Harris vs Trump live: Poll shows Donald Trump’s lead over Kamala Harris shrinking in deep red Florida
Donald Trump has taken to Truth Social to try to explain what happened to his voice during his X Spaces interview with Elon Musk on Monday night after listeners reported hearing an uncharacteristic “lisp” during their chat.
Boasting about reaching a “record” audience with the live Q&A, the Republican presidential nominee added: “Unfortunately, because of the complexity of modern day equipment, and cellphone technology, my voice was, in certain areas, somewhat different and strange.”
In California, Kamala Harris’s running mate Tim Walz hit back at attacks on his military record from his Republican counterpart JD Vance and others, after he was accused of ending his 24-year stint in the National Guard in 2005 to run for Congress and dodge a deployment to Iraq.
“I am damn proud of my service to this country,” Walz said in an address to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon.
“And I firmly believe you should never denigrate another person’s service record.”
Meanwhile, Harris may be improving her odds in deep red Florida. New polling shows Trump’s lead over the vice president has significantly diminished to just a five percentage point lead.
Watch: Trump challenged over making false accusation about Harris’s crowd size
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 18:52
Trump ‘in a spiral’ as nervous Republicans beg him to stay on message
Gustaf Kilander reports from Washington, DC.
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 18:45
Controversial North Carolina Lt Gov to speak ahed of Trump today
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 18:41
Watch: Biden jokes he’s looking for a job in remarks on economy
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 18:33
When will Kamala Harris and TIm Walz speak at DNC?
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) gets underway on Monday August 19 in Chicago, Illinois, with some political heavyweights slated to headline the four-day gathering.
The historic virtual roll call results saw Harris become the first Black woman and first Asian-American person to become the presidential nominee for a major political party, securing 99 per cent support from more than 4,500 delegates.
As many as 50,000 visitors are now expected to descend on the Steven Spielberg-coordinated convention at the Windy City’s United Center between Monday and Thursday next week, including 5,000 delegates from all 50 states and territories, plus 15,000 members of the media and tens of thousands of guests.
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 18:15
Cook Political Report poll sees Harris erase Trump leads in key battleground states
Kamala Harris has erased Donald Trump’s lead in all but one of the key battleground states according to the latest polling by the non-partisan Cook Political Report.
The vice president now leads the former president in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin by between two and five percentage points according to the poll.
The Democrat and Republican candidates are tied in Georgia and Trump has a five-point lead in Nevada.
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 18:00
Walz to campaign in Nebraska on Saturday
On Saturday, August 17, fresh off his first solo campaign travel and fundraising blitz, Governor Tim Walz will travel to his home state of Nebraska to hold a campaign event for the Harris-Walz ticket in Omaha.
Governor Walz was born in West Point, Nebraska and was raised in Valentine, Nebraska. He graduated from Butte High School in Butte, Nebraska, and attended Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska. Walz met his wife Gwen teaching high school in Alliance, Nebraska where he taught for six years before moving to Gwen’s home state of Minnesota.
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 17:55
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Veterans hit back in Walz’s defense after Trump attacks his service record
More than 1,000 US military veterans and family members of veterans have signed on to an open letter condemning what they describe as “politically motivated attacks” on Democratic vice presidential pick Tim Walz’s military service by former President Donald Trump and his running-mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.
The thousand-strong group of “veterans, veteran families, military families, caregivers, and survivors” said they are all “appalled” at the attacks on Walz, who retired from the Minnesota Army National Guard after a 24-year career that saw him ascend to the rank of command sergeant major, the highest rank for any enlisted person in the Army.
Andrew Feinberg has the story.
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 17:45
Monmouth University poll shows huge leap in Democrat enthusiasm for election
Oliver O’Connell14 August 2024 17:34
