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‘Political malpractice’: Republican on CNN sours on Kamala Harris' final pitch to voters

A Republican strategist with a background in political event planning wasn’t impressed by the optics of Kamala Harris’ speech Tuesday night at the Ellipse in Washington D.C.

“I plan political events for a living, and I think this was political malpractice to put her in front of this White House,” Brad Todd, a GOP strategist and media consultant, said on CNN moments after Harris’ concluded her speech, billed as her campaign’s closing argument.

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'Upstanding citizens' find and turn in hundreds of ballots found on roadway: report

"Upstanding citizens" found hundreds of ballots on the side of a road and turned them in — undamaged and untampered with — in Florida's most populous county.

Containers filled with ballots of Miami-Dade County voters fell out of a county truck when a worker "forgot to lock the back" of the vehicle, Christina White, the county’s elections supervisor, told the Miami Herald on Tuesday morning. The worker drove off and a sealed bin and sealed bag fell out, she said.

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'Absolutely trashing the Trump campaign': Harris fans cheer Nikki Haley's Fox News remarks

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley took to Fox News on Tuesday to sound off on how she thinks Donald Trump’s campaign should see itself through the final days of the 2024 campaign — a message that started with an endorsement but which Kamala Harris fans said ended critically of the former president.

Haley began with a criticism of the Joe Biden administration and a commendation of Trump.

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'Stop pointing fingers, start locking arms': Kamala Harris stirs with closing arguments

Vice President Kamala Harris called for America to rise above the division and partisan hatred it has seen since former President Donald Trump took office at her rally at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.

Harris, who has earned the endorsement of a growing list of moderate Republicans united with Democrats against Trump's MAGA movement, said that people will always debate policy — but that the country must return to a place where people can accept each other's opponents are good people who mean well for America.

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'Unforced error': CNN’s Tapper presses GOP senator who won’t condemn comedian’s remarks

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) on Tuesday suggested that comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's offensive and racist remark about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally Sunday was nothing more than an "unforced error."

CNN's Jake Tapper rolled a clip of the former president at his Mar-a-Lago estate today, completely disregarding the fact that Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico "a floating island of garbage."

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'He has not said anything!' Reporter challenges Republican's defense of Trump

A New York Times reporter on Tuesday pushed back on a longtime GOP insider’s view on how Donald Trump is navigating the scandal unfolding after the damaging remarks that came out of the former president’s New York City rally.

The moment came Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” when Scott Jennings, a Republican Party strategist and CNN conservative commentator, suggested that a statement addressing the rally was enough to distance Trump from the controversial remarks.

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'Train has left the station': Radio host says Trump rally ended chances with these voters

Former President Donald Trump is planning an event in Pennsylvania with prominent Puerto Rican supporters amid fallout from Puerto Rico being called a "floating island of garbage" at his weekend rally in Madison Square Garden.

But Victor Martinez, owner of the La Mega radio station, told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that it's too late for Trump — he has done irreparable damage.

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‘Never seen anything like this’: Dem strategist stunned by ‘offensive’ Trump controversy

A veteran Democratic strategist made clear Tuesday how unprecedented the scenario that Donald Trump’s campaign has found itself in amid fallout over his controversial New York City rally with just a week to go before Election Day.

“I’ve never seen anything like this, and I’ve never seen any anything like this, this close to an election,” said Maria Cardona, a Democratic strategist and frequent CNN political commentator. “So, if anything is ever going to matter about Donald Trump's racism and xenophobia – this can be it.”

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'When's the next insurrection?' Steve Bannon's news conference trolled by comedian

Conservative activist Steve Bannon was freed from prison Tuesday and his news conference was interrupted by a comedian mockingly claiming to have served time with him at the federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut.

At the news conference about his time in prison, a man identifying himself as comedian Robbie Roadsteamer stood to ask Bannon a question.

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Ex-top Trump White House official calls for ‘male only’ voting

John McEntee, who served as the Director of the Trump White House Presidential Personnel Office, in a 2023 video said the U.S. should have “male only” voting. The video (below) resurfaced Monday, drawing outrage. It went viral, with over one million views in just 24 hours.

McEntee is the co-founder of a dating app for Republicans and conservatives, backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, called Date Right Stuff.

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MAGA TV host: Trump is 'like a prophet' for Christians, Jews and Muslims

RSBN host Nikki Stanzione told her audience that former President Donald Trump was "like a prophet" for people of all faiths, including "Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim."

Before a Tuesday rally in Pennsylvania, Stanzione spoke to a man who said Jesus Christ was a "fighter" like Trump.

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'I hope Social Security's around': Trump rallygoer expresses fear of Project 2025

A supporter of Donald Trump said she feared Social Security would be degraded after being warned about Project 2025.

Ahead of a Tuesday Trump rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a woman named Chris expressed her fears to Right Side Broadcasting Network host Matt Kane.

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MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell announces on air she's stepping down from her daily show

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell will step down from her daily show, she told viewers on Tuesday.

At the end of her show, the longtime reporter said that she would remain at NBC News as the chief foreign correspondent and chief Washington correspondent, but would focus more on "a broader role."

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