Republicans topple Dem voter registration advantage in battleground state
New numbers released in a key swing state show that Republicans have virtually erased the Democrat voter-registration lead, on top of historic early-voting numbers for Republicans, which one expert tells Fox News Digital is part of an effective strategy on the ground targeting a key demographic.
Figures released by the Nevada Secretary of State on Friday showed that Democrats hold a 9,200-vote lead in registrations over Republicans after October data was added. Four years ago, Democrats held an advantage of roughly 86,000 votes heading into Election Day.
On top of significantly narrowing the registration gap, Republicans have had a historically high early-vote turnout and lead Democrats by about 5% in the early vote, which ended in person on Friday, while trailing in mail-in votes.
Early voting concluded in Nevada with 393,811 votes cast for Republicans, 344,539 for Democrats, and 287,762 for other affiliations, according to the Secretary of State website.
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The roughly 49,000 vote advantage that Republicans had over Democrats at the end of the week is a stark contrast from 2020, when Democrats ended early voting with a 43,000-vote advantage.
Biden won Nevada by roughly 34,000 votes in 2020.
The Democratic turnout advantage in the state in years past has been driven by what is known as the “Reid Machine” that late Democratic Sen. Harry Reid, the U.S. Senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015, established to help pool resources to maximize support for candidates up and down the ballot.
His approach tapped into networks that extended well beyond the traditional party structure. He leaned especially on the heavily immigrant Culinary Union, which represents about 60,000 casino workers and leads efforts to register voters, make phone calls and knock on doors.
“That paradigm has changed,” Nevada’s GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo said in Carson City on Friday. “That dynamic has changed. It has changed, and we are in the game. We are in the game, and it helps that you had a crappy president for the last four years.”
A large part of that paradigm shift, Sentinel Action Fund President Jessica Anderson told Fox News Digital, has to do with the work that organizations like hers have done in battleground states along with the Republican Party.
“You had candidates up and down the ballots, including President Trump and Senate candidates in all of the target states, embracing early voting,” Anderson said. “The candidate has to be brought in themselves. So that’s really important. And then the other three things I think that made a difference was the messaging around absentee early votes. The first is that a lot of the focus was on convenience. It’s, you know, it’s more convenient. You’re busy. You can skip the line of Election Day, vote early. You know, you’re busy with your kids, your child care, your job. You know, whatever those things are that can potentially interrupt your plans on Election Day, just take the convenience of voting early or dropping your ballot in the mail and get a difference. I think that message really worked.”
“The second message that we saw really encapsulated and worked in particular in the mail was the military messaging. That it works for our guys overseas, it’s safe, it’s convenient, it’s secure. Then the third, which was, I think, really unique to President Trump and his leadership here as we talked about voting early to overcome the margin of fraud and that did exceptionally well in our focus groups. And then when we presented some of that information to President Trump and to others in the party over time, that became kind of the clarion call of the RNC, you know, ‘Vote early.’ So it’s too big to rig.”
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Anderson said that Sentinel Action Fund has also embraced ballot harvesting and that one of the keys to Republican success has been the strategic targeting of low-propensity voters who have not voted in years past.
Some experts have wondered whether strong GOP early-vote turnout in Nevada, and nationwide, would “cannibalize” the historically strong Election Day turnout that Republicans usually enjoy in a situation where Election Day voters are simply just voting early, and Republicans will have a weaker turnout on Election Day.
Anderson told Fox News Digital that Sentinel Action Fund’s data and modeling in Senate races in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada show that the GOP vote is not being cannibalized.
“I know it’s not happening, because we can see it in the data,” Anderson said, pointing to Sentinel Action Fund modeling in the Senate race between GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown and incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen.
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“Democrats and Republicans appear to be getting ballots from the same percentage of high- and low-propensity voters, but Democrat Jacky Rosen’s votes are coming disproportionately through the mail,” Anderson wrote on Substack on Friday.
“Meanwhile, Sam Brown is winning in-person ballots at a ratio of 1.35 to 1. If the Reid machine is unable to match Republicans during early voting, it’s hard to see it mobilizing for an Election Day surge. There is good reason to believe that Sam Brown can continue to perform well through Election Day.”
Some political pundits and politicians outside the Republican Party have also sounded the alarm for Democrats in Nevada in terms of the GOP early-vote surge.
“Republicans are kicking our ass at early voting,” Nevada Democratic Congresswoman Dina Titus said during a Harris rally in North Las Vegas. “We cannot let that happen.”
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Respected Nevada journalist Jon Ralston, CEO and Editor of the Nevada Independent, acknowledged on X on Friday that “you’d rather be GOP than Dems as in-person early voting ends today” but pointed out that three remaining variables are “key,” including Clark County mail figures, the independent vote and Election Day turnout.
On Saturday, Ralston posted on X, “NV voter update: GOP extends lead to 49 K statewide. That’s 4.8 percent. Rural landslide continues. It’s now Clark mail or bust for Dems, steep climb.”
Nevada has voted for every Democrat who has run for president since 1992, except the two elections with President George W. Bush on the ballot. However, the average margin across those eight elections is just 4.1 points.
Nevada’s six electoral votes are expected to play a critical role in determining which candidate wins the presidential election, and the Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Trump with a slim 1.5-point lead.
Progressive ‘Squad’ member refuses to endorse VP Harris for president
Far-left “Squad” member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., declined to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president Friday at a United Auto Workers union rally in Detroit.
Tlaib, the lone Palestinian-American member of Congress, has been critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel
in the war against Hamas since the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack, in which 1,500 people were slaughtered. Her decision to withhold an endorsement from Harris is significant as Michigan is one of three “blue wall” states Democrats view as must-win to defeat former President Trump.
Rather than lend her support to Harris, Tlaib made a general plea for voters to get to the ballot box on Tuesday, according to the Detroit News.
“Don’t underestimate the power you all have,” she said. “More than those ads, those lawn signs, those billboards, you all have more power to turn out people that understand we’ve got to fight back against corporate greed in our country… We’ve got to make sure that the nonpartisan part of the ballot gets filled in.”
Tlaib spoke at the UAW rally alongside fellow “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and UAW president Shawn Fain, both of whom endorsed Harris.
With the economy top-of-mind for voters heading to the polls, one finance expert is sounding the alarm about Vice President Kamala Harris’ “lack of conversation” surrounding international economic theory.
“There is a potential red flag there with Harris’s lack of conversation surrounding tariffs and really confronting China head on,” “What Should I Do With My Money?” author Bryan Kuderna told Fox News Digital.
“She has been so quiet on any international economic theory, whether that’s to have tariffs, not to have tariffs, how we’re going to move forward the next four years in comparison to the other superpower, China, kind of the elephant in the room. She’s been very, very quiet on this.”
Harris has largely focused her economic platform on domestic issues and supporting America families through proposed credits and incentives. She has also touted policies which would make the rich “pay their fair share in taxes.”
Kuderna, however, warned if Harris is elected and her economic policy goes into place, it could leave America vulnerable on the world stage.
“If we step back and say, well, let’s just kind of see how things unfold. Let’s focus on America and helping young professionals, helping first-time homebuyers, things of this nature, that’s all well and good. But meanwhile, if that allows China and their economy to really become a bit more dominant, that can have long-term consequences to our global standing as No. 1.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Madeline Coggins.
The daughter of the late NFL legend Jim Brown endorsed former President Donald Trump, explaining how his support for the Black community shifted her perspective during his first term in office.
Kimberly Brown revealed how her father’s involvement with Trump “opened” her eyes during “FOX & Friends,” and explained why she decided to endorse the former president as opposed to Vice President Kamala Harris.
“My dad went to go meet with President-elect Trump, and when my dad went to go meet with the president-elect, that really opened up my eyes,” Brown said on Friday. “I stayed neutral for about a year within his presidency, and after that… I came out as a Trump supporter because I saw the moves that Donald Trump was making.”
“Within the first 100 days, he gave us our religious rights with an executive order,” she continued. “I saw that he was defunding Planned Parenthood, the No. 1 killer of Black lives. He created the First Step Act, signed that in for prison reform. My father consulted on the First Step Act. School choice, record-breaking HBCU funding, so I saw that Trump was doing a lot for Black people.”
Brown, who is a professional athlete herself, explained that protecting the sanctity of women’s sports is a key issue for her this election, and that is another reason she will cast her ballot for the former president.
“I play tackle football. I don’t want to be on the field with a man wearing a wig, taking hormones, taking hits,” she said. “That’s already going to affect me physically with injuries. I’m already susceptible to CTE, to concussions, and for a 300-pound man to go against me, that’s going to put me at risk and is going to put other girls and women at risk, as well as the mental trauma of them coming into our safe spaces.”
“It’s unfair. They’re taking away opportunities. They’re taking away funding. They’re taking away women’s rights,” she continued. “And Title IX was to protect us. Title IX was to give us a fair, equal playing field and not to be discriminated against. This is not similar. This is a whole other sex coming into our sport and taking over, and I don’t understand how the Biden-Harris administration is pushing this agenda.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Bailee Hill.
“Real Time” host Bill Maher fumed over President Biden’s “garbage” comment about Trump supporters, suggesting it could have a big impact on Election Day.
“I think it’s a bigger gaffe than people think,” Maher began his panel discussion Friday night. “It’s so funny, Joe Biden, his whole career, he was like Mr. Gaffe, and then here at the very end- he’s like Aaron Judge in Game Six. He just f–kin’ muffed the fly ball and at the end of the thing, and blew the whole [game].”
“Because I feel like it epitomizes everything that the Trump people hate about the Democrats. They look down at us. It’s like ‘deplorables’ times ten,” Maher said.
“The Fifth Column” podcast co-host Michael Moynihan agreed with Maher, saying it reaffirms the belief that “the elite” hate Trump supporters and swiftly dismissed the media’s debate over “the apostrophe” because it was “clear” what Biden was talking about, stressing it was “not a net-positive for Democrats.”
The Bulwark’s Tim Miller suggested the “dumb” comment wasn’t so damaging, telling Maher “I don’t know if Trump took advantage of it as much as some people might want to think.”
The HBO host then pivoted to the “garbage” joke told by insult comedian Tony Hinchcliffe that sparked the controversy, which was made at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally when he referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
“Did the Democrats look weak because they can’t take a joke?” Maher asked. “Because I think that’s another Achilles heel that they have.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Joseph A. Wulfsohn.
A pro-Trump group has launched a seven-figure ad buy as a closing pitch for the former president after the clip went viral on social media.
On Friday, Building America’s Future (BAF), a conservative nonprofit, released the clip titled “Moments” that it says highlights the “attacks on Donald Trump and his supporters in recent months.”
The ad, posted on X by Elon Musk and others, has garnered over 20 million views on X.
“Think about all they’ve done to Donald Trump,” the ad says. “First it was hoaxes, witch hunts, and impeachments. Then it was FBI raids, courtrooms, and mug shots. Finally, it was bullets in a Pennsylvania field.
“And after all that, this man stood up, with blood draining down his face, pumped his fist in the air and told us to ‘Fight. Fight. Fight.’”
The ad then plays a clip from Trump saying. “America’s future will be bigger, better, bolder, brighter, happier, stronger, free-er, greater, and more united than ever before. And we will Make America Great Again.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court shut down an effort to allow mail-in ballots lacking a handwritten date to be counted in the 2024 election.
The ruling overturns a decision from a Commonwealth Court finding that the state law requiring a handwritten date was unconstitutional. The Pennsylvania GOP appealed that ruling to the state supreme court, and now undated mail-in ballots will not be counted in the upcoming election.
Justice Kevin Dougherty admonished the Commonwealth Court for its ruling in a forcefully-worded opinion relating to Friday’s ruling.
“‘This Court will neither impose nor countenance substantial alterations to existing laws and procedures during the pendency of an ongoing election.’ We said those carefully chosen words only weeks ago. Yet they apparently were not heard in the Commonwealth Court, the very court where the bulk of election litigation unfolds,” Dougherty wrote.
“Today’s order, which I join, rights the ship. And it sends a loud message to all courts in this Commonwealth: in declaring we would not countenance substantial alterations to existing laws and procedures during the pendency of an ongoing election, we said what we meant and meant what we said,” he continued.
Pennsylvania Republicans hailed the Friday ruling, saying Democrats have repeatedly tried to subvert the dating requirement.
“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the law, and the dated ballot requirement will be in effect for this election. Democrats have repeatedly tried to eliminate this important ballot safeguard, and we have stopped them each time,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement. “We are committed to protecting critical ballot safeguards to ensure every ballot is cast and counted properly and will continue to fight across Pennsylvania to Protect the Vote.”
State officials in favor of allowing undated ballots to be counted argue the change would make process easier for election workers. The Pennsylvania Department of State filed a brief in favor of the change prior to the court’s ruling on Friday.
This is an excerpt from an article by Anders Hagstrom.
New numbers released in a key swing state show that Republicans have virtually erased the Democrat voter-registration lead, on top of historic early-voting numbers for Republicans, which one expert tells Fox News Digital is part of an effective strategy on the ground targeting a key demographic.
Figures released by the Nevada Secretary of State on Friday showed that Democrats hold a 9,200-vote lead in registrations over Republicans after October data was added. Four years ago, Democrats held an advantage of roughly 86,000 votes heading into Election Day.
On top of significantly narrowing the registration gap, Republicans have had a historically high early-vote turnout and lead Democrats by about 5% in the early vote, which ended in person on Friday, while trailing in mail-in votes.
Early voting concluded in Nevada with 393,811 votes cast for Republicans, 344,539 for Democrats, and 287,762 for other affiliations, according to the Secretary of State website.
The roughly 49,000 vote advantage that Republicans had over Democrats at the end of the week is a stark contrast from 2020, when Democrats ended early voting with a 43,000-vote advantage.
Biden won Nevada by roughly 34,000 votes in 2020.
This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Donald Trump Jr. joined Franklin Graham of Samaritan’s Purse Friday to help airlift warm clothing to Hurricane Helene-torn North Carolina as temperatures fell in the region.
Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian disaster relief and evangelism organization, has served its home state of North Carolina since Hurricane Helene ripped through the southeast in late September.
Noem joined Trump and Graham, the president of Samaritan’s Purse and son of the late Rev. Billy Graham, in the Bat Cave community near Chimney Rock Friday afternoon.
With donations personally delivered from California-based Kirstyn Hairston of KUIU and Dan and Agatha Genter of Genter Capital Management, Samaritan’s Purse airlifted over 1,200 articles of winter clothing to the storm-torn survivors of Bat Cave, including winter jackets, fleece sweaters and pants, according to a release.
“Today was an amazing opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus and to be a blessing to people alongside Samaritan’s Purse,” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital. “Today, we saw the devastation of entire communities that have lost homes and all their belongings and even lost lives.
“So, we’re not only here today — we’re not going to forget about these folks. They will need our help for weeks and years to come. They will still need us to pray for them and lift them up. And they’ll need an organization like Samaritan’s Purse to walk alongside them.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Jasmine Baehr.
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Friday he thinks his ex-boss former President Trump is unlikely to accept a loss in the 2024 presidential election.
“We should be ready for it,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in an interview.
He also said the pre-election litigation that is ongoing across the U.S. is a “good thing” that may resolve several issues ahead of Nov. 5.
“I actually think that’s a good thing. I think the more issues that — it’s getting late now, obviously. But the more issues that are litigated before the election, the better,” Bolton said.
High-profile election cases before various state and federal courts include an unsuccessful attempt by Republicans to block the counting of certain provisional ballots in Pennsylvania, a challenge to Virginia’s effort to purge voter rolls of non-citizens and challenges to overseas voter eligibility.
“At least now, some of this litigation is filed beforehand, and we’re getting results, some favorable to Trump, some not favorable to Trump,” said Bolton. “It’s taking those issues off the table.”
Still, he said Americans should be prepared for Trump to contest the results of the election.
“But I think everybody ought to be ready. Because Trump never loses,” Bolton said. “And if he loses, it’s because it’s stolen. So, it will be difficult.”
With just four days to Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a commanding 10-point lead over former President Trump in Virginia among likely voters, according to a new poll by Roanoke College.
The Trump campaign is hoping to flip the Old Dominion State red after losing in 2016 and 2020, with the former president making a last-minute stop in Salem on Saturday for a campaign rally. No Republican presidential candidate has won Virginia since former President George W. Bush’s re-election in 2004.
Only 2% of likely voters say they are undecided and another 2% say they will vote for someone other than the five candidates on the ballot, according to the poll.
Harris leads Trump by 51% to 41%, with independent Cornel West and Libertarian Chase Oliver both polling at 2%. Green Party candidate Jill Stein is polling at 1%.
The economy was named as the most important issue by 43% of respondents, followed by abortion (20%) and immigration (12%). Foreign affairs (8%) came in next, followed by crime (3%).
In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., leads his Republican challenger Hung Cao by 51% to 40%.
The poll interviewed 851 likely registered voters in Virginia from Oct. 25-29 and has a margin of error of 4.6%.
This is an excerpt from an article by Michael Dorgan.
The House Oversight Committee is applying pressure on the White House to release accurate transcripts, after they allegedly altered President Biden’s remarks after he called Trump supporters “garbage.”
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Oversight Chair James Comer, R-KY, sent a letter to the White House counsel’s office Friday demanding they preserve all documents related to the transcript.
“To date, the White House has not issued a corrected transcript, and the false transcript remains on the White House webpage,” they wrote.
The top members condemned the White House’s alteration of the official transcript, writing that the stenography office cannot “simply rewrite President Biden’s rhetoric.”
“In this case, it appears the White House is doing so to safeguard Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign,” they wrote.
Stefanik and Comer referred to an AP report, which cited an internal email from the head of the stenographer’s office, that noted that the press office “conferred with the president” to change the transcript.
The shocking comment came during Biden’s remarks to Latino activists regarding comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s comments at a Trump rally. Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
Biden, according to a transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers, told the Latino group on a Tuesday evening video call, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”
The transcript released by the White House press office, however, rendered the quote with an apostrophe, reading “supporter’s” rather than “supporters.”
The White House insisted that Biden was criticizing Hinchcliffe’s comments – and not the huge swath of Americans supporting a Trump presidency.
This is an excerpt from an article by Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Jacqui Heinrich.
Former President Trump on Friday clarified that he meant former Rep. Liz Cheney
doesn’t have the “guts” to fight on the front lines of war after he received a backlash from Democrats over comments he made Thursday about having guns trained on her.
“All I’m saying about Liz Cheney is that she is a War Hawk, and a dumb one at that, but she wouldn’t have ‘the guts’ to fight herself,” the Republican presidential nominee wrote on Truth Social. “It’s easy for her to talk, sitting far from where the death scenes take place, but put a gun in her hand, and let her go fight, and she’ll say, ‘No thanks!’ Her father decimated the Middle East, and other places, and got rich by doing so. He’s caused plenty of DEATH, and probably never even gave it a thought. That’s not what we want running our Country!”
Trump caused controversy when he called Cheney a “radical war hawk” at an event in Arizona on Thursday, adding, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face. They’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, ‘Oh, gee, well, let’s send 10,000 troops into the mouths of the enemies,’ but she’s a stupid person and I used to have meetings with a lot of people and she always wanted to go to war with people.”
Trump also told reporters at a campaign stop in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday: “Even in my administration, she was pushing that we go to war with everybody, and I said if you ever gave her a rifle and let her do the fighting, if you ever do that, she wouldn’t be doing too well, I will tell you right now. But she’s a war hawk. She wants to go kill people unnecessarily.”
The remarks prompted accusations from liberals of violent rhetoric and that Trump was suggesting Cheney should face a firing squad.
This is an excerpt from an article by Brie Stimson.
Veteran Democratic strategist
James Carville blasted the “truth teller caucus” in the media who “have to be fair” instead of condemning former President Trump’s political rhetoric.
Trump’s comments this week attacking Republican Liz Cheney for being a “radical war hawk” have set off controversy, with numerous critics framing it as a call for violence, and others pointing to the full context as exoneration.
Carville, who recently declared he was uninterested in being “fair” this election, said, “The wormiest and slimiest people in this is what I call the ‘truth teller’ caucus. The people out there that are just so burdened with the obligation to tell y’all the truth. And you see these a–wipes everywhere. You see them in commentary, you see them in newsrooms, you see columns, you see them on cable TV, and you see it in the newscasts.”
He juxtaposed pundits analyzing polling averages with Trump allegedly calling to arrest his political opponents and blasted the media for acting “like these are two equal godd— things.”
Carville went on to paraphrase the false narrative about Trump wanting to set a firing squad on Cheney.
“You also have the professional centrists, the people who just have to take a centrist approach,” and try to converge in the middle. “Let’s say Trump wants a 9-person firing squad to execute Liz Cheney,” Carville said, before mocking centrist pundits by suggesting they would be asking, “Is the middle position a 4-person firing squad or a 5-person firing squad?”
“These people are so f—ing stupid,” Carville said, adding that they are “victims of idiotic tunnel vision of what they are and their own exaggerated sense of fairness. It’s hard to make the whole thing up.”
Carville said that if the country is “done in,” it will be the fault of these “professional ‘truth tellers,’ you know, the kind of people that have to be fair.”
Vice President Kamala Harris
has gone 104 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president without holding an official press conference.
Trump has held at least six news conferences where he took questions from the media since the beginning of August. Harris has done several brief, informal press gaggles this week with the media while on the campaign trail, including on Monday when she criticized the tone and rhetoric at Trump’s rally in New York City over the weekend.
She gave a speech on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., outlining her path forward for the United States and how she differs from what she calls Trump’s radical, dark vision.
Harris also ended her streak of not appearing on Fox News last month, sitting for an interview in Pennsylvania with chief political anchor Bret Baier. She also did a CNN town hall and interviews last week with NBC News, Telemundo and CBS, as well as several podcasts and local news stations this week.
Harris has stepped up her interviews in recent weeks, including doing radio hits, friendly appearances with “The View,” Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern and other media appearances.
But as for when she’ll actually do a formal press conference as a candidate, that day appears like it won’t come, at least while she’s still a candidate.
This is an excerpt from an article by Brian Flood and David Rutz.
Georgia Republicans appear confident the state’s record-setting early voting numbers will favor their 2024 presidential nominee.
“It’s been record turnout, something unbelievable — voting from all across the state,” Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones told Fox News Digital. “I think the enthusiasm, the momentum, is with President Trump.”
The former commander in chief lost Georgia by less than 1% in 2020, and Republicans have poured enormous time and resources into winning it back Nov. 5.
A significant part of that strategy has been convincing people to cast ballots early, traditionally a voting method more favored by Democrats.
And both parties’ emphasis on early voting has had a seismic effect. During the early voting period between Oct. 15 and Nov. 1, nearly 4 million Georgians cast in-person or absentee ballots, more than half the state’s active voters.
Over 700,000 people who voted already in 2024 did not vote at all in 2020, according to Georgia Votes.
Meanwhile, the top three counties for voter turnout rates are rural areas won by Trump in 2020.
Both of those factors, Jones argued, were favorable indicators for the ex-president.
“We’ve got a lot of voters that voted in 2016 but didn’t vote in 2020. … What makes me believe that they are Trump voters is that most of them are … from parts of the state that are pretty strong Republican strongholds,” he said.
“You start breaking down where they live, where they were historically as far as the Republican cards they pulled in the past, and, like I said, the on-the-ground enthusiasm for [Trump] right now is pretty off the charts.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Elizabeth Elkind.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is calling on former President George W. Bush to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.
Cheney made the comment during a Friday episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour.
“I can’t explain why George W. Bush hasn’t spoken out but I think it’s time, and I wish that he would,” Cheney said.
This comes after Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served under Bush, endorsed Harris for President. The former Republican congresswoman has been campaigning with Harris in recent weeks.
Bush’s daughter, Barbara, has also endorsed Harris and is campaigning for the vice president.
“It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” the former first daughter told People Magazine on Tuesday. ‘I’m hopeful they’ll move our country forward and protect women’s rights.”
But the former president and his wife, Laura, have said they have no plans to endorse a presidential candidate.
Vice President Kamala Harris is urging her supporters to vote with the clock ticking down toward Election Day.
“We’re going to get this done, but nobody can sit by the sidelines,” the Democratic presidential nominee emphasized as she campaigned in battleground Wisconsin. “You don’t want to look back on these four days and have any regrets about what you could have done.”
Harris and the Republican nominee, former President Trump, held dueling rallies Friday night a few miles apart in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city.
Hours earlier, while campaigning in Michigan, another crucial Great Lakes swing state, Trump told his supporters “nothing matters except what happens on Tuesday.”
“Just pretend that we’re one point down. We’re not. We’re up. But pretend that we’re one point down on Tuesday,” the former president stressed. He once again touted that he’s leading Harris, even though the latest polls continue to indicate it’s a toss-up.
With time running out, the campaign strategy now shifts.
“The closing arguments have been made. It’s not really about persuasion now. It’s about turnout. And that’s where all the energy of the campaigns are going to be directed,” longtime Republican strategist David Kochel told Fox News.
Kochel, a veteran of numerous GOP presidential campaigns, said, “At this point, people’s minds are made up. There are very few people out there to convince at this point. And if they’re deciding, they’re deciding between voting or sitting on the couch.”
Harris and Trump on Thursday each held their final events in the western battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada, and Friday’s competing rallies were their last stops in Wisconsin ahead of Election Day.
The razor-thin margins in those three states, along with Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, decided President Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump and will likely determine if Harris or Trump wins the 2024 election.
This is an excerpt from an article by Paul Steinhauser.
Key voting bloc in swing state seeing ‘seismic shift’ towards Trump
Arab American Albert Abbas, a Michigan voter, said that fellow members of his community in the state are “flowing” to former President Donald Trump because they believe he can bring peace to the world. He expects a “seismic shift” towards the Republican candidate.
Abbas spoke with “Fox & Friends: Weekend” on Saturday about the former president’s appeal to Arab voters in the crucial swing state, where Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck and neck in polling just three days before the election.
“Arab Americans are flowing in the direction of the Trump campaign because of his, you know, words of tolerance, and love, and ending wars,” Abbas said.
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Trump greeted Abbas and a crowd of Arab Americans at a campaign stop in Dearborn, Michigan on Friday.
“It is time to prioritize our nation’s best interests and foster lasting peace for all,” Abbas said while standing next to Trump at the event. “This current administration has failed miserably in all aspects of humanity.”
Trump’s trip to Dearborn marked the first time this cycle that one of candidates has visited the city’s massive Arab community. Trump’s attempt to court these voters comes as the relationship between the Arab community and Democratic Party remains strained over the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
Michigan has one of the country’s highest Arab American populations. With Harris holding a slight 0.8 percent lead according to the Real Clear Politics polling average, how Arab Americans vote could be decisive.
Abbas told Fox News that members of his community are open to a change in U.S. leadership that can bring peace to the Middle East.
“All our families are suffering overseas in Gaza and in Lebanon, and we have to stop the, you know, indiscriminate bombings that are happening and allow justice for everyone, and allow everyone to live with dignity.”
“Diplomacy is the way to peace,” Abbas said, adding that Trump has “extended an olive branch to the Arab community” and “made it a priority to come here and said some very powerful words” to gain their support.
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“We do believe that Donald Trump is our best option and a good option if that.”
Abbas also stated he believes that there will is a “seismic shift” among Arab Americans in the state to voting for Trump.
“As Dearborn voters, we want to be heard,” Abbas continued. “So, the person that wants to listen to us and wants to reciprocate the love and tolerance, then we are going to shift towards that candidate. And that candidate is Donald Trump.”
The Michigan resident added what his Arab community wants to see the former president do should he return to office. “And now our goal is to make sure that, you know, we end the wars everywhere, and we’re asking Donald Trump, not only to, you know, demand an end to the war, but to demand it the day that he steps in office.”
“No more killing, no more bombing, just peace around the world, and love and tolerance,” he declared.
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GOP’s accusations of laundering foreign donations rock Dem fundraising machine
Top House Republicans are coalescing behind the House Administration Committee’s subpoena of Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue.
Republicans have accused the company of having insufficient donor verification standards. Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., has argued that the site is vulnerable to fraudulent and illegal foreign donations, though ActBlue has said it “rigorously protects donors’ security.”
“ActBlue has a lot of explaining to do, and Chairman Steil is right to demand answers on these very serious allegations of foreign funds being funneled through the platform,” Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of House Republicans’ campaign arm, told Fox News Digital.
“Just as we must protect the right to vote for American citizens, we must ensure our elections are free from foreign financial interference.”
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House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., also credited Steil and pointed out that his accusations come amid reports that China and Iran are trying to influence the election.
“Malign foreign actors are attempting to hijack American elections through the Far Left Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue by tipping the scales in favor of Kamala Harris and Congressional Democrats,” Stefanik said. “It has never been more critical to ensure American elections are free from foreign manipulation.”
ActBlue did not require a card verification value (CVV) to be input for donations until recently, prompting a flurry of concern from Republican lawmakers and some GOP state attorneys general.
Steil sent multiple letters and requests for information to the platform, which has insisted it holds donor security to a high standard.
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A spokesperson for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said he was “supportive” of the subpoena, adding, “Only American citizens should be participants in our elections, and this investigation is critical to ensure that our elections remain secure and shielded from foreign actors.”
Steil issued a subpoena Wednesday to ActBlue for “documents and communications related to ActBlue’s donor verification policies and the potential for foreign actors, primarily from Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and China to use ActBlue to launder illicit money into U.S. political campaigns.”
ActBlue responded to Steil in a statement, “ActBlue has received Chairman Steil’s latest inquiry and will respond to address the continued inaccuracies and misrepresentations about our platform, as we have done previously. We rigorously protect donors’ security and maintain strict anti-fraud compliance practices. We have zero tolerance for fraud on our platform.”
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But fellow Republicans on his committee are standing firm that the subpoena was necessary.
Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., the chair of the panel’s subcommittee on elections, told Fox News Digital, “In our investigation so far, we have found that loopholes in ActBlue’s insufficient security protocols may be exploited by bad actors, potentially leading to countries like China, Russia and Venezuela donating to campaigns in the names of Americans without their consent.”
“With the general election just five days away, Americans need to have confidence that our elections are secure and that there is no foul play involved,” she said.
Committee member Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., said, “The subpoena is critical for the committee to ensure federal campaign finance laws are not being violated, including laundering money into campaign coffers through inadequate security protections.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital, “Like the chairman, I have been concerned by the inadequate security protocols at ActBlue, who haven’t required CVV verification and allow for pre-paid cards for political donations.”
The accusations come at a critical time, with Election Day less than a week out.
The platform denied all GOP allegations of wrongdoing in a statement to Fox News before Steil’s subpoena, “These false claims about ActBlue have been discredited repeatedly by campaign finance experts. ActBlue protects donors’ information by maintaining a robust security program and fraud prevention measures, often beyond what is required by law.”
Trump slams left-leaning media outlets over Liz Cheney ‘war hawk’ comment
Former President Donald Trump joined “Fox & Friends Weekend” to speak about the loss of public trust in the media and to respond to criticisms levied against him over comments that he made about Liz Cheney.
Trump targeted “60 Minutes” for allegedly selectively editing an interview that the show gave with Vice President Harris. Talking to Fox News, Trump also called out The Washington Post and other outlets for being “corrupt.”
“They don’t have credibility anymore,” Trump said of the Washington Post. “They have no credibility. The media has to have credibility and the media doesn’t have any credibility.”
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Regarding “60 Minutes,” CBS News has refused to release the full transcript, citing the First Amendment, and rejected the assertion that it had “doctored” the Harris interview to mislead the American people. The network insisted that “the interview was not doctored” and that the program “did not hide any part of the vice president’s answer to the question at issue.”
On “Fox & Friends Weekend,”Trump spoke out against Liz Cheney after he was criticized for comments he made at an event in Glendale, Arizona.
“I don’t blame [former Vice President Dick Cheney] for sticking with his daughter, but his daughter is a very dumb individual. Very dumb, she’s a radical war hawk,” Trump said. He added, “All I’m saying is she’s a nutty war hawk. She wanted to go to war with anyone that moves and lose a lot of people, lose a lot of soldiers. Put the nation in trouble.”
“Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face,” Trump said at an event on Thursday. “You know, they’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in the nice buildings saying ‘Oh gee well, let’s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy.”
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“She always wanted to go to war with everybody,” Trump said of Liz Cheney. “She was like a war hawk.,” Trump said of Cheney.
Cheney responded to Trump’s Thursday remarks on X Friday, writing, “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”
Trump also gave Fox his closing argument with days to go before the 2024 presidential election, saying that the lagging economy and the border crisis forced him to run for office.
“This is a nation in decline,” Trump said. “We can turn it around but we have to get out and vote.”
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Bill Maher warns that Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment is a ‘bigger gaffe than people think’
“Real Time” host Bill Maher fumed over President Biden’s “garbage” comment about Trump supporters, suggesting it could have a big impact on Election Day.
“I think it’s a bigger gaffe than people think,” Maher began his panel discussion Friday night. “It’s so funny, Joe Biden, his whole career, he was like Mr. Gaffe, and then here at the very end — he’s like Aaron Judge in Game Six. He just f–kin’ muffed the fly ball and at the end of the thing, and blew the whole [game].”
“Because I feel like it epitomizes everything that the Trump people hate about the Democrats. They look down at us. It’s like ‘deplorables’ times ten,” Maher said.
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“The Fifth Column” podcast co-host Michael Moynihan agreed with Maher, saying it reaffirms the belief that “the elite” hate Trump supporters and swiftly dismissed the media‘s debate over “the apostrophe” because it was “clear” what Biden was talking about, stressing it was “not a net-positive for Democrats.”
The Bulwark’s Tim Miller suggested the “dumb” comment wasn’t so damaging, telling Maher “I don’t know if Trump took advantage of it as much as some people might want to think.”
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The HBO host then pivoted to the “garbage” joke told by insult comedian Tony Hinchcliffe that sparked the controversy, which was made at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally when he referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”
“Did the Democrats look weak because they can’t take a joke?” Maher asked. “Because I think that’s another Achilles heel that they have.”
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“Look, I have to defend my profession,” Maher later said. “I’m a comic. I’m a free speech absolutist. . . . This was offensive. But this guy’s an insult comic. Why he’s at this [event] — it’s like bringing cocaine to a funeral.”
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Maher also panned Biden earlier in the show during his opening monologue over his inability to “shut the f— up.”
“In fairness, he was on a video call, and he thought he was just yelling at the TV,” Maher quipped.
NFL legend’s daughter endorses Trump, shares key issues that swayed her decision
The daughter of the late NFL legend Jim Brown endorsed former President Donald Trump, explaining how his support for the Black community shifted her perspective during his first term in office.
Kimberly Brown revealed how her father’s involvement with Trump “opened” her eyes during “FOX & Friends,” and explained why she decided to endorse the former president as opposed to Vice President Kamala Harris.
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“My dad went to go meet with President-elect Trump, and when my dad went to go meet with the president-elect, that really opened up my eyes,” Brown said on Friday. “I stayed neutral for about a year within his presidency, and after that… I came out as a Trump supporter because I saw the moves that Donald Trump was making.”
“Within the first 100 days, he gave us our religious rights with an executive order,” she continued. “I saw that he was defunding Planned Parenthood, the No. 1 killer of Black lives. He created the First Step Act, signed that in for prison reform. My father consulted on the First Step Act. School choice, record-breaking HBCU funding, so I saw that Trump was doing a lot for Black people.”
Brown, who is a professional athlete herself, explained that protecting the sanctity of women’s sports is a key issue for her this election, and that is another reason she will cast her ballot for the former president.
“I play tackle football. I don’t want to be on the field with a man wearing a wig, taking hormones, taking hits,” she said. “That’s already going to affect me physically with injuries. I’m already susceptible to CTE, to concussions, and for a 300-pound man to go against me, that’s going to put me at risk and is going to put other girls and women at risk, as well as the mental trauma of them coming into our safe spaces.”
“It’s unfair. They’re taking away opportunities. They’re taking away funding. They’re taking away women’s rights,” she continued. “And Title IX was to protect us. Title IX was to give us a fair, equal playing field and not to be discriminated against. This is not similar. This is a whole other sex coming into our sport and taking over, and I don’t understand how the Biden-Harris administration is pushing this agenda.”
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Brown was also asked about her take on billionaire Mark Cuban’s recent remarks on “The View,” when he suggested the women who support him and surround Trump are weak and unintelligent.
“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” Cuban said Thursday. “It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them.”
Brown called Cuban’s remarks “completely false.”
“Donald Trump surrounds himself with strong, intelligent women, and he wouldn’t be where he is today if he wasn’t surrounded by strong, intelligent women,” she said. “And those same strong, intelligent women are going to get him back into the White House, and for him to become the 47th President of the United States.”
Cuban later tried to “clarify” his remarks on X following a swarm of backlash.
“This is what I said during a conversation about why Nikki Haley was not active in his campaign,” he wrote. “I know many strong, intelligent women voting for Trump, including in my extended family. I’m certainly not saying female voters are not smart, strong and intelligent.
“I know he has worked with strong, intelligent women, like Elaine Chao, Kelly Anne, Ivanka and many others,” Cuban added. “I stand by my opinion that he does not like being challenged publicly.”
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Notable celebrities throw their support behind Trump, Harris ahead of election
With the 2024 U.S. election around the corner, celebrities have been stepping forward to publicly endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump for president of the United States.
From Taylor Swift and Jennifer Lopez to Jason Aldean and Kelsey Grammer, these stars have used their platforms to share their thoughts and beliefs on why their preferred candidate should win.
Here’s a look at celebrities who have publicly supported the presidential candidates.
Vice President Kamala Harris
Bruce Springsteen
On Oct. 3, Bruce Springsteen took to social media to share his support for Harris and Walz.
“Friends, fans and the press have asked me who I’m supporting in this most important of elections,” he said from the bar stool of an undisclosed diner. “And with full knowledge that my opinion is no more or less important than those of any of my fellow citizens, here’s my answer: I’m supporting Kamala Harris for president and Tim Walz for vice president and opposing Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.”
Springsteen went on to call Trump “the most dangerous candidate for president” in his lifetime, citing “his disdain for the sanctity of our constitution, the sanctity of democracy, the sanctity of the rule of law, and the sanctity of the peaceful transfer of power” as reasons he should never be allowed in the Oval Office again.
“On the other hand, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are committed to a vision of this country that respects and includes everyone, regardless of class, religion, race, your political point of view or sexual identity. And they wanna grow our economy in a way that benefits all. Not just a few, like me, on top. That’s the vision of America I’ve been consistently writing about for 55 years.”
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His endorsement caught the eye of Walz, who commented below Springsteen’s post, “Bruce — as a lifelong fan, I couldn’t be more honored to have your support.”
Harris later commented, “Thank you, @Springsteen. Our democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it, and I am grateful you are with us in this fight.”
Beyoncé
Beyoncé, a native of Houston, Texas, spoke at a Kamala Harris rally in Houston Oct. 25.
“We are so happy to be standing here on this stage as proud, country Texas women, supporting and celebrating the one and only, Vice President Harris. A woman who’s been pushing for what this country really needs right now —unity,” said Beyoncé, who was accompanied by former Destiny’s Child singing mate Kelly Rowland.
“I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother. A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in. A world where we have the freedom to control our bodies. A world where we’re not divided — our past, our present, our future merged to meet us here.
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“Imagine our daughters growing up, seeing what’s possible with no ceilings,” she continued. “No limitations. Imagine our grandmothers, imagine what they feel right now, those who have lived to see this historic day. Even those who are no longer physically with us, imagine all of their sacrifices. The sacrifices made so we can witness the strength of a woman standing in her power, reimagining what leadership is. For all the men and women in this room and watching around the country, we need you.”
After her appearance, Beyoncé took to social media to share some snapshots of the event.
“Time for a new song,” she captioned the post.
Jennifer Lopez
During her appearance at a Harris rally in Las Vegas Oct. 31, Jennifer Lopez said, “At Madison Square Garden, [Donald Trump] reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” the “Let’s Get Loud” singer said.
She was referencing the controversial joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally a few days prior.
“It wasn’t just Puerto Ricans who were offended that day, OK? It was every Latino in this country. It was humanity and anyone of decent character.
“I promised myself that I wouldn’t be emotional. You know what? We should be emotional,” she later added. “We should be upset. We should be scared and outraged. We should.
“Our pain matters. We matter,” she added. “You matter. Your voice and your vote matters.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his endorsement of Kamala Harris this week.
Schwarzenegger, 77, who served as the Republican governor of California from 2003 to 2011, said he was putting country before politics by handing out his second-ever presidential endorsement.
“I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor,” he wrote in a lengthy post on X. “Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.
“It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
He concluded his message by urging all citizens to vote.
“Even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans.”
Taylor Swift
Shortly after the 2024 presidential debate between Harris and Trump concluded in September, Taylor Swift endorsed Harris.
On Instagram, the mega pop star wrote, “Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.
“Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site,” she continued. “It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
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“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” she added. “I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.
“I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice,” she conlcuded. “Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story. With love and hope, Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady.”
Jennifer Aniston
Earlier this week, Jennifer Aniston endorsed Harris.
“Today not only did I vote for access to health care, for reproductive freedom, for equal rights, for safe schools, and for a fair economy, but also for SANITY and HUMAN DECENCY,” Aniston started her caption on Instagram. “Please remember that whoever you are and wherever you live, your voice matters. Your VOTE matters. I know we don’t agree on everything, and that is the beauty of this country, but GOOD LORD aren’t you tired of this negativity towards each other? The intimidation and constant threats to those who do not think the same as the other?
“Let’s please end this era of fear, chaos and the attacks on our democracy – and vote for someone who will unite us and not continue to threaten to divide us,” she added, announcing she had “proudly voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
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Anne Hathaway
On Oct. 29, Anne Hathaway shared a short and sweet endorsement of Harris.
“Spoiler alert: I voted for Kamala and Joe (and it felt goooooooooooood),” she wrote on on Instagram.
Oprah
During the third day of the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey appeared on stage after the Obamas spoke, saying everyone in the crowd was “fired up.”
“We can’t wait to leave here and do something. And what we’re gonna do is elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States,” she said.
In 2020, Winfrey expressed her joy after Harris was nominated to become the first-ever Black female Vice President.
“I think what she means for women of the world is so extraordinary,” she told People magazine at the time. “For women here in the United States, we can’t even measure it. Because to see someone who looks like you in this role, you see what’s possible for yourself. Period.
“And the generational impact: You can’t put a price on it,” she added. “You can’t put a measurement on it,” Winfrey, 66, continued. “I’m just hoping we get through the inauguration and turn the page on this really challenging time for democracy.”
George Clooney
After imploring President Biden to not run for re-election, George Clooney voiced his support for Biden’s second in command, Harris.
“President Biden has shown what true leadership is. He’s saving democracy once again. We’re all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest,” Clooney said in a statement to CNN’s Jake Tapper.
Julia Roberts
In a voice-over for a Harris ad this month, Julia Roberts said, “In the one place in America, where women still have the right to choose, you can vote anyway you want. And no one will ever know. Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth. Vote Harris-Walz.”
She captioned the post, “Vote! It is our superpower.”
Former President Donald Trump
Jason Aldean
In July, Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany Aldean, were spotted at the Republican National Convention in the Trump family box.
After the first assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Aldean posted to Instagram to show his support and well-wishes for “45.”
“This is what a Warrior looks like!,” Aldean wrote in his caption attached to a photograph of Trump with blood on his face and a stiff arm raised to the crowd of campaign rally attendees. “@realdonaldtrump we are thinking about u and praying for you and your family. God has a bigger plan for you, my friend, and I think we all know what that is by now.”
On Oct. 23, Aldean took the stage at a rally in Georgia to introduce Trump.
“He’s a president who, when knocked down, gets back up, raises his fist in the air and says ‘fight,’” Aldean said, referring to the first assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania this summer. “And, to me, that’s a warrior,” Aldean said. “That’s who we need running this country right now.”
Kelsey Grammer
During an interview with The New York Times in September, Kelsey Grammer, a proud Republican, opened up about his political views.
“For me to be anything else would be a problem,” Grammer said of his political party. “I don’t go along with a lot of what is preached in Hollywood.
“I go along with what is preached in Christianity. I go along with ‘do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’ And I believe in all people. I believe in their desires and their lives and their worth. I want to make shows about that. I don’t want to hate anybody.”
During a segment on BBC Radio 4’s “Today” program in 2023, Grammer confirmed his support for Trump.
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Host Justin Webb asked Grammer, “You mentioned Roseanne early on, who had a great comeback but also was a Trump supporter. You were, at least you were, a Trump supporter. I’m fascinated to know if you still are?”
“I am,” Grammer said. “And I’ll let that be the end of it.”
Drea de Matteo
On Nov. 1, “Sopranos” actress Drea de Matteo took to social media to publicly endorse Trump.
“Guess who we voted for?” the Emmy-winning actress said in an Instagram story, according to NME. “We voted for ourselves. We the people. You n me with the justice league in place to drain the f— neocon/corporate swamp.”
In another story, per the outlet, the actress wore a T-shirt featuring the words “TRUMP 2024″ and “F— YOUR FEELINGS” and urged her followers to “research your reality.”
Dennis Quaid
Earlier this month, Dennis Quaid rallied for former President Trump in Coachella, California, addressing a crowd.
“God bless you. God bless America. I’m here today to tell you that it’s time to pick a side,” Quaid said on stage. “Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Constitution? Or for TikTok? Are we going to be a nation of law and order? Or wide open borders? Which is it? Because it’s time to pick a side.”
Quaid portrayed President Reagan, his “favorite president of the 20th century,” in the 2024 biopic. The actor drew parallels between the political landscape when Reagan was first elected and the present.
“It’s amazing how the issues of the 1980 election are very similar to what they are today,” he said, recalling the record-high inflation back then and the Iran hostages.
“We were a nation in decline. That’s what they told us. Ronald Reagan came along and said, ‘No, we’re not a nation in decline. We’re going there.’ And we followed him,” Quaid said, pointing upward. “The same with Trump, with President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century.
“I’m gonna ask you a question that Reagan asked America back then, and I think it’s the question that got him elected. Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Quaid said.
“So, like I said, people, it’s time to pick a side. Who are you going to pick? God bless you,” Quaid added.
Kid Rock
Kid Rock has been a proud supporter of Donald Trump for years.
In July, the rock star performed at the Republican National Convention just ahead of Trump’s speech.
For his performance, Kid Rock redid his 2000 song, “American Bad A–,” to include references to Trump. He began by asking the audience to stand and raise a fist before leading it in chants of “Fight, fight!” and “Trump, Trump!”
One notable lyric change happened toward the end of the song. Instead of singing the original line of “Smell the aroma, check my hits / I know it stinks in here ‘cause I’m the s—,” he sang, “I know it stinks in here ‘cause Trump’s the s—,” censoring himself on the last word.
He finished his performance by saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for the most patriotic American bada– on earth, President Donald J. Trump.” Kid Rock then introduced UFC CEO and President Dana White, who spoke immediately before Trump gave his speech.
During his own speech, Trump spoke about Kid Rock, saying the rapper had called him and asked him if he could be involved with the convention.
“He became a friend of mine over the last ten years, and he’s amazing,” Trump said. “Everyone loves him. I didn’t even know how big he was.”
Hulk Hogan
WWE legend Hulk Hogan has long been a supporter of Trump.
Hogan first spoke at the Republican National Convention in July before taking the stage again at Trump’s massive Madison Square Garden rally in New York City in October to address the “Trumpamaniacs” in the crowd.
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Hogan criticized Harris for sounding as though she’s reading from a Hollywood script during her speeches. Hogan said Harris was responsible for the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and inflation and that she acted like “she’s the victim.”
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“All of a sudden, she flips, she flops, she spins and turns around and acts like she was going to be the damn hero,” said Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea. “But we all know Trump is the only man that can fix this country today, and with Trump as our commander in chief, peace through strength will fix all of our problems in the Middle East.”
Zachary Levi
During an appearance on SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” this week, Zachary Levi explained why he’s enthusiastically backing Trump.
“I’m not voting for Donald Trump,” Levi said. “I’m voting for Donald Trump and Bobby Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk and JD Vance, and everyone else that they’re going to bring in.”
In September, during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Reclaim America Tour,” Levi said, “I did want to just give you a little context why Shazam is standing here talking to you about these various things. I grew up in my family, Christian conservative — that was pretty much kind of the lane that we were in.
“My parents were Kennedy Democrats that then turned into Reagan Republicans,” he continued. “And they taught me to have a healthy level of distrust for the government and a healthy level of distrust for industry that runs amok. And for a long time, I was like, ‘Man, I really want to find a politician that represents all of the things that I want and I want to see in a presidential candidate.’ And, this year, I found Bobby Kennedy. And I thought, This guy — this guy’s it. He’s the real deal.’
“In a perfect world, and whatever that would look like, perhaps I would have voted for Bobby,” he added. “But we don’t live in a perfect world. In fact, we live in a very broken one. We live in a country that has been hijacked by a lot of people who want to take this place way off the cliff. And we’re here to stop that, right?
“We’re here to make sure that we are going to take back this country. We are going to make it great again. And we are going to make it healthy again,” Levi concluded. “And so I stand with Bobby, and I stand with Tulsi and I stand with everyone else who is standing with President Trump. Because I do believe that of the two choices we have, and we only have two, Donald Trump — President Trump — is the man that can get us there. And he’s going to get us there, because he’s going to have the backing, and the support, and the wisdom, and the knowledge and the fight that exists in Robert Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.”
Rob Schneider
In August, comedian Rob Schneider urged “Robert Kennedy Jr. supporters and American Citizens” to support former President Trump.
Schneider took to social media to post a lengthy message that said, “Dear Fellow Robert Kennedy Jr. supporters and American Citizens, as we have seen this week, ONCE AGAIN the Democratic Party is NOT running on any ideas to make American’s lives better, they are once again running on the hatred of one individual, Donald J Trump,” Schneider wrote.
“And they are hoping that YOU will HATE him so much that you will forget about the Democrat’s FOREVER WARS that are pushing the world closer to World War III,” he continued. “They are hoping that you forget about your grocery bills being 26% higher since Biden/Harris took office.
“The Democrats CALLED TRUMP ‘HITLER’ and half the CITIZENS of our country ‘MAGATS’ and DEPLORABLES, INCITING HATRED AND THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A FORMER PRESIDENT,” the comedian added.
“As a fellow American Citizen and Robert Kennedy Jr. supporter, I hope that you will OPPOSE TYRANNY and join us and VOTE FOR DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” Schneider wrote, concluding his message with an image of the American flag.
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