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Kamala Harris delivered a presidential-style address on the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar saying that now comes a moment “to finally end the war in Gaza”.
The vice president spoke during a campaign stop at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as she continues to focus on the swing states, skipping Thursday’s Al Smith dinner for Catholic charities, at which presidential candidates usually make humorous remarks. Donald Trump will attend the event in New York, while a pre-recorded video of Harris will be played.
Trump has again lashed out at CBS flagship news show 60 Minutes over standard edits it made to an interview with Harris. The former president baselessly claims the conduct was criminal and wants the network’s license revoked.
The Harris campaign mocked Trump’s refusal to debate the vice president again and his ducking of interviews and appearances. On Thursday the National Rifle Association announced it has canceled a “Defend the 2nd” event due to “campaign scheduling changes”.
Meanwhile, Trump has reacted in gloating fashion to rival 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.
Watch: Harris campaign turns Trump’s Jan 6 answer at Univision town hall into ad
Oliver O'Connell17 October 2024 19:50
Meet the young men who love JD Vance
There are men in North Carolina who believe women only like Kamala Harris because she’s female and who are impressed by JD Vance’s supposed coherence and bravery.
Eric Garcia spoke with them.
Oliver O'Connell17 October 2024 19:40
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.
The vice president said the death of Sinwar “gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza”.
During her visit to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the vice president also stopped by a business class, alongside business leader Mark Cuban, where she greeted students and discussed entrepreneurship and economic policy.
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
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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”.
Watch it here:
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