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During the US campaign trail, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump delivered a radically different message on the prospect of polls, accusing each other a ‘threat to democracy’.
US Presidential Election Live: As US inches closer to November 5 presidential election, a poll survey done by Reuters predicted that Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 3 percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump – 45% to 42%. The latest polls survey done by the news agency closed on Sunday indicated that voters particularly Democrats – might be more enthused about this year’s election than they were ahead of the November 2020 presidential election when Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump.
While poll campaigns get heated up, Harris and Trump delivered a radically different message on the prospect of polls wherein Harris said that “Trump is a threat to democracy”. “In many, many ways Donald Trump is an unserious man, but the consequences of him being president of the United States are brutally serious,” Harris, 60, said at an event in Malvern in Pennsylvania, one of seven battleground states.
Meanwhile, Trump often rejects the notion of being a threat to democracy rather argues that it is Democrats who are the real threat to democracy due to the criminal investigations he and his allies have faced for their attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss. As war rages in Middle East and Russia, Ukraine, the US polls is keenly watched as it may impact the negotiation deals.
As Vice President Kamala Harris toured crucial states with Liz Cheney, a former Republican lawmaker – a vocal critic of Donald Trump, she appealed voters who are “disillusioned” with Trump, saying that they are “not alone” in an attempt to convince them to switch party, BBC reported.
US Election 2024 Live Updates: Putin will be sitting in Kyiv if Trump is elected to power, says Harris
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday hit out on her rival Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump saying Russian President Vladimir Putin will be “sitting in Kyiv,” Ukraine’s capital city, if he is elected to power.
“He has said, Donald Trump, I will solve the matter of Ukraine and Russia in a day. Read through and understand what he is saying. He would surrender,” Harris was quoted as saying by CNN during an event in Michigan with former Rep. Liz Cheney and Maria Shriver.
Harris added: “He would have Ukraine surrender its fight against an aggressor violating its sovereignty. If Donald Trump were president, Vladimir Putin will be sitting in Kyiv, and understand what that would mean for America and our standing around the world.”
Notably, Trump had declined to say whether he wants Ukraine to win the war and termed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “salesman” who “should never have let that war start.”
US Election 2024 Live Updates: New poll survey predicts Harris to hold 3% lead over Trump in Nov 5 elections
As US inches closer to November 5 presidential election, a poll survey done by Reuters predicted that Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 3 percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump – 45% to 42%. The latest polls done by the news agency closed on Sunday indicated that voters particularly Democrats – might be more enthused about this year’s election than they were ahead of the November 2020 presidential election when Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump.
US Election 2024 Live Updates: Political violence incidents rise as Trump, Harris campaign fiercely
As US election campaigns get heated up, a spate of violent attacks have been reported in different parts of the country. A man accosted a group of people rallying for Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House campaign, punching a 74-year-old man in the head and calling another man a “n— supporter” as he fled.
An assailant who fiercely opposes Donald Trump used an all-terrain vehicle to run over and injure an 81-year-old man who was putting up a yard sign for the former president’s reelection bid.
Reuters report said, the cases are part of the biggest and most sustained increase in US political violence since the 1970s as at least 300 such incidents were reported since the Capital riots.
US Election 2024 Live: McDonald’s clarifies neutral stance after hosting Trump event in Pennsylvania
McDonald’s has reaffirmed its neutral stance in the upcoming presidential election after hosting former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania restaurant over the weekend. The event, which took place at a suburban Philadelphia location, saw Trump taking over the fry station and interacting with customers through the drive-thru window. Although the restaurant was closed to the public for the visit, it attracted significant attention.
In a message to employees obtained by the Associated Press, McDonald’s clarified that the event was not an endorsement of any political candidate. Derek Giacomantonio, the owner-operator of the location, had reached out to corporate after learning of Trump’s interest in visiting a Pennsylvania restaurant. The company agreed to accommodate the request, citing one of its core values: “We open our doors to everyone.”
“McDonald’s does not endorse candidates for elected office, and that remains true in this race for the next president. We are not red or blue – we are golden,” the company stated in its employee message.
US Election 2024 Live: Harris says Putin “will be sitting in Kyiv” if Trump wins the US election
The US Vice President Kamala Harris said that if former President Donald Trump wins the US election then Russian President Vladimir Putin will be “sitting in Kyiv,” the capital of Ukraine.
“He would have Ukraine surrender its fight against an aggressor violating its sovereignty. If Donald Trump were president, Vladimir Putin will be sitting in Kyiv, and understand what that would mean for America and our standing around the world,” Harris said as reported by CNN.
Republican candidate Donald Trump declined to say anything when he was asked last month whether he would want Ukraine to win the war against Russia. Trump even described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “salesman who should never have let that war start.”
US Election 2024 Live: Former Rep. Cheney tells Republicans to “vote your conscience” while supporting Harris in Michigan
Former Rep. Liz Cheney asked Republicans and others who wouldn’t typically vote for Kamala Harris, to “vote your conscience” during her second campaign state stop with Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday.
Harris said at the townhall in Oakland County, “There’s something, an undercurrent that is violent in terms of the language and the tenor, and for her to show the courage she has shown is extraordinary,” reported CNN.
Cheney said that it wasn’t scary for her to come out and support Harris in the upcoming US Presidential election and speak against former President Trump as the Republican candidate is “doing everything he can to try to get people to forget about what he did” on January 6.
US Election 2024 Live: Kamala Harris calls federal minimum wage as ‘poverty’ pay, demands an increase
The Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on Monday said that the US will have to raise its federal minimum wage and labeled the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour as “poverty wages”.
Republican candidate Donald Trump, whose campaign trail stopped at McDonald’s restaurant in Philadelphia, was asked about the federal minimum wage but the former President did not answer directly.
“The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, which means that the person who is working a full day and full weeks will make $15,000 a year, which is essentially poverty wages,” Harris said as reported by Reuters, adding that she firmly supports the increase in federal minimum wage.
US Election 2024 Live: Harris and Trump deliver radically different messages as countdown for US election begins
With 14 days left for the Election Day in the United States, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are leaving no sone unturned in their aggressive campaigning as both the leaders sought to win over the undecided voters.
“In many, many ways Donald Trump is an unserious man, but the consequences of him being president of the United States are brutally serious,” said Democratic candidate Harris while speaking at rally in Pennsylvania, and adding that Trump is a “threat to democracy”.
Meanwhile, Trump rallied in North Carolina to garner support while Republicans feared that voter turnout would get suppressed due to Hurricane Helene. “Obviously, we want them to vote but we want them to live and survive and be happy and healthy, because this is really a tragedy,” Trump said at a campaign stop in Swannanoa, after touring the areas in the region which were destroyed by the hurricane.