Summary
Wrapping up our US politics new coverage for today, though our Middle East crisis news updates will continue. Here’s our updated key news of the day:
Kamala Harris campaigned in Michigan, focusing on her support from organized labor and pledging to support and protect “good union jobs.” In Detroit, Harris called Trump a “union buster” while praising collective bargaining for its benefits to workers. Later, in Flint, Magic Johnson appeared to endorse her and urge Black men to vote for Harris.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump held campaign events in Georgia, where he appeared with Brian Kemp, the state’s Republican governor, who has been the target of Trump’s ire since Kemp refused to overturn the state’s 2020 election results in Trump’s favor, and then in Fayetteville, North Carolina, home to a major army base.
Polls show the presidential race is tightening in North Carolina, a swing state Trump won in 2016 and 2020, leaving some Trump supporters concerned.
Biden popped into the White House press briefing today. When asked about the November election, he said he was “confident it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it will be peaceful,” given Trump’s rhetoric.
Biden also debunked claims from Marco Rubio that the positive jobs report was fake, saying “anything that Maga Republicans don’t like they call fake.” The September jobs report was unexpectedly strong, defying fears of an economic slowdown. The country added 254,000 jobs last month.
JD Vance spoke in Georgia this afternoon, telling undocumented immigrants “you’ve got four months, pack your bags, because you’re going home.” He also dodged a reporter’s question on whether the 2020 election was “rigged.”
Trump announced that his return to Butler, Pennsylvania, tomorrow to rally after the assassination attempt there will include the family of the man killed by the gunman, as well as a host of other rally attendees, first responders and elected officials.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right congresswoman, wrote an X post that alleged some unnamed entity was controlling the weather. “Yes they can control the weather,” she said in a post. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” No word on who “they” refers to.
As Trump faces an increasingly tight race in North Carolina, Trump’s campaign appears to be focusing on turning out the state’s large military population.
Donald Trump has wrapped up his campaign town hall in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where many of the questions from the audience came from strong Trump supporters and focused on military issues, from changing the name of the major army base in town back to “Fort Bragg,” a tribute to a Confederate general, to the issue of homeless veterans, to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, to a last question from a man who said he was a former F15 pilot in the Air Force and then the Space Force, who said he was fired from his command position during the Biden administration for criticizing the military’s diversity, equity and inclusion trainings. He asked Trump if he would support a commission or task force to guard the military from “woke generals” in the future. Trump said he would appoint the man himself to such a commission.
“Thank you for taking time tonight to speak with our troops,” the man said.
