Harris heads to Philadelphia and Trump gears up for Madison Sq. Backyard rally – stay

In a second morning present look this morning, JD Vance refused to name Russia an “enemy” and once more known as John Kelly a “disgruntled ex-employee”. Talking on Meet the Press, Vance stated Russian president Vladimir Putin was “clearly an adversary” however “we now have to be good about diplomacy”, and criticized the previous Trump administration officers who’ve known as the ex-president a fascist.

Vance additionally stated {that a} Trump-Vance administration would “keep in NATO” and defined that Donald Trump’s earlier feedback on eliminating a federal revenue tax earlier this week had been an “aspirational aim”.

In an look on Meet the Press this morning, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders says whereas he doesn’t like to make use of phrases like “fascist”, Trump has a “sturdy tendency towards authoritarianism.”

“It is a man who provoked an rebellion in January, January 6, 2021, to forestall, for the primary time in American historical past, a peaceable switch of energy,” he stated.

Sanders additionally spoke about Elon Musk’s alleged contacts with Russian president Vladimir Putin (“What actually pursuits me is that if … Trump had been to win, whether or not it might be Elon Musk operating the federal government and Trump working for him or the opposite means round.”) and the struggle in Gaza (“Trump is even worse on this difficulty. … Whereas I disagree with Biden and Harris — they’re nonetheless higher.”).

Campaigning in Philadelphia immediately, Kamala Harris has began her day by delivering remarks on the Church of Christian Compassion, a Black church in west Philadelphia.

“What feeds my spirit — I see religion in motion throughout. In all places I’m going,” she instructed attendees. “I see a nation decided to show the web page on hatred.”

In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union this morning, JD Vance and host Jake Tapper had a heated change over statements former Trump administration officers have made calling the ex-president a fascist.

“So all these 10 individuals, together with the previous vp Mike Pence, all of those individuals have this horribly broken worldview, they usually’re all simply going after Donald Trump as a result of they wish to ship individuals into struggle? That’s actually your argument?” Tapper stated.

“Completely,” Vance answered. “Completely that’s my argument.”

“These aren’t conservative Republicans who’re involved about Donald Trump? They’re not? That’s not proper?” Tapper requested.

“All of those individuals, Jake, they got here into workplace considering that they may management Donald Trump. That when he stated he needed peace within the world–”

“Mike Pence thought he may management Donald Trump?”

“Sure, he did. And when he discovered, when he discovered that he couldn’t, all of them turned on Donald Trump, and numerous them obtained fired.”

Good morning, Cecilia Nowell right here immediately bringing you the newest information of the 2024 election because it occurs. As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump put together to make their closing arguments, Harris is heading immediately to Philadelphia to marketing campaign “neighborhood-to-neighborhood” whereas Trump gears up for a rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.

Listed below are among the different headlines we’re monitoring:

• JD Vance and Liz Cheney spoke on CNN’s State of the Union this morning about current feedback from former Donald Trump staffers that the ex-president has authoritarian tendencies. Vance denounced the previous Trump officers as bitter about being fired, whereas Cheney criticized Vance for his personal previous feedback on Trump: “I feel what we simply watched is what it seems to be like when somebody has obtained to undergo simply unbelievable contortions to attempt to discover a approach to defend the person who JD Vance himself known as ‘America’s Hitler.’”

• In an interview that aired this morning on CBS, Kamala Harris described her option to ship her closing argument speech at The Ellipse, a park close to the White Home, on Tuesday – one week earlier than the election. “I’m doing it there as a result of I feel it’s essential for the American individuals to see and take into consideration who shall be occupying that house on Jan. twentieth,” she stated.

• Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, is on ABC’s “The Week” this morning additionally discussing feedback from previous Trump administration officers calling the ex-president a fascist. “How about somewhat self-reflection concerning the job you probably did earlier than you criticize others,” he stated.”

• Michelle Obama joined Kamala Harris for a rally yesterday targeted on reproductive freedom in Kalamazoo, Michigan (or as Obama known as it, “Kamala-zoo”). The previous first girl and the vice-president emphasised the stakes for abortion and reproductive healthcare if Donald Trump is re-elected. Earlier within the day, Harris spoke with reproductive healthcare suppliers at a clinic in Portage, Michigan.

• On the primary day of early voting in Michigan, Donald Trump additionally held a rally in Michigan. At an occasion in Novi, the ex-president was joined on stage by a number of imams and different leaders of the state’s massive Muslim and Arab American neighborhood, who denounced Joe Biden’s dealing with of the struggle in Gaza.

• Later within the night, Trump spoke at a second occasion in State Faculty, Pennsylvania, the place he once more promised to ban sanctuary cities and launch an enormous deportation program all whereas unleashing extra private assaults in opposition to Harris.

• The Washington Publish’s and Los Angeles Instances’ selections to not endorse a presidential candidate has sparked furor (and a slew of resignations) among the many papers’ employees.