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Your support makes all the difference.With four days of campaigning to go in the 2024 race, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters, spending Thursday hosting Halloween rallies across the crucial Sun Belt states of Arizona and Nevada.
Having already addressed two gatherings of his supporters, the former president ended his day in a sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson on stage in Glendale, Arizona, at which he shockingly fantasized about former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney being shot at.
Cheney has since hit back at Trump, calling him “a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant”.
Vice President Harris closed out Thursday with a rally in Las Vegas in which singer and actor Jennifer Lopez emotionally endorsed her.
Trump’s running mate JD Vance was meanwhile interviewed by influential podcaster Joe Rogan, at which he gushed over Trump, claimed the Republican ticket could pick up “the normal gay guy vote” and scaremongered about the imposition of Sharia law in Minnesota.
With Harris ahead in the final Marist poll of “blue wall” states, both candidates will be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday, a city the Republican insulted prior to this summer’s Republican National Convention.
Key Points
- Donald Trump fantasizes about shooting of Liz Cheney in deranged Tucker Carlson live interview
- Kamala Harris leading in final Marist poll of ‘blue wall’ states
- Harris mocks Trump’s crowd size obsessions as she’s joined by J Lo at Vegas rally
- JD Vance and Joe Rogan gush over Trump as deputy says they can win ‘normal gay guy vote’
- Trump: ‘Nothing is more dangerous than to give immense power to a weak and not very smart person’
Can Harris beat Trump? Latest poll updates
Here’s Alicja Hagopian on what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election.
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates from the 2024 election
Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent
Joe Sommerlad1 November 2024 15:05 1730472306When will the 2024 presidential election be called? Experts weigh in
Experts walk The Independent through the possible scenarios of when we’ll know whether Trump or Harris has won the race.
Here’s Rhian Lubin.
When will we know who won the 2024 presidential election? Experts weigh in
Experts walk The Independent through the possible scenarios of when we’ll know whether Trump or Harris has won the race
Joe Sommerlad1 November 2024 14:45 1730471106Trump sues CBS News for $10bn over Harris interview
If you missed this one earlier, Donald Trump is suing CBS News for $10bn, alleging that the network deceptively edited an interview with his rival Kamala Harris to unlawfully influence the 2024 presidential election.
The lawsuit, filed in Texas, accuses CBS of “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion calculated to… confuse, deceive, and mislead the public” and “attempt to tip the scales” in favor of the Democratic nominee.
Alex Woodward has more.
Trump files $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News over Kamala Harris interview
His long-shot complaint accuses the network of deceptively editing an interview in an ‘attempt to tip the scales’
Joe Sommerlad1 November 2024 14:25 1730469906Georgia targeted with fake social media videos from Russian troll farm
The Peach State’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger put out this statement last night:
“Earlier today, our office became aware of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia ID’s claiming to have voted multiple times.
“This is false, and is an example of targeted disinformation we’ve seen this election. It is likely foreign interference attempting to sow discord and chaos on the eve of the election.
“We are working to combat this and identify the origin of it with our state and federal partners. CISA is currently investigating. In the meantime, we ask Elon
Musk and the leadership of other social media platforms to take this down. This is obviously fake and part of a disinformation effort. Likely it is a production of Russian troll farms.
“As Americans we can’t let our enemies use lies to divide us and undermine our faith in our institutions – or each other.”
Joe Sommerlad1 November 2024 14:05 1730468706Leaked audio appears to reveal Jeffrey Epstein detailing inner workings of Trump White House
With just four days of campaigning to go in the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump is facing new claims about his past friendship with the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Journalist Michael Wolff, who wrote three books about the Republican’s first administration between 2017 and 2021, has released an audio clip on his podcast Fire and Fury of what he says is Epstein talking in intimate detail about the inner workings of Trump’s Cabinet.
Here’s more.
Audio appears to reveal Jeffrey Epstein detailing inner workings of Trump White House
Journalist Michael Wolff releases recording allegedly featuring late billionaire pedophile gossiping about Republican’s first administration
Joe Sommerlad1 November 2024 13:45 1730467506Harris may have big early voting lead despite Trump’s claims GOP is winning, polling suggests
Despite Donald Trump’s boasts of an “unprecedented” lead in early voting, polling suggests that Kamala Harris is actually significantly ahead among those who have already voted either through absentee, mail-in or in-person ballots.
Recent national polling from ABC News/Ipsos, The News York Times/Sienna College and CNN show that Harris leads Trump 62 percent to 33 percent; 59 percent to 40 percent; and 61 percent to 36 percent respectively, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
The same trend is also true across almost all of the swing states, according to surveys from CNN, Fox News, Marist Poll and USA Today/Suffolk University.
James Liddell has more.
Polls show Harris may have big early voting lead despite Trump’s claims
Trump trails Harris by between 19 and 29 points among those who say they’ve already cast their ballots, according to the polls
Joe Sommerlad1 November 2024 13:25 1730466306LeBron James endorses Harris
The NBA legend has made up his mind, seemingly in reaction to Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto Rico crack.
Harris also picked up the support of Madonna yesterday, as well as most of the key cast members of Marvel’s The Avengers, but not George W Bush, who is not endorsing anyone.
Here’s Kevin EG Perry on the superhero vote.
The Avengers take to Instagram to make presidential endorsements
‘Shazam’ star Zachary Levi claims that Trump has assembled a team of political superheroes, but how will the likes of Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson really be voting on November 5?
Rachel Sharp1 November 2024 13:05 1730465106Where are the candidates campaigning on Friday?
Here’s where the main players will be today:
- Kamala Harris will be in Wisconsin all day, first Janesville, then Little Chute and finally Milwaukee this evening with rapper Cardi B.
- Donald Trump will also be in the same city this evening but will first appear in Warren, Michigan.
- Tim Walz is in Michigan, visiting first Detroit, then Flint and then Traverse City
- JD Vance will be in Portage in the same state this morning and then Selma, North Carolina, this afternoon.
- Joe Biden will meanwhile be visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, will meanwhile be campaigning in West Chester in the same state on his wife’s behalf.
Donald Trump Jr wears a garbage bag to own the libs on Halloween
Rachel Sharp1 November 2024 12:25 1730462706Tim Walz takes a shot at Trump’s age after garbage truck gaffe
Speaking in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, Harris’s running mate slammed their septuagenarian rival after he flew to Wisconsin, donned a bright orange safety vest and got into a waste collection vehicle in an attempt to troll the Democrats.
“Look, this dude’s nearly 80 years old,” Walz said. “He damn near killed himself getting into a garbage truck.”
Katie Hawkinson reports.
Walz takes a shot at Trump’s age after garbage truck gaffe: ‘Dude’s nearly 80’
Trump donned a safety vest and got into a garbage truck in an attempt to slam Joe Biden and Kamala Harris this week
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