RawStory

Kamala Harris

Trump already gearing up to 'contest PA election result' if Harris wins: analyst

One of the most closely watched swing states on Election Night 2024 will be Pennsylvania, where Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have been campaigning aggressively in the hope of winning the state's 19 electoral votes.

Pennsylvania has gone Democrat in most of the United States' post-1980s presidential elections. But Trump carried Pennsylvania in 2016 before losing it to now-President Joe Biden four years later in 2020.

Keep reading... Show less

'You're lying to people!' Fed-up CNN guest twice cuts off GOP strategist in tense exchange

A Republican strategist twice clashed with a supporter of Kamala Harris in the opening minutes of CNN's "NewsNight" on Tuesday night, with the two trading barbs over the latter's interruption.

The exchange happened during a discussion on Vice President Kamala Harris' closing argument speech and came between Scott Jennings, a senior CNN political commentator who served as special assistant to former President George W. Bush, and Leigh McGowan, a social media influencer who uses the handle PoliticsGirl.

Keep reading... Show less

'Damn good': Rachel Maddow heaps praise as Harris reached out with 'strength personified'

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow lavished praise on Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign speech at the Ellipse, which she delivered Tuesday night to an estimated 75,000 people.

The rally — held at the site of former President Donald Trump's famous "Stop the Steal" rally just before the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was a clear attempt to turn the page on the former president's tenure — but also, said Maddow, to show just what kind of a president Harris can be in her own right.

Keep reading... Show less

‘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.

Keep reading... Show less

'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.

Keep reading... Show less

'Master stroke’: Ex-GOP rep praises Kamala Harris’ powerful move at Trump’s rally site

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris seems to be out-Trumping Donald Trump, a former Republican lawmaker said Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of Harris supporters came out to hear her Tuesday night address at the Ellipse, the exact spot where the former president famously held his "Stop the Steal" rally before supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Keep reading... Show less

‘More chaos’: First excerpts released of Kamala Harris' closing arguments speech in D.C.

Vice President Kamala Harris will try to once again set herself apart from Donald Trump when she delivers her closing argument speech Tuesday night at the Ellipse in Washington D.C. – the site of the former president’s Jan. 6, 2021, remarks that followed the Capitol riot and insurrection attempt.

“America, we know what Donald Trump has in mind. More chaos. More division. And policies that help those at the very top and hurt everyone else. I offer a different path. And I ask for your vote,” Harris will say, according to early excerpts released of the speech.

Keep reading... Show less

Columnist warns ‘revenge’ voters stand to lose more than they think

Americans considering using their votes to punish Kamala Harris over her support of Israel should not forget “what they stand to lose” in the long term if Donald Trump were to take over foreign policy, a staff writer for The Atlantic warned Tuesday.

“Protest matters,” Gal Beckerman wrote in an editorial. “But we should not take for granted that we will always be able to protest.”

Keep reading... Show less

Republicans losing big in legal fights claiming voter fraud before election

Election-related lawsuits are being filed thick and fast across the country — but the Republican Party's legal challenges are proving largely unsuccessful.

Politico reported Tuesday that the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals "declined to allow" a North Carolina court to hear a Republican suit asking for additional verification for 225,000 voters. According to the ruling, the case should be in federal court.

Keep reading... Show less

'Billboards are coming down!' Trump hurls new wild claim at Harris

Former President Donald Trump hurled a bizarre accusation at Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday that included claims she's offering free legal services to immigrants at the southern border — but gave no corroborating evidence.

Trump on Truth Social claimed that Harris, a former prosecutor, was putting up billboards along the southern border offering free legal services to migrants, whom he referred to as "illegal alien criminals."

Keep reading... Show less

'Racist bile': Trump calls MSG rally a 'love fest' — critics call him 'trash'

Former President Donald Trump's description of his Madison Square Garden rally as a "love fest" stunned viewers who'd witnessed its racist jokes, misogynistic insults and the many comparisons made to another political event held in the event in 1939.

Trump spurred a new wave of outrage during his press conference at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday when he championed the love and beauty of an event that has the archbishop of San Juan demanding an apology.

Keep reading... Show less

'Just an outright lie': CNN anchor cuts Trump mic for epic fact check

Former President Donald Trump's press conference tirade Tuesday was cut short on CNN by an anchor compelled to challenge what he called multiple falsehoods and lies.

Jim Acosta muted Trump amid a lengthy rant delivered at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and turned instead to CNN fact checker Daniel Dale for an analysis.

Keep reading... Show less

Gannett newspapers join Washington Post and LA Times in not endorsing for president

More newspapers are joining the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times in not making an endorsement in this year's presidential election.

David Mastio, a conservative columnist at the Kansas City Star, announced on Twitter that he was "sad to report that USA TODAY is joining the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post in not endorsing in the presidential race this year."

Keep reading... Show less