Election 2024 updates: Kamala Harris’ VP search enters ultimate countdown
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The pool of vice presidential contenders for Kamala Harris has narrowed to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, according to Reuters.
Harris is expected to announce her choice for running mate on Tuesday ahead of their first rally together in Philadelphia that evening, two people with knowledge of the plan told NBC News.
But those individuals still said the timing of the announcement may change based on when the vice president makes her final decision or if there’s a leak to the press.
The Tuesday announcement is set to emulate previous VP presentations, with online video and social media playing a part, in addition to a fundraising pitch.
Shapiro, Walz, and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly all interviewed at Harris’s residence in Washington DC on Sunday, with the former astronaut muddying the waters somewhat by tweeting and then deleting a post in which he declared, “Now my mission is serving Arizonans,” seemingly suggesting he is no longer in contention.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, with his own running mate JD Vance on Saturday as his campaign doubled down on his attacks on Harris’s ethnicity.
Hospitality workers’ union backs Harris over Trump
UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race against former President Donald Trump.
Union president Gwen Mills said Trump’s promise of making tips tax-free was just a “play” for votes while Harris has more substantially supported unions.
The endorsement means that the union is committing to having its members knock on more than 3.3 million doors in key states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and North Carolina.
Possible Harris VP contenders narrows to Shapiro and Walz, report says
The pool of vice presidential contenders for Kamala Harris has narrowed to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, according to Reuters.
FBI arrests man for threatening Harris
The FBI has arrested a Virginia man, Frank Carillo, for threatening Kamala Harris.
Carillo is alleged to have said that he was going to light the vice president on fire and “personally pluck out her eyes.”
Carillo is alleged to have used his account on GETTR to make “threatening” comments about Harris, President Joe Biden, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.
Richer is an Arizona Republican official who has rejected claims of election fraud.
Usha Vance responds to those offended by ‘childless cat ladies’ comments
Streamer gifts Trump Rolex watch and custom-wrapped Cybertruck
Streamer Adin Ross gifted former President Donald Trump a Rolex watch and a custom-wrapped Cybertruck on Monday.
Washington Post reporter Will Sommer noted that the gifts could be an FEC violation.
Trump calls AOC ‘fake’ but says she’s got ‘spark’
Streamer Adin Ross showed a number of pictures to Trump during their interview and asked him to give his one-word reaction.
Nelk Boys: “Great.”
Adin Ross: “One word would be outstanding.”
Joe Rogan: “Interesting. He really is. He’s a very interesting guy.”
Dana White: “He’s a fighter.”
Elon Musk: “Genius. Truly a genius.”
Ye (Kanye West): “He’s very complicated. Let’s say complicated. He’s a really nice guy … He’s got a good heart.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Um… fake. But in all fairness, look, but she knows it. She’s got a good thing going. It’s a good thing. Good thing for her. She’s got a good spark. … I’ll say, spark.”
Trump claimed that he spoke to the congresswoman’s primary opponent Joe Crowley during the 2018 race.
“Tell him I said, he should be careful … I called her Evita. She’s Evita. She’s in the streets, shouting, hugging … Everyone’s being hugged … She took him out. I give her a lot of credit. She’s got a lot of sizzle.”
Xi Jinping: “Powerful … We had a great relationship until Covid. Covid was a step too far.”
Gavin Newsom: “Gavin Newscum.”
Justin Trudeau: “They say he’s the son of Fidel Castro. Could be. Anything’s possible.”
Kim Jong-Un: “Now this man I really got along with well.”
Trump jokes about how Biden would react to a shooting
Donald Trump joked about how Joe Biden would react to a shooting at one of his rallies during an appearance with streamer Adin Ross.
“‘Where are those bullets coming from? Oh, there they are.’ I don’t think he would’ve dropped to the floor,” Trump said.
‘You weren’t allowed to say Merry Christmas,’ Trump says
Trump told streamer Adin Ross on Monday that “You weren’t allowed to say Merry Christmas,” before he was president.
“I got it back,” he claimed. “Even if you’re Jewish they like to say Merry Christmas. Kamala doesn’t. She doesn’t want you to use Merry Christmas. She thinks it’s insulting to use Merry Christmas. So we’ll have to work on her.”
Trump says ‘San Francisco was the best city in the country 20 years ago’
During an appearance with the streamer Adin Ross on Monday afternoon, Trump went after Kamala Harris, saying “San Francisco was the best city in the country 20 years ago … Now it’s unlivable.”
Twenty years ago, in 2004, Harris had just begun her stint as district attorney of the city, serving until 2011 when she became the attorney general of California.
Democrats want Harris to pick battleground VP (and preferably a man)
A new CBS/YouGov poll from Sunday shows that most Democrats want a liberal candidate for VP who comes from a battleground state.
Kamala Harris is on the brink of announcing her pick for running mate. She has already said that her veep pick will appear alongside her at a rally on Tuesday.
The latest data shows that nearly four in ten Democrats (38 per cent) think Harris should choose a man to be her VP, as opposed to a woman (22 per cent).
Here’s more from our data correspondent Alicja Hagopian.
Source: independent.co.uk
