Kamala Harris holds Pennsylvania rally after Walz denounces Trump?s remarks about ?the enemy within? ? live
From 3h ago 22.30 CEST Walz: Trump 'crossed a line' by saying army should be used against his enemies Speaking in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, today, Tim Walz denounced Donald Trump?s comments that armed forces should be deployed against his opponents, who he called ?the enemy within?, after the election. Trump made the statement on Fox News yesterday. Gov. Walz: Trump just crossed a line that I have to tell you, in my lifetime, I would have never imagined. He said he would deploy the military against Americans who disagree with him. He called it the 'enemy within.' To Donald Trump, anybody who doesn't agree with him is the? pic.twitter.com/aL37tWX7yz ? Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 14, 2024 Speaking to students at the University of Wisconsin, Walz said: ?Trump just crossed a line that I have to tell you, in my lifetime, I would have never imagined. He said he would deploy the military against Americans who disagree with him. He called it the ?enemy within?. To Donald Trump, anybody who doesn?t agree with him is the enemy.? Read more about Trump?s comments here: Trump sparks outrage after calling for army to handle enemies on election day Read more Share Updated at 23.22 CEST
now 01.56 CEST Harris is talking about taking care of her mother when she was diagnosed with cancer. It?s about trying to cook something for them that they might enjoy eating, trying to find something for them to wear that won?t irritate their skin, trying to find something that will make them smile or laugh, it?s about dignity, she says, to applause. She says her plan is that Medicare (not Medicaid) helps pay for home healthcare. Share
7m ago 01.49 CEST The election is about two very different visions, one focused on the past, one on the future, Harris says. It has been one of her key messages this campaign. So far, she is repeating well-worn messaging. ?We need a president who works for all the American people,? she says. We?re expecting this rally to portray Donald Trump as a potential tyrant-in-waiting who wants to jail his political opponents by seizing on his threat to use US armed forces against those he has branded ?the enemy within?. Share
9m ago 01.47 CEST ?We are the underdogs, we have some hard work ahead of us, but here?s the thing: we like har work,? Harris says. ?In 22 days, we will win.? Just over three weeks left? Share
11m ago 01.45 CEST Kamala Harris on stage in Pennsylvania The Democratic presidential nominee and US vice-president is on stage in Erie, Pennsylvania. Here is the pool report on the number of people there ? about 7,000: The Harris campaign is using about three-quarters of the arena, which has a total concert capacity of about 9400, and appears to have filled it, except for the obstructed seats directly behind the media riser and the space on the floor set aside for press. The crowd is chanting ?Kamala! Kamala!? Share
14m ago 01.43 CEST And here is a refresher on the electoral college: The electoral college is a group of 538 people, called electors, who officially cast their votes for the US president after citizens have voted. This is a requirement outlined in the US constitution. The electors are chosen by political parties in each of the US?s 50 states ahead of the election. Different states have different numbers of electoral college votes, with the number decided based on the census. The number of votes is equal to its total congressional delegation: the number of senators plus the number of representatives. While not a state, the District of Columbia ? as in Washington DC ? is allocated three electoral college votes. This is why the total is 538: 100 senators plus 435 representatives plus three for DC. A candidate needs more than half ? or at least 270 ? of the electoral college votes to win. In most states, all of the electoral college votes from the state go to the same candidate. The exceptions are Maine and Nebraska, which allocate two electoral votes to the state popular vote winner, and then one electoral vote to the popular vote winner in each congressional district. The party that wins a state has its electors formally vote for its candidate. This happens a few weeks after the November election ? and after US states have certified their election results ? on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. In 2020 Donald Trump tried to remove electors in some states before the electoral college vote but the US supreme court rejected that attempt the week before. Share
16m ago 01.41 CEST Here is a refresher on swing states ? Pennsylvania is the largest of the swing states: A red state is a one that tends to vote Republican, a blue state one that tends to vote Democrat, and a swing state one that swings between the two major parties from one election to the next. Swing states, or battleground states, are where campaigns tend to spend the most money trying to win over undecided voters, or voters who they hope might be convinced to switch from supporting the other team to theirs. Voters in the seven swing states are likely to decide the election this year. The states, and the number of electoral college votes up for grabs, are Arizona (11), Georgia (16), Michigan (15), Nevada (6), North Carolina (16), Pennsylvania (19) and Wisconsin (10). Together they account for 93 electoral college votes, or more than a third of what a candidate needs to win. Swing states are less commonly referred to as ?toss-up? or ?purple? states ? the latter referring to a mix of blue and red. Share
17m ago 01.39 CEST The Harris campaign event in Erie, Pennsylvania has started, but she is not yet on stage. Share
20m ago 01.36 CEST Edward Helmore In case you missed this earlier: Kamala Harris has revealed a plan to give Black men more economic opportunities, as anxiety mounts among her supporters that some in the Black community are less enthused by the Democratic presidential ticket than in recent elections, and may sit this one out ? or support Donald Trump. The vice-president?s plan includes forgivable business loans for Black entrepreneurs, creating more apprenticeships, and studying sickle cell and other diseases that disproportionately affect African American men. It also includes ensuring that Black men have more access to shaping a national cannabis industry and to invest in cryptocurrency. Harris presented the so-called ?opportunity agenda for Black men? on Monday, before speaking in the north-west corner of Erie, Pennsylvania, the country?s largest battleground state. It will be Harris?s 10th visit to Pennsylvania this election season. Political support among Black men for the Harris-Walz campaign has been wavering somewhat. Last week, Barack Obama suggested that some Black men ?aren?t feeling the idea of having a woman as president?. Harris reveals ?opportunity agenda for Black men? in efforts to shore up support Read more Share
24m ago 01.33 CEST Kamala Harris will be speaking in a few minutes? time in Pennsylvania. We?ll bring that to you live. Share
24m ago 01.32 CEST Kamala Harris?s running mate, Tim Walz, is speaking now in Wisconsin, a swing state with 10 electoral college votes. He is talking about the cost of insulin, small business tax credits, and the sandwich generation ? people who are sandwiched between caring for their children and their parents. Share Updated at 01.34 CEST
37m ago 01.20 CEST When asked about Joe Biden?s comment on the possibility of election day ?chaos?, Trump dismissed them, saying the real threat comes from within the country, specifically from radical leftists. ?The enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia and all these countries,? said Trump. Here is the video clip of those remarks: 1:16 'The enemy within' should be handled by the military, says Trump ? video Share
43m ago 01.13 CEST While we wait for that Harris rally to start in Pennsylvania, the Guardian?s Tom Breihan argues that if you want to understand Trump, you should watch 80s action movies. He writes: There?s a real possibility that Donald Trump sees no distinction between the terms ?strongman? and ?strong man?. At the presidential debate last month, Kamala Harris said world leaders were ?laughing? at Trump. In response, Trump brought up his endorsement from the autocratic Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orb?n: ?One of the most respected men ? they call him a strong man. He?s a tough person, smart.? Two months before that debate, the Republican national convention played host to a strong man ? or, at least, to a man who exemplified a certain 80s-kitsch version of strength. Want to understand Donald Trump? Then watch macho 80s action movies Read more Share
1h ago 00.51 CEST Robert Tait Kamala Harris, who has embarked on a late-campaign round of high-profile interviews after being accused for weeks of avoiding the media, is seeking to highlight the increasingly authoritarian tone Trump has been striking at his rallies. At a speech in Coachella in California on Saturday, he referred to Democratic opponents as ?the enemy within?, saying they posed a bigger threat to the US than the country?s foreign foes, and targeted Adam Schiff, a Democratic congressman who is running for the US Senate. In an interview on Fox News the following day, he repeated the phrase to describe those he claimed were planning to create ?chaos? on the day of the presidential election. He said the military should be deployed against them. Trump?s use of extreme language has coincided with an increase in his vitriol to describe Harris, who he last week described as ?mentally impaired?. He called her ?retarded? while addressing Republican fundraisers in September, the New York Times reported. Harris?s campaign is also trying to draw attention to what it says a dearth of mainstream interviews given by Trump, who instead has chosen to make himself available to sympathetic interviewers, such as the rightwing radio host Hugh Hewitt. ?As of today, it has been **one month** since Trump?s been interviewed by a mainstream media outlet, as he has backed out of 60 Minutes and refuses to debate again,? Harris campaign spokesperson Ian Sams posted on Twitter/X. By contrast, Harris is due to be interviewed on Wednesday by Bret Baier on Fox News, an outlet that is usually a go-to platform for Trump but unfriendly terrain for Democrats. Harris to portray Trump as tyrant-in-waiting after his ?enemy within? remarks Read more Share
1h ago 00.28 CEST Robert Tait Kamala Harris will this evening seek to portray Donald Trump as a potential tyrant-in-waiting who wants to jail his political opponents by seizing on his threat to use US armed forces against those he has branded ?the enemy within?. The US vice-president and Democratic nominee will hone in on the former president?s darkening campaign rhetoric at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, widely deemed the most crucial battleground state in a presidential race that multiple polls suggest will go down to the wire. At the same time, Harris?s campaign is releasing a new campaign advert, titled The Enemy Within, featuring some of Trump?s recent ominous comments about his adversaries and warnings from two former members of his presidential administration about the danger he would pose if elected president again. The 30-second video, complete with footage of Trump walking in front of a row of helmeted riot officers and showing troops on the street during his presidency, tries to concentrate voters? minds with contributions from Olivia Troye, a one-time national security adviser to Mike Pence, and Kevin Carroll, a former senior counsel in the Department of Homeland Security. ?I do remember the day that he suggested that we shoot people on the streets,? Troye says in the ad, which is accompanied with a dramatic musical soundtrack. Carroll adds: ?A second term will be worse. There will be no stopping his worst instincts. Unchecked power to no guard rails. If we elect Trump again, we?re a terrible danger.? Harris to portray Trump as tyrant-in-waiting after his ?enemy within? remarks Read more Share
2h ago 00.17 CEST Kamala Harris will be speaking at a rally in the all-important state of Pennsylvania (the swing state with the highest number of electoral college votes ? 19) in just over an hour and fifteen minutes? time, or 7.35pm ET. This is Helen Sullivan taking over our live US politics coverage, and I?ll bring that to you as it happens. Share
2h ago 00.15 CEST Today So Far Here are the major developments so far today: Kamala Harris unveiled new policy proposals aimed at black men that include forgivable small business loans and access to a new legal recreational marijuana industry. She?ll speak about that policy in greater detail at her rally in Erie, Pennsylvania shortly ? where she?s also expected to denounce Donald Trump? s statements calling for military force against ?the enemy within.?
Meanwhile, Trump is also expected to speak in Pennsylvania today, at a rally just outside Philadelphia. The former president?s social media company, Truth Social, is also experiencing a resurgence as its stock value soars ahead of the election.
Harris will appear on Fox News for her first formal sit-down interview with the network on Wednesday.
Tim Walz campaigned today in Wisconsin, with senators Amy Klobuchar and Tammy Baldwin and governors Gretchen Whitmer and Tony Evers . At a stop at the University of Wisconsin, Walz warned students that Trump?s threats against the ?enemy from within? meant them.
Gwen Walz , an educator and wife of the Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz, shared the couple?s fertility journey today in Women?s Health.
On Indigenous Peoples? Day, the Democratic National Committee announced that it will launch a ?six-figure ad campaign? aimed at turning out Native American voters in Arizona, North Carolina, Montana and Alaska. It is the party?s third Native-focused campaign this year, and ?the most the DNC has ever spent on a campaign targeting Native voters Share
2h ago 00.01 CEST Tim Walz is continuing his tour of Wisconsin today with Michigan and Wisconsin governors Gretchen Whitmer and Tony Evers. Earlier in the day, Walz spoke with students at the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, before touring Lambeau Field, where the Packers play, and meeting with a small contingent of Oneida Nation members. Share Updated at 00.01 CEST
2h ago 23.42 CEST Harris to warn of Trump presidency targeting "the enemy from within" As Kamala Harris? rally in Erie, Pennsylvania gets under way, the vice-president is expected to warn voters of what a future Trump presidency could look like, seizing upon the former president?s recent comments that he would deploy military force against ?the enemy from within?, according to a senior campaign official. On that theme, Harris?s campaign is also releasing a new ad, featuring Donald Trump?s former national security aides Olivia Troye and Kevin Carroll. Troye recounts an instant where Trump suggested ?we shoot people in the streets? and Carroll concludes ?the second term would be worse.? Here?s Robert Tait with more: Harris to portray Trump as tyrant-in-waiting after his ?enemy within? remarks Read more Share Updated at 23.56 CEST
