Trump: “I don’t mind” if someone had to shoot through media
Former President Donald Trump said during a rally on Sunday that he wouldn’t mind if someone tried to shoot through the group of reporters covering the event, as he complained that the bulletproof glass positioned around him was “ridiculous.”
“I have a piece of glass over here, and I don’t have a piece of glass there. And I have this piece of glass here, but all we have really over here is the fake news,” Trump said, pointing to the glass positioned between him and the head-on riser where the press was located. “And to get me somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much. I don’t mind that.”
He repeatedly mocked news reporters throughout the rally, calling the media “bloodsuckers.”
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement afterward that Trump was trying to protect the media.
Read more about Trump’s comments here.
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More than 78 million early votes in so far
More than 78 million Americans have voted early, according to data compiled by the University of Florida Election Lab. That includes more than 42.6 million early in-person votes, and over 35.3 million mail ballots returned so far.
Harris addresses war in Gaza during East Lansing rally
At a Sunday campaign rally in East Lansing, Michigan, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the war in Gaza at the top of her speech.
“We are joined today by leaders of the Arab American community, which has deep and proud roots here in Michigan. And I want to say this year has been difficult, given the scale of death and destruction in Gaza and given the civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon, it is devastating,” Harris said.
“As president, I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza, to bring home the hostages, end the suffering in Gaza, ensure Israel is secure and ensure the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, security and self-determination,” she added.
Harris said she would also work to find a “diplomatic resolution across the Israel-Lebanon border to protect civilians and provide lasting stability.”
After her comments about the war, Harris stuck to her usual stump speech. Her lines on reproductive rights garnered the most applause and cheers from the crowd, which was filled with younger voters.
Stars to join Harris at rally and concert in Philadelphia
Oprah Winfrey and a lineup of music stars will join Vice President Kamala Harris as she seeks to energize supporters and mobilize voters at a concert and rally in Philadelphia Monday night.
According to the Harris campaign, the vice president will also be joined by Lady Gaga, DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, Freeway and Just Blaze, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone.
The event will be at the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s steps. along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Art Museum will be closed on Monday.
The rally and concert mark the campaign’s final Get Out The Vote effort to get voters to the polls ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.
