Trump heads to Pennsylvania rally for first visit to the state since assassination attempt: Live updates
Donald Trump is soon to appear at his first rally in Pennsylvania since the attempt on his life on July 13. The former president will speak in Harrisburg shortly after 6pm.
It’s already been a wild day for the Trump campaign. Earlier Trump appeared at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Chicago today and shocked many in attendance by accusing his host of being “rude”, and questioning Kamala Harris’s racial identity, while doubling down on conspiracy theories and even the phrase “Black jobs”.
People could be heard gasping at times, jeering at others, and laughing at some of the former president’s answers. Trump even diminished the role of the vice president when asked if JD Vance was ready on day one.
He also seemed unfamiliar with the details of the Sonya Massey case in a discussion about his calls for law enforcement immunity, and when asked whether he would pardon January 6 rioters who injured police officers said he would if they were innocent before questioning their convictions when corrected.
Even before his unhinged remarks in Chicago, both Trump and Vance were facing backlash over sexist comments made about women.
In pictures: Crowd gathers for Trump’s first Pennsylvania rally since assassination attempt
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:45
Vance says it’s time to ‘load the muskets’ in foreword on new Project 2025 book
Amazon’s listing of the book, Dawn’s Early Light, describes it as outlining “a peaceful ‘Second American Revolution’ for voters looking to shift the power back into the hands of the people.
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:40
Watch: Buttigieg says Project 2025 is first time candidate has disavowed own policy framework
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:35
Report: Truth Social nears lowest audience mark since its launch
Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social has suffered some of its worst-ever audience numbers as of late, according to a media analysis.
Last month, the site had just over 2.11 million unique visitors down 38 percent compared to the same period last year.
It is the second lowest site traffic has dipped since June 2022, when Truth Social attracted 1.8 million visitors, according to Howard Polskin, of media monitoring firm TheRighting, who based his analysis on Comscore data. And it’s a world away from the site’s more than 3.2 million visitors upon launch in February of 2022.
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:30
Watch: Fox News host calls Trump remarks ‘complete absolute dumpster fire’
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:25
Trump says he could ‘absolutely’ step down as president if health declined
Lost amidst the flurry of outrageous statements he made at today’s NABJ convention in Chicago was that Donald Trump said he would step down as president if his health declined.
Asked by Semafor’s Kadia Goba if he would step down as president if he felt his health was declining, Trump, 78, replied: “Oh, absolutely.”
He continued: “If I thought that I was failing in some way … I’ll go a step further, I want anybody running for president to take an aptitude test, to take a cognitive test, I think it’s a great idea. And I took two of them and I aced them.”
Trump then said anyone running for president should take such tests no matter what their age, before saying he would do another and so should Kamala Harris.
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:20
Republican Senator for North Dakota Kevin Cramer was asked about Donald Trump’s comments about Kamala Harris’s racial identity by Igor Bobic of HuffPost.
“I don’t think he’s doubting her blackness. What he’s doing is he’s making fun of the fact that she chooses it when it’s convenient, and chooses another race when that’s convenient.”
Senator Cramer went on to say he wants Trump to steer clear of making such comments because “nuance or satire is often confused, is often confusing.”
He adds: “It’ll provide people opportunity to take words literally and apply them in a different way.”
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:13
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:09
Watch: Trump repeats lie about Democrats supporting murder of babies
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:00
Trump offers his own review of his NABJ performance
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 21:44
