Wallis: Trump 'crossed a line' to use military against his enemies
Speaking today in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Tim Walls condemned Donald Trump's comments about sending armed forces against his enemies, who he called the “enemy within.””, after the election. Trump made the statement on Fox News yesterday.
Governor Walls: Trump has crossed a line that I could never have imagined in my lifetime. He said he would deploy the military against Americans who disagreed with him. He called it 'the enemy within'. As for Donald Trump, anyone who disagrees with him… pic.twitter.com/aL37tWX7yz
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 14, 2024
Speaking to students at the University of Wisconsin, Walls said: “Trump has crossed a line that, in my lifetime, I could never have imagined. He said he would deploy the military against Americans who disagreed with him. He called it 'the enemy within'. For Donald Trump, anyone who disagrees with him is an enemy.
Read more about Trump's comments here:
Major events
Harris now turns to Project 2025.
He repeats his criticism that Trump is a “serious man” — but the consequences of his re-election as president are more serious.
A few key takeaways: “Don't forget health care” was one of three rules that Democratic campaign veteran James Carville came up with for the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign — “It's the economy, stupid” and “Against change. .”
Harris talks about caring for her mother when she was diagnosed with cancer.
Trying to cook them something they like to eat, finding something to wear that won't irritate their skin, trying to find something that makes them smile or laugh, she says, is about dignity. Applause.
He says his plan is to have Medicare (not Medicaid) help pay for home health care.
Harris says the election is about two different visions, one focused on the past and one focused on the future. This is one of the main messages of this campaign.
So far, she has been repeating well-worn messages. “We need a president who works for all the American people,” he says.
Expect the rally to portray Donald Trump as a potential tyrant who wants to use his threat to use US armed forces against those he labels the “enemy within” to imprison his political opponents.
“We're the underdogs and we've got some hard work ahead of us, but here's the thing: We love hard work,” Harris says.
We will win in 22 days.
Just over three weeks to go…
Kamala Harris on stage in Pennsylvania
The Democratic presidential nominee and US vice president is on stage in Erie, Pennsylvania.
About 7,000 people – Here's Poole's report on the number of people there:
The Harris campaign uses three-quarters of the arena, which has a total concert capacity of about 9400, and appears to have filled it, except for restricted seating directly behind the media riser and space reserved for press on the floor. .
The crowd chanted, “Kamala! Kamala!”
Here's an update on the Electoral College:
The Electoral College is a group of 538 people, known as Electors, who officially vote for the President of the United States after citizens vote. This is a requirement outlined in the US Constitution. Electors are chosen by political parties in the 50 states of the United States before an election.
Different states have different numbers of Electoral College votes, with the number decided based on the census. The number of votes equals its total number of congressional representatives: the number of senators plus the number of representatives. Although not a state, the District of Columbia – like Washington DC – is allocated three Electoral College votes.
This is why the total is 538: 100 senators and 435 representatives plus three for DC.
A candidate needs more than half – or at least 270 – of the Electoral College votes to win. In most states, all of the state's Electoral College votes go to the same candidate. The exceptions are Maine and Nebraska, which allocate two electoral votes to the state popular vote winner and then one electoral vote to the popular vote winner in each congressional district.
A party that wins a state must properly vote its candidates. It happens on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, a few weeks after the November election – and after US states have certified their election results.
In 2020 Donald Trump tried to remove electors in some states before the Electoral College vote but the US Supreme Court rejected that effort a week ago.
Here's an update on swing states – Pennsylvania is the largest of the swing states:
A red state tends to vote Republican, a blue state tends to vote Democratic, and a state that swings between the two major parties from one election to the next.
Swing states, or battleground states, are where campaigns spend more money to win over undecided voters or voters they believe may switch from supporting the other party to their own.
Voters in seven swing states will decide this year's election. Arizona (11), Georgia (16), Michigan (15), Nevada (6), North Carolina (16), Pennsylvania (19) and Wisconsin (10) were the states with the number of Electoral College votes. . They take into account the 93 Electoral College votes, or more than one-third of the votes a candidate needs to win.
Swing positions are commonly referred to as “toss-up” or “purple” positions – the latter representing a combination of blue and red.
A Harris campaign event has begun in Erie, Pennsylvania, but he's not yet on stage.
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In case you missed it earlier:
Kamala Harris has revealed a plan to offer more economic opportunities to black men, as concerns have grown among her supporters that some in the black community are less interested in the Democratic presidential ticket than in recent elections, or may support Donald Trump. .
The vice president's plan includes forgivable business loans for black entrepreneurs, creating more apprenticeships and studying sickle cell and other diseases that disproportionately affect African American men. This includes ensuring black men have greater access to shaping the national cannabis industry and investing in cryptocurrency.
Before speaking in Erie's northwest corner on Monday, Harris laid out what he called an “opportunity agenda for black men.” Pennsylvania is the nation's largest battleground state. This will be Harris' 10th visit to Pennsylvania this election season.
Political support among blacks for the Harris-Wallace campaign has been somewhat wavering. Last week, Barack Obama suggested that some black men “don't feel comfortable with the idea of a woman being president.”
Kamala Harris will be speaking in Pennsylvania in a few minutes. We bring it to you live.
