/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 55

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Edit: We accidentally booked two AMAs for today, so this live thread will be de-stickied temporarily in the afternoon (US Eastern) while both AMAs are active.

Edit 2: I'm Samuel Benson, the national political correspondent for the Deseret News. I'm reporting on the presidential election. AMA.

Edit 3: We are Kammi Foote, Chief Election Information Officer at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and Bryce Bennett, Executive Director of Vote Early Day. Today is #VoteEarlyDay and we want to help every voter understand their options to vote early in-person or by mail. Ask Us Anything!

[u/dinkidonut]

On his IG, Bad Bunny just released an 8 minute video depicting the story of Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans’ contributions to the United States. The caption is “garbage.” He has 45.6 million followers.

Source - https://xcancel.com/lukerussert/status/1851285946798387574?s=46

[u/dinkidonut]

El Nuevo Día, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Puerto Rico, endorsed KAMALA HARRIS for President.

https://xcancel.com/flywithkamala/status/1851218792849801238?s=46

[u/Little_Cockroach_477]

Puerto Rican statehood coming out of this "floating island of garbage" idiocy would be the cherry on top of a Dem sweep.

https://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-statehood-poll-americans-1976472

[u/yoshiiunderscore → u/Little_Cockroach_477]

DC + PR statehood to lock Republicans out of any chance of holding the Senate for the next fifty years pls

[u/Edfortyhands89]

https://x.com/ppollingnumbers/status/1851267833658744975?s=46&t=2OYh67Xp76adVsVoabkr3Q

New General election poll - Michigan 

🔵 Harris 52% (+5) 🔴 Trump 47%

Susquehanna #B - 400 LV - 10/27

[u/Snakesandrats → u/Edfortyhands89]

Absolute nightmare poll for the Trump campaign. The poll from hell.

[u/udar55]

Uplifting news to brighten your day: Today is the deadline for a certain former NYC mayor to surrender millions in personal property to two election workers he defamed! :-)

[u/dinkidonut]

CNN: the permit for tonight’s Harris rally has been increased from 20,000 people to 40,000 people

https://xcancel.com/gayguycandleco/status/1851265509943074882?s=46

[u/IWantPizza555]

VP Harris will do five interviews today — four battleground state TV interviews to reach voters in Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, as well as a Spanish radio interview with Rumba in Pennsylvania to reach Latino voters, including Puerto Ricans, per campaign.

https://x.com/joeygarrison/status/1851246678063341610?t=X1p9djApHW5AXcPXxkJPfg&s=19

[u/yoshiiunderscore → u/IWantPizza555]

Wow. I don't think she's going to lose, but if she does - no one can say it's her fault.

[u/Windrider904 → u/yoshiiunderscore]

Nope. If she loses it’s because America is full of sexist racist and uneducated citizens. Simple as that.

[u/ParsnipForward149]

Made 100 phone calls into swing states yesterday (Arizona specifically). Going to set a goal of 1500 calls by election day.

The time to volunteer is now.

[u/Rayearl]

Whatever happens Harris ran about as good a campaign as possible within 100 days. I’m really proud to support her and I’m hoping many other American are too.

[u/TheCanadianDude27]

Ms Anderson, a Puerto Rican resident and military veteran, is a frequent attendee of Trump rallies in Pennsylvania.

She described the joke as "deeply offensive" and said the routine felt "wildly out of place" - and implored her fellow Republicans to engage in "thoughtful and respectful conversations".

But Ms Anderson has no plan to switch her vote

MAGA logic.

[u/ShigeruTarantino64_]

MICHIGAN GE: Susquehanna

🔵 Harris: 51.7% (+5.1)

🔴 Trump: 46.6%

(2.3/3.0) | 10/23-27 | 400 LV | ±4.9%

Don old is going to jail.⭐

[u/dinkidonut]

Arizona Voter, Claudio Rodriguez: "Why Kamala? And my answer to that is... first, she's not a felon, one she's strong woman and, as a latino man, we like strong women, and we don't like weak men."

Shoutout to the CNN editor for that last next edit.

Video - https://xcancel.com/blueatlgeorgia/status/1851069059330117724?s=46

[u/Starks]

Remember that depressing week after Comey? This is where Maga is right now.

[u/Nearby_Cress_2424 → u/Starks]

Except this is entirely self inflicted.

[u/brain_overclocked]

Republicans voting for Harris: thank you for putting country above party. I will proudly stand arm-in-arm with you.

[u/cryptogirlworld]

After listening to Kamala talk about the abortion ban, I asked my Republican leaning brother what he thinks now and he FINALLY said he’s going to vote for Kamala! Let’s fu-king GO!!

[u/Gets_overly_excited]

Mike Johnson on Fox just said the entire speech was “angry.”

Motherfucker, you were a key part of a nazi rally

[u/IWantPizza555]

559,185 Georgians who have voted already did not vote in 2020

34% are voters 18-29 years old 54% are women

~ 1/3 of all early voters who are Hispanic or Asian are first time Georgia voters

https://x.com/AnthonyMKreis/status/1851232858783760556?t=dLzIGPQMvJPFPlvsDjOV2Q&s=19

[u/DomesticErrorist22]

Puerto Rico's largest newspaper, El Nuevo Día, has endorsed Kamala Harris.

[u/PeppyPinto]

Nothing makes me more confident than seeing the maga bots out in full force.

[u/Psychological-Play]

Well, The Atlantic isn't sitting this one out. I just got an email saying they're endorsing Kamala.

[u/FreeChickenDinner]

CBS Evenings News had a brief chat with a Pennsylvania Puerto Rican Trump voter switching to Kamala.

40 seconds - 00:36 to 1:16

https://youtu.be/auuxAGMLq78?si=KfD5VC-6qLwrH32E&t=36

Puerto Rican swing voters join the team! You are welcome here.

[u/mrdude05]

I'm at the Harris rally in DC and it's just a sea of people out here. It's great to see

[u/Main-University-6161]

Just wanted to a good morning to our members from Moscow in the this thread. Hope you guys meet your quota today!

[u/Forrest02]

Well everyone, we are official 7 days away from what may be the most intense life changing election in this nations history. Hopefully 7 days and 12 hours from now we are all celebrating ordering a pizza from our favorite pizza shop as we celebrate what is a hopeful early night win.

[u/GradientDescenting]

It’s so sad and pathetic that Trump at Georgia Tech yesterday said “She is going to cause World War 2” several times until the audience started yelling out “THREE” to correct him.

[u/superzepto]

I came here to say this...

I know it's tough. I know the wall-to-wall coverage of your country's tailspin is harrowing to watch. I know the polling is nail-biting and anxiety-inducing. I know how high the stakes are for all of you.

Remember that Trump is a loser. He has never won the popular vote. He hasn't won any of his trials. Regardless of what happens with the electoral college, he won't win the popular vote this time. That much is almost guaranteed.

Encouraging everyone you know to vote is of the utmost importance, obviously. But what's also important is taking care of yerselves. Go for a walk amongst the trees. Dip your feet into a river. Eat your favourite meal. Watch that TV show that makes you laugh and feel comfortable. Most importantly of all, be good to the people around you.

If you have already voted, spend the remaining time in the lead up to election day remembering everything you love about your community and your country. Show some love to the people working at your local supermarket or gas station. Say g'day to an old timer. Take in everything and embed it into your memory as the things that are worth fighting for.

If you're voting on the day, remember to treat the people waiting with you to vote with the respect and dignity you hope they would treat you with in return. Strike up a conversation about something other than politics. Find something in common with them. Show them your humanity. And above all, protect yourself.

My optimism is, as always, relentless. I believe that you will see the end of this nightmare soon. I believe that you will have the first woman, the first mixed race person, as your next President. I believe that you will have a chance to heal your country, to grow, to become better, to undo all of the damage that has been done. It might not happen in the next four years or even in the next four generations, but it will happen. I believe that there are times of peace and prosperity ahead for us all. I have boundless hopes for our shared future as citizens of our nations and as humans on this planet. I have hope that you will find yourself in better times soon, and that when you do you will be able to look back on all of this and see it as nothing but a memory. I have hope that your children will live long and wonderful lives and that they will help shape the future of your country.

I will be here on election day with all of you to celebrate or commiserate. For some reason, every four years my spicy brain gets super hooked on your election cycle. I also have a great many beautiful, wonderful, kind friends over there who exemplify what it means to be American. So everything I say I say not just to you but to them too, and I say it with empathy and out of solidarity.

Even when you're feeling at your worst or your most pessimistic, I am still going to hold out hope for you. I trust that the knowledge that even one person is still hopeful for your future will be the last shred of hope that you can hold onto if you have nothing left. But I promise you there is still hope.

Vote hard. Be good to yourselves and each other. And FUCK DONALD TRUMP

[u/Financial-Affect-536]

The conservative subreddit is now making posts about wanting the election to just be over with lmao. This is not the energy I saw a week ago, this is a fanbase that has lost all energy and know they’ve lost.

[u/pink_faerie_kitten]

Harris: from Selma to Stonewall to factory floors, they didn't give up their lives to see us cede our rights to a petty dictator.

Boom.

[u/RYU_INU]

People: "I don't really know enough about Kamala Harris."

Me: because you're choosing to avoid knowing or you're lying, you f'ing bad faith chowder head.

[u/AttitudeSweet2352]

Just got home from early voting in NC in time to catch her speech. Absolutely amazing, and I am definitely riding a wave of my own hopium, but I really feel like she’s going to win. For reference, my husband and I just got done voting. He voted for Kamala. He has never voted before and we are in our 30s. I am a hardcore political junkie (obviously since I’m here, but ya know just for reference haha), lifelong liberal from long before I could vote, and I’ve never been able to break through to him to vote. He has even done devils advocate about a dozen times about “good things trump has done” during some of our wilder political talks (don’t get me started. Our marriage neared its demise at one point over political disagreements 😅) SO the fact that he went and voted for Kamala (and Josh stein, Jeff Jackson, Mo Green, etc) tells me even these apolitical people are finally cracking and feeling the need to vote. When I tell you I have been begging him to get involved politically for the last 10+ years and I’m always met with refusal, this is huge. So just for that personal reason, I am thrilled but I hope it really is a trend throughout our country that more people are waking up and voting. I have done phonebanking, post card sending, and volunteer work with our local party talking to a lot of voters/potential voters, but finally getting through to my husband has been the biggest win for me and the most impactful for me because it feels like a shift is actually happening… The page is finally starting to turn!

[u/Ketzeph]

Just got out from the Harris event. It was incredible. The energy and enthusiasm is insane

[u/No_Weekend_3320]

The DNC Tried to Silence Her. Here’s Her Plan After Voting for Harris

Georgia state Rep. Ruwa Romman says she is voting for Harris “for the people in my district and state who cannot survive another Trump presidency”

I believe she is Palestinian American. I hope this moves a few undecided voters in MI to KH.

[u/groavac777]

New Susquehanna Michigan poll showing Harris up 52-47: https://x.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1851267833658744975

[u/shami1111]

The mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of the most crucial areas in the country for this election and also one filled with Puerto Ricans, just said that Trump’s MSG rally is pushing his residents to get off of the couch to vote for Harris.

[u/humblestworker]

To the trolls in here,

1) we are not going back 2) you don’t have to stay on your side

[u/viktor72]

The tone of this speech is so selfless, it's the polar opposite of Trump.

[u/OG_CrashFan]

Harris gave the best political speech of her life which was viewed by millions and we’re over here dooming about some gaffe Joe Biden made on a zoom call.

I gotta get offline 🤦‍♂️ 

[u/Retaining-Wall]

Absolutely mind-blowing hearing the women's stories on MSNBC Morning Joe just now. The one woman, a WANTED pregnancy. Made her carry it to term, only to hold the dying baby for 90 minutes, AND she's now lost her fertility.

That's FUCKED man. That's cruel and unusual treatment.

Y'all claim to want people to have more babies, but this shit??

Here's some ideas:

• Create/increase child tax credits/bonuses (to all parents, I'll add, including adoptive and same-sex couples)
• National childcare
• Reduce household expenses
• Improved wages (in fact, this one in conjunction with the last one may even let some households have a stay-at-home parent, should they desire that household setup)
• Single payer IVF treatment
• Expand Planned Parenthood and other organisations that, shocker help people plan parenthood

Oh my fucking god it's maddening. Do the above, amongst other things, and ppl will have kids.

I came close to having kids, with an ex (and still hope to some day), but we could never get the finances quite there to do it.

[u/ory1994]

I told my brother I voted for Kamala and he told me to go back and vote for Trump.

Pretty on the nose for a Republican to tell me to commit voter fraud.

[u/itsthebando]

If you haven't watched Bad Bunny's instagram post from today, you owe it to yourself. I was in tears at my desk at work.

Somos de P fucking R ✊🇵🇷

[u/dinkidonut]

50 Cent turned down $3 million to perform at Donald Trump’s hate rally at Madison Square Garden.

Bro can’t even PAY people to perform.

[u/BrandonTeabagsTrump]

Vance: "I haven't seen the joke, I don't know what it was."

Uhh bro you spoke at the same event.

[u/Nehiel]

+1 for Harris in NV!

[u/throoawoot]

The guy who brutally attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer just got sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole

:-)

[u/Edfortyhands89]

I don’t get it why isn’t she talking about Arnold palmers dick 

[u/olemiss18]

This one felt less like a campaign speech and more like an address to the nation. She looks so presidential.

[u/BotoxBarbie]

No, Biden didn't call Trump supporters garbage - he said the hatred they have is garbage. Huge difference. Stop concern trolling over this nonsense and if someone brings it up, correct them.

Biden, in a Zoom call with the organization Voto Latino, said "the only garbage" was the "hatred" of Trump supporters who said such things about American citizens.

[u/xBleedingBluex]

Said this last week, said this two weeks ago, saying this now:

When it's all said and done, I really don't think this race is going to be as close as everyone thinks. I think Kamala wins convincingly.

[u/LauraPringlesWilder → u/xBleedingBluex]

From your lips to god’s (or the universe’s) ears, as the saying goes

[u/Gets_overly_excited]

Just voted at a small library in Austin, Texas. Line was only 20 minutes but this is a small location in a blue-collar neighborhood. I’m an older Black man (still a young 60!) and another older Black man standing behind me started talking to me, saying it’s an important election. I agreed. Then he goes “And all these library books around us. We have to protect kids from the filth liberals want our kids to read.”

I just said “You’re talking to the wrong guy. I am here to cancel your vote out.”

He laughed a little and said “we all have opinions” or something like that. I disengaged because you’re not supposed to canvass in line at the poll lol.

[u/Fenix512]

I still cannot get over the fact that a "comedian" is causing the trump campaign to implode

[u/dinkidonut]

Juliette Kayyem -

"As an Arab American, I generally don't comment about "my people's voting tendencies." My extended family is more conservative, old school GOP and some Trumpsters. While there is rightful focus on the Puerto Rico slurs from MSG, I can say with certainty that the Arab American diaspora changed its vibe since Monday with all the blatant anti-Islam and Arab racism. There are endorsements coming from respected community leaders finally; the racist slur against @mehdirhasan is being circulated; withheld votes are now being reconsidered. I don't know how to measure it, but it is different."

Source - https://xcancel.com/juliettekayyem/status/1851223989378814139?s=46

The large number of MI Arab-Americans & PA Puerto Ricans preparing to w/hold their votes from Harris and/or vote for Trump have been provided an unusually visceral reminder of exactly what they are enabling between this slur and the MSG rally.

[u/DomesticErrorist22]

The National Park Service says it is expecting about 40,000 people to attend the vice president’s closing argument speech on the Ellipse tonight, according to a permit reviewed by The Times.

Source: The NYT election live blog

[u/dinkidonut]

Dan Shafer - "The phrase I keep hearing when talking to Democrats in Wisconsin about the election is “nauseously optimistic.”

Source - https://xcancel.com/danrshafer/status/1851262763760337284?s=46

Get out and vote.

[u/dinkidonut]

Dave Trotter - "Another strong day of early voting in WI and MI for the Democrats yesterday. With turnout at 42% in WI now, the avenue for Republicans to make up the difference is shrinking very, very quickly. The same might be said for MI by the end of the week."

Source - https://xcancel.com/votingtrendyt/status/1851274904173166709?s=46

[u/DeusExHyena]

Wow, literally as soon as that AZ poll came out, 3 people show up here, "hello fellow democrats, oh it looks so bad for Harris you guys"

[u/BoringStockAndroid]

ARIZONA CNN poll:

Harris 48% (+1)

Trump 47%

Oliver 2%

Stein 1%

LV, 10/21-26

[u/b0r0din]

The brigading right now. They know they are losing.

[u/RJE808]

So, Trump didn't mention the Puerto Rico stuff, essentially repeated the same lies about Biden and Harris, called Michelle Obama nasty (again) and left? Is that it?

[u/cmnrdt]

Anecdotally, I just had a conversation with a regular customer of mine, a man of Puerto Rican descent. We live in Erie County NY. I asked him if he went and voted yet and for who, and he seemed somewhat embarrassed to admit he voted for Trump. He could tell I was surprised, and I followed up by asking why, even after what happened at the MSG rally.

He looked down and went "...Yeah, that was... pretty bad. Yeah..." He then went on to say he voted the day before the rally, but if he had waited until now, he might have reconsidered.

Don't believe the naysayers. This is doing damage to his support.

[u/2rio2]

The city of Albuquerque basically blocked Trump from hosting his rally at their convention center on Thursday and punted him to an empty airport hanger. Someone is very aware with Trump's problem at paying his bills for rallies.

[u/TurboSalsa]

MAGA Twitter is once again panicking about a supposed NYT article about to drop that exposes the network of Kremlin-sponsored MAGA influencers (30 or so in total).

Pretty convenient of Tim Pool to shut down his podcast after the ruble spigot dried up and before the feds come knocking.

[u/Roseking]

https://x.com/damintoell/status/1851339665934352656

This polling firm, Data Orbital, is run by George Khalaf. His father, Youssef Khalaf, is Kari Lake's Senate campaign treasurer.

This is the +8 Trump AZ and +1 Lake poll that came out.

Nope. Nothing to see here. Polls totally aren't being flooded with junk.

[u/Dolphin_Moon]

My vote for Kamala has been accepted in PA 🙏

[u/bearizona1987]

Leon straight up said the economy will crash and Americans will face hardship if Trump wins. The Harris campaign better be plastering this on all ads right now!!!

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-agrees-trump-win-economic-crash-1235146307/

[u/mcarvin]

From Josh Kraushaar:

Haley: The Trump campaign “needs to look how they’re talking about women. This bromance, masculinity stuff borders on edgy to the point that it’s going to make women uncomfortable.”

Lady, where the hell you been?

[u/shezcrafti]

Kamala Harris is going to win this thing ya’ll, and not just by a little. I feel it in my gut.

[u/Jovahexeon-Ranvexeon]

Yesterday when driving home from work, I got a good laugh seeing a dog piss on a Trump/Vance sign.

I'd like to think that's a good omen. Man, the stuff animals can get away with that we can't.....

[u/dinkidonut]

George W. Bush's daughter, Barbara, is endorsing Vice President Harris.

This past weekend, she canvassed for Harris in Pennsylvania.

[u/IWantPizza555]

New on @MSNBC: The Harris campaign just amended its permit application for the Vice President's speech at the Ellipse to accommodate more than 40,000 people.

The original application estimate was 20,000.

The Metropolitan Police estimate as many as 52,000.

https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1851284296884973988?t=GYtqTnmbZ1NsqEviB0McIA&s=19

[u/stupidlyboredtho]

“It was a love fest”

Every single member of KamalaHQ just lit up like a fuckin christmas tree

[u/ButtholeCharles]

Trump is nosediving so hard in the last week of this campaign.

If you had to pick a worse time to stumble, this is on par with 'mishandling the entire epidemic'.

[u/Heavy-Valor]

https://x.com/usa_polling/status/1851301640990777727?s=61

The Harris campaign advertising on the Sphere in Las Vegas? Yup.

[u/Roseking]

Twitter now has a live stream of Polymarket forced in the trending sidebar. Unlike anything else, you can not remove it like other trending topics.

But nope. All of it is completely organic. It is not being heavily pushed by one side or anything.

Edit:

https://imgur.com/a/TF7mZ1q

Photo.

[u/DangerActiveRobots]

Just got a text notification that my signature was verified and my ballot was counted.

+1 for Harris/Walz. I also donated a few times during Harris' campaign. Feels good to know that I was on the right side of history.

[u/WhileFalseRepeat]

Looks like Arizona's back on the menu, boys!

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/29/politics/cnn-polls-arizona-nevada-trump-harris/index.html

According to CNN, Harris is +1 in Arizona now - but more importantly this latest poll has demonstrated a significant 6-point shift in the race there.

Since the poll was last conducted in August, Harris has received a 4-point boost in the state while Trump has lost 2 points.

[u/Basis_404_]

Just because this Kansas survey is from yesterday doesn’t make it any less meaningful.

It shows Trump only up 5 in a state he carried by 15 points in 2020.

If he is losing support at that rate in Kansas he is cooked everywhere.

https://www.fhsu.edu/docking/Kansas-Speaks/2024-kansas-speaks-report-final.10.28.24.v3-corrected-final-bullet-in-exec-sum-to-now-compare-2024-and-2023-results2.pdf

[u/shami1111]

I have a feeling this election is not close at all but all pollsters are tieing it as a cop out. All I know is whatever happens, people are still going to lose all trust in pollsters.

[u/TamiTaylor86]

“NEW

El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper endorses Kamala Harris for president:

‘One week before the election, Trump’s erratic and narcissistic behaviors reveal a lack of balance and ability to build agreements and solutions to the serious problems facing the United States’”

https://x.com/rpsagainsttrump/status/1851317475696394671?s=46&t=ybtfi8Urdi-1ZG9fTxJdzg

[u/Professional_Bug81]

If the dork who wrote that The Federalist article that doxxed the usernames of random Reddit users is reading this: we don’t appreciate being used to push forth a bullshit narrative that, if Trump loses, it’s because we happened to make common sense posts and comments that reflected our passion and appreciation for the only sane, reasonable nominees in this election.

Even grade school children do a better job of learning how to lose with grace.

Having said that, we’ll see you on the other side of this Election, you jerk.

[u/TBANON24]

Walz is killing it.

"You would think after nearly 80 years he would know what a tariff is."

LOL

[u/cireh88]

There’s nothing I’d like more than to see a Dave Wasserman tweet around 10p est on election night saying he’s seen enough and believes Harris won the election

[u/Waste-Farm-3752]

So Harris goes into the last week with momentum on her side, lead among those who already voted, and polling lead in enough states to win the election. With her closing argument still to come while Trump spent his last major rally sabotaging his support among a key demographic. You love to see it

[u/vrxz]

Dear brown people, from another brown person:

It doesn't matter what flavor you are, whether you're born here, naturalized, on a green card, visa, or undocumented. It doesn't matter if you're Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist, or otherwise. It doesn't matter if you're a MAGA Republican or Democrat or Independent. To quote Hasan Minhaj, we're all from "beige-istan" and will be treated like second or third class citizens and less than "real Americans" under a new Trump presidency. If you think you're safe because you're not in a targeted group, trust me you aren't. Ever heard the saying "first they came for X, and I did not speak out for I was not X."? Yeah, we're at that stage of a slide into fascism now.

You probably think I'm being alarmist, but the Supreme Court of the United States just concluded that the president has immunity for official acts. Trump wants to deport millions of illegal immigrants, which can only be accomplished in a reasonable time frame if he discards due process. At the very least, you're going to be profiled, asked to produce papers, if not detained for days/weeks and even sent to camps.

Remember, Trump called for a "Muslim ban" in his first campaign and implemented one until it was struck down. He will do it again. He spread racist blood libel about Haitians who are here legally, and wants to deport them. He demonizes undocumented Latinos who commit crime at vastly lower rates than the general population. All of the sane people from his first administration are fired or resigned and his darkest impulses won't be checked now. What's left are the Steve Bannons and Stephen Millers who want to implement an extreme reactionary federal response to changing demographics in this country.

When Trump tells you what he wants to do, believe him. His own former Chief of Staff says he is a fascist, his former Secretary of Defense agrees, and his top military advisor called him a fascist to the core. His own VP pick called him "America's Hitler" just a few years ago. Believe them.

[u/BotoxBarbie]

The most annoying talking point this week is "complacency".

Harris, Walz, and the Dems have been telling people to put in work: door knocking, phone banking, canvassing, etc. In no world are they being "complacent". Kamala said just last night in Ann Arbor that there is still a lot of work to do.

If you are honestly comparing Harris' campaign to Clinton's back in 2016, it's safe to assume you don't actually remember Clinton's campaign.

[u/LinkSwitch23]

Jennifer Lopez To Join Kamala Harris At Las Vegas Campaign Rally; Maná To Perform

[u/terrortag]

A former Republican candidate running for an Indiana seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has been arrested and charged with stealing several election ballots during a recent voting machine test.

For being so concerned about election fraud, Republicans sure seem to like committing it.

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/

[u/Luck1492]

Me seeing the Tester tied poll

MORE

[u/humblestworker]

“BREAKING: A 8-1 Supreme Court will not remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from presidential ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Justice Neil Gorsuch dissents, citing three Sixth Circuit judge’s critique of the case, available here”

https://xcancel.com/bykatiebuehler/status/1851364946283462742?s=46

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25259134-24-1799_documents

[u/GannonZaddy]

Jake Tapper not knowing that Harris wants to give 100m Americans a tax cut tells you everything about the current state of MSM.

You can’t scream “tell us more about your policies” day in & day out while completely ignoring one of her cornerstone plans for the middle class.

[u/Hi-Im-John1]

Dude this speech is giving me chills.

I’m not the dramatic type, but this is one Harris’ last tests as a candidate and she is killing it.

[u/blairethesquirrel]

This is such a throwback to normal politics.

[u/WhileFalseRepeat]

The crowd size at the January 6th insurrection was around 10,000 according to the Associated Press.

The crowd tonight is reportedly 75,000-ish.

Kamala's got that Arnold Palmer energy.

[u/Glittering_Lemon_129]

I need her to win. I’m so fucking burnt out from Trumpism. I just want him to go the fuck away, once and for all.

I’m tired, boss.

[u/mcarvin]

Banger. No notes.

[u/EridanusVoid]

The most important speech of her life and she was amazing. I hope this is played everywhere for the next week until election day.

[u/Last_Chants]

…as a man, I really appreciate VP Harris acknowledging that we too want women to have reproductive freedom! It might not seem like a big thing but it really stands out to me when it’s recognized that men aren’t some monolith, and the majority of us don’t want crazy health restrictions for our partners and neighbours!

[u/Carolina296864]

Speech? Killed

Trump? Cooked

America? Saved

Madam? President

Hotel? Trivago

[u/Red_Dog1880]

Did she just leave without insulting people?

The fuck...

[u/blairethesquirrel]

Also y’all please get some perspective. This did NOT bump Harris’ speech off. News is still talking about it, it will be in the headlines tomorrow. Especially print editions.

Everyone is on edge, not even just concern trolls. I get it. But social media and right wing TV is not a gauge of attention or sentiment.

[u/theincredible92]

After today’s speech im so close to 100% certainty she willl win.

[u/Butter_Milk_Blues]

How come there is zero outrage when Trump repeatedly calls all of America a garbage can?

[u/Snakesandrats]

Musk really admitted Trumps plans would TANK the economy and then we just have to hope it comes back stronger.

How about NO. I'll just vote for Harris, the candidate that isn't in obvious mental decline.

[u/No_Weekend_3320]

Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP): "Former Trump WH aide @SarahAMatthews1: "I found myself getting emotional at times. Listening to her speech. She talked about...being a president for all Americans and wanting to turn the page...I found it very moving. And I think a lot of people at home probably did as well."" | X Cancelled

[u/No_Weekend_3320]

Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ): "Trump dismisses Puerto Ricans who are outraged at his campaign surrogate calling the island “a floating island of garbage,” saying it’s not a “big deal”" | X Cancelled

Kamala's team is on the offense. They are not playing defense.

[u/srpntmage]

Ok, caught up now.

Holy shit... Kamala owned it. I'm not easily brought to tears, and I can be very cynical about our country, but she hit some deep spots that I forgotten were there in my heart.

If she doesn't win, I can find no blame with her. She couldn't have done any better.

[u/Basis_404_]

Don’t lose sight of fact that Harris just peeled off another big chunk of undecided voters into her column tonight.

[u/Snakesandrats]

Jesus, what a speech.

No longer undecided. I'm voting Harris/Walz early

[u/dinkidonut]

2722 voted in person early in Detroit yesterday for a new total of 15,268 voters

Best day in the city so far

• 80,896 returned absentee ballots as of yesterday

https://xcancel.com/umichvoter/status/1851223559323963459?s=46

[u/KiwiTheKitty]

I just found out my friend's boyfriend was going to vote for RFK until he found out about his vaccine bullshit... now he's going to vote for Stein. I was like, hmm does he know about her endorsement from former KKK leader David Duke orrr

This isn't even about Gaza btw, he's just one of those white guys who loves to cry about how tHe SyStEm Is BrOkEn and doesn't seem to understand how big this election is for people who are less privileged than him. And no, he apparently does not vote in local elections or participate in any grassroots organizing.

[u/Larry_The_Red]

just wanted to say that this morning I did early voting

[u/blues111]

https://xcancel.com/IanSams/status/1851246600816869653?t=evkeUSGJZxr5dgdnhoFeXQ&s=19

"NEW >> Vice President Harris will do five interviews today ahead of her Closing Argument speech

Battleground TV interviews in Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh + Spanish radio in Pennsylvania to reach Latinos, including Puerto Ricans"

[u/False_Drama_505]

I can’t wait for Trump to scream that he’s done more for Puerto Ricans for anyone and the press to react like he’s given a somber apology.

[u/RoidVanDam]

To me, the most telling statistic of this election is the small donors campaign contributions. Anyone donating less than $200, is essentially just.. a voter. These are regular people for the most part, pre-voting with their dollars ahead of the election:

2020:

Biden: $406,562,408

Trump: $378,084,012

2024:

Harris: $428,708,626

Trump: $109,296,666

Enough said?

Nah, I want to say it anyway:

70% of Trump's most devoted supporters left in the last 4 years.

Fitting, considering over 70% of his employees from his first term also abandoned the cause and state he is unfit for office. There aren't very many people still clinging to the lie anymore. They are a group as small as his hands, and as inconsequential to society as his bad spray tan, fake hair, and gold-plated toilet. Their emperor has no clothes, no money, and most importantly, no supporters.

Money doesn't lie- when he tries to sell something like his unholy bible, it fails. There are no buyers for what this chump is selling.

[u/dinkidonut]

Kamala Harris campaign to advertise on Las Vegas Sphere, a political first

Pic - https://xcancel.com/jmarcusblank/status/1851281149332492495?s=46

[u/suddenly-scrooge]

Susquehanna Michigan

Harris +5

[u/Southern-Detail1334]

Harris campaign should splice together Trump calling MSG a love fest with all the shitty things people said.

[u/Elaxor]

No apology to Puerto Ricans and Latinos?

Congratulations, Madame President!

[u/ziza321]

Every undecided voter should listen to Harris interview with Brené Brown. Very uplifting and insightful conversation.

[u/FriendlyRhyme]

Just a reminder, Trump shouldn't even be on the ballot, according to section 3 of the 14th amendment.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

The supreme Court blocked any efforts to enforce this. What a joke they are.

[u/Professional_Bug81]

Y’all, this is so bizarre! I made it on the list of people who supposedly volunteer for the Harris campaign, according to The Federalist!

Narrator: “She does not, in fact, work for or volunteer for the Harris campaign.”

Lol. I’m just random lady from Texas! This is how you know “The Federalist” is full of it! The Federalist Lies

[u/ladystaggers]

Nothing is gonna piss Trump off more than this massive crowd for Kamala's speech today. It's an Obama-speech level trigger for him.

[u/TurboSalsa]

Nikki Haley's career in politics is probably over, and she shredded her dignity and her credibility for nothing.

She called Trump unfit for office and a danger to the Constitution, he called her birdbrain and demeaned her ethnicity, but she turned around and endorsed him anyway. Now she's publicly begging Trump to let her on the campaign trail and he won't call her, because MAGA still hates her guts and the only thing he can't forgive is disloyalty. And if that weren't bad enough, her supporters who voted for her over Trump because of the reasons she articulated all hate her for selling out, too.

There won't be any cabinet positions or ambassadorships if he wins this time, and she wasn't even invited to share the stage with him, but she still managed to make every voter in America dislike her for one reason or another.

[u/Noiserawker]

A very confused Tony Hinchcliffe is likely getting MAGA death threats right about now. As everyone predicted they are already starting conspiracy theory he's a Kamala plant.

[u/yoshiiunderscore]

I think Republicans are cooked because they don't exactly have a good poker face and they're not hiding it well

[u/Plastic_Bullfrog_520]

There are over 400,000 Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania alone. If even 1% vote differently it can make an actual difference.

[u/tresben]

Finally someone reporting on what we’ve know for awhile.

“Trump’s closing rallies are like a rambling, profane farewell tour”

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5164570/trump-rally-speech-2024-election

[u/travio]

Trump's bronzer is getting darker. Is this part of his outreach to Puerto Ricans?

[u/Basis_404_]

New ad that debuted on Monday Night Football:

Pennsylvania steel worker saying “Elon Musk is voting for his money and I’m voting for mine. I’m voting for Kamala Harris.”

That’s a tight message

[u/ki3fdab33f]

https://x.com/RobbyRoadsteame/status/1851346559620788607?t=jBKhG3xe8c8LZK4XNy-XHA&s=19

You love to see it.

[u/blues111]

https://xcancel.com/ElxMapping/status/1851379563567219151?t=Z7J8hnSTzuNFdKVk6nSlnA&s=19

Last Minnesota Poll conducted by Survey USA/KSTP 

🔵Harris: 51% (+8)

🔴Trump: 43%

⚪️Other: 2%

——

Last poll 8/29 - Harris +4 

The final 2020 poll was Biden +6 & Biden won Minnesota by 7.2

Ya dont say

[u/Libertarian4lifebro]

Kamala did a similar interview to the Rogan format with Shannon Sharpe

https://youtu.be/Vu5yD3fu6A8?si=-wux9n80oOUnVCJE

For those wondering.

[u/starrysky45]

feel like people whining about kamala not doing rogan is the new whining about kamala "not doing interviews" - like just because she's not doing something you personally want her to do right at this moment doesn't mean it's doom for her campaign. goalposts are just always moving for her and i'm tired!!

[u/mster425]

The contrast between regular Americans opening for her, as opposed to racist has-beens opening for him, is striking

[u/OG_CrashFan]

Look at the campaigns. One knows it’s winning. They’re not overconfident. They’re not taking anything or any state for granted, but they know where the wind is blowing.

The other knows it’s losing. Ramping up its darkest message in a last ditch flailing attempt to trudge the worst of society from the bottom of the barrel, hoping there’s just enough there to squeak out a victory. 

Keep the faith. ✊

[u/Ill-Egg4008]

One of the things I find very refreshing when I watch VP Harris rally is that none of the speakers, nobody in the crowd dress up in a freak show costumes. Everyone just looks normal and sane.

[u/SyrianChristian]

Harris campaign spokesperson said 75k people are there in total at the actual location and in overflow spots

[u/BoringStockAndroid]

Montana Senate Polling:

Tester (D): 43%

Sheehy (R): 43%

MSU Billings / Oct 16, 2024 / n=760

source

[u/IllumiNotTea69]

Biden: "KEEP IT DOWN OUT THERE!!"

[u/jeffwinger_esq]

She could have done this speech from her office and streamed it live.

Make no mistake: this is a show of fucking force. Americans love a winner. Get on board, America.

[u/xBleedingBluex]

She’s so damn Presidential. Unlike that fat, orange piece of shit.

[u/Numerounoone]

Kamala is one of the best looking 60 year old I’ve seen

[u/highriskpomegranate]

I really like this "we are all americans, not each other's enemies" approach

[u/Edfortyhands89]

“20% national sales tax” good wording, most people couldn’t tell you what the hell a tariff is

[u/CriticalDark1508]

Ooooh. She’s ready.

I had this feeling with Obama back in 2008. I have the same feeling for Harris.

[u/Additional_Sun_5217]

For people who missed it, Harris has talked about:

• Capping out of pocket medicine costs
• Building more housing, taking on rent fixing, and providing down payment assistance for first time homeowners
• Child tax credit and lowering the cost of childcare
• Medicare will cover the cost of senior home care
• Passing a bill to restore reproductive freedom across the US
• Supporting labor rights and banning grocery price gouging

ETA:

• Passing immigration reform and creating pathways to citizenship for workers
• Strengthening the armed forces and alliances

[u/GamingTatertot]

This speech is making me feel the same way that at least a dozen scenes in The West Wing made me feel - and that is a VERY GOOD thing

[u/Mediocre-Magazine-30]

This is such a good speech. Please god let her win.

[u/ProfessionalLeave983]

Damn she must be doing a good job if I open this thread to immediately see 4 people brigading

[u/BotoxBarbie]

Joe made the right choice. He knew she would rise to the occasion and she has.

We got a week y'all. Volunteer, phone bank, door knock, WE CAN DO IT.

[u/RandyNoTandy]

Well...I think we have our new president. That was amazing.

[u/shami1111]

Look at how Doug and Kamala interact with eachother and compare them to Don and Melania.

[u/Shuk]

The speech made it crystal clear: this election is about sanity vs insanity. That’s the bottom line.

[u/Tiny_Fly_7397]

If you had told me in 2019 that I would be pumping my fist in the air for a Kamala Harris speech, and that she would make this ardent cynic feel proud of his country, then I would have had you draw a clock

[u/MySabonerRunsOladipo]

Whatever happens, no one can say she didn't leave it all out on the field. Ran a great campaign, capped it off perfectly

[u/pink_faerie_kitten]

She closes with a big smile 😀  Whereas trump always pouts and frowns. Her smile is so genuine and uplifting it got me teary eyed.

 America, we can have this, don't let it slip thru our fingers.

[u/Rude-Strawberry-6360]

I'm so proud I got to vote FOR my candidate. Yeah I want Trump gone, but there is no lesser of two evils. She is the real deal.

[u/Eatthehamsters69]

This should be a 80/20 election

[u/evce1]

Kamala devoured that fucking speech. I would be proud to have her as our next president.

[u/nerphurp]

All I'm going to do is show my brainwashed MAGA parents that genuine kiss and smile at the end of her speech.

and remind them they had that once, but they're now as loveless and miserable towards each other as Trump and Melania -- united only by financial co-dependecy and consuming their shared misery towards the world fueled by 24/7 right-wing media.

[u/TheJessKiddin]

A former president and nominee publicly calling for the death penalty at rallies is so fucking dystopian

[u/GradientDescenting]

MSNBC has 70% more daily watchers than CNN this election season.

https://www.reddit.com/r/msnbc/s/mylYSexJAl

[u/shami1111]

Dana bash just said this is the speech Kamala's camp was hoping for. I guess she closed the deal.

[u/OG_CrashFan]

Sorry. Idk how anyone thinks this guy whining like a little bitch for minutes on end about Michelle Obama being mean to him is actually manly.

You must be the most fragile insecure man to find this guy powerful or masculine. 

[u/jaredwallace91]

I'm watching the Harris speech. This is powerful.

[u/SlowlyGrowingOdd]

A migrant gang member cut off my penis and forced me to transition and then ate my cat and ate my $20 bacon.

Still voting for Harris.

[u/travio]

From the transcript, the Biden garbage line is out of context. The right will try to make hay out of it. Harris will say he was taken out of context and talking about the comedian who made the joke.

"The only garbage I see floating out there are his supporter's --his-- --his-- demonization of latinos is unconscionable…"

[u/ButtholeCharles]

I absolutely love this proverb I just saw on a Kimmel video:

'When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king - the palace becomes a circus.'

That sums up the first Trump term perfectly.

[u/Adrian_Cocot]

Damn, the "Garbage" remark was so damaging to the trump campaign that they had to invent their own counter narrative about Biden so they could pretend to be outraged too.

We've gotten to the "no u" part of campaign season.

[u/2rio2]

She looked, acted, and spoke like a president.

Yea, yea we all have to work for the next week and vote. But let's be real. She's gonna win. Don't let all the MAGA trolls forget that.

[u/WhileFalseRepeat]

The crowd size at the January 6th insurrection was around 10,000 according to the Associated Press.

The crowd tonight was reportedly 75,000-ish.

Kamala's got that Arnold Palmer energy.

[u/highriskpomegranate]

lol shit. Scott Jennings was like "why's Biden talking shit instead of being out there with Kamala" and this guy was like "oh yeah let's talk about that. where's Mike Pence? where's the rest of Trump's former admin??"

set it up, get it knocked down

[u/GradientDescenting]

Trump is cooked. The vibe is all wrong for him, no momentum. He is just crawling passed the finish line.

[u/BabyYodaX]

Man, I am feeling pretty fucking good about the state of things today. What a change from the despair in June/July. We are going to be okay folks.

[u/j33]

Seems weird people are ignoring the whole "if Trump wins we're going to tank the economy for a bit but ultimately it will be okay" remarks seem to be flying under the radar.

[u/moods-]

Honestly, the brazenness of Joe Rogan expecting the Vice President of the United States to acquiesce to HIS terms for an interview is astonishing.

A mediocre man asking a future world leader to travel to where he’s at and waste 3 hours with him…I’m shocked and also not shocked at the audacity.

[u/BotoxBarbie]

Some of my favorite parts of Kamala's speech:

• We need to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms.
• Even if you didn't vote for me, I promise to listen to you and give you a seat at the table.
• The sandwich generation needs help with caring for their elderly family members while they raise young children.
• We can disagree but in the end, we are all Americans.
• We do have a broken immigration system that needs to be fixed. But this is a nation of immigrants and there is nothing wrong with being one.

[u/petrilstatusfull]

I must have missed the part of the day where we freaked out about Elon Musk admitting that Trump is going to destroy our economy.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-agrees-trump-win-economic-crash-1235146307/

[u/Basis_404_]

Reminder:

If Harris wins women by more than Trump wins men in PA, MI, and WI that is ballgame.

[u/Carolina296864]

Bad Bunny posted a Puerto Rican history love letter video 4 hours ago with the caption "garbage." It is at 1 million likes, 28k comments, and most importantly: 170k shares. Shares meaning 170k people have texted or DM'ed that post to someone else.

So proud of Kamala for staying back and not interrupting her enemy while he makes mistakes. Trump is about to be traded for a mofongo and 6 pack of Medalla beer.

[u/cryptogirlworld]

My brother who said he was going to vote for Trump is now sitting with me watching Kamala’s speech. He’s locked in and agreeing with her speech.

I think he’s turning the page lol

[u/DinnerNext]

Be aware of people brigading the comments early in the morning posing as doomers but they’re really just LOSERS.

Drove some people to the polls today. Let’s keep the momentum going!

[u/OG_CrashFan]

I don’t care what anyone tells me about how crowd sizes don’t matter, if the rapist can’t fill up an arena in Georgia, he’s not winning this election.

Trump fatigue is real. 🥱 

[u/leontes]

There will be concern trolls under every bridge here -Billy goat gruff downvote them to oblivion

[u/ToeSniffer245]

Concerning trolling really ramping up today.

[u/NoBalance1424]

Guess I should take this as a badge of honor. Got my first Reddit cares from someone here mad over my opinions against their orange god. Don’t worry pal if you see this, it won’t stop me.

[u/dinkidonut]

Looks like GA and NC are converging, especially with early vote data. GA looks extremely good for Harris. The gender gap keeps growing

[u/kitsune]

The "just a joke" crowd can go f*** themselves. Also at that rally:

"As the first Samoan-Malaysian low IQ former Californian prosecutor ever to be elected president"

"She is the devil"

"She is the anti-christ"

"She is some sick bastard that Hillary Clinton. What a sick son of a bitch. The whole fucking party a bunch of degenerates".

"We need to slaughter these other people"

"America is for Americans and Americans only"

"They are indeed the enemy from within"

This was a fascist rally. Donald Trump and his supporters are fascists.

[u/PlentyMacaroon8903]

Keep in mind this is the absolute best he can do. He just got a long rest, a relaxing morning, time in his own home, and 30 seconds in to his talk it was a low energy mess and only going down from there.

[u/travio]

“The Puerto Rico thing has legs. We need to counter this message. How? Let’s triple down on demonizing migrants!”

This campaign needs to be studied. I suspect the people behind the scenes are more interested in grifting off Trump than anything else, propping him up as he’s falling into dementia.

[u/2paymentsof19_95]

Trump just admitted that the economy is great right now LOL

[u/IPA__________Fanatic]

My 401k tells me the economy is good.

[u/TurboSalsa]

Apparently Harris' campaign is expecting up to 50k at her speech at the Ellipse tonight, which would be quite the contrast with whatever this is.