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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will hold a rally in Michigan tonight as they look to win over voters in a key battleground state.
Trump is speaking in Detroit, where his microphone broke. The former president had to walk around the stage for more than 15 minutes, occasionally waving to attendees.
“I’m not going to pay the bill to the stupid company that lent me this crap,” he said.
Before the audio error, President Trump had told supporters that his Democratic opponent was “totally incompetent” and that he would “save” the city. Meanwhile, Harris is speaking in Oakland County. According to the latest Emerson College poll, the two candidates are tied in key battleground states with just over two weeks until Election Day.
Also tonight, former President Barack Obama is campaigning in Tuscon, Arizona, on behalf of the Vice President.
Ahead of tonight’s rally, the former president called Judge Tanya Chutkan “the most evil person” following the release of new evidence in the case against him on January 6th, on special Jack Smith He labeled the prosecutor a “sick puppy.”
President Trump called the lawsuits against him “terrible” and “election interference” as he presses charges in Washington and Georgia over his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat.
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Trump-supporting pastor calls for public execution of woman ‘falsely accused’ of assaulting man
Far-right pastor Joel Webbon, who has announced his support for Donald Trump, has called for the execution of women who have “falsely accused” men of sexual assault.
“#MeToo will be over soon… all it takes is the public execution of a few women who lied,” Webbon said.
The #MeToo movement exploded in 2017, with women around the world using the hashtag to share their stories of surviving sexual harassment and assault.
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President Trump’s Detroit venue is “pretty empty,” CNN reports
Donald Trump’s rally venue in Detroit is “fairly empty,” CNN reported.
“It’s actually pretty empty,” said a CNN anchor on the ground. “They haven’t been able to fill this.”
She added: “I’ve heard it’s not a safety issue.”
Katie Hawkinson October 19, 2024 01:48
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Man is run over by gunfire during fight over President Trump sign in garden
A fight over a pro-Donald Trump sign outside a Las Vegas home turns violent, resulting in a shootout and a man being run over.
Timothy Parks, 45, and Jennifer Lund, 38, are now charged with assault, battery and stalking following the Oct. 13 incident, according to charging documents.
The incident occurred after Parks and Lund parked in front of a mansion with pro-Trump signs and played a song titled “F*** Donald Trump,” according to full court documents obtained by KLAS. did.
Mike Bedigan October 19, 2024 01:30
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Donald Trump’s microphone fixed at Detroit rally
Donald Trump’s microphone was repaired after it broke for more than 15 minutes at a rally in Detroit.
“I will not pay the bill to the stupid company that rented me this crap,” he told supporters.
Katie Hawkinson October 19, 2024 01:18
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Harris takes the stage as President Trump’s microphone issue continues
Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage at a rally in Oakland County, Michigan, but Donald Trump has been unable to address his own crowd in Detroit due to microphone issues.
The crowd sang “Happy Birthday” as Harris, who turns 60 on Sunday, made her way to the podium.
Katie Hawkinson October 19, 2024 01:12
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President Trump snakes across stage due to microphone malfunction
Donald Trump paces back and forth waving to the crowd at a rally in Detroit after his microphone malfunctions.
The crowd chants in support of the president as he walks across the stage.
Katie Hawkinson October 19, 2024 01:01
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Trump takes the stage in Detroit
Donald Trump took to the stage at a rally in Detroit on Friday night.
“Detroit was destroyed as if by a foreign military, our factories were left in ruins, and under Kamala Harris, America lost about 50,000 manufacturing jobs,” Trump told his supporters. “It was,” he said.
Trump called the city a “chaos” during a visit to the city earlier this month.
“The whole country is going to be like, ‘Do you want to know the truth?’ It’s going to be like Detroit,” Trump said last week. “If she were your president, our entire country would be like Detroit. We’d have a mess on our hands,” he said. “We’re not going to let her do that to this country. We’re not going to let that happen.”
Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Detroit on Friday (AFP via Getty Images)
Katie Hawkinson October 19, 2024 01:00
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President Obama is campaigning for Harris in Arizona.
Former President Barack Obama is campaigning on behalf of Kamala Harris in Tuscon, Arizona, on Friday night.
President Obama attacked the argument that the U.S. economy was “doing well” during Trump’s first two years in office and criticized President Trump’s economic plans.
“Yeah, that was good. What I gave him was my economy,” President Obama told the audience. “I spent eight years cleaning up the mess the Republicans left me. So when I handed the economy over to Donald Trump, employment had been increasing for 75 consecutive months… All he did with it was give tax cuts to people who didn’t need them and increase the deficit in the process.
“Now he wants to do it again,” Obama continued.
Meanwhile, Trump and Harris will speak in Michigan tonight.
Katie Hawkinson October 19, 2024 00:45
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Man is run over by gunfire during fight over President Trump sign in garden
A fight over a pro-Donald Trump sign outside a Las Vegas home turns violent, resulting in a shootout and a man being run over.
Timothy Parks, 45, and Jennifer Lund, 38, are now charged with assault, battery and stalking following the Oct. 13 incident, according to charging documents.
Mike Bedigan has more details.
Oliver O’Connell October 19, 2024 00:30
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A scathing Department of Homeland Security report says the Secret Service lacks ‘critical thinking’ and needs major reform.
Findings from a committee of security and law enforcement officials recommended on Thursday that the elite protection agency clean up internally and replace senior leadership with outside personnel.
Josh Marcus has more details.
Oliver O’Connell October 19, 2024 00:10
