Trump and Harris’ message to Republicans is very different

Implications of the 2016 South Carolina Hurricane Helene Storm for Trump, Biden, the United States and the Restricted Use of Era in Political Action

The coalition that powered the win of President Biden included a large number of anti-Trump conservatives as well as right-leaning independents who supported him. After taking over as the Democratic nominee this summer, Harris has ramped up efforts to campaign across the aisle and expand the party’s tent to defeat Trump.

The events that took place Monday underscore how important getting everyone to vote is to both campaigns.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which ripped across the South in late September, Trump has used the storm as a frequent opportunity to bash Harris, President Biden and the federal government’s response — and to tie everything back to his immigration views.

“They spent a lot of money on bringing illegal migrants, people that came into our country illegally, and taking them in,” Trump said. No one can believe the amount of money they’ve spent. So they don’t have any money for the people that live here.”

Trump also declined to denounce threats of violence against FEMA and other federal employees after a North Carolina man was arrested for threats earlier this month.

He also drastically exaggerated the number of pre-screened supporters that he served at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Sunday and praised early voting numbers from the Tarheel State.

In North Carolina, Trump touted early voting numbers while touring storm damage near Asheville, railed against Harris while promoting hardline immigration policies at a rally in Greenville and courted evangelical voters at a faith-focused event just outside of Charlotte.

“So you’re either stupid, you hate our country, or they’re trying to get them to vote right?,” he said about Harris’ immigration policies. I think it’s the third. She’s turning beautiful small towns into dumping grounds.

There’s no evidence to support claims about non-citizens voting illegally, and Trump himself acknowledged that he had not yet seen any evidence to suggest the election would not be fair. “Unfortunately, I know the other side, and they are not good. But I have not seen that,” Trump said.

His suggestion that the final vote could be tainted fits with another part of Trump’s closing message not grounded in reality: that the only way he loses is if there’s cheating.

Trump used his stump speech to promise Merry Christmas but also to accuse Harris, a Baptist, of having anti-Christian biases, while sticking to his usual stump speech.

The Twenty-First President: Do We Stand for What We’ve Learned and What We Don’t Know About,” said Ms. Harris in the Blue Wall States of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin

She traveled the “Blue Wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on Monday with a message that support for Harris is not incompatible with conservatism even for those who oppose abortion.

In Pennsylvania, Cheney spoke about how he and many other pro-life people have watched state governments put in place laws causing women not getting the care they need. “So I think we’re not seeing an issue that’s broken down across party lines.”

There are millions of honorable people who Donald Trump has betrayed, according to Cheney. The decision to grant the most powerful office in the world to one person means that you need to pick people who have good faith and morals, or else you’re giving the most important office in the world to someone else.

Harris spent Tuesday in Washington, D.C., sitting down with NBC News for an interview as well, while former President Barack Obama rallied in Wisconsin with Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and in Michigan with native son Eminem.

Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump has made little effort to moderate his message beyond his base within the Republican Party, and has instead sought to grow that base by turning out lower propensity voters receptive to his message and disillusioned by the current Democratic administration.

Harris said that there are moments in the history of our country that challenge each of us to make a decision. “Do we stand for those things that we talk about, including in particular country over party?”

Meanwhile, Harris held several moderated town hall-style discussions with former GOP congresswoman Liz Cheney in the suburbs of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where the vice president framed the election as a choice on the future of democracy where the stakes rise above partisan labels.

Trump and the Latino Voting Block: A Critical Look at a Twenty-One Week Campaign in Greenville, N.C., Tuesday

“As I look back at my life’s journey and events, I now recognize that it’s been the hand of God leading me to where I am today,” Trump said at an event with faith leaders in Concord. I was knocked to the ground by a supernatural hand in Pennsylvania on July 13th and my faith took on new meaning. And I would like to think that God saved me for a purpose, and that’s to make our country greater.”

GREENVILLE, N.C. — With just over two weeks to go until voting closes on Election Day, Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump spent Monday campaigning in swing states focused on a voting bloc key to victory: Republicans.

Both candidates spent part of Tuesday continuing to make their appeals to Latino voters: Trump with a panel discussion at his golf resort in Miami, and Harris in taping an interview with Telemundo that will air Wednesday.

Trump spent the day falsely claiming Harris was taking a day off from campaigning before holding a nighttime rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, his fourth event in two days in a state that has become a must-win for his White House hopes.

Twenty million people have already cast their ballot in the 2024 presidential election, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab, including more than 1 in 4 active Georgia voters.

The Harris campaign is trying to push back on criticisms of the number and type of interviews she has done, as they continue to outline how she would govern if elected.

“This is a serious matter. The American people are at this point two weeks out, being presented with a very, very serious decision about what will be the future of our country,” she said.

Harris was asked if she would pardon Trump if she won the presidency, but she refused to do so.

Harris refused to say if she would get the support of the Republican senators to pass a law that would codify abortion access.

Harris was to use the interview to announce policies for Latino men. The measures include doubling the number of apprenticeships and removing college degree requirements for up to 500,000 federal jobs.

1 million forgivable loans worth up to $20,000 each would be provided by the vice president for Latino and other entrepreneurs, and he’d also set a goal to double the number of first-time Latino homebuyers, according to the Harris campaign.

In Detroit, Obama said that Trump was incompetent and only wanted the presidency as a way to end, urging voters to support Harris.

“Donald Trump wants us to think that this country is hopelessly divided between us and them,” he said. “And ‘us’ for him is the ‘real Americans’ who support him, and everybody else who doesn’t, that’s ‘them’ — that’s the enemy.”

While Latino voters have historically supported Democrats in greater numbers, Republicans hope Trump’s central focus on immigration issues and border security will help peel away support from a crucial bloc of voters.

Turning Point USA: An Interview with the Vice President and his Travels to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 7, 2015, at the Capitol

He spoke for nearly two hours with a mixture of prepared remarks and reflections on how long he’s spent on the campaign trail and how important this election is to him.

“It’s sad, because we’re sort of wrapping it up, you know that, right?,” he said. “We’ve been doing this for a long time. We had two unbelievable elections … when you think, we’ve been doing it for, from 2015 and now we’re where we are.”

If he wins, Trump would be the oldest president in US history and has seen an increase of verbal gaffes and distraction in his speeches. He accidentally referred to a group of fans known as the “Front Row Joes” and the “Front Row Jacks” when talking about his McDonald’s stop.

With 14 days to go until voting closes, the time, place and focus of each event added to the calendar gives insight into the campaigns’ closing messages and priorities to get out the vote.

The Turning Point USA rally is being held in suburban Georgia. Wednesday while Harris tapes a town hall with CNN in Chester Township, Pa. Thursday, Harris also heads to Gwinnett County to rally voters with Obama and Bruce Springsteen.

The Harris campaign announced Tuesday that the vice president will travel to Houston, Texas on Friday to discuss how the state’s abortion restrictions have hurt women — and to pin the blame for that on Trump. The event is intended to build support for Colin Allred who is running for senator from Texas.

Trump will hold multiple rallies in Pennsylvania and Michigan later this week, as well as events in Nevada and Arizona before he holds an event in New York.