The US Presidential election is just 12 days away and either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be elected to office. Here’s a roundup of the latest from the Trump campaign.
Top Republican news today – Trump accuses Labour of interference
Trump’s popularity is growing with union workers
Auto Workers leader Dan Vicente has watched first-hand as his fellow union workers have drifted away from the Democratic Party here in Pennsylvania.
He was almost one of them.
The plain-spoken UAW Region 9 director told a bustling hall on Sunday that he nearly voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Now, two elections later, Vicente said he’s still “not super into” either party but is backing Kamala Harris because she “at least comes from the working class.”
Trump’s team accuses Labour of election interference
Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) accusing the UK’s Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in support of the Harris-Walz campaign in the US election. The complaint cites media reports of contact between Labour and the Harris campaign, including volunteering efforts, which it argues are illegal contributions
Tulsi Gabbard joins Republican party at Trump rally
Former Democratic candidate for president and independent Tulsi Gabbard formally announced she is joining the Republican Party at a Trump rally on Tuesday. The rally was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, a key swing state in the upcoming election. Gabbard cited her admiration for President Trump’s leadership “to transform the Republican Party and bring it back to the party of the people and the party of peace” in part for her decision.
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly says Trump praised Hitler while in office
John Kelly, who was White House chief of staff during the Trump administration, said in a series of recent interviews that former President Donald Trump spoke positively about Adolf Hitler when he was in office. The remark, published Tuesday, was made in one of Kelly’s interviews with The New York Times. Audio of his comments was made available online.
Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows door-knock hack
Donald Trump’s ground game in Arizona and Nevada may be undermined by canvassers working for America Pac using GPS spoofing to pretend they have knocked on doors when they haven’t, according to multiple people familiar with the practice and a leaked how-to-fake-location video. The ramifications for Trump may be far reaching, given America Pac has taken on the bulk of the Trump campaign’s ground game in the battleground states, and the election increasingly appears set to be decided by turnout.
Musk promises $1 million a day to voters in swing states
Elon Musk has announced a plan to distribute $1 million daily to a registered voter in key swing states until the US presidential election on November 5. The winner will be randomly selected from those who sign a pro-US Constitution petition organised by Musk’s campaign group, America PAC, which aims to support Republican nominee Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
CNN’s latest poll shows race remains close
A new CNN poll of Polls average of national polling finds there is no clear winning in the US presidential race, with 50% likely voters supporting Kamala Harris and 48% backing Donald Trump. The latest average includes a YouGov/Times of London/SAY24 poll that finds Harris taking 48% to Trump’s 45% among likely voters nationally, within the survey’s margin of sampling error.
