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Harris to skip historic Al Smith charity dinner in New York before election, campaign official says
From CNN’s Gregory Krieg
Vice President Kamala Harris attends an event in Philadelphia on September 17. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters
Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend next month’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York City, her campaign has told organizers, opting instead to stump in a battleground state on October 17, less than three weeks before the election.
The historic Catholic fundraiser traditionally features light roasts by the two major-party nominees — aimed at each other and others — in presidential election years. This fall’s gathering is already sold out and poised to welcome an estimated 1,500 guests to a ballroom in Midtown Manhattan.
Donald Trump stunned attendees in 2016 when he abandoned the collegial banter and launched a series of personal attacks on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who in her own remarks had offered the expected round of self-deprecating humor. The affair — black-tie for attendees, white-tie for the headliners — is named after the first major-party Catholic presidential nominee, four-term New York Gov. Al Smith, the Democratic standard-bearer in 1928.
Neither Harris nor Trump had formally committed to attending this year, but both were expected, according to comedian and emcee Jim Gaffigan.
Read more here
How the Trump-Harris debate changed sentiments around both candidates
From CNN’s Ariel Edwards-Levy
Following this month’s presidential debate, there was a rise in positive sentiment around discussions of Vice President Kamala Harris, while the conversation around Trump trended more negatively.
That’s the latest from The Breakthrough, a CNN polling project that tracks what average Americans are actually hearing, reading and seeing about the presidential candidates throughout the campaign.
The measurement of sentiment doesn’t mean that Trump’s debate performance was itself received poorly in this survey. Rather, it implies that what Americans say about his performance tended to be framed in negative terms.
Contributing to the negative sentiment around Trump was the tone of responses focusing on immigration. In the most recent data, that largely referred to a debunked viral claim of Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio — first popularized by Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and then referenced by the former president on the debate stage – that has since led to a wave of racist harassment against the community.
“During the debate with Kamala Harris he was saying that people are stealing pets and eating them,” one respondent wrote. “I’ll never forget that.”
Read more on the latest findings from The Breakthrough here.
Trump says he would push to outlaw “sanctuary cities”
From CNN’s Kate Sullivan
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 21. Brian Snyder/Reuters
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that if reelected, he will push for congressional action to outlaw so-called sanctuary cities and empower federal law enforcement to curb undocumented immigration.
“Today I’m announcing a new plan to end all sanctuary cities in North Carolina and all across our country. No more sanctuary cities,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.
He added that he would do so by urging Congress to pass legislation, as well as by increasing the presence of federal law enforcement officer “to every city that is failing” to “turn over” undocumented immigrants.
“Sanctuary city” is a broad term applied to jurisdictions that have policies designed to limit cooperation with or involvement in federal immigration enforcement actions. Trump regularly attacked sanctuary cities as president and tried to halt federal funding for them with an executive order but was blocked by a federal court.
Attendees receiving medical attention due to heat at Trump’s North Carolina rally
From CNN’s Steve Contorno and Alejandra Jaramillo
Supporters listen to former President Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 21. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
First responders are aiding people who need medical attention due to the heat at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.
CNN witnessed attendees leaving the rally as the former president speaks and the relentless sun hits the crowd on the tarmac at Aero Center Wilmington, a largely outdoor venue. The high temperature Saturday was 82 degrees.
Many of those remaining are fanning themselves with signs to try to stay cool. CNN witnessed numerous attendees fainting at the Saturday rally.
Walz’s Pennsylvania rally features celebrities and protesters
From CNN’s Aaron Pellish and Edward-Isaac Dovere in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took the Democratic ticket’s messaging to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Saturday with just 45 days until the election.
The stop was ostensibly part of the campaign’s efforts to reach Hispanic voters in the region, and the vice presidential nominee was introduced by Emmy-winning actor Liza Colón-Zayas and Grammy winner Anthony Ramos as part of the appeal.
During his remarks, which featured attacks on JD Vance over the GOP ticket’s health insurance plan, protesters interrupted him on five different occasions.
Many of the protesters were seen carrying Palestinian flags or were heard advocating on behalf of people in Gaza. Walz did not acknowledge the protesters, who were in each instance drowned out by chants from the crowd before being escorted out of the venue.
Walz seeks to tie GOP candidates to Mark Robinson after CNN’s reporting on past antisemitic comments
From CNN’s Aaron Pellish and Edward-Isaac Dovere in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on September 21. Pool
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz attempted to tie the Republican Party to North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson during following CNN’s reporting that Robinson referred to himself as a “black Nazi” on a porn forum.
Walz told supporters at a Saturday rally in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, that Robinson’s sentiments aren’t isolated from that of other Republican candidates nationwide.
“I don’t know if you noticed that Nazi tyranny; we got folks running as Republicans for governor that are proud to refer themselves as Nazis,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee said, referring to Robinson. “Let’s not pretend that there’s a gradual difference between the folks that are running here, that they’re running together across this country.”
Vance swings by Pennsylvania supermarket, aiming to spotlight Harris’ “inflationary policies”
From CNN’s Kit Maher in Reading, Pennsylvania
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Saturday swung by King Food Supermarket in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he aimed to spotlight “way too expensive” grocery prices he blamed on Kamala Harris’ policies.
Vance, inside the shop with his two sons, held a carton of eggs while addressing reporters briefly ahead of a rally in Leesport, Pennsylvania.
“Eggs, when Kamala Harris took office, were short of $1.50 a dozen. Now a dozen eggs will cost you around $4. Thanks to Kamala Harris’ inflationary policies, Pennsylvania actually has seen some of the worst grocery price increases of the entire nation,” the Ohio senator said, later adding, “as the father of a couple of kids who eat a whole lot, we certainly need to do better for the next generation.”
Vance received a warm welcome inside the supermarket, where he greeted workers and shoppers. One asked Vance to sign his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Trump argues it’s “too late” to do another debate because voting has begun
From CNN’s Kate Sullivan
Former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 21. Brian Snyder/Reuters
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday argued it was “too late” to have another presidential debate because Americans have begun casting their ballots in the 2024 election.
“The problem with another debate is that it’s just too late, voting has already started,” Trump said at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Trump added, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris: “Now she wants to do a debate right before the election with CNN because she’s losing badly.”
National polling continues to show no clear leader in the race between Harris and Trump.
Harris said earlier Saturday that she had accepted an invitation from CNN to participate in a debate in October. The Trump campaign reiterated the former president’s previous comments that he would not participate in another debate.
This post has been updated with additional information.
Embattled North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson goes unmentioned in Trump’s rally preprogram
From CNN’s Steve Contorno in Wilmington, North Carolina
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15. Leon Neal/Getty Images
At former President Donald Trump’s rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, there’s no sign of Mark Robinson, the state’s embattled lieutenant governor and the GOP nominee for governor.
A source close to the campaign reiterated Saturday that Robinson — a regular at Trump’s Tar Heel State events in the past — will not join the former president onstage today. His absence comes after CNN’s KFile reported on Robinson’s history of troubling and sometimes graphic statements on a porn website years ago, including referring to himself as a Black Nazi.
Supporters cheer as former President Donald Trump arrives on his plane for a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 21. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
But Robinson is not only not present, he has also gone unmentioned by the speakers. Instead, speakers — including Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, who previously led the North Carolina GOP — have focused on Trump’s race against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Despite the contested race for the state’s governorship, there has been little discussion of it. One speaker criticized Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Stein but stopped short of elevating Robinson. Instead, he encouraged the crowd to vote for Trump and Republicans up and down the ticket.
Trump campaign reiterates former president won’t participate in another debate after Harris accepts CNN invitation
From CNN’s Kate Sullivan
Former President Donald Trump waits during a break in the presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on September 10. Alex Brandon/AP
Donald Trump’s campaign on Saturday referred to a previous comment from the former president saying there would not be another debate, shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris accepted an invitation from CNN for a debate in October.
“See his Truth post from before,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told CNN when asked whether the former president would accept the debate invitation.
Trump posted on Truth Social last week that there would not be another debate.
“THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” Trump posted, referencing the first debate with President Joe Biden in June and the second with Harris earlier this month.
Harris accepts CNN debate invitation for October 23
From CNN staff
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia on September 10. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday accepted an invitation from CNN to debate former President Donald Trump on October 23, challenging her rival to another showdown in the final weeks of the campaign.
“Vice President Harris is ready for another opportunity to share a stage with Donald Trump,” campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement. “Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate.”
The debate would mirror the first 2024 presidential debate in June between Trump and President Joe Biden, taking place at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, according to the network.
CNN offered both campaigns a format similar to the June debate, in which Trump and Harris would field moderators’ questions for 90 minutes without a live studio audience.
“Both Vice President Harris and former President Trump received an invitation to participate in a CNN debate this fall as we believe the American people would benefit from a second debate between the two candidates for President of the United States,” the network said in a statement. “We look forward to receiving a response from both campaigns so the American public can hear more from these candidates as they make their final decision.”
Trump suggested last week that he might be open to participating in a third presidential debate following his September 10 face-off with Harris hosted by ABC in Philadelphia.
“Maybe if I got in the right mood,” he told reporters during a stop in California, after previously posting on Truth Social, “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!”
Election officials across the country have struggled to enhance security measures, CNN review finds
From CNN’s Bob Ortega and Anna-Maja Rappard
When the ballot counting begins inside Arizona’s Maricopa County Tabulation Center this November, election workers will be protected behind doors and windows with bullet-proof glass and two layers of fencing. Security cameras will be monitored for suspicious activity inside and outside the building. A fleet of police drones and rooftop snipers will be at the ready.
In many ways, the county’s election headquarters has been transformed into “a fortress,” says Bill Gates, a member of the county’s Board of Supervisors who has received repeated death threats for rejecting bogus claims that officials helped steal elections in 2020 and 2022. He says the new safety measures reflect “the reality of elections in 2024.”
Such precautions were unheard of a few years ago. But during the ballot count in 2020, when armed MAGA protesters — inflamed by former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election cheating — swarmed the tabulation center and forced police to lock workers and reporters inside for their own safety, county leaders decided more needed to be done. That’s why Maricopa County has spent over $864,000 in federal funds and more than $3 million in county funds to bolster its election security and processes over the past four years.
But that level of planning and preparation stands in stark contrast with that of many other locales across the country with similar worries about election-related turmoil this November.
A CNN review has found that, amid an exodus of experienced workers and leaders, election officials across the country have struggled to enhance security measures to adequately safeguard workers and ensure voting integrity in advance of Election Day. Officials readily shared their worries with CNN, citing death threats, harassment, baseless lawsuits, onerous public-records requests and various security threats spurred by false claims about voter fraud.
Amid these challenges, budgets for election security have been squeezed in several ways.
“I’m a Trump Girl” T-shirts seen at Trump’s North Carolina rally
From CNN’s Alejandra Jaramillo in Wilmington, North Carolina
A woman wears an “I’m a Trump Girl, Get Over It!” T-shirt ahead of former President Donald Trump’s rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 21. Alejandra Jaramillo/CNN
Ahead of former President Donald Trump’s rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Saturday, some attendees and volunteers donned red T-shirts reading, “I’m a Trump Girl, Get Over It.”
When asked about the phrase “Get Over It,” one rally volunteer explained, “Some people think women shouldn’t vote for President Trump, and that’s just not true.”
Earlier Saturday, Trump took to Truth Social to argue that women are “POORER,” “LESS HEALTHY” and “MORE DEPRESSED” now than during his presidency, and vowed that if he returns to the White House, he will “PROTECT WOMEN AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE.”
Walz visits automobile museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, ahead of rally
From CNN’s Aaron Pellish in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tours the America On Wheels automobile museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on September 21. Pool
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz on Saturday toured an automobile museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he browsed historic cars and spoke with curators.
Walz, the Minnesota governor, visited the America on Wheels Museum, where he viewed exhibits of automobiles dating to the earliest manufactured vehicles and discussed the history of the automobile industry while taking a tour with the curators.
The visit comes after Walz posted a video of him maintaining his classic car, a 1979 International Harvester Scout, while warning of the dangers of former President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Walz has a rally in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, later Saturday.
Trump is selling “Trump Coins” featuring his face for $100
From CNN’s Kate Sullivan
Former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Las Vegas on September 13. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he was selling “Trump Coins” featuring his face for $100.
Trump posted the announcement video to Truth Social and said, “this beautiful, limited-edition coin commemorates our movement, our fight for freedom, prosperity and putting America first.”
The website says the coin is a “1oz .999% silver medallion” and features the White House on the back.
Trump has sold several products while running for president, including Bibles and sneakers.
Trump argues “WOMEN ARE POORER” and “MORE DEPRESSED” now compared with when he was president
From CNN’s Kate Sullivan
Former President Donald Trump on Friday night argued “WOMEN ARE POORER,” “LESS HEALTHY” and “MORE DEPRESSED” now compared with when he was president four years ago.
In an all-caps post on Truth Social, Trump said that he would “FIX ALL OF THAT” if reelected and that people would “NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION.”
He pointed to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, and said the issue is now “WHERE IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE, WITH THE STATES,” while reaffirming his support for abortion bans with exceptions for rape, incest and to save the mother’s life.
“I WILL PROTECT WOMEN AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THEY WILL FINALLY BE HEALTHY, HOPEFUL, SAFE, AND SECURE. THEIR LIVES WILL BE HAPPY, BEAUTIFUL, AND GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said.
Harris’ cash edge over Trump helps fund an advertising blitz
From CNN’s David Wright and Fredreka Schouten
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 20. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Vice President Kamala Harris entered September — and the closing weeks of the presidential campaign — with significantly more available campaign cash than former President Donald Trump, new federal filings show, after setting a grassroots fundraising record during her first full month as the Democratic presidential nominee.
Fundraising by the national Democratic committees focused on the battle for Congress also surged — with the party arm working to turn the US House blue collecting more than double the amount raised by its Republican counterpart in August. The House GOP campaign arm, however, reported a six-figure donation from billionaire Elon Musk last month as the party seeks to defend its razor-thin majority in the chamber.
And with Democrats riding a wave of donor enthusiasm, the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission also showed some key outside groups ramping up their activity, while a leading pro-Trump super PAC unleashed a massive wave of independent expenditures to help Republicans close the gap.
The numbers: Harris has fully erased the financial edge that Trump momentarily gained over the summer, when the former president outraised President Joe Biden in two of the final three months before Biden withdrew from the race in late July. The vice president took in nearly $190 million directly to her campaign in August — more than quadrupling the $44.5 million the Trump campaign said flowed to its principal campaign account that month.
The Harris campaign also dramatically outspent the Trump campaign in August, burning through about $174 million. It plowed most of that into advertising — $135 million — as it raced to introduce Democrats’ newly minted nominee to voters on an abbreviated schedule.
By comparison, Trump’s campaign spent just $61 million last month, with the lion’s share — more than $47 million — going toward media buys.
Despite the spending spree, Harris’ main campaign account entered September with $235 million in available cash, far surpassing the $135 million remaining in Trump’s coffers, the latest FEC records show.
Trump returns to North Carolina as controversy surrounds his handpicked gubernatorial candidate
From CNN’s Eric Bradner
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson joins former President Donald Trump onstage during a rally in Selma, North Carolina, on April 9, 2022. Allison Joyce/Getty Images/File
Donald Trump returns Saturday for a campaign rally in North Carolina, where the former president is confronting a mess he played a key role in making in the critical battleground state.
The Republican nominee for governor, Mark Robinson — whom Trump has repeatedly compared to Martin Luther King Jr. — declined to drop out of the race by Thursday’s deadline, ignoring calls to do so from the NAACP, North Carolina newspaper editorial boards and some congressional Republicans.
That pressure followed a CNN report detailing his history of inflammatory comments on a porn website’s message board. Robinson, the North Carolina lieutenant governor, referred to himself as a “black NAZI,” expressed support for reinstating slavery, made repeated graphic sexual comments and more.
Trump’s Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, launched a new television advertisement Friday tying Trump to Robinson — the first time the Harris campaign has used an ad to connect the former president with a down-ballot candidate.
The effort to connect Trump with Robinson, who polls show is well behind Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein in the governor’s race, comes as the Harris campaign plots paths to 270 Electoral College votes that could include four Sun Belt states: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.
Trump defeated Joe Biden by 1 point in North Carolina in 2020. But polls have shown a tight race between Harris and Trump this year. The former president’s path back to the White House would become much more difficult without the state’s 16 electoral votes.
Read more about the possible political implications in North Carolina.
Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from GOP state officials
From CNN’s Marshall Cohen and Jason Morris
Georgia’s State Election Board members discuss proposals for election rule changes at the state Capitol in Atlanta on September 20. Mike Stewart/AP
Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule Friday requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day, despite bipartisan objections from election officials and poll workers.
The vote was 3-2, with the three Trump allies supporting the move, and a Democratic and independent GOP-appointed member of the board strongly opposing it, calling it an added step that could delay the results of the presidential election in the battleground state.
The new hand-counting rule requires counties to count by hand the number of ballots cast at a polling place, to make sure it matches the number of ballots tallied by voting machines. The hand-counters won’t be tallying how many votes each candidate received — that’s what the machines do.
The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, a Republican, previously warned the GOP-run board that this move would likely be unlawful because state laws don’t allow local election workers to hand-count ballots before the votes are officially counted.
Arizona Supreme Court rules voters caught in proof-of-citizenship glitch can still get “full ballot,” including state races
From CNN’s Marshall Cohen
A man walks by a polling place during primary elections in Phoenix on March 19. Caitlin O’Hara/Reuters
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 100,000 residents who may not have fulfilled the state’s proof-of-citizenship requirements can still vote in state and local races this year, quickly resolving how election officials should address a clerical glitch that had left in question the eligibility of those registered voters in the critical battleground state.
The court was asked to decide whether these voters should get a “federal-only” ballot or the “full ballot,” which would also include state and local races. Regardless of the outcome, these voters would have been able to cast presidential ballots.
Arizona uses these separate ballots because the state requires all voters to prove their citizenship before they can vote in state and local races. Such documentation isn’t required to cast ballots for federal office in Arizona.
The decision to let these roughly 98,000 voters use the full ballot is a victory for Arizona’s Democratic secretary of state, Adrian Fontes, and liberal groups that pushed for this outcome.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled just three days after the lawsuit was filed. Election officials hoped a quick resolution of the issue would reduce confusion heading into voting season.
Besides state and local races, the ruling could also affect Arizona’s referendum on abortion rights this fall.
Read more about the ruling here.
Early voting has started in some states as candidates look toward Election Day. Get up to speed here
From CNN staff
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Getty Images
Some people can already start casting their ballots in the 2024 presidential race while both candidates continue to hit the campaign trail as Election Day gets closer.
Widespread early voting started Friday in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia.
Here’s what to know:
- Candidate schedules: Vice President Kamala traveled to Georgia on Friday to deliver remarks on women’s reproductive rights before going to Wisconsin for a campaign event, where she emphasized to voters that it will be a “tight race until the very end” ahead of November’s election. The Harris campaign has been highlighting Dane County as a crucial part of its path to victory in the key battleground state. On Saturday, former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. Both Democratic and GOP presidential running mates Tim Walz and JD Vance are in battleground Pennsylvania today.
- Scandal fallout: North Carolina lawmakers reacted to the scandal surrounding gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, following CNN’s reporting about his extreme and graphic comments on an adult website. Republican Rep. Greg Murphy and Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson both said it could affect other elections in the state, while Democratic Rep. Deborah Ross said Robinson is “not fit to be governor.” Harris’ campaign launched a new ad seeking to tie Trump to Robinson.
- Jewish voters: Second gentleman Doug Emhoff condemned Trump for “scapegoating Jews” after he suggested Jewish voters would be partially responsible if he loses November’s election. Trump has repeatedly said Jewish voters who plan to support Harris “should have their head examined.”
- Voting: With some early voting already underway, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pledged Thursday that the US Postal Service will undertake “heroic efforts” to deliver all mail ballots on time this year. In Georgia, the election board approved a controversial new rule that requires counties to hand count the number of ballots cast on Election Day. The FBI is also investigating suspicious packages that were sent to election offices in more than 20 states this week.
- Presidential protection: The House unanimously voted Friday to pass a bill bolstering Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates. The bill’s fate is unclear in the Senate, in part because many Democrats in the chamber have pointed to the enhanced security already in place for Trump.
By Alayna Treene and Kate Sullivan, CNN
2 minute read
Published 9:43 PM EST, Mon November 4, 2024
Joe Rogan is seen at the ceremonial weigh-in for the UFC 292 mixed martial arts event, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, in Boston. Gregory Payan/AP/FileCNN —
Popular podcast host Joe Rogan officially endorsed Donald Trump on the eve of the election, a move Trump’s team swiftly touted as a major win in the final hours of their campaign.
Rogan on Monday released his latest podcast featuring a two-and-a-half-hour interview with billionaire X owner and top Trump surrogate Elon Musk. Rogan then posted on X: “The great and powerful @elonmusk. If it wasn’t for him we’d be f**ked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.”
“For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump. Enjoy the podcast,” he added.
The endorsement comes just weeks after Rogan interviewed Trump on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” an interview that was months in the making for the Trump campaign and viewed widely by the former president’s advisers as the crowning achievement of their media strategy to target young men and low-propensity voters by having Trump appear on podcasts catering to the demographic.
Trump, who was onstage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for his penultimate rally when Rogan made the endorsement, swiftly touted the development.
“It just came over the wires that Joe Rogan just endorsed me, is that great. Thank you, Joe. That’s so nice. And he doesn’t do that, he doesn’t do that stuff,” Trump said.
Trump said, “And he tends to be a little bit more liberal than some of the people in this room.”
Last week, Rogan posted on X that he had declined an offer from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to do an interview.
“Also, for the record the Harris campaign has not passed on doing the podcast. They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour. I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin,” Rogan said. “My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen.”
The Harris campaign declined to comment on Rogan’s post.
By Eric Bradner and Kate Sullivan, CNN
4 minute read
Updated 2:10 AM EST, Tue November 5, 2024
Former President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, November 4. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty ImagesCNN —
Donald Trump described the United States as an “occupied country,” pointing to both undocumented and legal migrants as he pledged Monday to “rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered.”
The former president’s comments, at his election eve rally in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania, underscore the dark and dystopian image he is portraying as he and Vice President Kamala Harris make their final arguments to voters ahead of Tuesday’s election.
Trump made little distinction between undocumented immigrants he said had overrun an apartment complex in Colorado and thousands of Haitian migrants who entered the United States legally and live in Springfield, Ohio.
“These are military invasions without the uniforms. That’s all it is,” Trump said, as he vowed to launch a massive deportation effort.
Trump was closing his third presidential campaign Monday with the same anti-immigration rhetoric that he used to launch his first White House bid. He described a nation in decline, overrun by migrant crime, much as he did in his first inaugural address, when he vowed to stop the “American carnage.”
The former president said he would target migrant gangs, ban sanctuary cities and seek the death penalty for any migrant that kills a US citizen. He invited conservative commentator Megyn Kelly on stage. Kelly listed several people killed by undocumented immigrants. Her appearance was particularly notable after Trump ripped Kelly for the way she asked him tough questions while moderating a Republican presidential primary debate in 2015, starting off months of sparring over social media and in subsequent interviews.
Trump also said he would rejuvenate US manufacturing by imposing steep tariffs on automotive products manufactured in Mexico, steel made in China and more – a proposal that economists have said would increase inflation, because the businesses charged those tariffs for importing foreign-made goods would pass the additional costs on to American consumers.
“Four years of Kamala have delivered nothing but economic hell for the American workers,” Trump said.
And Trump railed against the length of time it takes for votes to be counted and the usage of electronic voting machines, calling for single-day voting that would all be done on paper. It was a long discussion that is contrary to previous messaging from Trump and his campaign, which has encouraged people to vote early.
“I do believe it is too big to rig. I think it’s too big to rig. They’ll try. And they are trying, you know, but it’s too big to rig. This is a big movement. This is, you know, we did great in 2016, we did much better in 2020 but a lot of bad things happened,” Trump said. “This is that big, powerful, vicious party, though. No, it’s a vicious machine. I mean, they can take all these bad ideas and win elections. It’s like, there’s only a way you can do that. One way, there’s only one way.”
He added, “We have to win the old fashioned way and then fix it. But we have to fix it. We can’t allow this to happen. And remember, the states are essentially an agent, if I can use that term, but they’re an agent of the federal government. The states are doing the collecting, so to speak, and they have to take their orders from the federal government. And how can they do this when they say it’s going to take days long.”
The former president’s closing message of the 2024 race was a familiar one, as he delivered a lengthy speech in Pittsburgh – his third of four rallies scheduled for Monday after visits to North Carolina and eastern Pennsylvania with one more stop in Michigan. In a nod to the city’s sporting history, Trump discussed Pittsburgh Pirates’ star Roberto Clemente for an extended period near the end of his speech and brought the late Puerto Rican star’s son on stage for a few words.
Harris also ended her campaign with a blitz across Pennsylvania. The two candidates’ time spent in the Keystone State underscores the importance of its 19 electoral college votes — without which both candidates’ paths to the 270 necessary to win the presidency would be much more daunting.
Both campaigns have largely focused on seven battlegrounds: the “blue wall” of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which Trump won in 2016 but President Joe Biden reclaimed in 2020, and four Sun Belt states: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.
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Trump argues he’s really running against “an evil Democrat system,” not Harris, during his final rally
From CNN’s Kate Sullivan
Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump argued during the final rally of his campaign that his real opponent this election was not Vice President Kamala Harris but instead “an evil Democrat system.”
“We will defeat the corrupt system in Washington. Because I’m not running against Kamala, I’m running against an evil Democrat system. These are evil people,” Trump said during his rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that started well after midnight.
“The silent majority is back and tomorrow you need to get out and vote,” Trump said.
“This has been an incredible journey. And it’s very sad in a way, because, you know, we’ve done all these, and this is the last one, but here’s the good news, all we were doing is putting ourselves in a position to win, which we can do tomorrow very easily if we show up,” he added.
It’s decision day in America. Here’s what to watch for
From CNN’s Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. AP
It’s decision day for voters in America’s battle for the White House and control of Congress — even if the results could take days or weeks to sort through.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are hoping to win over seven swing states: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the three Great Lakes states that make up the “blue wall” that Trump cracked in 2016 but President Joe Biden carried in 2020, and Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, the four Sun Belt battlegrounds.
While the election of either candidate would be historic, there’s much more being decided Tuesday, including five states — Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota — voting on whether to turn back abortion bans with constitutional amendments.
Republicans hope to take advantage of a favorable Senate map, with Democrats defending seats in the red-leaning states of Montana, Ohio and West Virginia. The party’s hopes of holding onto its narrow House majority winds from the coast of Maine through New York’s Hudson Valley, the rolling hills of Virginia’s Piedmont, a “blue dot” in Nebraska and into California’s Orange County, where the political ebbs and flows of the Trump era have been on vivid display.
The initial results in the hours after polls close might not be determinative. States decide their own election procedures, and the order in which states count early, mail-in and Election Day votes varies across the map — as does how quickly certain cities, counties and regions report their results.
Read more about what to expect from the day.
Trump finishes final campaign rally after speaking for nearly 2 hours
From CNN’s Jessie Yeung
Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Tuesday. Paul Sancya/AP
Former President Donald Trump has ended his final campaign rally after speaking for nearly two hours in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He repeated many of his campaign promises, such as vowing to impose hefty tariffs and to crack down on illegal immigration.
At one point he also brought several of his children and their spouses to the stage, who delivered brief remarks, including Tiffany, Eric and Donald Jr.
His marathon address ends a long campaign trail — with Trump saying he had attended more than 900 rallies this year.
Walz says he’s disappointed but not surprised the race is so closely contested
From CNN’s Aaron Pellish
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz participates in an interview with Stephen Colbert. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he’s disappointed the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is so closely contested.
In an interview on CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” taped in Bucks County, Pennsylvania last Thursday, Walz laid out the contrast between the two candidates to show that the difference is “stark.”
He said of the election being so closely contested: “It disappoints me, I think, because I think that the choice is so stark, but it’s not surprising.”
“The country’s really divided. There’s been a group of people out there who figured that out, and I think they’ve done a wonderful job of making people think it doesn’t matter, everybody’s the same,” Walz said.
Walz then laid out how he saw the differences between Harris and Trump, particularly noting insults directed toward Puerto Rico made by a speaker at a Trump rally in October.
“In this case, you’ve got the Constitution versus not the Constitution. You’ve got reproductive rights versus I don’t care if you like it or not. I’ll tell you what to do, from Donald Trump in closing with insulting people. I know we’re sitting in Pennsylvania, there’s — there’s 500,000 Puerto Ricans here, and Puerto Ricans, as all Americans, are very proud of where they come from,” he said.
In the past, Walz has expressed some disbelief at the competitiveness of the presidential election. He has regularly mused at private fundraisers and campaign stops that “I’ll go to my grave not understanding” how the election is so close.
Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake says “silent majority” will back her and Trump
From CNN’s Veronica Stracqualursi
Kari Lake speaks at a campaign rally, Monday, November 4, in Prescott, Arizona. Julio Cortez/AP
Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake has held her final campaign rally, telling supporters that on Tuesday they have “a chance to change the trajectory of this country and save this Republic.”
Campaigning on the steps of the Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, Arizona on Monday — where US Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona launched his presidential campaign — Lake, a former TV newscaster up against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in a key Senate race, argued that the “Make America Great Again” movement “is not dead,” and claimed that a “silent majority” will back her and former President Donald Trump tomorrow.
Lake and Gallego, a Marine veteran who represents Arizona’s 3rd congressional district, are vying for the pivotal Senate seat held by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Lake, who did not concede her 2022 election loss and promoted Trump’s false theories about the 2020 election, said she believes in “fair and honest elections” and argued “I really believe that our Founding Fathers never envisioned we’d have elections that are run so horribly.”
“That’s why they never put in term limits because they figured we’d be able to vote the people that we didn’t respect out of office. And unfortunately, we haven’t been able to do that. And we’re going to change that after January. But the only way to change that is to show up in such a massive movement that we have their heads spinning,” she said, pointing to the media.
She also thanked GOP congressional candidate Abe Hamadeh and said: “When they did to us what they did to us in 2022, and everyone else ran and hid, guess who stood with me and said, damn it, we’re going to fight — Abe Hamadeh.”
She argued the election is not “Republican-Democrat anymore” but “Americanism versus communism.”
Trump teases using sexist language to refer to Nancy Pelosi
From CNN’s Jessie Yeung
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Tuesday, November 5. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump slammed US Rep. Nancy Pelosi during his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, verging on using a profanity to describe the former House Speaker.
“She’s a crooked person, she’s a bad person. Evil, she’s an evil, sick, crazy bi— It starts with a ‘B’ but I won’t say it. I wanna say it,” Trump said to cheers from the crowd.
“I don’t use much (foul language), you know, every once in a while, and it’s never a real bad word, it’s never bad … But it is a little better when you use foul language. These are bad people,” he said.
Trump constantly rails against Pelosi and recently called the California Democrat “an enemy from within.”
Throughout the end of his campaign trail, Trump’s message has gotten increasingly dark and often offensive. At an event in North Carolina last week, Trump chuckled approvingly at an audience member’s suggestion that Vice President Kamala Harris worked as a sex worker.
Harris will spend Election Day doing radio interviews
From CNN’s Brian Rokus
Vice President Kamala Harris will spend Election Day in Washington, DC and participate in radio interviews, according to her office.
Trump has held his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids in 3 presidential races
From CNN’s Jessie Yeung
Former President Donald Trump has taken the stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan — giving the city a special shout-out for being the location of his final rallies in past presidential campaigns.
“I want to say a very special hello to Grand Rapids, it’s been a special place, remember 2016?” he said to a cheering crowd that chanted his name.
Trump previously also finished his campaign trail in the city in 2016 and 2020.
NOW: Trump is speaking at his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan
From CNN staff
Former President Donald Trump walks on stage for his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday, November 4. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump is speaking at his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he ended both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. His remarks were originally slated for 10:30 p.m. ET.
Grand Rapids is a Western Michigan city in Kent County, which swung from Trump in 2016 to Joe Biden in 2020.
Harris and Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote to kick off Election Day
From CNN’s Gary Tuchman
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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch, kicking off Election Day in one of the first places in the country to report its presidential preference.
Four Republicans and two undeclared voters participated.
The unincorporated township, located along the US-Canada border in New Hampshire’s northern tip, opened and closed its poll just after midnight ET in a tradition that dates back to 1960.
Read more about how Dixville Notch voted.
Harris calls on Pennsylvania voters to turn out, saying “the race ain’t over yet”
From CNN’s Jessie Yeung
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Monday, November 4. Hannah McKay/Reutes
Speaking at her final campaign rally in Philadelphia before Election Day on Monday night, Vice President Kamala Harris said her team was “optimistic and excited” — but urged voters to make their voices heard, saying Pennsylvania could “decide the outcome” of the election.
“The race ain’t over yet, and we must finish strong. This could be one of the closest races in history. Every single vote matters,” she said.
“With only a few hours left, we still have work to do, and as you’ve heard me say before, we like hard work,” she added.
At points, the crowd broke into cheers of “We will win” and “We’re not going back.”
Harris reiterated several campaign promises, such as lowering the cost of living, housing, childcare, elderly home care, and taxes for workers and small businesses. She also vowed to pass a bill to restore reproductive freedoms after the rolling back of Roe v. Wade.
She sought to contrast herself with Donald Trump by using several familiar refrains — such as promising a seat at the table to those who disagree with her, compared to the former president’s often vehement rhetoric against his political opponents.
“We started this campaign 107 days ago,” she said. “From the beginning, ours has not been a fight against something, it has been a fight for something. A fight for a future with freedom, with opportunity, and with dignity for all Americans.”
“Tonight, we finish as we started — with optimism, with energy, with joy, knowing that we the people have the power to shape our future, and that we can confront any challenge we face when we do it together.”
NOW: Harris speaking in Philadelphia in final rally before Election Day
From CNN staff
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Monday,November 4. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking at a rally in Philadelphia, her final stop in front of voters before Election Day.
Harris has made the key battleground of Pennsylvania her priority on Monday with several stops across the state culminating in her final one in the state’s largest city.
She was joined by Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, among other celebrities, musicians and elected officials at the famous “Rocky Steps” at the Philadelphia Museum of the Arts.
Oprah takes the stage at Harris rally with 10 first-time young voters
From CNN’s Jessie Yeung
US television producer Oprah Winfrey arrives on stage with 10 first-time Philadelphia voters during a rally for Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 4, 2024. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
Oprah Winfrey took the stage at Kamala Harris’ final rally in Philadelphia on Monday night alongside 10 young people – all first time voters.
“The policies that Kamala Harris has proposed for women’s reproductive rights and education equality are what led me to cast my ballot for her,” one voter told Winfrey.
Another first-time voter said it was especially significant for him as an African American to “exercise my right to vote, which my ancestors fought so hard for.”
“We don’t get to sit this one out,” Oprah said.
“If we don’t show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again.”
“We are voting for healing over hate,” she said.
“What you can do for your country, what you can do for democracy here, and what you can do for the spirit of John Lewis and all the others who dared to walk across that bridge in Selma and fight for justice for us all … What you can do for every pregnant young woman who has died bc she was not eligible to receive the emergency medical care she desperately needed bc of an abortion ban, what you can do for everyone and everything you cherish — is vote.”
Lady Gaga performs “God Bless America” at Harris’ final rally in Philadelphia
From CNN’s Jessie Yeung
Lady Gaga waves before performing during a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Monday, November 4. ( Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
Musical superstar Lady Gaga appeared at Vice President Kamala Harris’ final rally in Philadelphia, performing a rendition of “God Bless America.”
“For more than half of this country’s life, women didn’t have a voice. Yet we raised children, we held our families together, we supported men as they made the decisions,” she said in brief remarks after her performance. “But tomorrow, women will be a part of making this decision.”
Oprah Winfrey is also expected to make an appearance tonight, before Harris delivers remarks.
Walz focuses on abortion during final campaign rally in Michigan
From CNN’s Aaron Pellish
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz focused heavily on access to abortion and reproductive health care, driving home a core message of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign in Detroit, Michigan on Monday.
In his remarks at Hart Plaza overlooking the Detroit River, Walz reiterated his attacks on former president Donald Trump, who claimed to be the “protector” of women and said he would look after women “whether they like it or not” at a campaign rally in Wisconsin last week.
He also made a direct pitch to male voters on abortion, asking them to consider the implications of abortion restrictions on the women in their lives.
“Let me speak to the guys in the crowd tonight. I want you to think about the women in your life that you love. Their lives are at stake in this election. Donald Trump appointed those Supreme Court justices who repealed Roe versus Wade, and he brags about it. He is glad that those women you’re thinking about and you love have fewer rights than their mothers and their grandmothers,” he said.
“We’re seeing women turned away from emergency rooms, miscarrying in parking lots, whether they like it or not. Survivors of rape being forced to carry those pregnancies to term, whether they like it or not. Fertility clinics turning couples away at the door, whether they like it or not,” he said.
“Now, tomorrow, women all across America of every age, both parties, are going to send a loud and clear message to Donald Trump, whether he likes it or not.”
Harris offers Americans a chance to turn the page on Trump — without mentioning him
From CNN’s Gregory Krieg
Vice President Kamala Harris appears during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday, November 4. Quinn Glabicki/Reuters
Her message has been consistent, but Kamala Harris has in the closing days of the presidential race dropped two notable words from her stump speech: Donald Trump.
The former president’s name was again absent from the vice president’s speech on Monday night in Pittsburgh, where she again promised voters a clean break from the discord of the Trump era in American politics. It was a notable switch in rhetoric for the vice president, who had mentioned Trump’s name so often in previous versions of her stump speech that the Republican’s campaign had put together a video compilation of Harris saying “Donald Trump” that he often played at rallies.
“We have an opportunity in this election to finally turn the page on a decade of politics driven by fear and division. We are done with that,” Harris said. “We’re done. We’re exhausted with it.”
That promise has been threaded through her campaign, usually implied but increasingly delivered in explicit terms.
“It can be easy to forget a simple truth,” Harris said in Washington. “It doesn’t have to be this way.”
The way it is, she said in Pittsburgh, is not so good.
“So much about these last several years has been about trying to make people point their fingers at each other,” Harris said, “to have Americans point their fingers at each other, to try and make people feel alone or feel small.”
Elon Musk cancels virtual town hall event minutes after it started after technical problems
From CNN’s Clare Duffy
Elon Musk held a digital version of the town-hall-style rallies he has hosted on behalf of former President Donald Trump. But the event on X ended just a few minutes after it started on Monday night, when Musk encountered technical difficulties.
The event began streaming more than 20 minutes after its scheduled 8 p.m. ET start time. When the billionaire X owner joined, he promoted a podcast interview he did with Joe Rogan and offered to take questions. An operator then attempted to take questions from four listeners who apparently had been on hold, but the line went silent when he called on them.
The operator asked Musk if he believes “we will win” on Tuesday — presumably referring to Trump, whom Musk has supported to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.
“Well, I think if people vote tomorrow, we’re definitely going to win,” he said.
Musk then called off the event, saying: “let’s cancel this, since we seem to be having some technical issues.” Musk promised to start a regular livestream spaces event on X. The X Spaces event Musk started immediately following the town hall, lasted one minute and appeared to have no audio.
Minutes later, Musk said he would not restart his Q&A and encouraged followers to listen to his Rogan interview instead, during which the podcaster endorsed Trump.
The Monday town hall is just the latest election-related event that Musk attempted to host on X that was plagued by technical difficulties.
An August interview between Musk and Trump that was streamed on X was delayed by more than 40 minutes because of glitches. Musk blamed the issue on a cyberattack, but some experts speculated it was simply caused by too many users trying to listen. A similar event last year to kick off Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign was also delayed by 25 minutes and marred by technical difficulties.
Why these 7 battleground states could determine who wins the election
From CNN’s Zachary B. Wolf
People cast their early ballots at a polling station in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 2. Carlos Osorio/Reuters
There are thought to be seven states that could conceivably be won by either candidate. As a result, the campaigns have focused their energy in these areas. They can be broken up into two general categories:
3 Midwestern battlegrounds, aka “the blue wall” – These are the manufacturing and union-heavy states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. They used to be more reliably Democratic but have shifted in recent years as their populations have changed and as former President Donald Trump has appealed to White voters without a college degree.
When Trump won the White House in 2016, he won all three. When President Joe Biden won in 2020, he won all three. If Vice President Kamala Harris wins all three this year, she will likely have the electoral votes to be president. But polls suggest close races in all three. Turnout will be key, which for Harris means appealing to suburban women and Black voters. All three states have urban centers.
The blue wall states usually vote the same way. The last time they did not all go to the same candidate was in 1988 – notably also a year when California was red and West Virginia was blue. In those eight elections since 1988, the only time the blue wall states went to a Republican was in 2016, when they were won by Trump.
4 Sun Belt battlegrounds – These states with growing populations include Arizona and Nevada in the West and North Carolina and Georgia in the East. Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina used to be more reliably Republican. Trump won North Carolina twice, but the margins were close in 2020. The last Democrat to win there was Barack Obama in 2008. Biden was the first Democrat to win Georgia since Bill Clinton in 1992 and Arizona since Clinton in 1996.
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Ahead of election night, meet the 2024 Democratic and Republican candidates
From CNN’s Ethan Cohen, Molly English and Matt Holt
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Getty Images
Ahead of election night, read up on the 2024 candidates on the Democratic and Republican tickets vying to win the White House.
Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic candidate for president. The daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, Harris grew up in Oakland and spent much of her political career in California’s Bay Area.
She was first elected as the San Francisco district attorney in 2004, before later serving as the attorney general of California. After that, Harris was elected to the Senate before being picked to be President Joe Biden’s running mate in the 2020 election.
She announced her own candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president after Biden withdrew from the ticket and endorsed her on July 21. Harris is the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead the ticket of a major political party.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Harris’ running mate. Before being elected to Congress to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District in 2007, Walz was a high school geography teacher and an assistant football coach. He also served in the Army National Guard. Walz has been serving as Minnesota governor since 2019.
Former President Donald Trump is the Republican candidate for president, aiming to become only the second commander in chief to win two nonconsecutive terms.
Trump, who was born in New York, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Before launching his successful 2016 presidential bid, Trump was a real estate developer, businessman and a reality television star as host of “The Apprentice.”
Ohio Sen. JD Vance is Trump’s running mate. Born in Middletown, Ohio, Vance wrote a memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, about his upbringing and white, working-class Americans. He also attended Yale Law School, worked as a venture capitalist and served in the US Marine Corps.
Vance was elected to the Senate in 2023, outlasting a stronger-than-expected challenge from Democrat Tim Ryan and keeping the seat under GOP control.
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