Kamala Harris had one job Tuesday night — to separate herself from the last four years of a failed administration and make a persuasive case that the difference between that and the next four years under her leadership would be like night and day.
Harris and Doug Emhoff during a campaign event on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Bloomberg via Getty Images
Achieving both goals would pose a challenge to even the most gifted and sincere candidate. Because Harris is neither, her claim that she’s ready for a promotion fell flat.
New polls show Donald Trump has a chance to flip three states Joe Biden won narrowly in 2020.
If that scenario comes to pass, the Republican nominee could have 255 electoral votes, meaning he’d be able to win the presidency by wresting one more swing state from Kamala Harris’ grasp.
In Pennsylvania, per a CBS-YouGov survey of 1,273 registered voters, Trump and Harris are knotted at 49% each, with the vice president ahead 50% to 46% with independents. (But 12% of independents not leaning Trump say they could vote for him still, while 4% of non-Harris indy voters say the same.)
“Probably, he shouldn't have been there,” Trump said of Hinchcliffe. AFP via Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday signaled that comedian Tony Hinchcliffe should not have been allowed to perform at his Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend.
“Do you wish he wasn’t there?” Fox News host Sean Hannity asked the Republican nominee for president.
“Yeah, I mean – I don't know if it's a big deal or not but I don't want anybody making nasty jokes or stupid jokes,” Trump responded.
“Probably, he shouldn't have been there,” he added.
Hinchcliffe sparked controversy after likening Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage” during his remarks at the MSG rally on Sunday.
Shapiro did not appear to run with the White House's claim that Biden had been taken out of context. AP
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro distanced himself from fellow Democrat President Biden's off-the-cuff remark at a virtual campaign call this evening in which he appeared to bash Donald Trump supporters as "garbage."
“I’m giving you my fresh reaction to it. I would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate that I didn’t support," Shapiro told CNN's "The Source with Kaitlan Collins."
Biden had said, "Just the other day, a speaker at [Trump's] rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage ... the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters."
The president later denied calling Trump backers "garbage." The White House claimed he used the word "supporters" with an apostrophe to refer to the "hateful" rhetoric specifically and not backers of the former president broadly.
Shapiro did not appear to run with the White House's claim that Biden had been taken out of context.
“His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation,” the 81-year-old president said. AP
President Biden denied Tuesday that he called supporters of former President Donald Trump “garbage.”
“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage — which is the only word I can think of to describe it,” Biden wrote on X, referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe.
“His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation,” the 81-year-old president added.
During a campaign call at the White House Tuesday, Biden argued that “Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community.”
“Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage,” he continued. “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s unAmerican.”
“I still have – I have no idea who he is,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity. REUTERS
Former President Donald Trump was adamant Tuesday that he has “no idea” who comedian Tony Hinchcliffe is and doesn’t want anything to do with him in the wake of his controversial Madison Square Garden rally joke about Puerto Rico
“I still have – I have no idea who he is,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity.
“Somebody said there was a comedian that joked about Puerto Rico or something, and I have no idea who he is, never saw him, never heard of him and don't want to hear of him,” the former president explained.
The “Kill Tony” podcast show host likened Puerto Rico to “a floating island of garbage” ahead of Trump’s Madison Square Garden remarks on Sunday, igniting a firestorm of controversy. REUTERS
“They put a comedian in, which everybody does, you throw comedians in, you don't vet them and go crazy – it's nobody's fault,” Trump said of the scandal.
“But somebody said some bad things,” he acknowledged, apparently referring to Hinchcliffe.
The “Kill Tony” podcast show host likened Puerto Rico to “a floating island of garbage” ahead of Trump’s Madison Square Garden remarks on Sunday, igniting a firestorm of controversy.
“Now what they've done is taken somebody that has nothing to do with the party, has nothing to do with us – said something – and they try and make a big deal,” Trump said.
“But I don't know who it is. I don't even know who put him in and I can't imagine it's a big deal,” he continued. “ I've done more for Puerto Rico than any president.”
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Former President Donald Trump called it “terrible” on Tuesday that President Biden referred to his supporters as “garbage.”
Trump, 78, commented on Biden’s remark after being informed about it by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) while he was still on stage at a Pennsylvania rally.
“He's talking about everyday Americans who love their country and want to dream big again and support you, Mr. President,” Rubio said. “And I hope [the Harris] campaign is about to apologize for what Joe Biden just said.”
“We are not garbage. We are patriots. We love America. Thank you for running,” Rubio told Trump.
“Wow. That's terrible,” the former president responded. AFP via Getty Images
“Wow. That's terrible,” the former president responded.
“So, you have to remember Hillary [Clinton] – she said ‘deplorable’ and then she said ‘irredeemable’ …. ‘garbage’ I think is worse,” Trump added.
“Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community,” Biden said Tuesday, according to an NBC reporter. “Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage.”
“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”
“If we win Pennsylvania we’re going to win the whole deal,” the former president declared. AFP via Getty Images
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Former President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that his campaign is seeing massive support in early-voting swing states.
“We’ve set an all-time record in the early voting,” Trump said during a rally in the Keystone State.
“If we win Pennsylvania we’re going to win the whole deal,” the former president declared.
“We’re leading in every single swing state,” Trump claimed, noting that in North Carolina, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene, “more people showed up to vote for this election than any election in the history” of the state.
Vice President Kamala Harris dusted off her canned line about coming from the middle class during a question about soaring grocery and rent costs.
"Let's start with this, I come from the middle class and I'll never forget where I come from," she began in response to the question posed by Kimberly Gill at WDIV-TV Detroit. "My mother worked very hard.
"I understand that grocery prices are still too high," she added, before citing her call for a ban on price gouging. "We need a president that actually has a plan to actually handle and deal with all this."
Critics have knocked Harris for her habit of bringing up her middle-class origins when peppered with questions about economic issues. Harris sat for four interviews with key news stations in battleground states that aired Tuesday — the same day as her "closing arguments" at the Ellipse.
“Hillary [Clinton] is much smarter [than Kamala Harris], but she suffers from a major case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Trump told rally-goers in Pennsylvania. Reuters
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Former President Donald Trump argued Tuesday that his 2016 Democratic opponent is “much smarter” than his current one.
“Hillary [Clinton] is much smarter [than Kamala Harris], but she suffers from a major case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Trump told rally-goers in Pennsylvania.
The former president also claimed that Harris tells more “lies” than Clinton did on the campaign trail.
“She's a real liar,” Trump said of the vice president. “She's worse than Crooked Hillary.”
“Hillary used to lie a lot but she's nothing compared to Kamala.”
President Biden raged against "Kill Tony" podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe's joke about Puerto Rico being a "floating island of garbage" and suggested that was a good description for supporters of former President Donald Trump.
“Donald Trump has no character. He doesn't give a damn about the Latino community," Biden said, according to an NBC reporter. "Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage."
"The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”
A White House spokesperson later clarified that Biden, 81, was referring to Hinchcliffe specifically.
Trump had distanced himself from Hinchcliffe who drew widespread, bipartisan backlash for his line about Puerto Rico during his opener at the Madison Square Garden Trump rally on Sunday.
“The love was unbelievable,” Trump said. AFP via Getty Images
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called his weekend rally at Madison Square Garden “the greatest evening anyone’s seen politically.”
“We had a ball,” Trump told his supporters in the Keystone State.
The former president went on to praise James Dolan, the owner of the NBA’s New York Knicks and MSG, for hosting the event at his venue.
“The Dolan family, Jim Dolan, they were so nice,” Trump said. “They said they've never seen a crowd like this. The thing went all the way back to the river.”
