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With just a week left in the 2024 US presidential election cycle, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are making their final pitches to voters across the country, particularly the battleground states.
The vice president will deliver a “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of his notorious “fight like hell” speech on January 6 2021.
In the remarks, she is expected to label her political opponent as “unstable” and “obssessed with revenge.” People began lining up for the event roughly three hours before its start.
It comes as Trump continues to face fallout from his controversial rally on Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, during which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.” Speaking in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Trump told supporters that “no president has ever done more for Puerto Rico.”
At a separate event earlier in the day he described the rally at MSG as “an absolute love-fest.”
On Monday, while campaigning in Georgia, the former president took a swipe at former first lady Michelle Obama, saying she had been “nasty” to him in recent criticisms and ominously warning she had made “a big mistake” by doing so.
Watch LIVE: Kamala Harris delivers closing argument speech in Washington, DC
Oliver O’Connell29 October 2024 23:37
Harris campaign says more than 75,000 people on National Mall for speech
Oliver O’Connell29 October 2024 23:23
In pictures: Crowd awaits closing argument campaign speech by Kamala Harris
Oliver O’Connell29 October 2024 23:21
50 Cent claims he was offered millions to appear at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally – but turned it down
50 Cent said he turned down millions of dollars to appear at Donald Trump’s controversial New York rally because he’s “afraid of politics.”
During an appearance on a new episode of The Breakfast Club podcast, the “Candy Shop” rapper, 49, addressed rumors that he had been asked to do a paid endorsement for the Trump campaign.
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 23:15
Huge crowd shows up for Harris in DC
This is part of the overflow area:
Oliver O’Connell29 October 2024 23:13
Watch LIVE: Michelle Obama campaigns for Kamala Harris in Georgia after scathing Trump attack
Oliver O’Connell29 October 2024 23:03
Soon: Harris to deliver ‘closing argument’ speech to supporters in Washington DC
Kamala Harris will soon deliver a “closing argument” to voters at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of Donald Trump’s notorious “fight like hell” speech on January 6 2021.
With one week to go before Election Day, the vice president will call on Americans to “turn the page” on nearly a decade of rancorous and divisive zero-sum politics that began when Trump announced his first campaign for the presidency in June 2015.
The location for the Tuesday evening rally will make the White House the backdrop behind Harris as she lays out what is intended to be an optimistic and hopeful speech.
Jen O’Malley Dillon, the Harris campaign chair, said the speech would be “a major moment” for Harris’s “closing argument to the American people,” and said the vice president’s remarks would be “an optimistic and hopeful message” that is “really grounded in her belief in America” and targeted towards voters who still haven’t decided who to cast their ballot for this year.
In the remarks, Harris is expected to label her political opponent as “unstabe” and “obssessed in revenge.”
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 23:00
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Oliver O’Connell29 October 2024 22:59
Watch: Haley says ‘not a time to have anyone criticize Puerto Rico’ or get ‘overly masculine’
Oliver O’Connell29 October 2024 22:54
Steve Bannon issues warning to Kamala Harris after prison release
Steve Bannon issues warning to Kamala Harris after prison release
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon issued a warning to Vice President Kamala Harris in his first press conference following his release from prison. The Trump ally, who had been held at FCI Danbury in Connecticut after being convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify before the January 6 House panel, was released on Tuesday (29 October). Wasting no time in getting back to work and immediately bashing Harris, Bannon warned: “I am far from broken, I am empowered.”
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 22:50
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