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Town hall ignites fierce debate: Why must Harris be 'flawless' while Trump goes 'lawless?'

A town hall analysis breaking down the policies Kamala Harris was asked about Wednesday night abruptly flipped into a discussion about the inconsistencies in how the vice president and Donald Trump are being treated, with one CNN panelist declaring: “They’re not taking the same exam.”

“He gets to be lawless, she has to be flawless. That’s what's unfair. That's what's unfair tonight,” said former Obama White House official Van Jones. “They're not taking the same exam. Look, she has policies, she may not articulate them perfectly every time…but she’s fighting for actual ideas that will help real people and he’s talking about people’s penises, and so they are not taking the same exam and that’s pissing people off – it’s pissing me off.”

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'Warped mind!' Trump rages at Harris' 'rhetoric' after she agrees he's a fascist

Former President Donald Trump took to his app to rage against Kamala Harris following the vice president's town hall in Pennsylvania, reverting back to calling her "comrade" and saying she has a "warped mind."

CNN moderator and anchor Anderson Cooper asked Harris if she believes Trump is a "fascist," in line with statements recently made by Mark Milley and John Kelly, Trump's former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former White House chief of staff, respectively.

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CNN anchor: Some fear Kamala Harris didn't 'close the deal' at swing state town hall

A CNN anchor told panelists on Wednesday night that some fear Vice President Kamala Harris may not have "closed the deal."

Harris fielded questions in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from undecided voters in the area about two weeks before the election. Topics ranged from the Biden administration's record on immigration to the economy.

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‘We did the right thing’: Kamala Harris pressed on administration’s record on immigration

Kamala Harris at a town hall on Wednesday found herself vigorously defending the Biden administration’s immigration record from a CNN host’s repeated grilling on the timing of the executive actions taken this year.

The moment came after a Drexel University student’s question about immigration, which Harris answered by saying: “America’s immigration system is broken, and it needs to be fixed. And it’s been broken for a long time.”

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'People are frankly exhausted': Harris reaches out to disaffected Republicans at town hall

At Vice President Kamala Harris' town hall in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, she was confronted by an anti-Trump Republican voter who wanted to understand what she would do to reach out to voters who feel politically homeless — and Harris had a lot to say.

"As someone who hasn't fully committed to either party, how do you plan to address the concerns of independent voters and anti-Trump Republicans like myself, who feel left out of the polarized political landscape, and what specific actions would you take to bridge the political divide and create more unity?" asked Bryn Mawr College student Natasha Kwiatkowski.

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John Kelly's comments may suppress Trump vote where it matters most: Ex-Bush pollster

A former campaign official for George W. Bush said that while Gen. John Kelly's comments about Donald Trump won't likely impact vote turnout, they could suppress conservatives in states with tight races.

A bombshell interview with Kelly posted Tuesday included audio of Kelly speaking in his own words about his disgust of Trump. The report came mere hours after another story from The Atlantic reported shocking details about Trump's reneging on a promise to cover funeral costs for the family of a slain Army private.

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These 9 suburban counties could be Harris' key to the White House: analysis

The easiest path for Vice President Kamala Harris to win 270 Electoral College votes will go through the battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (also known as the "Blue Wall"). And a new analysis breaks down exactly where she could focus her resources to add those states to her win column.

On Wednesday, the New Republic's Greg Sargent interviewed veteran journalist Ronald Brownstein of the Atlantic, who recently broke down exactly how Harris could carry the Blue Wall states. According to Brownstein, the vice president could secure the critical swing states by going all-in on not just major urban centers, but on nine suburban counties that each house significant numbers of voters.

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'Squandered': Writer mourns wasted chances he says could have given runaway election win

The 2024 presidential election is, at least according to polls, coming down to a knife's edge — one of the closest races imaginable. But it didn't have to be that way, wrote Perry Bacon Jr. for The Washington Post.

He said either party had opportunities to lock down a win early — and neither one took them.

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'Fixated': Fox News diss has reportedly left Trump obsessing over low-level Harris aide

Donald Trump and his camp of aides has become “fixated” on a barely-known Kamala Harris aide who criticized him on Fox News, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The low-level adviser has been attacked more than three dozen times in just three weeks, the report states.

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'Going to get him killed': Marjorie Taylor Greene freaks after Harris' latest Trump remark

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) sounded the alarm Wednesday after Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted reports that former President Donald Trump praised Adolf Hitler's generals.

In a short speech, Harris noted that Trump reportedly wished he had "the kind of generals Hitler had."

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'Of all the lickspittles for Trump': Republican slammed for chuckling at Nazi comment

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) spurred an angry backlash Wednesday when he responded with a chuckle to reports former President Donald Trump praised powerful Nazis to his White House chief of staff.

Sununu, once an outspoken supporter of Republican presidential primary hopeful Nikki Haley, said on CNN Wednesday morning he plans to vote for Trump — despite Kelly's on-the-record comment that Trump wanted generals like Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's.

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'Dangerous for rural America': Former Bush official endorses Harris on Fox News

A top official in former President George W. Bush's administration announced her endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News Wednesday.

Ann Veneman, the first female Department of Agriculture secretary, told the conservative network she will join a mounting number of Republicans who will not cast a ballot for former President Donald Trump, according to the report.

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'Oh my God!' CNN conservative sparks fury as he hurls abuse accusations at Harris' husband

A controversial Republican CNN guest sparked fury early Wednesday as he hurled unsubstantiated rumors about domestic abuse by Kamala Harris’ husband.

“Oh my God!” exclaimed former Democratic Congressman Bakari Sellers (SC) as Republican strategist Scott Jennings launched his attack.

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