1 week until Election Day: Here’s how Harris and Trump make their latest announcements

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made their final statements to voters ahead of next week’s presidential election.

Trump spoke to reporters Tuesday morning at his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida. He began his speech to reporters at Mar-a-Lago with the words: saying Harris is running a ‘campaign of destruction’ and “absolutely hateful,” accusing his team of “maybe even trying to destroy our country.”

The former president ended his speech without referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial comments during his rally in New York over the weekend. But overall, he spoke about the event, calling it an “absolute love fest” in his hometown.

Trump said he didn’t know the comedian who made racist and vile jokes at his big rally at Madison Square Garden, but he also didn’t condemn the comments.

Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” during an event at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. His remark drew widespread condemnation and underscored the growing power of a key Latino group in the swing state of Pennsylvania. He also made derogatory jokes about blacks, other Latinos, Palestinians and Jews during his speech before Trump’s appearance.

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On Tuesday, Trump tried to overcome differences and return to Harris, criticizing his rival’s record on the border and inflation, declaring that “on every issue she broke them” and “I’m going to fix it and fix it.” it’s very fast.” He did not answer journalists’ questions.

In an interview with ABC News earlier Tuesday, Trump tried to distance himself from Hinchcliffe but did not condemn his comments.

“I don’t know him. Someone put it there. I don’t know who he is,” Trump said, according to the network, insisting he had not heard Hinchcliffe’s comments. When asked what he thought of them, Trump “did not take the opportunity to condemn them, repeating that he had not heard the comments,” ABC reported.

Harris’ campaign released an ad that will air online in battleground states, targeting Puerto Rican voters and highlighting the comedian’s remarks, the Associated Press reported.

The comments earned Harris a show of support from Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny and prompted a backlash from Republicans in Florida and Puerto Rico.

Later that day, Trump traveled to Pennsylvania to attend a “Building America’s Future” event at Drexel and a Tuesday night rally in Allentown.

Kamala Harris vows to put country ‘before self’

Kamala Harris promised on Tuesday to “put the country above the party and above himself” in final argument his presidential campaign, broadcasting his message from the same website where Donald Trump kindled That Capitol insurrectionto highlight the stark choices voters face.

One week until Election DayThe vice president used an address from a grassy ellipse outside the White House to promise Americans that she would work to improve their lives, while asserting that her Republican opponent He’s doing this only for himself.

Trump “spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other: This is who he is,” Harris said. “But America, I’m here tonight to say: That’s not who we are.”

She tried to enhance this contrast by delivering her keystone speech with Trump’s place January 6, 2021spewed lies about the 2020 presidential election that inspired a mob to march to the Capitol and unsuccessfully try to stop the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.

“Look, we know who Donald Trump is. This is the man who stood in this very spot almost four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the people in a free and fair election,” she said. said.

Harris did not deliver a treatise on democracy, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s efforts to contrast with Trump. Instead, she sought to make a broader case for why voters should reject Trump and consider what she offers, and encouraged the crowd to visualize their different futures hanging in the balance on Election Day.

“He has a list of enemies that he intends to bring to justice,” Harris said. “He says one of his top priorities is the release of violent extremists who attacked law enforcement officers on January 6. Donald Trump intends to use the United States military against American citizens who simply disagree with him. People he calls “enemies”. from the inside.” This is not a presidential candidate who thinks about how to make your life better.”

Her campaign brought a huge crowd to Washington for the event, with the crowd pouring under the Washington Monument on the National Mall. More importantly, her campaign hopes the environment will help reach voters in states who are still on the fence about who to vote for—or whether to vote at all.

Ahead of Harris’ speech, her campaign has drawn up a lineup of speakers drawn from ordinary Americans, rather than the star power that has been featured at some of her recent events or the parade of elected officials that often features on the Washington agenda. They included Amanda Zurawski, a woman who nearly died of sepsis after she was denied medical care due to Texas’ strict abortion ban, and Craig Sicknick, brother of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the attack January 6.

Additionally, during an interview Tuesday morning, Harris called the decisions of the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post not to endorse the presidential race “disappointing.”

The Democratic presidential candidate made the comment during an interview with Charlamagne tha God, DJ Envy and Lauren LoRosa on “The Breakfast Club.”

Harris sought to tie decisions to billionaires in the “Donald Trump Club.” Both publications are owned by wealthy executives: the Post’s Jeff Bezos and the Times’ Patrick Soon-Shiong.

Podcast host Joe Rogan asks listeners about a potential interview with Kamala Harris

In a post on social platform X, podcast host Joe Rogan said the Democrat’s campaign had offered a date on Tuesday for an hour-long conversation, but he would have to meet her on the road. Rogan said he firmly believes the conversation is best held at his studio in Austin, Texas.

He captioned the post: “!! Austin Texas Podcast or Let Her Go. What do you think?

Asked for comment, a Harris campaign spokesman said they were prepared to meet with Rogan when Harris was in Texas last week, but Rogan was unable to accept the invitation, the Associated Press reported.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal campaign deliberations, told The Associated Press that Rogan was offered the opportunity to join Harris on the road, but Rogan insisted that the conversation be taped in Austin.

Trump spent three hours with Rogan last Friday in Texas.