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Kamala Harris will be joined by Lizzo and Usher on the campaign trail this weekend as Donald Trump is set to make a campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s Sunday where he will “work the fry cooker.”
Harris and Michigan-born rapper Lizzo will host a get-out-the-vote event in Detroit, and later Saturday afternoon, she will hold a rally in Atlanta with Usher.
Both Harris and Trump held rallies in Michigan on Friday in an effort to secure voters in the key swing state. The latest Emerson College poll shows the two candidates are tied in the key swing state with just over two weeks until Election Day.
Trump spoke in Detroit, where his microphone malfunctioned and he was forced to pace the stage for 18 minutes.
On Sunday, he is expected to stop by a McDonald’s in Philadelphia, where he will work the fry cooker, a source told CNN.
It comes after Trump has repeatedly cast doubts over Harris’s claims that she worked at the fast food chain in the 1980s.
Former President Barack Obama also campaigned on the vice president’s behalf in Tuscon, Arizona. He will continue his support for her with a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Trump campaign in talks with Nikki Haley to join him on trail
Trump’s campaign is in talks with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to have her join him on the trail in the final days of the race, The Bulwark reported.
Details have not been finalized, but there have been talks of a joint appearance at a town hall at the end of the month.
“The gender gap is real,” a source close to Trump told CNN. “Haley attracts a different kind of voter. She gets a lot of positive media coverage and appeals to women who are unsure of Donald Trump.”
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 18:23
ICYMI: Trump set to work the fryer at McDonald’s
Trump can’t stop obsessing over Kamala Harris’s McDonald’s job she had in the 1980s.
So on Sunday, he’s off to work the fryer at the fast food joint in Philadelphia, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 17:46
Lizzo and Usher to join Kamala Harris for last push in Michigan and Georgia
Lizzo and Usher will join Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail as early voting kicks off in Michigan and Georgia this weekend.
It’s a last push for Harris as she battles against Republican nominee Donald Trump in the campaign’s final weeks.
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 17:15
Trump joins WWE stars as they endorse him for president
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 16:45
‘You’d be worried if grandpa acted like this’: Obama mocks Trump at Arizona rally
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 16:00
North Carolina early voters, still recovering from Helene, break turnout record
More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous western portion of the state continued to recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene.
A record 353,166 people cast ballots at more than 400 early voting sites statewide on Thursday, compared to 348,599 on the first day in October 2020, the State Board of Elections said Friday.
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 15:45
Americans are addicted to gambling on the election because it’s finally legal, sort of
On Polymarket, one of the top online exchanges, people have already spent over $1.2 bn betting on the US presidential election. That includes two mystery individuals betting millions on a Trump win.
Betting market odds are suddenly on the lips of US broadcasters and campaign spin doctors, quoted like polls and watched like the weather.
Betting on elections has long been prohibited in the US, but various exchanges and their users have found ways to get in on the action nonetheless.
But is election betting good fun, civic engagement, or a threat to democracy itself?
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 15:30
Obama to campaign for Harris in Vegas tonight
Former President Barack Obama will be in Las Vegas this evening to rally early voters in Nevada for Vice President Kamala Harris.
October 19 is the first day of early voting for the state.
Obama’s last campaign event in Las Vegas was in 2022.
Andrea Cavallier19 October 2024 15:15
Man who questioned Trump on pet-eating lies during Univision town hall admits he is now voting for Harris
Katie Hawkinson19 October 2024 15:00
DNC knows its key endorsement all too well as it launches new Swift themed ads
The DNC announced the campaign on Friday – with just over two weeks to go before election day – in an attempt to galvanize younger voters, and fans of the US pop megastar and guide them into their “Kamala Era.”
Mike Bedigan19 October 2024 14:00
