White House altered transcript of Biden’s ‘garbage’ comments, report says
White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to call Donald Trump’s supporters ‘garbage’.
The change objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Biden created an uproar earlier this week with his remarks to Latino activists responding to racist comments at a Trump rally made by the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who referred to the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.’
Biden, according to a transcript prepared by the official White House stenographers, told the Latino group on a Tuesday evening video call, ‘The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.’
The transcript released by the White House press office, however, rendered the quote with an apostrophe, reading ‘supporter’s’ rather than ‘supporters,’ which aides said pointed to Biden criticizing Hinchcliffe, not the millions of Americans who are supporting Trump for president.
Donald Trump aims to recapture 2016 magic by returning to Grand Rapids for his final campaign rally of 2024
Donald Trump will aim to recreate the final hours of his triumphant 2016 campaign by holding his last rally of the 2024 race in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
‘Michigan stands at the crossroads of history,’ Trump told his supporters in the west Michigan city eight years ago. ‘If we win Michigan, we will win this historic election.’
They did (by barely 10,000 votes), and they did.
That event, which started after midnight, has gone down in Trump campaign lore. It was an afterthought, added only after pleas by the state party chair (who happened to be Ronna McDaniel.)
Attendees still talk of a magical night, with hundreds of supporters crammed into an overheated convention center room and condensation on the ceiling (or sweat, depending on who is telling the tale).
This year’s campaign has frequently tried to capture the spirit of that 2016 run, bringing back some of the key faces such as Corey Lewandowski, and maintaining a small core team.
A campaign source confirmed to DailyMail.com that Trump will return to the scene of his 2016 triumph for the final event (which was first reported by ABC News).
Allies will hope it turns out better than 2020. Trump was back in Grand Rapids to close out his campaign then but ultimately lost both the state and the White House.
Harris takes the stage in Phoenix kicking off three-city western swing
By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent in Las Vegas, Nevada
Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage Thursday in Phoenix, Arizona Thursday, kicking off a three-city western swing.
She wished her supporters a Happy Halloween and was almost immediately interrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
‘Hey guys, you know what, let’s talk for a moment about Gaza. We all want this war to end and get the hostages out, and I will work on it full-time when I am elected president, as I’ve been,’ she said after being interrupted a second time.
The Democratic nominee took advantage of comments former President Donald Trump made, when he said that he would do something ‘whether the women like it or not.’
‘He does not believe women should have the agency and authority to make decisions about their own bodies. This is the same man who said women should be punished for their choices. He simply does not respect the freedom of women or the intelligence of women to make decisions accordingly,’ Harris said.
The band Los Tigres del Norte was Harris’ warm-up act at the Phoenix rally as well as Democratic Senate hopeful, Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is going up against MAGA star Kari Lake.
Later Thursday Harris will head to Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada.
In Las Vegas she will appear alongside Jennifer Lopez.
Mark Cuban tries to clarify his comments that Trump doesn’t surround himself with ‘smart’ women
I’m the only doctor in America who performs abortions after eight months – now I’m doing more than ever
Dr Warren Hern has been carrying out late stage abortions for decades.
In 1988 someone tried to shoot him, and his clinic in Boulder, Colorado, is regularly bombarded by protesters accusing him of being a ‘murderer.’
But Dr Hern, who is now 86 years old, says he will keep carrying out abortions after 32 weeks — the only physician who publicly admits to doing so — to protect women’s health.
He says that since Roe V Wade was overturned, he’s performing more late-term terminations than ever before. It is likely that this is because abortion bans in many states are leading women to seek abortion care elsewhere.
The presidential election next week is the first since the reversal of Roe and access to abortion is a top issue among voters, especially women.
In a series of interviews over recent months, Dr Hern said he was not an ‘abortion dispensing machine’ and never provides a termination after 32 weeks because a woman ‘just doesn’t want a child.’
He said he only performs the procedure if there are complex medical problems, highlighting the case of a woman who was 35 weeks pregnant but found out her fetus had a stroke and its brain had died.
The CDC and states don’t reliably provide data on the number of abortions carried out after 21 weeks (five months).
Tim Walz makes stop at Puerto Rican restaurant in Erie
By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent in Las Vegas, Nevada
Democratic vice presidential hopeful, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, made a stop at a Puerto Rican restaurant in Erie, Pennsylvania Thursday, a symbolic gesture after a pro-Trump comedian call the U.S. territory a ‘floating island of garbage.’
‘That was not just unnecessary, it was incredibly hurtful. And quite honestly, in the climate that we’re in can be dangerous,’ Walz said at Vilma’s Kitchen, not referencing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe by name.
Erie County is often a bellwether and Pennsylvania looks to be the most important swing state this cycle.
There are nearly a half million Puerto Ricans who call Pennsylvania home – meaning the slight could have real repercussions in the state.
LeBron James reveals his pick for president ahead of election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
NBA legend LeBron James has announced that he is backing Kamala Harris in next week’s presidential election.
The Lakers star, who plays alongside his son Bronny in Los Angeles, publicly endorsed the vice president on social media on Thursday.
‘What are we even talking about here??’ he wrote to his 53million followers on X and 159m followers on Instagram.
‘When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!’
To support his endorsement, the NBA star posted a video which stitched together footage from the civil rights movement and controversial comments made my Trump.
Kamala Harris’ biggest blunder of her campaign against Trump revealed by new poll
The biggest mistake Kamala Harris made during her three-month campaign against Donald Trump has been revealed.
Voters disclosed in an exclusive DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners national survey that the vice president should have distanced herself from President Joe Biden sooner.
According to the poll of 1,000 likely voters, her ‘biggest blunder’ is that she would ‘not change anything’ from the Biden administration.
Harris was asked on The View last month about what she would change about Biden’s presidency.
‘There is not a thing that comes to mind,’ Harris responded.
Harris defended the president’s record and added: ‘I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.’
But for voters in the DailyMail.com poll, that answer could be fatal for her election chances.
Kamala Harris doubles down on no tax on tips while rallying in Reno
By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent in Las Vegas, Nevada
Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down on a pledge that former President Donald Trump said she copied from him – no tax on tips.
We will fight for working families by raising the minimum wage and eliminating tax on tips for service and hospitality workers.
Harris was at her second rally of a western swing – in Reno, Nevada – when she made the promise. Nevada is the home of a large number of tipped workers due to the tourism industries in Reno and Las Vegas.
She called her home state of California the ‘first cousin of Nevada.’
At each stop she’s been interrupted by protesters.
At the Reno stop she shouted back: ‘You know what? Let me say something about this. We’re here because we’re fighting for a democracy. Fighting for a democracy.’
Harris held her first rally of the day in Phoenix and will head to Las Vegas Thursday night for a rally where she’ll be introduced by actress and singer Jennifer Lopez.
Trump is joined on stage by the family of a US Marine murdered in Mexico
Trump is joined on stage in Nevada by the family of Nicholas Douglas Quets, a 31-year-old Marine veteran from Arizona who was killed in Mexico.
He was shot dead on Oct. 18.
The crowd chanted: ‘Nicholas, Nicholas, Nicholas,’ at times.
His father Douglas said he had met with Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance, but was refused a chance to meet with Kamala Harris’s running mate Gov. Tim Walz. He said he had several requests from the government.
‘One is change the US Code, so that if people commit crime against U.S. persons, especially murder, they are brought back here to face our justice.
Donald Trump takes the stage in Henderson, Nevada
After a sojourn to the non-battleground state of New Mexico, Donald Trump touched down in Nevada for a campaign rally.
He now has a well-honed intro, based on a famous question Ronald Reagan asked when he ran against President Jimmy Carter in 1980.
We’re doing great in Nevada, and I’m thrilled to be back in this beautiful state with 1000s of proud, hard working American patriots. And you are that. You are that. But I’d like to begin by asking a very simple question, very easy one: Are you better off now than you were four years ago.
Now Trump attacks ‘really dumb’ Mark Cuban and his comments on women
You can tell Trump has just landed in Nevada. His Twitter account popped into life, as he launched his own broadside against Harris supporter Mark Cuban and his comments about Trump not surrounding himself with strong women.
I may, in fact, be surrounded by the strongest women in the World, including Heads of Countries, who make Mark look like a “baby!” All strong women, and women in general, should be very angry about this weak man’s statement.
And he couldn’t resist taking a dig at Cuban’s golf game.
Also, he’s got no clubhead speed!
Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion after ‘editing’ Kamala Harris’ 60 Minutes interview
Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com
Donald Trump is suing CBS News for a whopping $10 billion dollars alleging the outlet manipulated its Kamala Harris interview to favor Democrats just ahead of the election.
Lawyers for the president claimed numerous violations by the broadcaster including lying in a thoughtful and malevolent way, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
‘CBS’s misconduct ‘caus[ed] confusion or misunderstanding’ to millions of Americans,’ the lawyers argue.
They wrote the complaint is because of ‘CBS’ partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion calculated to confuse, deceive, and mislead the public.’
Trump and his team also allege that CBS News was trying to run cover for Democrats by making Kamala Harris’ performance look better than it was.
J.D. Vance and Joe Rogan deliver their best impressions of Kamala Harris ‘word salads’
J.D. Vance and podcaster Joe Rogan imitated some of Vice President Kamala Harris’ most famous word salads in an interview released Thursday.
The Ohio Senator and Rogan spoke about Harris, noting her propensity to give long circular answers during interview questions that rarely make sense.
‘Joe Biden has always done the amazing work that Joe Biden does,’ laughed Rogan, imitating Harris’ sing-song voice.
Rogan said Harris typically spoke in a way where she found herself unable to move toward a conclusion.
Kamala Harris dismisses she’s concerned about Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment undermining her messaging
Vice President Kamala Harris was asked on Thursday by NBC News whether she is concerned President Biden’s comment about ‘garbage’ could undermine her messaging.
‘Well, I’ve addressed how I feel about those comments. One, the president explained what he meant,’ Harris said. ‘But two, I do not believe and I will speak for myself that we should ever criticize people based on who they vote for.’
Harris also said on one hand there’s her opponent Trump ‘who refers to people by the most demeaning words.’ She claimed he takes from them ‘the dignity that they so rightly deserve.’
‘He’s someone who talks full time about the enemy within. He speaks ill of America. He refers to us as a garbage can,’ Harris said. She claimed most people are exhausted with it.
When pressed on her concerns about the president’s comment being seized on, Harris said what Americans want most is to know she has a plan to bring down costs and invests in the economy.
Harris also was asked about Trump’s comments about being a protector of women whether they like it or not.
‘The majority of Americans believe that women are intelligent enough and should have and be respected for their agency to make decisions for themselves about what is in their best interests and not have their government and certainly not Donald Trump telling them what to do,’ Harris said.
Democratic governors dress as Tim Walz for Halloween
Democratic governors today got in on the Halloween spirt by dressing up like fellow Democratic Governor and Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz.
Governors Gretchen Whitmer, Wes Moore, Janet Mills, Phil Murphy and Maura Healy all got in on the action dressing up as Coach Walz to car advice-giving Walz and hunting Walz.
Trump voter hurls abuse at polling staff after refusing to remove MAGA cap
A South Carolina voter lashed out at polling staff after he refused to remove his Trump hat while casting his vote.
The unnamed man, wearing a ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ cap, was asked by workers inside Orangeburg County Library to take his hat outside due to state law.
Video captured of the altercation shows him erupting over the request, as he brands one of them ‘a f****** b****’.
Enraged, he then removes the cap in front of another woman and waves it in her face, telling her: ‘This is my motherf****** right’.
After telling him they couldn’t allow him to vote, they usher in the next person, much to the annoyance of the man who then removes the hat and throws it away.
Trump tanks on Kalshi
Donald Trump’s odds on the betting market Kalshi have plummeted in the last 48 hours.
Trump is down 9 points to a 56 percent chance of winning.
Kamala Harris is up 9 points to a 44 percent chance of victory.
Megyn Kelly makes her bold election prediction and reveals the ‘October Surprise’ bombshell that’s still yet to drop
Less than five days before the 2024 election, journalist Megyn Kelly thinks the biggest bombshells of this campaign are still yet to drop.
‘I don’t think we’ve gotten the October surprise yet,’ Kelly, host of The Megyn Kelly Show podcast, told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview on the eve of the vote.
‘I bet we’re still going to get something big dropped on us by somebody,’ she predicted and pointed to an ‘increasingly desperate’ Harris campaign, which has now begun comparing Trump to some of history’s most notorious madmen.
‘They’re calling Trump a Nazi [and Joseph] Goebbels. They’re calling him a fascist, Mao, Stalin,’ Kelly said. ‘What would you do if you thought Hitler was about to get elected? It’s really kind of dangerous, frankly.’
Kelly, 53, has long been at the center of American politics, first as a Fox News Channel reporter and then as a host for the network’s top-rated primetime show ‘The Kelly File.’
Biden spends Thursday behind closed doors
By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent
President Joe Biden had no public events on Thursday, five days before voters go to the polls and two days after his controversial ‘garbage’ comment.
He and first lady Jill Biden spent Wednesday night handing out candy to little trick-or-treaters. He did not answer reporters questions about his comment, where he appeared to call Donald Trump’s supporters ‘garbage.’ The White House later said Biden was referring to just one Trump supporter who insulted Puerto Rico.
In addition to Biden staying behind closed doors, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not hold a press briefing on Thursday.
Biden is scheduled to travel to Philadelphia on Friday to discuss his administration’s support for unions.
Janet Yellen and her mini-me mark Halloween
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen celebrated Halloween with a mini version of herself.
The youngster donned a white wig and pearls for her costume.
Yellen noted in a social media post that she and her mini-me discussed the ‘global supply of candy and toys and tightening sanctions against chores.’
J.D. Vance believes Mark Zuckerberg is a ‘secret’ Trump supporter
Sen. J.D. Vance shared his belief that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was secretly supporting Donald Trum for president during his interview with podcaster Joe Rogan.
‘My secret theory is that Zuck is now a Trump supporter, but he can’t say that publicly, of course, but hopefully he is,’ Vance said.
Vance commented on Zuckerberg as he and Rogan talked about social media companies censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 presidential election.
Joe Rogan and J.D. Vance deliver their best impressions of Kamala Harris
Trump running mate J.D. Vance told Joe Rogan during their hourslong podcast interview:
Kamala is the Michael Jordan of using as many words as possibly to say as little as possible.
What does she do when she’s in a meeting with a world leader and has to know the details of public policy to negotiate with Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping.
Moment Trump walks out to New Mexico rally to The Undertaker theme song
Trump supporter and Harris fan get into vicious confrontation in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Trump rocks a gold and black MAGA hat in New Mexico
Vivek Ramaswamy ‘works’ a shift as a sanitation worker following Joe Biden’s ‘garbage’ gaffe
JD Vance recalls day Trump got shot with Joe Rogan, and reveals he was almost at the Bulter, Pennsylvania rally
Sen. JD Vance revealed in his interview with Joe Rogan that former President Donald Trump almost asked him to go to Butler, Pennsylvania to make the announcement of his running mate decision.
‘He’s like, actually, wouldn’t it really set the world ablaze if we just made the decision today? And so why don’t you come up with me and we’ll just do the announcement in Butler, Pennsylvania,’ Vance told Rogan.
Trump decided against the idea, citing the need to make more preparations before the announcement.
Vance said he went back to Ohio and took his kids out mini-golfing when he heard the news about the assassination attempt.
‘I actually thought they had killed him because when you first see the video, he grabs his ear and then he goes down,’ he recalled.
He said he rushed his kids to his home and went into ‘fight or flight’ mode.
‘I grabbed my kids up throw them in the car go home and load all my guns and basically stand like a sentury in our front door,’ he said.
Arizona election results expected even later this November
Results of the election in Maricopa County, Arizona could be delayed due to Republican-backed changes to the state law that are expected to make it take more time to fully count the results.
The law enacted in February requires poll workers to tally the number of mail ballot envelopes dropped off at a location before they deliver the results to the central county facility, and the additional task could take time.
Maricopa County is the largest in the state and one of the most closely watched swing counties.
The envelope count comes before voter signatures on envelopes are verified and ballots are actually counted.
Most of the county’s polling locations did not report primary election results until 10:55pm with the final reporting of results at 1:15am.
This Election Day, that is expected even later. It’s anticipated more people will vote and even after polls close, if they’re in line, they are entitled to be able to vote. At the same time, the ballot is much longer this November, two sheets front and back, meaning it will take voters longer to get through it.
Poll workers must wait until all voters are finished and the location is closed before the count begins for mail ballot envelopes.
Joe Rogan’s interview with J.D. Vance just dropped
The interview between Rogan and Vance spanned for three hours and 17 minutes.
Trump campaign accuses Mark Cuban of insulting thousands of women
Kamala Harris surrogate Mark Cuban has sparked MAGA fury by saying ‘no strong, intelligent women’ supports Donald Trump.
The billionaire businessman and television personalitywas appearing on ABC’s The View from what appeared to be his private jet when he made the remarks
Trump’s campaign press secretary joined the backlash by saying the Dallas Mavericks co-owner’s commentrs were ‘insulting to the thousands of women who work’ for the former president and the ‘tens of millions’ who have and will vote for him.
AOC tells anti-Trump women in red areas: Your vote is SECRET
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlighted a report about women hiding from their pro-Trump husbands that they voted for Vice President Kamala Harris.
She encouraged people to vote they way they want and insisted ballots are confidential.
AOC wrote on X:
Your vote is anonymous and confidential. Who you voted for is YOUR secret. No one can know unless you tell them.
It was in response to an NBC News reporter revealing that a wom an at a Pittsburgh rally for Harris said they leave pot-it notes in girls’ bathrooms reading: ‘NOBODY WILL KNOW WHO YOU VOTED FOR.’
The woman said women in red-leaning areas think their votes might not be private and feel stigmatized if they oppose Donald Trump.
Top election forecaster moves New Hampshire from ‘lean’ Harris to a ‘toss-up’
A top election forecaster now predicts Donald Trump has a chance in a state he has never won.
Real Clear Politics’ forecast has moved New Hampshire from ‘leans’ Kamala Harris to a ‘toss-up’ in a major boost for the Republican nominee.
The GOP hasn’t won The Granite State since 2000 and has been blue ever since.
Harris is still leading by 4.5 percent in Real Clear Politics’ polling average.
But polls in recent days show the margins are razor-thin as Trump gains momentum.
Gallup’s October poll offers mixed bag for Trump and Harris
The presidential candidates are facing an electorate unhappy with the direction of the country and dissatisfied with Joe Biden’s job performance, according to Gallup’s October data.
But Kamala Harris can take solace in another factor: voters view her more favorably than Donald Trump, in a key metric. An overwhelming 72 percent are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, compared to just 26 percent of adults who are satisfied. Among Independents, 74 percent are dissatisfied.
The incumbent party has not won a presidential election with satisfaction, according to Gallup. The lowest amount where an incumbent got reelected was 33 percent when Barack Obama won a second term in 2012.
Biden’s October job approval rating was 41 percent, about where it has been over the last three years. Harris’s approval is slightly better at 45 percent.
Harris’s final favorability rating is 49-48 percent, better than Trump’s 44-54 percent rating, a figure that puts him ‘under water.’ The candidate with the higher rating ‘typically has won recent presidential elections,’ according to Gallup.
Secret Service whistleblowers expose agency leadership for ‘interfering’ with Trump assassination investigation
Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said whistleblowers told him that Secret Service leadership is ‘interfering’ in the investigation into the first Trump assassination attempt on July 13.
Storefronts around the White House get boarded up ahead of the election as fears of riots grow
Jake Paul endorses presidential candidate in 18-minute video
Jake Paul has revealed who he’s supporting in the 2024 US Presidential election – though he acknowledged he can’t actually take part himself.
The boxer, who rescinded his right to vote when he moved to Puerto Rico, released an 18-minute video on X Thursday in which he laid out why he wanted Donald Trump to be president.
In the clip, Paul, 27, brings up the economy, border control and even transgenderism as issues that have swayed his thinking toward Trump.
Top pollster says Trump ‘clearly’ has the momentum going into Election Day
Top pollster Frank Luntz says that Donald Trump ‘clearly’ has the momentum going into Election Day, and reveals why the race reminds him of 2016.
He said on CNN:
Because it reminds me so much of 2016. And I think there are a lot of similarities right now between this campaign and that campaign. The divisions in the country were significant back then, people didn’t think Trump had a chance back then.
He’s been gaining and gaining the momentum. I don’t know who’s going to win. I can’t call it, and nobody should because statistically and polling and focus groups, it is way too close to call.
However, the momentum is clearly — in what I see and what I hear — is in his favor.
Kamala Harris delivers stark warning after Republicans vow to end Obamacare
Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com
Kamala Harris is sounding the alarm on Donald Trump’s healthcare plans after a key ally of his floated the elimination of Obamacare.
‘The Affordable Care Act is at stake in this election,’ Harris said Thursday. ‘Repealing it has been a part of Donald Trump’s agenda for a very long time.’
‘He has made dozens of attempts to get rid of the Affordable Care Act and now we have further validation of that agenda from Mike Johnson. Understand what that would mean for people with preexisting conditions,’ she told reporters.
The Democrat’s concerns come just a day after Johnson said the ACA, also known as Obamacare, could soon be a thing of the past – something Trump first promised in 2016.
‘Health-care reform’s going to be a big part of the agenda,’ Johnson teasing some of the Republicans’ plans should they take control of Congress. The GOP will take a ‘blowtorch to the regulatory state,’ he added, saying the medical industry has been particularly impacted.
When someone from the crowd asked if Obamacare would be gone, Johnson replied, ‘No Obamacare.’
The implications would be vast as over 45 million Americans currently use the healthcare plan.
Harris slams Trump for his ‘offensive’ comment that he would be the ‘protector’ of women
By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent
Kamala Harris slammed Donald Trump for his comment that he would be the ‘protector’ of women ‘whether the women like it or not.’
She called it ‘offensive.’
‘It’s very offensive to women in terms of not understanding their agency, their authority, their right and their ability to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies,’ Harris said.
‘And this is just the latest on a series of reveals by the former president of how he thinks about women and their agency. Whether he has said, as he has, that women should be punished for their choices, whether he has talked about his pride in taking away a fundamental right from women. Whether it be how he has actually created a situation in America where now one in three women lives in a trump abortion-ban state.’
She also slammed Speaker Mike Johnson and his House Republicans for wanting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying they were doing Trump’s will.
‘He did not prioritize the freedom of women and the intelligence of women to make decisions about their own lives and bodies, and healthcare for all Americans is on the line in this election as well,’ she said.
Trump said at a rally on Wednesday night that he would protect American women ‘whether the women like it or not.’
‘I said, well, I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not. I am going to protect them,’ the former president said.
State Rep. Brian Smith calls for ID requirement to vote after PA fraud allegations
After allegations of voter fraud in several Pennsylvania counties, Smith said ‘all sides should work together to make sure that Pennsylvanians are not disenfranchised’ and that a voter ID requirement could help the process.
Last week, a criminal investigation was launched after thousands of suspected fraudulent voter registrations were discovered in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania.
The Lancaster County Board of Elections announced Friday that staff members identified 2,500 suspected fraudulent voter registration applications, which had been dropped off at the election office.
Some had false names, suspicious handwriting, questionable signatures, incorrect addresses or other problematic details.
Gwen Walz attacks Trump for ‘protector’ comment
By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent
Gwen Walz, while campaigning in Georgia, went after Donald Trump for his comment that he would be the ‘protector’ of women ‘whether the women like it or not.’
Walz, the wife of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tm Walz, said the comment showed that Trump ‘wants power over us.’
‘It pretty much says all you need to know about Donald Trump and the agenda he wants to impose on us. He doesn’t trust us. He thinks he can speak for us. He wants power over us,’ she said. ‘I don’t know about you, but I never asked Trump to be my protector. ‘
Women dominate early voting and leave Trump allies nervous
By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent
Women have outpaced men when it comes to early voting, which may be a sign of trouble for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
With only five days to go until Election Day, more than 60 million Americans have already cast their ballot, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab.
Women make up 54% of that number while men make up 44%.
Several swing states see a similar 10% difference between the genders when it comes to who has voted early: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and North Carolina.
Pennsylvania, in particular, could be key to deciding the winner of the White House.
While the numbers only show that more women have voted – but not who they voted for – polls show Trump has a significant deficit with female voters compared to Kamala Harris.
Biden’s playful interactions with children that have sparked very mixed reactions
Elon Musk asks to move $1 million lottery case to federal court
The $1 million giveaway case involving Elon Musk may be moved to federal court.
Legal drama broke out after Musk was sued by Democratic Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner for ‘running an illegal lottery in Philadelphia.’
Musk was summoned to an emergency court hearing today over the $1 million giveaway he has been running for registered voters in swing states.
But he asked that the venue for the legal battle be moved to federal court.
Lawyers on his behalf argued that the allegations by Krasner:
Turn principally on the allegation that defendants are somehow unlawfully interfering with a federal election.
‘Nostradamus’ compares Trump garbage truck stunt to Michael Dukakis tank disaster
Allan Lichtman, who has become known as a the ‘Nostradamus’ of election forecasting, believes Trump’s appearance at the wheel of a garbage truck may prove a disaster for him.
Trump carried out the stunt after Joe Biden referred to the Republican’s supporters as ‘garbage’. Biden later disputed that he had done so.
Lichtman has achieved great success using an unusual model to predict election results over the last 40 years.
He recalled the 1988 election when Michael Dukakis, the Democratic nominee, was mocked for riding in a tank.
Lichtman said:
Is the garbage truck caper Trump’s Michael Dukakis moment. He looks no less awkward and out of place in the garbage truck than Dukakis did in that infamous 1988 ad riding a tank. “One of the worst campaign backfires in history,” Politico said of the tank ad.
Joe Rogan fawns over ‘very smooth’ J.D. Vance ahead of their four-hour sitdown
Joe Rogan discussed his feelings toward Trump’s VP candidate during a session with British podcasters Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin.
Rogan said about Vance days before they taped a nearly four-hour long interview:
I really like the way J.D. Vance talks. He’s not screamy, yelly, he’s very smooth and he’s very coordinated.
Very good good at being a politician. He’s does all these interviews and talks to CNN who tries to corner him on stuff.
The highly-anticipated interview between Rogan and Vance is set to be released at 1 p.m. on Thursday.
Kamala Harris’ swing state speeches derailed by hecklers: ‘I’m speaking’
Kamala Harris’ speeches in three swing states on Wednesday were derailed by hecklers in the critical final stretch of the campaign with the polls on a knife edge.
The vice president was in the middle of her remarks in the battlegrounds of North Carolina and Pennsylvania when the demonstrators started screaming and shouting at her.
The Democratic nominee slapped down the interruptions both times by invoking Donald Trump and claiming he considers his critics the ‘enemy.’
Her third rally of the long day also was interrupted.
Biden bites three babies at White House Halloween party
President Joe Biden bizarrely bit three babies as he greeted children at his final Halloween party at the White House.
Biden – infamous for his playful interaction with children at public events – also feigned fright at the creepy costumes of his young visitors alongside his wife Jill who was dressed in a full-body panda suit.
The 81-year-old president was pictured biting the leg of a baby dressed as a turkey, chomping the toe of a child in an ice cream cone costume and nibbling at a third baby wearing a blue dress.
Billionaire hedge fund guru Ken Griffin predicts who will win the presidential election
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin has said that Donald Trump is likely to win next week’s election – but he said the margin will be razor-thin.
‘The expectation today is that Donald Trump will win the White House,’ the Citadel founder said on Tuesday.
However, Griffin – whose $42 billion fortune makes him the 37th richest person in the world – noted the race is ‘almost a coin flip.’
A prominent Republican donor, Griffin has contributed around $100 million to the GOP during this election cycle, Bloomberg reported.
Griffin is also notorious among retail investors for his involvement in the 2021 GameStop stock frenzy, where he was accused of helping hedge funds who faced big losses if the share price went too high.
Julia Roberts urges wives of Trump supporters to secretly vote for Kamala Harris in evangelical group video
Julia Roberts has urged wives of Trump supporters to secretly vote for Kamala Harris in the US presidential election in a new YouTube video.
The Oscar-winning actress, 57, who has been campaigning for Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, narrated a video by progressive evangelical group Vote Common Good – which encouraged women to ‘vote any way you want and no-one will ever know.’
In the video, a husband and wife – both sporting stars and stripes caps and apparently Donald Trump supporters – are seen heading into a voting center.
The husband says ‘Your turn honey’ as the woman walks into a booth.
Catching eyes with another female voter across the room, she smiles and casts her vote for Harris-Walz.
Trump reveals the REAL reason he wore orange vest – as social media goes wild
Donald Trump provided hilarious insight into his campaign team’s decision to put him in a fluorescent orange vest at his rally in Wisconsin last night.
The 45th president rolled up to the event in a garbage truck after Joe Biden’s extraordinary gaffe the day before when he branded Trump supporters ‘garbage.’
Seizing on the moment in classic Trumpian style, the ex-president then decided to keep the orange vest on as he took to the stage in Green Bay.
He told the crowd that he had wanted to take the high visibility clothing off but his team advised that it would be better if he wore it for his speech.
‘I said “No way!” but they said it actually makes you look thinner,’ Trump joked. ‘And they got me – I said I wanna wear it on stage … I may never wear my blue jacket again. I may go in this.’
Rural Republicans gives Trump an advantage during early voting in Nevada
Republicans are ahead in rural Nevada as early voting shows signs that the left-leaning state could flip red on November 5.
More than 856,000 ballots for mail-in and early voting were posted as of Wednesday night – meaning 42 percent of registered voters have already cast their ballots in Nevada so far.
And the GOP turn out in rural areas is giving the party an advantage with Republicans having a 40,500-ballot lead, which is 5.2 percent more than Democrats.
Democrats were only able to pull ahead in Clark County, which is where Las Vegas is, by a measly 10 points.
The new and iconic Las Vegas Sphere on the Strip dons an ‘I Voted’ sticker as early voting continues in the left-leaning swing state of Nevada
Trump speaks to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he has wished Donald Trump good luck with five days until the 2024 presidential election.
The Europan strongman who has been very open about his support for the Republican nominee said he had his ‘fingers crossed’.
Inside the only county that’s predicted the last 11 presidents – and who they are voting for in the 2024 election
Tucked away in the far northwest corner of country just before the cliffs drop off into the Pacific Ocean lies America’s last true bellwether county.
A decidedly purple place, the small, rural region of Clallam County in Washington boasts an unmatched record of voting for every presidential election winner since Ronald Reagan in 1980.
This is the longest success streak of any of America’s 3,143 counties.
Now all eyes are on this unassuming county once again to see which way the wind is blowing for 2024, as vice president Kamala Harris faces off against former president Donald Trump in a divisive, neck and neck race.
Bad sign for Kamala as black electorate lags in North Carolina
So far, the demographic outcome of early voting in North Carolina is a red flag to Kamala Harris’ chances in the red-leaning swing state.
The electorate in the state has skewed older and whiter compared to the voter registration in the state.
Some Democrats think for Vice President Kamala Harris to be competitive and flip the state in 2024, there needs to be a turnout of 20 percent black voters. As of Wednesday, black voters made up about 18 percent of the early voting electorate in North Carolina.
Turnout among this key demographic for Harris is lagging so far. In 2020 there were 36,000 more black Americans who had voted in-person by this point.
Early voter data shows that women and suburban voters are so far outperforming the other demographics in North Carolina.
Voters cast their ballots in early voting in Black Mountain, North Carolina on October 29, 2024 – one month after Hurricane Helene hit the area
Steve Bannon on life inside prison and how he taught civics lessons
Steve Bannon shares his advice for Donald Trump to win the election … and how Elon Musk could help secure victory
Steve Bannon has advice for Donald Trump on how to win the election: Keep doing your thing, be yourself and make sure outside groups maintain a fierce focus on getting out the vote.
‘I would tell President Trump, continue, do your rallies,’ he told DailyMail.com in an interview.
‘Do what you do. Just be yourself. You’re authentic.
‘Just be yourself, and let your staff and let these outside groups just really power through the next six, seven days and get as many people to vote by and on November 5.’
He has had four months to think about strategy, cooped up in federal prison where he was serving a sentence for two counts of contempt of Congress.
CNN data guru reveals the signs Trump will win 2024 election: ‘You can’t say we didn’t warn you’
A top election data guru revealed a major sign that former President Donald Trump could win the presidential election next week.
CNN senior political data reporter Harry Enten said a key metric going into the election in six days is the low number of voters who feel the country is on the ‘right track.’
Just 28 percent of Americans in an aggregate of recent polls believe that the country is going in the right direction.
That’s a significant hurdle for Vice President Kamala Harris to overcome, Enten told CNN anchor John Berman and Kate Bolduan.
‘There isn’t a single time in which 28 percent of the American public thinks the country is going on the right track in which the incumbent party actually won,’ Enten said, citing every election since the 1980s.
‘The bottom line is if Republicans win come next week, Donald Trump wins come next week, the signs all along will have been obvious,’ he said.
Polling guru says not to trust Trump swing in polls and betting markets
Polling guru Nate Silver’s forecasting model has Donald Trump with a 55 percent chance of wining the election, and Kamala Harris 45 percent.
But Silver notes there have been ‘pretty bad’ polls for two election cycles in a row.
He told a CNBC event Trump voters might be more ‘charged’ this time, and therefore more likely to answer in polls. He said:
A lot of pollsters are throwing up their hands. They’re printing a tie. There is what we call herding, where people are gravitating towards the consensus. They don’t want opinions too out of line.
Voters split in battleground Michigan
Swing state of Michigan remains a toss-up just five days before the 2024 presidential election.
Among registered voters, Trump takes an advantage with 47 percent to Harris’ 45 percent. But among likely voters, the scales are tipped the other way with 47 percent for the vice president and 46 percent backing the former president.
Both results are within the poll’s margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.
Michigan, with 15 Electoral College votes, joins Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the states that will determine the outcome of the presidential election.
Former President Bill Clinton and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer campaign for Kamala Harris at Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church in Muskegon Heights, Michigan on October 30, 2024
GOP strategist reveals what Trump campaign thinks about internal polls just DAYS before election
A Republican strategist revealed that internal polling has arrived and operatives inside President Donald Trump’s campaign are concerned they ‘aren’t where they need to be.’
Margaret Hoover appeared on CNN’s The Source Wednesday and told host Kaitlan Collins that early voting numbers point to ‘real enthusiasm, which is hard to measure.’
‘I think their internals are actually giving them pause,’ said Hoover, who worked on George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign and Rudy Giuliani’s failed 2008 run for the White House.
‘They do have a lot of resources for polling – more than public media companies have. And they’re probably seeing the same things that you guys are talking about, which is that there’s real groundswell in the early vote,’ she added.
A higher number of registered Democrats, over 11 million, have voted so far, compared to 10.5 million registered Republicans, according to data from 25 states that report party registration.
AOC fawns over Doug Emhoff’s ‘masculinity’ and ‘values’ in cringeworthy tribute after ‘cheating’ and ‘slapping’ scandals
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo referred for criminal prosecution
The House COVID Select Committee told DailyMail.com:
Overwhelming evidence uncovered by the Select Subcommittee proves that Mr. Cuomo reviewed, edited, and even drafted portions of a purportedly independent and peer-reviewed New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Report that was used to combat criticism of his Administration’s pandemic-era nursing home policies.
The Select Subcommittee recommends the DOJ review the evidence laid out in the criminal referral and immediately evaluate criminal charges against Mr. Cuomo.
Trump allies launch ‘Kamala’s American nightmare’ ad for Halloween
The screen is dark, illuminated briefly by the word ‘ inflation ‘ and a display of numbers ticking upwards.
It cuts to a dark night, as a police officer shines a flashlight and a dark figure runs through the streets as part of what the narrator calls a ‘pandemic of lawlessness.’
Allies of former President Donald Trump are launching an ‘American nightmare’ ad to coincide with Halloween on Thursday.
The sound of Kamala Harris’ laughter echoes through scenes of a dystopian country, grappling with rising prices , crime and risk of war with Iran .
Only at the end does a character emerge panting into daylight in front of a neat-lawned family home.
Trump holds lead over Harris in the betting markets
Donald Trump holds a comfortable lead over Kamala Harris in the 2024 election betting markets with five days left of the campaign.
The Real Clear Politics average of betting platforms has the Republican nominee 26.8 points ahead.
UK bookmaker Betfair gives Trump a 25-point advantage in his chances of winning while BetOnline has him 28 points up.
While the gap between Trump and Harris may be sizeable, anything can happen in the final stretch of the campaign.
American platform Kalshi has seen Harris’ odds improve five percent in the last 24 hours.
Pennsylvania polling puts Trump with slight edge over Kamala with five days to go
Final polling in Pennsylvania shows Kamala Harris falling behind in the days before the 2024 presidential election.
With just five days until Election Day, multiple polls exhibit the vice president’s slip in the key battleground swing state with 19 Electoral College votes. Pennsylvania has voted for the person who won the presidential election in 48 of the last 59 elections.
The latest Fox News poll conducted October 24 and 28 has the former president with a one-pioint advantage over Harris in a head-to-head matchup.
And another survey conducted by Monmouth University in the same time period has Trump also a single point ahead of Harris among likely voters – 47 percent to 46 percent.
Both are within the respective polls’ margin of error.
Trump trolls Harris and Biden by riding a GARBAGE TRUCK to his Wisconsin rally
Donald Trump trolled Joe Biden and Kamala Harris by riding a MAGA garbage truck to his rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday night in response to Biden’s comments that upended the presidential race with a week to go.
The former president rolled up to reporters on the tarmac in Green Bay, leaning out the window to take questions before his event in the battleground which is one of the seven states that will decide the election.
Trump and Harris are locked in a statistical tie in Wisconsin, and nationwide they are separated by by razor-thin margins as one of the closet campaigns in history draws to a close.
‘How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden,’ he told the waiting media while wearing an orange workman’s vest.
‘For Joe Biden to make that statement — it’s really a disgrace,’ he added before speaking to supporters while Harris addressed her own fans in a different part of the state.
Trump was referring to the comments made by 81-year-old Biden that referred to his supporters as ‘garbage.’
Exclusive:Donald Trump opens three-point lead over Kamala Harris in final Daily Mail poll before Election Day
Donald Trump has overtaken Kamala Harris in the final DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners national poll before Election Day, with the former president holding a three-point lead over the vice president.
Both candidates have shored up their bases, but Trump has done better at picking up support from independents and undecided voters in the final push, according to the data.
The poll of 1,000 likely voters shows that Trump has the support of 49 percent to Harris’ 46 percent.
The race is still close. Yet, with five days to go, the numbers mean Trump is currently on course to become the first Republican candidate since George W. Bush in 2004 to win the popular vote.
The vice president held a one-point lead when the poll was last conducted in September.