WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Former President Donald Trump was questioned at Univision City Hall on topics including the January 6, 2021 riots and immigration. Vice President Kamala Harris was also asked about immigration in a controversial interview with Fox News.
That same week, the Supreme Court allowed the Biden administration to implement regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Ethel Kennedy’s memorial service attracted several U.S. presidents and other government officials. A poll of Catholic voters in battleground states found the economy was their top concern as Trump commemorated the 40th anniversary of the murder of Polish martyr Father Jerzy Popielszko, who was beatified in 2010. .
President Trump repeats baseless claims about Haitian immigrants at Univision City Hall
During an Oct. 16 Univision town hall where he called for an investigation into Latino voters, President Trump made repeated claims without evidence that Haitian immigrants were eating the pets of residents of Springfield, Ohio. questioned.
Ohio officials, including President Trump and fellow Republicans Gov. Mike DeWine and Springfield Mayor Rob Lew, have said such claims are false, and Catholic leaders have called for respect for immigrants. There is.
“This was just reported,” President Trump said in response to a question about the allegation. “I just said what was reported. That’s what’s been reported. There are other things you eat that you shouldn’t.”
Also at City Hall, Ramiro González, who described himself as a Republican, said he was concerned about President Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. That day, 2,000 supporters of then-President Trump tried to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
President Trump claimed the incident was a “day of love.”
“Hundreds of thousands of people came to Washington,” President Trump said. “They didn’t come for me, they came for the election.”
Harris asked about immigration in first Fox News interview
Harris appeared on the conservative news channel’s first interview on Fox News on October 16, where she faced questions from host Bret Baier about her background on immigration and her role in the Biden administration on the issue. .
“By the way, we’ve had a broken immigration system before, even beyond Donald Trump’s administration,” Harris said.
“Let’s all be honest about it. I’m not proud and I’ve said this is a perfect immigration system, but I’ve been clear that we need to fix this, and everyone I think so,” she said.
Ethel Kennedy remembered by U.S. president and other officials
President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and others attend the memorial service for Ethel Kennedy, widow of the late human senator Robert F. Kennedy, on October 16th. did. The human rights activist and mother of 11 children passed away on October 10th at the age of 96.
In his remarks, Biden said the Kennedy matriarch “embraced Bobby’s cause and made her own mark on this country.”
“As you have heard today, we have marched for civil rights, worked to end poverty at home, and sought to ensure peace abroad,” Biden said, adding, “For more than 50 years, Ethel’s own “I have carried out my activities with the same will and morals.” With courage, she gave everything she had, and we are a better country and a better world because of Ethel Kennedy. ”
Supreme Court clears path for Biden regulations on greenhouse gas emissions
The Supreme Court on Oct. 16 clears the way for the Biden administration to implement a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-burning power plants, and some industry groups led by West Virginia and seeking a halt to regulations. The emergency appeal in which he participated was dismissed.
The justices indicated the case could continue in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals and return to the high court.
Poll of Catholic voters in battleground states finds economy is top issue
A National Catholic Reporter poll of Catholic voters in seven battleground states found that at the polls, voters ranked the economy as their top priority, followed by immigration and health care.
Overall, Catholic voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin favor Trump over Harris by 50% to 45%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2. It turned out to be 86%. But the poll also found that a majority of black and Hispanic Catholics say they support Harris.
The poll surveyed 1,172 Catholic voters in these key battleground states between October 3 and 8.
President Trump commemorates 40th anniversary of Father Jerzy Popielszko’s death
In a social media post, President Trump announced the 40th anniversary of the brutal murder of Blessed Jerzy Popielszko, a Warsaw-based pastor of the Polish Solidarity Union (the first independent labor union in the Soviet Union), by Srzba employees. We celebrated the arrival of Bezpieczenstwa (SB) is the security agency of the country, which was then under communist rule.
“This Saturday, October 19, 2024, is the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of Father Jerzy Popielszko, a truly great Catholic priest who was a source of great spiritual strength for the Polish Solidarity Movement and for all of Poland. 1980s to,” President Trump’s social media post said. “Yesterday in Chicago, I had the honor of signing a commemorative ceremony on this solemn anniversary and presenting it to Marek Popielszko, Father Jerzy’s nephew, as well as a book of Father Jerzy’s sermons and a copy of Father Jerzy’s life. We received other beautiful memorabilia from him in memory of an extraordinary man of heroic virtues.
Pope Benedict XVI recognized Father Popielszko’s martyrdom on December 19, 2009, paving the way for his beatification the following year.
In the final weeks of the campaign, the Trump campaign appears to have made a series of appeals to Catholic voters, including posting a prayer of St. Michael the Archangel. President Trump previously appeared to allow the church to celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8, but since it is nine months after the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in December, The calendar marks that day as Mary’s birthday. 8. President Trump wrote, “Happy Birthday Mary!” His post on social media website Truth Social was accompanied by an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Kate Scanlon is a national reporter for OSV News covering Washington. Follow her at X (formerly Twitter) @kgscanlon.
