Election 2024 live updates: Harris appears on SNL as shock new poll gives VP lead over Trump in Iowa

Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live alongside host John Mulaney and musical guest Chappell Roan.

The vice president’s flight from Charlotte to Detroit was diverted to New York, and a few hours later she appeared in the cold open as the reflection of Maya Rudolph who impersonates Harris on the show.

A shocking new poll out of Iowa, a state in which neither candidate has campaigned, has put the Democratic candidate three points ahead of Donald Trump — a 12-point swing against the Republican since the 2020 election.

The Des Moines Register observes that much of the shift to Harris from the former president comes from women and independents. Approximately 20 per cent of the voters in the Republican Iowa caucus backed Nikki Haley over Trump.

Earlier today, the former president said that “women have to be protected when they’re at home in suburbia” as he attempted to double down on his previous comment that he’d protect them “whether they like it or not.”

Some 70 million Americans have already voted early according to data gathered by CNN. Both candidates spent Saturday in North Carolina as the focus on key battlegrounds with just days left before the election.

Key Points

• Kamala Harris to make surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’, report says

• Shock poll puts Harris ahead in Iowa

• 70 million votes already cast, report says

• Trump says women ‘need to be protected in their homes in suburbia’

• Trump threatens to ‘knock the hell out of people backstage’ as he melts down over faulty mic at rally

• Latest polls show Trump and Harris neck-and-neck with just days to go

Harris expected to be in SNL cold open, official says

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‘Wonder Woman’ Lynda Carter tells voters to be joyful and back Harris

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RFK Jr says Donald Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water

03:10 , Oliver O’Connell

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent proponent of debunked public health claims whom Donald Trump has promised to put in charge of health initiatives, said Saturday that Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office.

Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water has long been considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.

Kennedy made the declaration on the social media platform X alongside a variety of claims about the health effects of fluoride.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Donald Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water

Which politicians have appeared on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the past?

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In short, a lot!

Donald Trump hosted himself at the start of his political career in 2015 and in 2004 when The Apprentice was riding high in the ratings. But he’s certainly not alone.

Hillary Clinton was running in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary when she appeared next to Amy Poehler, who played her on the show and was known for launching into a trademark, exaggerated cackle. The real Clinton wondered during her appearance, “Do I really laugh like that?”

Clinton returned in 2016 while running against Trump in a race she ultimately lost.

The first sitting president to appear on SNL was Republican Gerald Ford, who did so less than a year after the show debuted. Ford appeared in April 1976 on an episode hosted by his press secretary, Ron Nessen, and declared the show’s famous opening rejoinder, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night.”

Then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama appeared alongside Poehler impersonating Clinton in 2007, and Republican Bob Dole was on the show in November 1996 — a mere 11 days after losing that year’s election to Bill Clinton. Dole consoled Norm Macdonald, who played the Kansas senator.

Then there was Tina Fey’s 2008 impression of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin — and in particular, her joke that “I can see Russia from my house.” It was so good that Fey eventually won an Emmy and Palin herself appeared on the show that October, in the weeks before the election.

With reporting by The Associated Press

What happens if a convicted felon wins the presidency?

02:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Earlier this year, Donald Trump made history by becoming the first former president ever convicted of a crime.

Now, with Election Day looming and the Republican neck-and-neck with Kamala Harris in the polls, he could make history again: by becoming the first convicted felon elected to the nation’s highest office.

Joe Sommerlad looks at what that might mean.

What happens if a convicted felon – like Trump – wins the presidency?

Watch: Not a full house for Trump in Greensboro

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How has today’s Iowa poll performed in the past?

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Here’s a history of how Ann Selzer’s Iowa polls have performed since 2012:

‘We should be ready’ for Trump to reject election results if he loses, warns John Bolton

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John Bolton has warned that he doesn’t believe Donald Trump will accept the election results if he loses and “we should be ready” for him to reject them if Kamala Harris wins.

The former national security adviser, who has turned on Trump, was asked whether he believed the former president would accept the results if they are not in his favor on Tuesday.

Rhian Lubin reports.

John Bolton warns Trump won’t accept election result if he loses

Trump camp says ex-president ‘probably not’ invited to appear on SNL

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With Kamala Harris to appear on Saturday Night Live in just over an hour, the Associated Press asked the Trump camp for its reaction.

Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump, expressed surprise that Harris would appear on SNL given what he characterized as her unflattering portrayal on the show. Asked if Trump had been invited to appear, he said: “I don’t know. Probably not.”

Donald Trump hosted the show in 2015 at the start of his political career.

Watch: Trump attacks Biden… who hasn’t been running since late July

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Kamala Harris’s spokesperson notes that we are three days out from the election and Donald Trump is still “struggling to define his opponent” and is attacking his previous two rivals for the presidency.

Trump camp responds to new Iowa poll showing Harris in lead

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Rattled by this evening’s poll showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by three points in Iowa — a state not believed to even be in contention — the Trump campaign has put out a memo called the Des Moines Register poll, conducted by Selzer, an outlier.

The memo refers instead to a poll by Emerson released earlier today which shows Trump up by 10 points (53-43%) and, oddly, to the 2020 results as if nothing might have changed since then.

Per the memo:

In the outlier Des Moines Register poll, they claim Harris leads with seniors (age 65+) by 19 points (55-36). In 2020, President Trump carried seniors 54-45 over Biden according to CNN exit polls.

The Emerson College poll released today concurs with the CNN exits from 2020, with President Trump solidly ahead 54-45 among voters aged 60-69, and 54-44 among voters aged 70+.

The Des Moines Register also claims Harris leads by 20 points among women (56-36). In 2020, President Trump tied Biden 49-49 among women according to CNN exits.

Once again, Emerson College’s poll today is more similar to the exits, showing instead a lead for President Trump of 5 points – 52-47.

Des Moines Register claims President Trump leads 51-39 among voters without a college degree. In 2020, President Trump won non-college voters by 17 points (58-41).

Here’s the front page of tomorrow’s Des Moines Register:

Trump will vote in person on Tuesday

02:11 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump will vote in person in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day, he tells the crowd in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The former president asked how many of the audience had already voted.

Trump was photographed voting during the primaries with his wife Melania.

Trump appears to emulate ‘sex act’ on microphone

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Will Saturday Night Live go there tonight?

We’ll have to wait and see…

Trump appears to emulate ‘sex act’ on microphone after melting down over mic problems

PREMIUM: The roast by Obama that insulted Trump so deeply it motivated him to run for president

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Mike Bedigan examines the history of Donald Trump’s beef with the Obamas and the ‘roast’ that started it all.

Obama’s roast that insulted Trump so deeply it motivated him to run for president

Harris slams House speaker for suggesting GOP would probably try to cut federal semiconductor aid

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Kamala Harris on Saturday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for suggesting that Republicans would probably try to cut government subsidies for semiconductor manufacturing.

“It is my plan and intention to continue to invest in American manufacturing,” the Democratic nominee told reporters in Milwaukee.

Johnson later walked back his comments, indicating he only meant that Republicans would “streamline” the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.

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Harris slams House speaker for suggesting GOP would probably try to cut federal semiconductor aid

Watch: Trump calls himself ‘father of fertilization’

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Can Democrats finally pull off a win in North Carolina?

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Eric Garcia reports for The Independent from Charlotte, North Carolina:

As Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, North Carolina, women in line lamented that they had missed her speech starting. Just hours ago, just a few miles away, supporters began leaving the Gastonia Municipal Airport minutes after former president Donald Trump began to speak.

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Kamala Harris makes a play in a North Carolina. Can Democrats finally pull off a win?

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And just like that, here’s Trump now…

Trump running 90 minutes late for Greensboro rally

01:13 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is currently running more than 90 minutes late for his rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. Doors opened at 3.30pm this afternoon.

We’ll bring you a live feed of his remarks when he takes the stage.

In the meantime, here’s The Independent’s Eric Garcia with a dispatch from one of the former president’s rallies earlier today in Gastonia.

Trump bets everything on North Carolina to stave off a Harris victory

GOP has already raised $90m to help fund post-election legal fights

01:10 , Oliver O’Connell

The Republican Party is gearing up to support Donald Trump’s legal challenges to election results, again, by ensuring they have enough money to pay the bills – with more than $90 million raised so far.

In anticipation of another election where the former president and his allies will likely spread allegations of rampant voter fraud, the RNC has raised approximately $94.1 million in its recount account, with roughly 31 percent of those funds coming from Trump’s joint fundraising committee, according to Federal Election Commission data.

Ariana Baio reports.

GOP has already raised $90m to help fund post-election legal fights

Meanwhile, at 30 Rock…

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Kamala Harris is at 30 Rockefeller Plaza ready to appear on Saturday Night Live on NBC.

Having landed at LaGuardia Airport the vice president’s motorcade crossed into Manhattan and traveled down FDR Drive before rolling down 53rd Street toward Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Passersby were nonchalant going about their business with some taking cell phone pictures.

The vice president’s press pool is currently holding in the NBC crew cafeteria.

Blow for Republicans as Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania contested ballots to be counted

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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation’s biggest battleground state.

The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.

The ruling is a victory for voting rights advocates, who had sought to force counties — primarily Republican-controlled counties — to let voters cast a provisional ballot on Election Day if they had realized that their mail-in ballot was to be rejected for various garden-variety errors.

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Blow for GOP as Supreme Court allows contested ballots in Pennsylvania to be counted

Why might Iowa swing to Harris?

00:37 , Oliver O’Connell

Journalist Lyz Lenz, who has spent the past 20 years writing and working as a journalist out of Iowa, has an idea as to why the state could potentially swing to Kamala Harris after this evening’s bombshell poll.

She tweeted: “People want to know how Iowa could swing towards Harris, when the state has been solidly red for so long and let me tell you, as someone who lives here & writes about this state. It’s the abortion ban. Women are furious.

“60 percent of Iowans support abortion in all or most circumstances. Many Iowans remember a time before Roe. They remember life without choice and bodily autonomy. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa republicans passed a near total abortion ban. And people are mad.

“I don’t make predictions. But last two weeks, talking to organizers and politicians who have been on the ground and door knocking were full of hope, which is no small feat. I guess we will see.”

Watch: Jon Bon Jovi performs and endorses Harris

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Olivia Rodrigo: ‘A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for reproductive freedom’

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Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo has told her 38.2 million followers on Instagram in a reel posted on Saturday evening: “A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for a national abortion ban and a vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for reproductive freedom.”

Rodrigo sat down with survivor and advocate Hadley Duvall to talk about reproductive rights. Watch their conversation below:

President Bartlett spotted at Michelle Obama’s rally for Harris

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Harris has landed in New York City

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris to make surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’, report says

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:42 , Oliver O’Connell

Kamala Harris’s plane was bound for Detroit after today’s rally in North Carolina, but has been diverted to New York City for an unannounced stop.

Reporters were told of the diversion mid-flight, according to the pooler.

Citing an insider, The New York Post reports that the vice president will make a surprise appearance during tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live.

Harris will appear during the show’s traditional cold open, the Post says, which is usually devoted to satirizing politicians. Harris is portrayed on the show by Maya Rudolph.

This week’s episode of SNL is hosted by John Mulaney and the musical guest is Chappell Roan.

Also set to appear, according to the Post are Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and former cast member Pete Davidson.

Watch: Kerry Washington endorses Kamala Harris in North Carolina

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Shock poll puts Harris ahead in Iowa

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:29 , Oliver O’Connell

J Ann Seltzer, widely considered to be among the best pollsters in the country, has just published her final survey of Iowa for The Des Moines Register.

To the surprise of many it shows a 12-point swing to the Democratic Party ticket since 2020, putting Kamala Harris three points over Donald Trump in the Hawkeye State at 47% to 44%.

Per the paper:

The results come as Trump and Harris have focused their attention almost exclusively on seven battleground states that are expected to shape the outcome of the election. Neither has campaigned in Iowa since the presidential primaries ended, and neither campaign has established a ground presence in the state.

A victory for Harris would be a surprising development after Iowa has swung aggressively to the right in recent elections, delivering Trump solid victories in 2016 and 2020.

The poll shows that women — particularly those who are older or who are politically independent — are driving the late shift toward Harris.

“Age and gender are the two most dynamic factors that are explaining these numbers,” Selzer said.

The poll of 808 likely Iowa voters, which include those who have already voted as well as those who say they definitely plan to vote, was conducted by Selzer & Co. from October 28-31. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points — so any lead Harris has is within that.

RFK Jr says Trump administration will remove fluoride from public water

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:16 , Oliver O’Connell

Robert F Kennedy Jr has tweeted that on the day Donald Trump takes office if he wins the election, the White House will advise all US water systems to remove fluoride from public water.

Kennedy will reportedly have a key role in health policy in a second Trump administration.

Politico cites the American Dental Association as saying that water fluoridation is “safe, effective and healthy,” and that “70 years of research, thousands of studies and the experience of more than 210 million Americans tell us that water fluoridation is effective in preventing cavities and is safe for children and adults.”

Watch LIVE: Michelle Obama campaigns for Harris in Norristown, Pennsylvania

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:02 , Oliver O’Connell

Scaramucci says Harris campaign is ‘nauseously optimistic’

Saturday 2 November 2024 23:00 , Oliver O’Connell

In his latest blog for investment platform Saxo, former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci says the Harris campaign is “nauseously optimistic”.

They’re saying they’re nauseously optimistic – not cautiously – they’re nauseously optimistic. They’ve got a pit in their stomach, but they’re looking at their data and they like their data.

They’re looking at the women’s turnout and they like it. The elder vote in Pennsylvania is way down. It means older people are saying, “I’m not going to vote. I don’t like her, so I’m not going to vote for her, but I can’t vote for this anymore”.

His final message to Americans as the country casts their vote is to back Kamala Harris, even if you have to “hold your nose”.

I would be telling them I’m for Harris. While I may not agree with every single policy, she’s a constitutionalist and she’s for our system. He’s talking about shaking the system and going after his enemies.

Imagine a politician who wants to go after his enemies in a democracy that has free speech, versus if you were railing against her and she won, you would have zero worries about her coming against you.

So, I would appeal to their individual liberty and say if Donald Trump is coming after Liz Cheney, which you may think is distant from you, but that’s a domino toppling that’s heading towards you because that’s how really bad things start.

If you don’t like her or her tax policy, hold your nose and vote for her, because she represents a system that has made the country the most prosperous economy in the history of the world.

Trump: ‘Bing, bing, bing, bing’

Saturday 2 November 2024 22:47 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is still trying to frame his rambling, sometimes incoherent, trains of thought as “The Weave”.

The former president is right about one thing: “Nobody else can do a weave like Trump.”

70 million votes already cast, report says

Saturday 2 November 2024 22:38 , Oliver O’Connell

More than 70 million Americans have already voted with Election Day just three days away.

Data from 47 states and the District of Columbia gathered by CNN, Edison Research and Catalist, a data and analytics company, shows that 71.5 million ballots have been cast.

That is about 45% of the 158 million votes for president cast in 2020.

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, about 70% of votes were cast ahead of Election Day. During the midterms in 2022, the split was roughly even between those who voted early and those who waited until Election Day.

Georgia is leading the way with early voting at 80% of 2020 votes. In 14 states more than half of the votes of those registered have been cast.

Harrison Ford makes presidential endorsement

Saturday 2 November 2024 22:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Actor Harrison Ford has revealed his pick for president just days away from the 2024 election.

The Indiana Jones actor took the opportunity to speak out despite “never really want[ing] to talk about it very much,” and urged voters to “move forward” with Kamala Harris.

Rhian Lubin reports on why he believes the Democrat is the right choice.

Harrison Ford makes presidential endorsement days before 2024 election

Cardi B claps back at Elon Musk after he calls her a ‘puppet’

Saturday 2 November 2024 22:23 , Oliver O’Connell

Cardi B has clapped back at Elon Musk after the owner of X accused her of being a “puppet” for the Kamala Harris campaign following her speech in Milwaukee last night.

A teleprompter error meant the rapper read her speech from a phone ahead of the vice president’s remarks.

Musk tweeted: “Another puppet who can’t even talk without being fed the words. The Kamala campaign has no authenticity or true empathy.”

Cardi B replied: “I’m not a puppet Elon.. I’m a daughter of two immigrant parents that had to work their ass off to provide for me! I’m a product of welfare, I’m a product of section 8, I’m a product of poverty and I’m a product of what happens when the system is set up against you… But you don’t know nothing about that. You don’t know not one thing about the American struggle…. PS fix my algorithm.”

Here’s Cardi B’s speech last night.

Meanwhile, across the country in Arizona…

Saturday 2 November 2024 22:07 , Oliver O’Connell

Speaking in Flagstaff, Arizona, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is contrasting Donald Trump’s pledge to “protect women”, whether they “like it or not”, with his role in overturning Roe v Wade and the impact that has had on women.

Referring to Trump’s appointment of three Supreme Court justices, Walz said: “Because of that, now what we’re seeing, what he means is, women are turned away from emergency rooms and miscarriaging in parking lots, whether they like it or not. Survivors of rape and incest are being forced to carry those pregnancies to term, whether they like it or not. Fertility clinics have turned couples away at the door, whether they like it or not.”

The governor then said: “I kind of have a feeling that women all across this country from every walk of life, from either party, are going to send a loud and clear message to Donald Trump next Tuesday, November 5th — Whether he likes it or not.”

How do the US networks decide to call the winner of an election?

Saturday 2 November 2024 22:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Jon Sopel writes:

Pace yourself. The presidential election is almost upon us, but it could take days – even weeks – to get a clear result after polling day on 5 November. Maybe if it’s either a Republican or Democrat landslide, we’ll get an immediate result, but that would mean the opinion polls have been hopelessly wrong.

Read on…

How the American TV channels decide who wins the US election

Trump is speaking in Salem, Virginia

Saturday 2 November 2024 21:46 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is now on stage in Salem, Virginia, a state he is unlikely to win saying how “cool” it would be to win there.

He walked into the venue to the walk-on music for wrestler The Undertaker before the familiar chords of Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA played as he took the stage.

Earlier on Saturday he spoke at a rally in Gastonia, North Carolina and will head back to the state later this evening for a rally in Greensboro.

You can watch Donald Trump’s speech live here.

The Seneca Project marks American women’s journey, as Harris potentially poised to take White House

Saturday 2 November 2024 21:45 , Oliver O’Connell

A group of activists including the Seneca Project, a bipartisan superPAC dedicated to mobilizing moderate women in support of Kamala Harris’ election, has released a stirring ad making the journey for American women from suffragists to the possible first female president.

Set to Laura Bell Bundy’s (Tony Nominated Broadway actress & Billboard Top 5 recording artist) powerful anthem “American Girl,” we honor the trailblazers and pioneers who have shaped our nation—from Supreme Court Justices to survivors who have spoken out, even as our hard-won rights to our own bodies have been taken away from us.

Watch below:

Trump running very late in Virginia…

Saturday 2 November 2024 21:34 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is running customarily late to his rally in Salem Virginia (the crowd is currently standing around listening to “November Rain” by Guns n’ Roses).

In an unfortunate piece of email scheduling, the campaign for Hung Cao, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Virginia, sent out a message to supporters saying how great the rally was — the one at which the president is still yet to take the stage.

They even appear to have made up a quote…

Supporters dressed as garbage, supporters leaving early. Can Trump defend himself in North Carolina?

Saturday 2 November 2024 21:30 , Oliver O’Connell

The Independent’s Eric Garcia is on the ground in North Carolina:

As has been the case ever since he was shot in the head in July, former president Donald Trump spoke behind a glass barrier that ensconced him from another would-be gunman.

But Trump touched down in Gastonia, North Carolina as a means to create another protective barrier: a firewall to stave off a rising Kamala Harris in the Tar Heel State.

Continue reading…

Trump bets everything on North Carolina to stave off a Harris victory

Cast of ‘The West Wing’ partner with Lincoln Project to endorse Harris

Saturday 2 November 2024 21:15 , Oliver O’Connell

Members of the cast of the iconic television show The West Wing have reunited to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President. They partnered with the Lincoln Project to produce a new ad:

The group released this statement of endorsement:

“We had the good fortune to work together on a television show called The West Wing. Our White House was a make-believe world. We dealt with real-life issues, from reproductive rights to national security, but when we went home at the end of the day, no one’s life was changed based on what happened in our fictional world.

“On November 5th, America will make a decision that will have profound consequences for every American and for the American Experiment itself. This is not an ordinary election. Democracy is on the ballot. Lives will be changed based on the choice of millions of Americans.

“We came to our West Wing with different personal politics and backgrounds. But it was impossible to work on this show without sharing a deep pride in what it meant to be an American. We were lucky to work together for years but we knew our greatest good luck was waking up each day as part of the world’s oldest democracy.

“The White House is home to more than the President’s family and staff. It holds the aspirations of generations striving to make the idea of America embody the best within us all. It is a symbol to the world of freedom, decency and hope.

“We support Kamala Harris for president because we love America. As the Vice President said a few days ago on the hallowed ground of the Ellipse, ‘This election is more than just a choice between two parties and two different candidates. It is a choice about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American or ruled by chaos and division.’”

“We choose freedom. We choose Kamala Harris.”

The message is signed by actors Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Josh Malina, Nelly Moloney, Mary McCormack, and Richard Schiff.

Watch LIVE: Trump hosts campaign rally at Salem Civic Center in Virginia

Saturday 2 November 2024 21:09 , Oliver O’Connell

‘He’s not one of you’: Michael Keaton buries Trump in message to voters ahead of election

Saturday 2 November 2024 21:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Michael Keaton has issued a withering attack on Donald Trump in a stark message to voters days before polling day.

The actor famous for his roles in Beetlejuice and Batman made it very clear who he doesn’t think Americans should be supporting when they go to the polls on Tuesday in an Instagram clip he posted this week.

Michelle Del Rey reports.

Michael Keaton buries Trump in message to voters: ‘He’s not one of you’

Watch LIVE: Harris campaigns in Charlotte, North Carolina

Saturday 2 November 2024 20:59 , Oliver O’Connell

Latest polls show Trump and Harris neck-and-neck with just days to go

Saturday 2 November 2024 20:46 , Oliver O’Connell

The latest polls show Donald Trump and Kamala Harris neck-and-neck with just three days before Election Day on November 5.

In Pennsylvania, The Washington Post’s poll of likely voters in the crucial swing state shows Harris at 48% and Trump on 47% with a margin of error of +/-3.1%. Third-party candidates were also an option in the poll of 1,204 registered voters. Some 20% had already voted.

In a Forbes/HarrisX poll, Harris leads Trump 49-48% among likely voters across the nation and in the seven battleground states. The survey of 4,523 registered voters and 3,718 likely voters has a margin of error of +/- 1.5%.

Meanwhile, the Detroit Free Press has Harris up by three percentage points over Trump in Michigan, 48% to 45% but with a margin of error of +/- 4%.

Better news for Trump in the former swing state of Florida, where the latest Stetson poll finds him leading Harris by seven percentage points, 53% to 46%, with a margin of error of +/- 5%.

And in true blue Massachusetts, Harris is comfortably ahead by 30 percentage points according to the MassINC Polling Group’s final poll, which had her leading 61% to 31%.

Watch: Glenn Youngkin leads ‘Trump will fix it!’ chant ahead of former president’s speech

Saturday 2 November 2024 20:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Over in Salem, Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin led a “Trump will fix it!” chant ahead of the former president’s remarks this afternoon.

Trump appears to emulate ‘sex act’ on microphone stand

Saturday 2 November 2024 20:20 , Oliver O’Connell

A clip from one of Trump’s rallies yesterday is causing quite a stir on social media.

He appeared to emulate performing a ‘sex act’ on a microphone stand during a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after experiencing technical difficulties.

Trump grabbed the microphone stand and appeared to simulate fellating the microphone stand. “Way too low,” he said in between the gestures.

Read the full story.

Trump appears to emulate ‘sex act’ on microphone after melting down over mic problems

What are exit polls? How to understand them on Election Night

Saturday 2 November 2024 20:00 , Rhian Lubin

This Election Day, voters will be monitoring their TVs, laptops and phones as results of this year’s presidential and congressional elections pour in.

With just days left until November 5, the latest polls show Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck-and-neck in their race for the White House. Meanwhile, Democrats are working to gain control of the House of Representatives as Republicans vie for a majority in the Senate.

Exit polls are a key indication of the potential results, as pollsters survey voters after they cast their ballots to determine who they backed and how they feel about certain issues.

Read Katie Hawkinson’s helpful guide on understanding the exit polls.

What are exit polls? How to understand them on Election Night

FBI issues statement on fake election videos

Saturday 2 November 2024 19:53 , Rhian Lubin

The FBI has issued a statement in an effort to tackle election misinformation.

The agency said that two videos doing the rounds on social media – one which features the second gentleman Doug Emhoff – are not authentic.

Harrison Ford endorses Harris

Saturday 2 November 2024 19:00 , Rhian Lubin

Star Wars legend Harrison Ford has endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

The actor said he has “never really wanted to talk about it” but is speaking up now.

“I’ve been voting for 64 years, he said. “Never really wanted to talk about it very much but when dozens of former members of the Trump administration are sounding alarms saying “for God sake don’t do this again” — you have to pay attention.

“The truth is this Kamala Harris will protect your right to disagree with her about policies or ideas and then as we have done for centuries.”

Harris delivers final campaign ad

Saturday 2 November 2024 18:39 , Rhian Lubin

Meanwhile, as Trump wraps up his first of two North Carolina campaign stops, Harris has released her final campaign ad to give her closing argument.

The ad, titled “Brighter Future,” will air Sunday during NFL games on CBS and Fox.

The vice president is currently in Atlanta, Georgia, and is heading to Charlotte, North Carolina later.

Watch it below.

‘Women have to be protected at their homes in suburbia’

Saturday 2 November 2024 18:01 , Rhian Lubin

Trump defends his previous comments about protecting women.

He told the rally: “Women have to be protected at their homes in suburbia.”

“If they [women] don’t have me… they’ve got millions of people pouring through and coming up to the suburbs. Well, the suburbs are under attack right now, when you’re home, in your house alone, and you have this monster that got out of prison, you know, six charges of murdering six different people. I think you’d rather have Trump.”

“You’re not allowed to say a woman is beautiful,” he added. “If you do that, that’s the end of your political career. But I’ve never had, you know, I mean, women sort of like it, but you can’t do it.”

Trump supporters appear to leave rally early

Saturday 2 November 2024 17:26 , Rhian Lubin

Trump arrives at Gastonia rally

Saturday 2 November 2024 17:11 , Rhian Lubin

Over an hour late, Trump has arrived at the Gastonia rally and has taken to the stage.

Trump is late for Gastonia event

Saturday 2 November 2024 16:51 , Rhian Lubin

Donald Trump is running late at the Gastonia rally.

He was due to appear at 12.00 ET.

RNC co-chair Michael Whatley is currently speaking.

Supporters wait for Trump to speak in Gastonia

Saturday 2 November 2024 16:23 , Rhian Lubin

John Bolton warns ‘we should be ready’ for Trump to reject election results if he loses

Saturday 2 November 2024 16:08 , Rhian Lubin

John Bolton has warned that he doesn’t believe Donald Trump will accept the election results if he loses and “we should be ready” for him to reject them if Kamala Harris wins.

The former national security adviser, who has turned on Trump, was asked whether he believed the former president would accept the results if they are not in his favor on Tuesday. “No, I don’t think so,” Bolton told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins. “And I think we should be ready for it.”

“I think everybody ought to be ready because Trump never loses. And if he loses, it’s because it’s ‘stolen’ so it will be difficult,” Bolton added.

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John Bolton warns Trump won’t accept election result if he loses

Scenes in Gastonia, North Carolina as supporters wait for Trump

Saturday 2 November 2024 15:45 , Rhian Lubin

More from our Washington bureau chief Eric Garcia now from Gastonia, North Carolina, where Trump is due to speak.

Early voting in Georgia exceeds 4 million

Saturday 2 November 2024 15:30 , Alex Woodward

Early voting in Georgia has exceeded 4 million, according to officials.

A Statement from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office said it was “unprecedented”.

Here’s the statement in full:

Georgia voters exceeded the 4 Million mark on Friday, concluding the last day of Early Voting. To date, 4,004,588 voters have cast ballots either by voting early or absentee by mail.

With 55.3% turnout, Georgians cast 3,761,968 ballots during Early Voting, and 242,620 ballots by mail. As of Saturday morning, 92 Georgia counties have exceeded 50% turnout. This is unprecedented in Georgia history.

During Early Voting in 2018, there were 1,890,364 voters who cast ballots. 2,697,822 cast ballots in 2020, and 2,289,933 cast ballots in 2022.

“This was the most successful Early Voting period in Georgia history because voters trust the process,” said Secretary Raffensperger.

“Four years of progress brought us here. We’re battle-tested and ready, regardless of what the critics say. And we’re going to hold those who interfere in our elections accountable.”

Trump goes all-in on North Carolina as Harris makes a play

Saturday 2 November 2024 15:00 , Eric Garcia

Former president Donald Trump will kick off his final weekend in Gastonia, North Carolina as he seeks to keep the Tar Heel State in his column.

Trump won North Carolina twice. But polling shows he and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat in the state.

In turn, Trump will hold another rally in Greensboro later on Saturday while his running mate Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Trump’s namesake Donald Trump Jr will hold a rally in Raleigh.

On Sunday, he will hold a rally in Kinston, North Carolina and a rally in Raleigh on Monday.

But Harris is also making a play. On Saturday evening, she will hold a rally at the PNC Music Pavilion, which seats 19,500 people.

How much damage can a free Steve Bannon cause before the election?

Saturday 2 November 2024 14:30 , Rhian Lubin

In 2016, Steve Bannon had Donald Trump’s ear.

Now, eight years later, he is the mouth of the MAGA movement, writes Kelly Rissman.

On Tuesday, Bannon became a free man — and immediately renewed his support for Donald Trump — after a four-month stint at FCI Danbury following a contempt of Congress conviction for not complying with a House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection.

The 70-year-old with a shaggy gray mop and ever-present scruff may appear unassuming, but the damage he can do in the final stretch of the election could be consequential, given his track record and his constant proximity to a microphone.

How much damage can a free Steve Bannon cause before the election?

Where Harris and Trump are campaigning today

Saturday 2 November 2024 14:00 , Rhian Lubin

The campaigns are hitting the battleground states in their final weekend of presidential campaigning before November 5.

Kamala Harris is making two stops encouraging supporters to Get Out the Vote in Atlanta, Georgia this afternoon. Spike Lee and Victoria Monét are due to speak and there will be performances by 2 Chainz, Big Tigger, Monica, and Pastor Troy.

The vice president will then appear at an event in Charlotte, North Carolina this evening with performances from Brittney Spencer, Jon Bon Jovi, Khalid, and The War And Treaty.

Donald Trump is focusing on the swing state of North Carolina today. He will speak about immigration and the economy at two rallies, one in Gastonia and later in Greensboro.

Report: Trump has been asking his close allies why women don’t like him

Saturday 2 November 2024 13:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has been asking why women don’t like him, a new CNN report reveals.

Trump has called up close allies to ask why women don’t like him, the outlet reports, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the conversations. The former president “thinks women want someone who will keep them safe, keep their children safe,” one of three sources told CNN.

Katie Hawkinson reports.

Trump has been asking his close allies why women don’t like him, report says

Trump threatens to ‘knock the hell out of people backstage’ over faulty mic

Saturday 2 November 2024 13:00 , Oliver O’Connell

A night of dueling rallies in Milwaukee, the largest city in the key battleground state of Wisconsin, turned into a night of high contrast.

Kamala Harris was supported by local officials including Senator Tammy Baldwin, but also by a host of entertainers including comedian Keegan Michael-Key and rapper Cardi B. The vice president was then introduced by an elementary school teacher.

Speaking before Donald Trump took the stage were two sitting senators, Markwayne Mullin and Eric Schmitt, a candidate for the Senate, Eric Hovde, and Robert F Kennedy Jr, who introduced him. Needless to say, the energy levels were very different.

While at the Harris rally an apparent teleprompter failure led to Cardi B reading her speech from a phone, there were bigger tech failures at the FiServ Forum a few miles away.

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Trump threatens to ‘knock the hell out of people backstage’ over mic failure

GOP has already raised $90m to help fund post-election legal fights

Saturday 2 November 2024 12:30 , Oliver O’Connell

The Republican Party is gearing up to support Donald Trump’s legal challenges to election results, again, by ensuring they have enough money to pay the bills – with more than $90 million raised so far.

Ariana Baio reports.

GOP has already raised $90m to help fund post-election legal fights

What happened to Trump’s first cabinet?

Saturday 2 November 2024 12:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Donald Trump’s first stint as commander-in-chief between 2017 and 2021 was anything but smooth sailing, with firings and acrimonious departures as much a feature of his administration as it was central to his hit NBC reality show The Apprentice.

And, the years that followed have also been eventful for the most notable characters from his presidency.

Some have ended up in prison or criminally charged in connection to their involvement with the former president.

Some have become his most vocal critics, sounding the alarm about the dangers of a second term.

Few are still on speaking terms with him.

Now, with the election, and therefore a possible Trump second term, just days away, here’s a reminder of some of the key figures in Trump’s first administration – and where they are now:

Friend, foe or inmate: What happened to Trump’s first cabinet?

WSJ: Trump’s attention span is ‘too short’ to stage a real coup

Saturday 2 November 2024 11:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Former president Donald Trump was “too undisciplined” in his first term and his “short” attention span kept him from remaining on message, The Wall Street Journal editorial board said in an op-ed on Thursday.

“Mr. Trump was too undisciplined, and his attention span too short, to stay on one message much less stage a coup,” the editorial board wrote.

For more than 95 years, WSJ has declined to formally endorse a presidential candidate but its editorial board released two op-eds this week on Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, laying out the pros and cons of each potential presidency.

Ariana Baio looks at what they said.

Trump’s attention span is ‘too short’ to stage a real coup, WSJ argues

Trump’s record of leaking intelligence and doubts over his new team have allies worried, experts say

Saturday 2 November 2024 11:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Rhian Lubin writes:

ith days to go until America decides who will become the next president, there are concerns among some US allies over one of the most important aspects of their relationship with the world’s most powerful nation — intelligence sharing.

While a Kamala Harris presidency is expected to fit into a more predictable pattern of intelligence handling, security experts say some US allies have more “anxiety” about the alternative: Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

The Independent spoke to experts in intelligence, national security, and foreign policy from the UK, Australia, and Canada on the implications of a second Trump term. They all agree that the stakes couldn’t be higher – and suggest that the Republican candidate’s track record when it comes to leaking secret information is one of their causes for concern.

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Trump’s record of leaking intelligence and doubts over new team have allies worried

Court denies request to force count of votes for Green Party’s Jill Stein in Ohio

Saturday 2 November 2024 10:00 , AP

Votes cast for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Ohio will not be counted despite her name appearing on the state’s ballot in Tuesday’s election after an appeals court panel denied her motion seeking to force the election chief to tally them.

The three-judge panel on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday against her request for an injunction targeting Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Friday in a dispute over the person listed as her running mate on the ballot.

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Court denies request to force count of votes for Green Party’s Jill Stein in Ohio

Watch: A brief history of female candidates for president

Saturday 2 November 2024 09:00 , Oliver O’Connell

A history of female presidential candidates

Republicans claim Black men are deserting the Democratic Party. Is it even true?

Saturday 2 November 2024 08:00 , Oliver O’Connell

John Bowden writes:

When election returns start coming in Tuesday evening, one group is certain to be in the spotlight: Black men.

For the past year, pollsters, pundits and political operatives have been hard at work spinning a narrative about Black voters, and younger men in particular. Those voters, many have warned, are increasingly turning away from the Democratic Party, which has enjoyed a massive advantage among Black voters for decades.

“Black men are rapidly abandoning the Democratic Party”, a triumphant headline declared on the website of the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) earlier this year. That assertion was backed up by a poll from the NAACP in August, which found that as many as one in four young black male voters were considering voting for Donald Trump.

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Republicans claim Black men are deserting the Democratic Party. Is it even true?

GOP has already raised $90m to help fund post-election legal fights

Saturday 2 November 2024 07:00 , Oliver O’Connell

The Republican Party is gearing up to support Donald Trump’s legal challenges to election results, again, by ensuring they have enough money to pay the bills – with more than $90 million raised so far.

Ariana Baio reports.

GOP has already raised $90m to help fund post-election legal fights

ICYMI: Trump launches profanity-laden attacks on Biden and Harris in sitdown with Carlson

Saturday 2 November 2024 06:00 , Oliver O’Connell

Former President Donald Trump launched a profanity-laden attack on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, calling the president a “stupid bastard” and the vice president a “sleazebag.”

Trump made the comments on Thursday night during a sitdown event with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Arizona.

Gustaf Kilander reports.

Trump launches profanity-laden attacks on Biden and Harris in sitdown with Carlson

Ella and Cole Emhoff: What to know about Kamala Harris’s stepchildren

Saturday 2 November 2024 05:00 , Kelly Rissman

Vice President Kamala Harris was once called a “childless cat lady” by Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance — a claim that the childfree community, her husband’s ex-wife, and even Jennifer Aniston have slammed as sexist.

It’s also just plain wrong. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee actually has two step-children thanks to her husband Doug Emhoff, whom she wed in 2014. Emhoff had two children, Ella and Cole Emhoff, with his first wife, Kerstin — and the pair affectionately refer to Harris as their “momala.”

“For over 10 years since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I,” Kerstin Emhoff told CNN. “I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.”

Here is what you need to know about Harris’s family.

Who are Kamala Harris’s stepchildren?

New Mexico mayor claims Trump still owes city for 2019 bill

Saturday 2 November 2024 04:40 , Oliver O’Connell

During a campaign stop in New Mexico, Donald Trump used the final moments of the 2024 election to continue spreading false claims, telling voters the previous two presidential votes in the state were “rigged.”

Albuquerque officials, meanwhile, were worried about a different count: the roughly $445,000 they say the Trump campaign still owes for a 2019 visit.

Josh Marcus reports.

‘Half a million short’: Trump’s history of not paying cities for campaign stops

What happened to Trump’s first cabinet?

Saturday 2 November 2024 04:20 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump’s first stint as commander-in-chief between 2017 and 2021 was anything but smooth sailing, with firings and acrimonious departures as much a feature of his administration as it was central to his hit NBC reality show The Apprentice.

And, the years that followed have also been eventful for the most notable characters from his presidency.

Some have ended up in prison or criminally charged in connection to their involvement with the former president.

Some have become his most vocal critics, sounding the alarm about the dangers of a second term.

Few are still on speaking terms with him.

Now, with the election, and therefore a possible Trump second term, just days away, here’s a reminder of some of the key figures in Trump’s first administration – and where they are now:

Friend, foe or inmate: What happened to Trump’s first cabinet?

Trump threatens to ‘knock the hell out of people backstage’ over faulty mic

Saturday 2 November 2024 03:56 , Oliver O’Connell

A night of dueling rallies in Milwaukee, the largest city in the key battleground state of Wisconsin, turned into a night of high contrast.

Kamala Harris was supported by local officials including Senator Tammy Baldwin, but also by a host of entertainers including comedian Keegan Michael-Key and rapper Cardi B. The vice president was then introduced by an elementary school teacher.

Speaking before Donald Trump took the stage were two sitting senators, Markwayne Mullin and Eric Schmitt, a candidate for the Senate, Eric Hovde, and Robert F Kennedy Jr, who introduced him. Needless to say, the energy levels were very different.

While at the Harris rally an apparent teleprompter failure led to Cardi B reading her speech from a phone, there were bigger tech failures at the FiServ Forum a few miles away.

Continue reading…

Trump threatens to ‘knock the hell out of people backstage’ over mic failure

Watch: UAW president says support for Harris among members has only grown

Saturday 2 November 2024 03:45 , Oliver O’Connell

Watch: Trump repeats threat to CBS about license over Kamala Harris interview

Saturday 2 November 2024 03:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Pro-Trump columnist Hugh Hewitt storms out of interview, dramatically quitting Washington Post

Saturday 2 November 2024 03:00 , Oliver O’Connell

A pro-Trump columnist quit his position at The Washington Post after dramatically storming out of an interview live on air.

Hugh Hewitt, a veteran conservative pundit, slammed fellow columnists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus for running “the most unfair election ad” and said that he would not be returning.

The outburst came during a discussion on The Post’s “First Look” show, live on Friday, as Mike Bedigan reports.

Hugh Hewitt dramatically quits the Washington Post after storming out of interview

What is happening here?

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:58 , Oliver O’Connell

Will this be remembered as the mic rally?

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:57 , Oliver O’Connell

After holding a microphone for roughly 15 minutes, Trump complained about its weight.

“It’s like I’m weightlifting,” he said, adding that the mic was “heavy.”

Trump had taken the mic from a holder on the podium earlier in his rally speech after the crowd complained they couldn’t hear.

Harris on Trump winning: ‘He will not’

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:54 , AP

The vice president raised the possibility of Trump winning next week at her final rally of the night in Wisconsin, getting a rise out of an audience eager to elect her.

Harris caught herself, quickly adding, “He will not,” to cheers.

The comment came during a common refrain in Harris’ stump speech, when she asks voters to envision whether they want Trump in the Oval Office, fixated on his “enemies list,” or her, focused on a “to-do list.”

Harris attacks Trump and draws contrast over ‘enemy within’ comments

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:52 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris tells the crowd at his rally in Milwaukee: “Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t believe people who disagree with me are the enemy … That is what real leaders is about. That’s what strong leadership is about.”

Watch: Trump is really mad about the mic

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:49 , Oliver O’Connell

“Do you want to see me knock the heck out of people backstage?” says Donald Trump.

“I’m up here seething!”

He blames “stupid people”.

Trump talks jobs report but misses crucial factor

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:46 , AP

Donald Trump said at his rally that the US jobs report issued today, which showed that employers added 12,000 jobs in October, showed that the Biden-Harris administration is failing on the economy.

Last month’s hiring gain was down significantly from the 223,000 jobs that were added in September.

“This is like a depression,” Trump said of the numbers as he heaped insults on Harris.

Economists estimate that Hurricanes Helene and Milton, combined with strikes at Boeing and elsewhere, pushed down net job growth by tens of thousands of jobs in October.

Trump did not mention that.

Harris denounces Trump as ‘obsessed with revenge’ and ‘consumed with grievance’

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Vice President Kamala Harris tells the crowd at her rally: “We know who Donald Trump is. This is not someone who’s thinking about making your life better. This is someone who is increasingly unstable. Obsessed with revenge. He is consumed with grievance. And the man is out for unchecked power.”

More mic problems for Trump

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:29 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump is again hit with audio problems and [again] says the contractor shouldn’t be paid.

Cardi B states her case for Kamala Harris

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:23 , Oliver O’Connell

“I wasn’t going to vote in this election, I wasn’t, but Kamala Harris joining the race, she changed my mind,” Cardi B told the crowd in Milwaukee. “I believe in every word that comes out of her mouth— she’s passionate, she’s compassionate, she shows empathy, and most of all, she is not delusional.”

When Trump says he’ll protect women, Cardi B says, it “is his definition of protection not the freedom of choice?”

She adds: “Hustling a woman out of her rights is nasty work.”

“Did you hear what Donny Trump said the other day?” the rapper asked the Milwaukee audience.

Cardi B then recollected for the audience Trump’s promise to protect women “whether the women like it or not.”

After an audience reaction, the rapper paused and then said, “Donny, don’t.”

Meanwhile…

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:21 , Oliver O’Connell

Big turn out for Donald Trump across town at the FiServ Forum:

Cardi B takes the stage at Harris rally in Milwaukee

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:08 , Oliver O’Connell

Cardi B will shortly introduce Kamala Harris.

You can watch the rally here:

Watch live: Kamala Harris campaigns with Cardi B in Wisconsin

Program underway at Trump’s FiServ Forum rally in Milwaukee

Saturday 2 November 2024 02:03 , Oliver O’Connell

Delivering opening remarks for Donald Trump tonight at the FiServ Forum in Milwaukee — the site of the Republican National Convention in July —  are Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde, Sen Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Sen Eric Schmitt of Missouri, and Robert F Kennedy Jr.

You watch the speeches here

Watch: Rep Jasmine Crocket rails against Texas elected officials telling her what to do with her body

Saturday 2 November 2024 01:55 , Oliver O’Connell

WSJ: Trump’s attention span is ‘too short’ to stage a real coup

Saturday 2 November 2024 01:50 , Oliver O’Connell

Former president Donald Trump was “too undisciplined” in his first term and his “short” attention span kept him from remaining on message, The Wall Street Journal editorial board said in an op-ed on Thursday.

“Mr. Trump was too undisciplined, and his attention span too short, to stay on one message much less stage a coup,” the editorial board wrote.

For more than 95 years, WSJ has declined to formally endorse a presidential candidate but its editorial board released two op-eds this week on Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, laying out the pros and cons of each potential presidency.

Ariana Baio takes a look at what they said.

Trump’s attention span is ‘too short’ to stage a real coup, WSJ argues

Watch LIVE: Donald Trump campaigns in Milwaukee

Saturday 2 November 2024 01:40 , Oliver O’Connell

Report: Trump has been asking his close allies why women don’t like him

Saturday 2 November 2024 01:30 , Oliver O’Connell

Donald Trump has been asking why women don’t like him, a new CNN report reveals.

Trump has called up close allies to ask why women don’t like him, the outlet reports, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the conversations. The former president “thinks women want someone who will keep them safe, keep their children safe,” one of three sources told CNN.

National polls indicate that is not necessarily the case, as Katie Hawkinson reports.

Trump has been asking his close allies why women don’t like him, report says

Watch LIVE: Harris campaigns in West Allis, Wisconsin

Saturday 2 November 2024 01:21 , Oliver O’Connell

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