US Election Updates Polls Show Close Race As Harris, Trump Rally In Nevada

US Election Updates Polls Show Close Race As Harris, Trump Rally In Nevada

Here’s what happened today ?

• Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in the western part of the US, crisscrossing the key swing states of Arizona and Nevada.
• Harris topped her night with a performance by Jennifer Lopez in Las Vegas, as she seeks to connect with Latino voters in the final days of the race.
• Trump, meanwhile, appeared with far-right media personality Tucker Carlson in Phoenix, Arizona.
• More than 65 million people have cast their ballots in the race, as of October 31 at 11 pm EST.
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• Harris wraps up her Las Vegas rally

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Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, has been pushing her candidacy as representative of a “new generation of leadership” – and as she closed her remarks at her star-studded Las Vegas event, she made an appeal to young voters to support her.

“I see the promise of America in all the young leaders who are here in our voting for the first time,” she told the crowd.

Her voice rising with emotion, she spoke to the immediacy of the issues facing the younger generation – and the activism she sees in their ranks.

“I love Gen Z. I love you. And here’s what I love about our young leaders. You guys are rightly impatient. You are rightly impatient for change. You are young leaders who are determined to live free from gun violence, to take on the climate crisis. You intend to shape the world you inherit.

“I love that about you because, for you, none of these issues is theoretical. It’s not political. This is your lived experience.”

Harris left the stage to her campaign anthem, Beyonce’s song Freedom, offering hugs to the night’s performers and her husband, Doug Emhoff.

Trump gives rambling answers in Carlson interview

Jumping from subject to subject, with little mind for Carlson’s questions, Trump meandered through his appearance in Glendale, Arizona.

He spent time espousing the importance of firing people in his administration, saying he would make sure he appointed better people if he is re-elected. It was an apparent response to the deluge of former officials who have come out against Trump.

He also took time to deride former National Security Adviser John Bolton, as well as Republican Liz Cheney, who has been campaigning with Harris. Trump called Cheney the “repulsive little daughter” of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

In addition, Trump made baseless accusations against the congressional panel that investigated the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. He dubbed the proceedings a “cover-up”.

In the often hard-to-follow statements, Trump further attacked prosecutors in Georgia and New York who have indicted him.

‘The courts will handle that’: Harris responds to ‘Lock him up’ chant

Harris, the Democratic nominee for the presidency, has campaigned heavily on the question of abortion access, something her Republican opponent Trump helped to restrict.

But during her speech in Las Vegas, Nevada, she also called on voters to vote “yes” on a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution this November.

“It is a fight for freedom. Like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do,” she said.

She also went on attack against Trump, pointing out his role in the overturning of the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v Wade, which previously upheld a federal right to abortion.

“We all remember how we got here. When Donald Trump was president, he hand-selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Roe v Wade. They did as he intended,” she explained.

When she cited a quote Trump made about protecting women “whether they like it or not”, the crowd broke into chants of “Lock him up! Lock him up!”.

It was a phrase Trump’s supporters previously used against his opponents – and that Democrats have since appropriated.

Harris smiled and responded, “I hear you, but you know what? The courts are going to handle that. The courts will handle that. We’ll handle November.”

Trump is the first president to face criminal charges in US history.