Editorial 01.11.24
Team Harris call Trump women ‘weak and dumb’
As expected, Friday’s USA front pages are dominated by the upcoming presidential election. The election is less than a week away and the polls suggest the race to the White House remains too tight to predict, so both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in the battleground states trading barbs.
‘Walz puts in an appearance in key battleground state that could decide election,’ writes The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on a visit by Democratic Vice President candidate Tim Walz to the battleground state of Pennsylvania. It shows Walz celebrating Diwali at a Hindy temple and says he campaigned in the suburbs where shifts in the electorate could determine the national winner.
‘USA facing knife-edge race that no one predicted,’ says USA Today.
USA Today says “The United States of Anxiety” – calling it a “knife-edge” race that no one could have predicted. The paper has interviewed dozens of Americans who share their feelings.
‘Missouri may opt to overturn one of the country’s strictest abortion bans,’ The Washington Post.
The Washington Post says voters in Missouri – one of 10 states with upcoming votes on initiatives related to abortion – may opt to overturn one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans.
‘Harris and Trump attacking each other over gender,’ writes The New York Times.
The New York Times says the Harris and Trump campaigns are attacking each other over gender, with Harris seizing on her rival’s statement that, under him, Robert F Kennedy Jr would work on women’s health.
‘Team Harris call Trump women ‘weak and dumb’, writes the New York Post.
New York Post features images of Republican women telling Team Harris – who they say called women around Trump ‘weak and dumb’ – to say it to their faces.