Donald Trump has reacted in gloating fashion to rival Kamala Harris’s tense interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, in which the Democrat clashed with the host on illegal immigration, Joe Biden and the threat posed by Trump himself.
The Republican declared on Truth Social that Harris “is barely able to talk about any subject other than me”, called her “totally incompetent” and praised Baier for doing a “great job”.
Trump himself struggled badly on Wednesday in a town hall with Univision as he sought to appeal to Latino voters, faltering when challenged on such issues as the Capitol riot, the coronavirus, gun control, climate change and his lie about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has meanwhile reported that Trump is again attempting to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels over the affair she alleges she had with him in 2006, the subject of his recent hush money trial at which he was found guilty on all 34 counts relating to the falsification of business records.
Harris is campaigning in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin today and skipping the traditional Al Smith Catholic charity dinner in New York — Trump is attending.
Harris says Hamas leader had ‘American blood on his hands’ in statement on death of Hamas leader
“He had American blood on his hands,” Vice President Kamala Harris said of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7 attacks who was confirmed killed today in Gaza.
Any terrorist who kills Americans or threatens them, “we will always bring you to justice,” she added in a presidential-style televised statement during a campaign stop in Milwaukee.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 19:25
Don Jr boasts that Trump knows the McDonald’s menu better than Kamala Harris
Kind of a strange Flex here from Don Jr about his dad…
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 19:20
NRA cancels Trump event
The National Rifle Association has canceled a “Defend the 2nd” event in Savannah, Georgia, at which Donald Trump was supposed to speak.
In a statement on X, the NRA said there were “campaign scheduling changes”.
The gun rights group said it is “committed to ensuring Donald Trump wins in November and returns to the White House”.
The Harris campaign’s latest line of attack against the former president is that he keeps dropping out of events.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 19:14
Watch: Doug Emhoff tells Andy Cohen about Trump’s attacks on his wife
Doug Emhoff talked to Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show about Donald Trump’s attacks on his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Second Gentleman referred to them as “a distraction”.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 19:05
Watch: LIVE – Harris speaks in Milwaukee after ‘tough’ Fox News interview
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 19:03
Democratic PAC mocks Virginia GOP candidate with ‘fake family’
You might remember Derrick Anderson, the Republican nominee for Congress for Virginia’s 7th District, who was called out a few weeks ago for campaign material that implied he had a wife and children, when in fact he does not.
Well. House Majority PAC has produced a TV ad mocking him about that while framing him as an “extreme MAGA politician”.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 19:00
Al Smith Dinner to play recorded message from Harris in lieu of attendance
NBC News reports that the organizers of the Al Smith charity dinner will play a recorded message from Vice President Kamala Harris tonight in lieu of her attendance at the event for Catholic charities, according to Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the archdiocese of New York.
The Harris campaign said she declined the invitation to the dinner due to conflicting events in the final weeks of the campaign. It is the first time a candidate has not attended in 40 years.
Donald Trump, who is attending and will give remarks, criticized the decision, saying it was “sad but not surprising”.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 18:52
Trump making unannounced stop in Bronx
There’s a big security presence as Donald Trump visits a barber shop in the Bronx.
It is unclear if he is there for a trim of his famous hair.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 18:48
Trump renews attack on ‘60 Minutes’ demanding CBS lose its license
In case you were wondering about how the free press might fare under a second Trump administration, Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on CBS and its flagship news show 60 Minutes following the program’s interview with Kamala Harris.
The former president is still apparently incensed by the practice of editing interviews for brevity, despite his own interviews sometimes being edited for clarity or sense. The Harris campaign has distanced itself from the editing decisions made by 60 Minutes. Trump began baselessly accusing the network of a crime following the broadcast.
Here’s what Trump wrote on Truth Social today:
Why won’t 60 Minutes release the fraudulent tapes of Lyin’ Kamala’s Interview with them? Could it be because it was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, or that they “CREATED” many additional new answers for her, not just the one where she was so embarrassingly CAUGHT. In normal times, what happened on 60 Minutes, (deceptively “doctoring” her answers), would be THE END OF ANYONE’S CAMPAIGN! Kamala is slow, incoherent, and is in no way qualified to be President of the United States. RELEASE THE TAPES FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA. We can do it the nice way, or the hard way!
He followed that up with:
60 MINUTES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE AIR – ELECTION INTERFERENCE. CBS SHOULD LOSE ITS LICENSE. THIS IS THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN BROADCAST HISTORY. Kamala should be investigated and forced off the Campaign, and Joe Biden allowed to take back his rightful place (He got 14 Million Primary Votes, she got none!). THIS WHOLE SORDID AND FRAUDULENT EVENT IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!
The former president pulled out of his own interview with 60 Minutes as well as other interviews with major networks and has continued to refuse to debate Harris again after she was widely perceived to have won their first debate.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 18:45
Trump announces town hall in Lancaster, PA, and rally in Greenville, NC
The Trump campaign has announced a pair of new battleground state events, with Donald Trump set to hold a town hall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday at 5pm, and a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, at 3pm on Monday.
The Greenville event will be held on the campus of East Carolina University, close to where Kamala Harris held a rally at a church on Sunday.
Oliver O’Connell17 October 2024 18:22