It is formally election month. In just a few brief days, polls will shut and it will likely be the top of the 2024 election.
After holding back-to-back occasions within the southwest Thursday, Donald Trump is headed to the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan for a rally on Friday afternoon, adopted by a night rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Working mate JD Vance has scheduled rallies in Portage, Michigan, and Selma, North Carolina. Surrogate Eric Trump is scheduled to seem at an occasion in Georgia.
Here’s what to know heading into the weekend.
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Vance seems on Joe Rogan podcast
Vance made an look on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Expertise, on Thursday. The episode, which lasts greater than three hours and is on Spotify, was additionally uploaded to the show’s YouTube channel.
Trump was on Rogan’s podcast final week, and Kamala Harris was in talks to be on it, however Rogan stated he declined as a result of he would not journey to her. The podcast is taped in Austin, Texas. Rogan stated he would nonetheless like to fulfill with Harris “to only have a pleasant dialog and get to know her as a human being.”
Rogan’s present is its high podcast with 14.5 million followers, based on Spotify.
Controversy over Puerto Rico joke continues
Going through ongoing backlash to a comic’s joke about Puerto Rico being “an island of rubbish” at a Madison Sq. Backyard rally, Trump requested a New Mexico rally crowd on Thursday if they like to be known as “Hispanics” or “Latinos.” The group cheered louder for “Hispanic.”
“To begin with, Hispanics love Trump,” he stated. “I like them. They’re sensible.”
In the meantime Harris stated she disagreed with President Joe Biden’s feedback when he appeared to discuss with Trump’s supporters as “rubbish,” saying that whereas the president clarified his remarks, she doesn’t agree with criticisms of voters based mostly on whom they’re supporting.
Polls proceed to indicate an extremely shut race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Contributing: Savannah Kuchar, Victoria Moorwood, David Jackson, Natalie Neysa Alund, Rebecca Morin
Kinsey Crowley is a trending information reporter at USA TODAY. Attain her at kcrowley@gannett.com, and observe her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley.
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