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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.
Trump will host another press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday before the Vice President delivers a “closing argument” at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the site of his notorious “fight like hell” speech on January 6 2021.
On Monday, the Republican was in Atlanta, Georgia, where he denied being a Nazi while continuing to spew hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric and 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.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen stumped for Harris in Philadelphia, with the 44th president taking aim at his Republican successor’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist joke about Puerto Rico.
In a possible setback for the Democrat, it has emerged that she was caught on a hot mic over the weekend discussing the race with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and admitting: “We need to move ground among men.”
Former First Lady Melania Trump disclosed why she decided to join her husband on stage at the Madison Square Garden rally after months of remaining notably absent from his 2024 campaign trail.
Donald Trump held a rally in deep-blue Manhattan on Sunday, where Melania joined the former president in a surprise appearance.
On Tuesday, she finally revealed her reason…
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 19:50
Steve Bannon said that Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist remarks about Puerto Rican people “definitely inappropriate” during remarks in New York on Tuesday.
“Why is Florida no longer a battleground?” he said. “One of the reasons is that Puerto Rican people in this country support president Trump and support his policies.
“So if some influencer or comedian says something is it inappropriate? It’s definitely inappropriate. Is that the policy of Donald Trump? No.”
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 19:40
Experts tell The Independent’s Eric Garcia, that the former presiden’t latest strategy is a “concept of a plan” with no real economic backbone…
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Steve Bannon’s New York press conference was interrupted by a man who asking him “when’s the next insurrection?”
The man, dressed in a red suit, bandana and sunglasses, asked Trump’s former White House adviser if they could “storm the Burger King” before being led out by security.
“I’m wondering when is the next insurrection, and can we storm the Burger King after this, can we do it?” the man asked, as Bannon chuckled awkwardly.
“Doesn’t he look great now, we were in Danbury together! You don’t remember me? We were lifting weights and stuff in the weight room. When’s the next insurrection?”
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 19:32
Steve Bannon said he is “more empowered” after walk free from federal prison.
Donald Trump’s former White House adviser had been held at FCI Danbury in Connecticut after being sentenced to 120 days for contempt of Congress.
He was released in the early hours of the monring and was met at the facility by his daughter Maureen, and later gave remarks to reporters in New York.
Bannon took issue with his War Room podcast being called a “podcast” and emphasized the livestream aspect of the show.
“I am more empowered today, more focused today, sharper today, in better shape today than I’ve ever been in my life. So Nancy Pelosi, suck on that,” he said.
He also confirmed that he taught civics at FCI Danbury, saying that the “majority” of his 100 students were “minority men.”
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 19:27
Judge Aileen Cannon has said she will not recuse herself from the case against Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to kill Trump at Mar-a-Lago last month.
In court documents filed on Tuesday, judge Cannon said the fact that she was appointed by the man he is accused of trying to kill should not matter, writing: “As Defendant acknowledges, I have no control over what private citizens, members of the media, or public officials or candidates elect to say about me or my judicial rulings.
“Nor am I concerned about the political consequences of my rulings or how those rulings might be viewed by ‘some in the media’ … I have never spoken to or met former President Trump except in connection with his required presence at an official judicial proceeding, through counsel.
“I have no ‘relationship to the alleged victim’ in any reasonable sense of the phrase … I follow my oath to administer justice faithfully and impartially, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of this country.
“This case, like the prior cited cases involving former President Trump, were randomly assigned to me through the Clerk’s random case assignment system. Period. I will not be guided by highly inaccurate, uninformed, or speculative opinions to the contrary.”
Mike Bedigan29 October 2024 19:20
Melania Trump defends husband Donald Trump as she insists: ‘He is not Hitler’
Former first lady Melania Trump has publically defended her husband insisting: “He is not Hitler”. Mrs Trump came to her husband’s defense after former White House chief of staff John Kelly told various media that Trump had praised Hitler and Nazi Germany during his time in office. Appearing on Fox & Friends on Tuesday (29 October), she said: “It’s terrible, he’s not Hitler. When asked why he is running for president again, instead of retiring to a beach, she said: “My husband loves his country and wants to make it successful for all of the people. “He loves people and he wants to make this country great again.”
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Donald Trump was corrected by a rally-goer when his familiar warning that the planet is heading for a Third World War unless he reclaims the White House unexpectedly went awry.
The Republican presidential nominee has regularly dealt in apocalyptic rhetoric this election cycle and routinely predicts that a new international conflict will erupt if he does not return to the Oval Office in November.
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