Kamala Harris has released a health summary from her White House physician, stating that she, “possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”
In the summary, released on Saturday morning, the vice president’s physician, Joshua Simmons, wrote she is in “excellent health.”
Harris is releasing her medical information in a challenge to Donald Trump, whose health and age are coming under increased scrutiny.
Former Trump ally Chris Christie is the latest to sound the alarm over Trump’s competency to serve, saying that he has seen a “significant” mental decline in the former president.
On Friday, Trump espoused more anti-immigration rhetoric at his rallies in Reno, Nevada, and Aurora, Colorado, calling for the death penalty for migrants who kill American citizens and saying he would enact the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Mike Coffman, Aurora’s Republican mayor, hit out at the comments and insisted neither the city nor state has “not been ‘taken over’ or ‘invaded’ or ‘occupied’ by migrant gangs.”
Former president is expected to continue spreading that rhetoric at a rally in Coachella, California on Saturday afternoon.
Trump’s Coachella rally lineup
Trump’s rally in Coachella, California featured a lineup of prominent public figures and officials who encouraged a large crowd to vote for the former president despite being in the blue-heavy state.
Robert O’Brien, a former national security advisor in the Trump administration, made a brief appearance.
Kash Patel, the former chief of staff to the Secretary of Defense and Trump loyalist
Richard Grenell, the former US Ambassador to Germany
Dennis Quaid, an actor
Matt Gaetz, a Florida representative
Ken Calvert, a California representative
Trump national security advisor says his ‘gates of hell’ will be ‘unleashed’ if they win
Michael Flynn, the Trump administration’s National Security Advisor, told a crowd of people to focus on winning the 2024 election before thinking about holding people ‘accountable’ – a reference to prosecuting current officials.
An audience member at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival in Pennsylvania asked Flynn if he would head “a military tribunal to not only drain the swamp, but imprison the swamp, and on a few occasions, execute the swamp.”
The question seemed to be an allusion to Trump promising to go after current government officials, judges and more who have disputed him or pursued legal action against him.
Flynn essentially said he would so long as Republicans win in November.
“We have to win. These people are already up to no good. So we gotta win first. We win, and then Katie, Bar The Door. Believe me, the gates of hell, my hell will be unleashed.”
Lincoln Project trolls Trump over Coachella rally
The Lincoln Project is trolling Donald Trump for holding a rally in Coachella, California tonight by releasing a Coachella music festival-esq graphic listing various Project 2025 positions.
Vance says it’s ‘deranged’ for women not to have children due to climate change
JD Vance has said it is “deranged” and “very crazy” for women not to have children due to concerns about the climate crisis in his latest comments wading in on the choices of childfree Americans.
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Melania Trump: It’s ‘tricky’ to trust the government
The former first lady, whose book Melania was released this week, appeared on Some Future Day podcast where she revealed her skepticism about there being “so many rules” for the American people.
“Trust, it’s [an] interesting word,” she said.
Rachel Sharp has the full story.
Walz bags no birds at Minnesota pheasant hunting season opener
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz spent Saturday morning tramping through tall grass on the opening day of Minnesota‘s pheasant hunting season, giving the campaign a chance to highlight the governor’s rural roots and love of outdoor sports.
Neither Walz nor Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan managed to bag any pheasants as they hunted near Sleepy Eye, a town about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Minneapolis. But others in their parties shot six birds on a beautiful fall day, the governor’s office said.
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Watch: Harris speaks to reporters about Trump’s mental acuity ahead of North Carolina visit
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Harris comments on Trump’s mental acuity while he claims Democrats want ‘no more cows’
Kamala Harris talks to reporters about releasing her medical report before taking off for North Carolina and adds to the pressure on Donald Trump to do the same and release his own health assessment: “It’s clear to me that he and his team do not want the American people to really see… if he is fit to be the president.”
Asked about Trump’s mental acuity, Harris said: “I invite the public to watch Trump’s rallies and be the decision-maker on his acuity. You will see in his rallies how he goes off on tangents, how he is not focused on the needs of the American people with solutions to the issues that concern them the most.”
Here is Trump speaking at a Hispanic roundtable in Clark County, Nevada, this afternoon claiming that Democrats want to get rid of cows.
Trump cited ‘incorrect’ article to prove he was named ‘Man of the Year’
Donald Trump confidently touted to attendees at the Detroit Economic Club luncheon on Thursday that he was named the “Man of the Year” by the county’s Republican Party in 2013. The only problem is that he was not, and the newspaper clipping he brought to prove it had to issue a correction over it.
Ariana Baio reports.
Source: independent.co.uk