Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her campaign’s “closing argument” Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where former President Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan.
6, 2021 . One week out from Election Day , Harris’ address from the grassy Ellipse near the White House is designed to encourage Americans to visualize their alternate futures if she or Trump takes over the Oval Office in less than three months. Trump opened his remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday morning by saying Harris is running on a “campaign of destruction” and “of absolute hate,” accusing her team of “perhaps even trying to destroy our country.
” He headed to Pennsylvania later in the day for a Building America's Future event in Drexel and a rally Tuesday night in Allentown. Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024 .
Here’s the latest: Trump says the comedian who described Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage” probably shouldn’t have been at his Madison Square Garden rally. Asked by Fox News host Sean Hannity whether he wished Tony Hinchcliffe hadn’t been there, Trump said he did. “Yeah, I mean I don’t know if it’s a big deal or not, but I don’t want anybody making nasty jokes or stupid jokes,” he said.
“Probably he shouldn’t have been there, yeah.” Trump, in the interview, also said repeatedly that “Puerto Ricans love me,” and that he has great relationships w.