Republican presidential nominee is making his since a feud between the former president and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp ended last month with Kemp endorsing Trump.
Trump is speaking Tuesday in Savannah, Georgia, which has one of the busiest ports in the country for cargo shipped in containers. He鈥檚 set to reveal incentives for foreign firms to leave other countries and migrate to the U.S. The former president wants to personally recruit foreign companies and to send members of his administration to do the same.
Some Republicans fear Georgia has gotten more politically competitive in the two months since launched her presidential bid after President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection efforts. Harris spoke Friday in Atlanta, calling Trump a threat to women鈥檚 freedoms and warning voters he would continue to limit access to abortion if elected president.
Trump鈥檚 running mate JD Vance is holding a rally later this week in Georgia as well as paying a visit to Macon.
Georgia is one of several presidential swing states that have new or recently altered state laws setting the rules for In Georgia, election workers the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university staff . In Wisconsin, ballot , although not every voting jurisdiction will use them.
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Trump flubs off-script reference to Charlottesville during economic policy speech
Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about 鈥淐harlottestown.鈥�
The former president was talking about imposing tariffs and other steps he鈥檇 take to bolster U.S. manufacturing when he veered off topic and began arguing that he won the recent debate.
鈥淪he didn鈥檛 say anything except lies like bloodbath, like Charlottestown,鈥� Trump said of Harris.
He didn鈥檛 acknowledge the error directly, but quickly added that he was, 鈥渇inishing this topic, because they鈥檒l say, 鈥極h, he fell into a trap鈥欌�� -- when in fact he鈥檇 already made a conspicuous mistake.
Trump was trying to refer to the deadly 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters. Trump has faced years of criticism from Harris and other top Democrats for blaming 鈥渂oth sides鈥� for what occurred.
Georgia justices weigh whether to disqualify 2 candidates from presidential ballot
Georgia Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count.
Tuesday鈥檚 hearing could set the stage for disqualifying the candidate from the Georgia鈥檚 ballots. Democrats are trying to prevent others from siphoning votes from Vice President Kamala Harris.
They argue West and De la Cruz failed to qualify because their presidential electors didn鈥檛 each submit a separate petition to access Georgia鈥檚 ballots.
Lawyers for the candidates say such a ruling would create an unconstitutionally high barrier to ballot access. If justices disqualify West and De la Cruz, their names would likely appear on Georgia鈥檚 ballots. But votes for them wouldn鈥檛 be counted.
Harris backs eliminating filibuster to pass law guaranteeing abortion rights
Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris says she supports reforming Senate rules in order to pass a law that would restore abortion protections lost when Roe fell.
The rules are around the filibuster. When a senator wants to prevent a vote on a bill they refuse to yield the floor. And it takes 60 votes to force them to stand down 鈥� and that means almost any major bill requires 60 votes to pass. The Senate is split 50-50 and the tie-breaking vote goes to the Vice President. But the rules mean GOP senators could block any effort to reform abortion rights.
Harris said on Wisconsin Public Radio that she favored eliminating the filibuster for Roe, to 鈥済et us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to put back into law the protections.鈥�
It鈥檚 a position President Joe Biden has also supported. He does not support eliminating it all together - just the exception to pass abortion rights.
Poll shows strong Harris strengthening support among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voters
A new survey finds that around 6 in 10 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander registered voters have a very of somewhat favorable opinion of Harris, compared to just 3 in 10 for Trump.
AAPI voters are also more likely to believe that she is the candidate who better represents their background and policy views.
The survey from and marks an increase in favorability for Harris since October 2023, when an found that about half of AAPI adults had a somewhat or very favorable view of her. Opinions of Trump among this group have remained stable.
Harris is both Black and South Asian American, and has in swing states like Georgia where their numbers are growing. But while the poll indicates that AAPI voters are much more likely to see their own cultural identity reflected in her than in Trump 鈥� about half of AAPI voters say Harris better represents their background and culture, while only about 1 in 10 say this about Trump 鈥� it鈥檚 not clear how much this is influencing their perspectives on the candidates.
Trump listens to farmers before raucous Pennsylvania rally
Trump spoke Monday to a small group of farmers in Smithton in rural Pennsylvania, breaking with his usual campaign form by listening more than he talked.
The former president asked questions and offered a few jokes. But he mostly listened quietly as farmers from the area explained their economic difficulties. Trump also stopped at a market and gave a woman checking out a $100 bill to help pay for groceries 鈥� further showing off a softer side.
He reverted back to form during a raucous evening event in Indiana, Pennsylvania, sharply criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris and suggesting without evidence that this year鈥檚 contest would be the last election should he lose.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 like anybody that doesn鈥檛 like me, I鈥檒l be honest,鈥� he said before adding, 鈥渟ounds childish鈥� but 鈥渢hat鈥檚 the way it is ... call it a personality defect.鈥�
Walz slams Trump's 鈥榙rill baby, drill鈥� catchphrase, warns about climate change
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told a group of about 30 donors focused on climate change that Trump鈥檚 energy catchphrase to 鈥渄rill baby, drill鈥� is 鈥渘ot a solution to things, and the public knows that it鈥檚 a cheap, easy thing.鈥�
The Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaking at a midtown Manhattan hotel to an audience that included former presidential candidate Tom Steyer and Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, called climate change an 鈥渆xistential threat鈥� but also 鈥渁n incredible opportunity to grow our economy.鈥�
Walz cited farmers who use their land to generate wind energy in addition to growing crops.
He also praised Harris for casting the tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate on the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden鈥檚 2022 law to flight climate change.
Walz is scheduled to speak at a series of fundraisers in New York on Monday.
Vance and Walz pick stand-ins to prepare for vice presidential debate
Doppelgangers have been selected to help prepare for the vice presidential debate next week.
Walz鈥檚 mock debates will feature Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. transportation secretary, playing Vance.
Meanwhile, Vance鈥檚 preparations include Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer in the role of Walz.
The choices were disclosed by people with knowledge of the candidates鈥� preparations
Walz and Vance are scheduled to face off on Oct. 1.
The Associated Press
