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In a combative appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago, Donald Trump clashed with Bloomberg editor John Micklethwait over his tariff plans, refused to accept basic mathematics, swerved a question on his interactions with Vladimir Putin since leaving office, offered his revisionist version of January 6, and again trash-talked Detroit.
This comes amid concerns over his health and mental acuity and the accusation by Democratic rival Kamala Harris that he is “increasingly unstable and unhinged” after a threat over the weekend to deploy the National Guard or even the military against American citizens.
The former president appeared in that state on Monday night when his town hall event in suburban Philadelphia turned into a confused, impromptu dance party when two people in the audience suffered medical emergencies.
Trump was left bizarrely bopping his head on stage for 39 minutes to a selection of pop music and show tunes leading Harris to tweet: “Hope he’s okay.”
Meanwhile, in a move to reach out to Black male voters, Harris is currently appearing on an audio town hall hosted by Charlamagne Tha God, who is especially popular with the demographic. On Monday the vice president announced a series of new proposals dubbed the “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men.”
Why is Trump willing to pay a fortune to host a rally at Madison Square Garden?
The Trump ally added that the Republican “has just been obsessed with this for at least a year. This is his campaign. So it’s happening.”
The Independent has contacted the Trump campaign for comment.
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 23:30
Listen: Harris says people who work closest to Trump say he is unfit to serve
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:59
Harris talks about participation and Trump’s campaign being about ‘fear’
Kamala Harris to Charlamagne tha God on the importance of voter participation: “You can’t let anybody take you out of the game by not voting. The solutions are not gonna just happen overnight … the things that we want and are prepared to fight for won’t happen if we’re not active and don’t participate.”
Harris says Trump is about fear: “He is running full-time on a campaign that is about instilling fear not about hope.. Look what he did and saying that those legal immigrants in Springfield Ohio were eating their pets.”
Charlamagne asks why Harris allows him to call her the border czar when that wasn’t her role.
Harris: “If I respond to every name he called me, I wouldn’t be focused on the things that actually help the American people. And that’s my focus.”
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:50
Listen: Harris explains Trump’s threat to Constitution is threat to amendments that ensure equal protections to Black people
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:42
Harris asked about reparations
A caller into Kamala Harris’s audio town hall asked the vice president about her stance on reparations.
Harris responded: “It has to be studied. There’s no question about that. I’ve been very clear about that position.”
She then pivoted to her plans for home ownership, small businesses, healthcare, and homecare that she believes would be especially impactful to the Black community.
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:33
Harris town hall being simulcast on two of three main news networks
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:30
Harris agrees Trump’s vision is about ‘fascism’
In her audio town hall with Charlamagne tha God, Vice President Kamala Harris agreed with the radio host when he characterized Donald Trump’s vision for America as “fascism”.
“You have two choices…It’s two very different visions for our nation. Mine is about taking us forward and progress and investing in the American people, investing in their ambitions, dealing with their challenges. And the other Donald Trump’s is taking us backward.”
Charlamagne added that the other is about fascism: “Why can’t we just say that?”
Harris: “Yes, we can say that.”
When asked about Trump’s plans for the Black community, Harris said: “Ask Donald Trump what his plan is for Black America. Ask him. I’ll tell you what it is. Look at Project 2025. Project 2025 tells you the plan includes making police departments have stop-and-frisk policies.”
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:28
Kamala Harris participates on audio town hall with Charlamagne tha God
Asked about her reputation of sticking to her talking points, Kamala Harris says: “That would be called discipline.” She notes that some things need to be repeated because they are important.
On being mimicked on Saturday Night Live Harris says: “Hasn’t Maya Rudolph been wonderful? I have nothing but admiration for the comedy, and I think it’s important to be able to laugh at yourself and each other in the spirit of comedy.”
On the state of the race: “This is a margin-of-error race. I’m gonna win, but it’s tight.”
Harris blasts Trump for sending Covid-19 testing equipment to Vladimir Putin during the height of the pandemic.
Charlamagne tha God responds: “That doesn’t sound like America first.”
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:16
Trump unhappy Harris spokesperson keeps appearing on Fox News
Donald Trump doesn’t appear happy that Ian Sams, spokesperson for Kamala Harris, is on Fox News “all the time” calling out the former president and his campaign.
Here’s what he posted on Truth Social:
Does Ian Sams, Lyin’ Kamala’s Special Advisor, own FoxNews? He is on all the time, as are so many other of her supporters. So ridiculous that Fox allows this to happen right before the Election. We will WIN without Fox. MAGA2024!
Watch Sams this afternoon:
Oliver O’Connell15 October 2024 22:03
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