response to a post in which Harris called Trump “weak.”
“Your policies suck,” Lee fired back, adding, “And make Americans poorer & less free.”
And while many on social media have been discussing the death of Peanut, a pet squirrel that was seized and euthanized in New York, Lee suggested swapping the GOP’s elephant mascot for a Peanut the squirrel mascot.
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“The elephant is cool, but elephants don’t live in America,” he wrote, adding, “Squirrels do! Let’s immortalize Peanut the Squirrel,” Lee suggested. “Let’s make him the official mascot of the GOP.”
Nikki Haley announces her 2024 choice in op-ed for major newspaper as the clock ticks
Nikki Haley, a Republican who ran against former President Trump months ago, penned a supportive op-ed about the presidential candidate on Sunday, two days before Election Day.
The former South Carolina governor wrote the recently-published opinion piece, which is titled “Trump Isn’t Perfect, but He’s the Better Choice.” It ran in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
Haley challenged Trump in the 2024 Republican primary before dropping out in early March. In the op-ed, she argued that the “millions” of Americans who have mixed views of Trump should vote for him.
“I don’t agree with Mr. Trump 100% of the time,” Haley conceded. “But I do agree with him most of the time, and I disagree with Ms. Harris nearly all the time. That makes this an easy call.”
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Haley served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Trump’s tenure from 2017 to 2018. She has been known to both praise and criticize the Trump campaign openly, and argued that the “Biden-Harris agenda” has made the world “far more dangerous.”
“Our southern border is our most pressing security threat; Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris have made it dramatically worse,” the Republican wrote. “Their debacle in Afghanistan not only created a new terrorist state; it also signaled weakness that sparked Russia’s war against Ukraine.”
“Their appeasement of Iran has enriched that despotic regime and emboldened it to pursue war with Israel through its terrorist proxies,” Haley added.
The ex-ambassador predicted that a second Trump presidency “wouldn’t be perfect,” but that it would include tax cuts, increased support for American energy and better standing on the world stage.
“These are enormous policy differences that will affect the lives of every American and much of the world,” Haley wrote. “Will Mr. Trump do some things I don’t like in a second term? I’m sure he will. If that was the question before voters, then I imagine Mr. Trump would lose.”
“But that isn’t the question in any election,” she added. “No politician gets everything right. For those of us clear-eyed enough to see Mr. Trump’s flaws and honest enough to acknowledge them, the question is whether we’re better off with his policies or his opponent’s.”
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“On taxes, spending, inflation, immigration, energy and national security, the candidates are miles apart. And Mr. Trump is clearly the better choice.”
The piece comes days after television personality Mark Cuban made controversial remarks about Trump not having “strong women” around him, and referenced Haley specifically.
“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” Cuban said while speaking on “The View” Thursday. “It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him.”
“He doesn’t like to be challenged by them, and, you know, Nikki Haley will call him on his nonsense with reproductive rights and how he sees and treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can’t have her around. It wouldn’t work,” the businessman added.
On Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” last week, Haley echoed her endorsement of Trump to host Bret Baier.
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“It’s like what I said at the Republican National Convention. You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him,” Haley said. “And so, for me, we have the choice. The choice is given. It’s either Donald Trump or it’s Kamala Harris. And for my family, what I’m looking at is the fact that my daughter says she can’t afford groceries. And I look at an economy that’s been tough for all of us.”
America is ‘pretty much done with’ if one candidate emerges victorious, expert warns
As the world watches the U.S. election unfold, many, especially people in Latin America, believe that Trump is the only option to prevent the decline of American economic power and influence.
Joseph Humire, an expert on Latin America and executive director of the think tank Center for a Secure Society, told Fox News Digital that many Latin Americans hope for a Trump victory on Nov. 5.
Humire said the Biden administration’s policy toward Latin America has resulted in it being “the worst that I’ve seen.”
“The last four years the region has gone into a very difficult direction,” he said. “Food inflation is really high. Organized crime and violence are really high. And, you know, little by little, they’re losing their democratic practices. There’s a huge democratic backsliding happening in the region.”
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According to Humire, Latin Americans believe that if elected Vice President Kamala Harris would continue the policies of the Biden administration and thus continue the economic decline and stagnation in the region.
On the other hand, Humire said the Latin American populace associates Trump’s presidency with a time when they experienced greater prosperity and that they see him as a sign of hope for better times when the U.S. had greater investment in the region and the economy was not so bleak. These people believe that Trump’s plan to lessen U.S. dependency on China would mean greater U.S. investment in Latin America.
“Most of the countries in Latin America are very eager to have investment from the United States,” he explained. “If Kamala Harris wins, then you may have a lot of agnostic attitudes, but you’ll have people say, ‘The United States is pretty much done with.’ On the flip side, if President Trump wins, I think you’ll see a huge reaction in Latin America. I think you’ll see a lot of enthusiasm, not even just from the government leaders, from the people.”
He also said that many politicos are closely watching the U.S. election, hoping it will bolster the ambitions of existing conservative, populist movements in South America. As U.S. influence in Latin America has waned, that vacuum has been filled by Russia, China and Iran, which has had a degrading effect on democracy in the region, Humire said.
Argentine President Javier Milei serves as an example of a recently arisen populist leader who has said he was inspired by Trump’s success in the U.S. Humire believes that a Trump victory on Election Night could lead to a slate of additional conservative leaders rising across Latin America, especially in countries close to Argentina such as Chile and Colombia.
As for the cartels, Humire said a Harris victory would essentially mean business as usual.
“If Kamala wins,” he said, “they know they’ll look at that as an extension of President Biden, and they know how to work that. They’ve been pretty successful over the last four years, turning a lot of the policy failures of the Biden administration into profits and success for the transnational criminal organizations. And so, they’ll be more of the same.”
Meanwhile, though some believe Trump’s strongman rhetoric projects the type of strength that is needed today, the consensus in Europe and the United Kingdom is that Harris should be the next U.S. president, according to Alan Mendoza, a British political analyst and founder of the Henry Jackson Society.
Mendoza told Fox News Digital that “if Europe and the U.K. were voting, Kamala Harris would win by a landslide.”
“Donald Trump does not obviously play to the European audience. He’s not trying to win over European hearts and minds,” he said.
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Mendoza said many Europeans are fearful that Trump will cut off all aid to Ukraine and pull the U.S. out of NATO at a time when the Russian threat is looming large over the continent.
“We understand the threats. Russia is on the doorstep,” he said.
On the other hand, he pointed out that Harris is inexperienced in foreign policy. He said some believe Trump would “restore” a sense of American strength and power that dissipated during the Biden administration.
Mendoza said a Trump or Harris administration’s impact on Europe will depend on who they appoint to crucial roles, such as secretary of state.
“A lot of this depends on which version of the administrations turn up,” he said. “It’s clearly going to be a gamble either way as far as Europe is concerned.”
Beyond that, Mendoza said Trump’s persona does not play well with European sensibilities. Whether justified or not, Mendoza said that Europeans have an impression, reinforced by European media coverage, that Trump is anti-democratic, isolationist and ultraconservative on social issues such as abortion.
“It was put very well by the historian Niall Ferguson fairly recently who said, if your main concern is the American empire, i.e., America’s power overseas, you’re going to back Trump, and if your main concern is the American republic, i.e., democracy at home, you might well vote for Kamala Harris,” he said.
Regardless of who they support, like most Americans, Mendoza said Europeans will be watching as the election results pour in.
“The U.S. election is being watched all around the world,” he said. “And, of course, Europe and the U.K. are no different in this. It is the big one. Even in this year of many elections, everyone understands the importance of the American election.”
Danica Patrick slams Harris for ‘admittedly lying’ on key election issue
Former NASCAR star Danica Patrick called out Vice President Kamala Harris for failing to reveal how she voted on a key ballot measure in California.
If passed, Proposition 36 would make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders and increase penalties for some drug charges, as well as give judges authority to order people with multiple drug charges to get treatment.
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Some Democratic state leaders and social justice groups said the measure would disproportionately imprison poor people and those with drug issues.
Harris decided to punt.
“I am not going to talk about the vote on that. Because honestly it’s the Sunday before the election and I don’t intend to create an endorsement one way or another around it,” she said.
Harris earned criticism from Patrick on X.
“If this is what she is admittedly hiding, it just makes you wonder…. What else? And why?” Patrick wrote. “Like in a relationship, this is kind of a red flag.”
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Patrick entered the national spotlight as a staunch former President Donald Trump supporter this campaign cycle. She was seen speaking at Trump events as he looks to be re-elected.
The former NASCAR and IndyCar driver said that she voted for the first time in this election, and she cast her vote for the former president.
“It’s not something I’m proud of I would say, but it is true,” she told Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters on “Jesse Watters Primetime” last month. “To explain myself slightly, one of the rules I had for myself in all of past elections no matter what’s happened is I said, ‘Look, if I don’t vote, it doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion, but I’m not going to tell anyone about it.
“I don’t have a problem with anything, I can’t complain anything because I didn’t do my part.’ And for so long, racing was all I did. It was my only focus. I didn’t have time or energy to really understand politics even.”
Patrick said her views changed when she started to keep an eye on the news more.
Patrick also attended America Fest in Phoenix last December, which reinforced her love of country.
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“There were so many great speakers, and I posted some pictures afterwards,” she said about attending the event. “Of course, it was very red, white and blue. Red is also my favorite color, and I basically just said I love this country. AMFEST, America Fest, I love this country, seems like the place to be. It just drew so much media attention.”
Critics rip Will Ferrell after he jokingly threatens to hold voters ‘responsible’ in Harris ad
Actor and comedian Will Ferrell is throwing his star power behind Kamala Harris – it’s just another in a long list of celebrity endorsements for the vice president.
In an official Harris campaign ad, Ferrell jokingly threatens voters if they don’t vote for Harris.
“This election is going to be one of the closest in history. Your vote will make the difference,” Ferrell begins.
He then mocks a voter disagreeing about their vote making a difference.
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“That means you, Gary. ‘Oh, blah blah blah, I’m just one person.’ No. Shut the f— up, Gary,” Ferrell says.
“Last time, only a few thousand votes kept Trump out of office. And this time, we will hold you personally responsible, Gary,” Ferrell threatens.
Critics took to X, telling the actor to stick to comedy and stay out of politics.
“Democrats have now resorted to physically threatening people to vote for Kamala. Will Ferrell should’ve stuck to comedy. This isn’t funny at all,” one user wrote.
“Will Ferrell is making it REAL tough for me to watch Elf this season,” another user commented.
Ferrell joins a list of actors and celebrities who have used their status to endorse Harris in the homestretch of the campaign.
On Thursday, actors Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Danai Gurira, Don Cheadle and Paul Bettany took part in a video endorsement, mocked as “new cringe” for Harris and Tim Walz, that was posted on Ruffalo’s X account.
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“We’re back. Let’s #AssembleForDemocracy. In the #ElectionEndgame, every vote counts,” Ruffalo wrote, encouraging people to vote for Harris and Democrats.
In the video, they jokingly suggested Harris needed a catchphrase, referencing their past movies.
Bettany remarked, “How about ‘I’m down with democracy’? It’s clean and simple.”
“I’m Kamala Harris and I say down with democracy,” Cheadle joked, adding, “Yeah, together we got to tear down democracy.”
Near the end of the video, he phrased it saying, “I’m Kamala Harris, and I am down with democracy.”
Singer Beyoncé introduced Harris at a rally in Houston, Texas.
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The final New York Times/Siena College Battleground poll of the 2024 race shows a razor-tight election in the battleground states just days before the election.
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Trump leads in Arizona, while Harris has a lead in Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada and Wisconsin. Michigan and Pennsylvania are tied between the two candidates, according to the poll.
The poll comes just two days before an election that promises to be one of the closest in recent memory, with the New York Times/Siena poll not being the only one showing tight margins.