Harris, Trump in swing states; new polls

With only two days to go Election Day, Republican Donald Trump And Democrat Kamala Harris are wrapping up their presidential campaigns and wrapping up arguments in must-win states before their final test: Tuesday, November 5.

The former president has planned rallies Pennsylvania, North Carolina And Georgiawhile the vice president has several stops planned Michigan.

Stay tuned for live coverage from the USA TODAY Network from the campaign trail.

‘It doesn’t make you a man’: John Fetterman hits on Donald Trump’s comments on transgender rights

Senator John Fetterman strongly condemned Donald Trump and Republicans’ rhetoric on transgender rights during an election campaign interview on CNN Sundayby saying, ‘It doesn’t make you tough. It doesn’t make you a man who likes trans or gay children.’

Fetterman was asked by host Dana Bash if Trump campaign ads suggesting that Kamala Harris “for they/themresonate in the crucial swing state.

“If your political capital, you know, comes from bullying trans kids or gay kids or something like that, then you’re just bankrupt in all of this,” Fetterman said. “My version of it is, ‘Hey, I like ribeye, I like Motorhead, and I will never be into trans and gay kids.’

Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, have created anti-trans attacks much of their closing message to voters in the 2024 election, with argument

– Karissa Waddick

Doug Burgum addresses the Iowa poll showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a campaign surrogate for Donald Trump who was once floated as a possible running mate is rejecting new polling that points to a Democratic victory in a long-red state.

A Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Survey released Saturday evening shows Vice President Kamala Harris leads Trump 47% to 44% among likely voters.

In an interview with Kristen Welker on Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” Burgum offered little credit for the poll’s surprising numbers, pointing to a competing Saturday poll from Emerson College giving Trump a 10-point lead over Harris in the state.

“If you take the average of those last two polls, I think Trump will still win Iowa with confidence,” Burgum said on the NBC talk show on Sunday. “I would be surprised, completely shocked, that (Harris’ victory) comes anywhere close to what Iowa did.”

The Republican governor remained optimistic about his party’s nominee, pointing to his recent campaign visits to several key battleground states: “It’s a very tight race that will be decided on Tuesday, but the momentum I felt over the past week is grounding the election. .. is that the energy of all demographics is very, very positive.”

– Kathryn Palmer

Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to criticize a new poll in Iowa that shows him trailing Kamala Harris in the Midwestern state.

“No president has done more for FARMERS and the great state of Iowa than Donald J. Trump,” he said on his Truth Social account on Sunday. “Actually, it’s not even close!”

Still a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll Released Saturday shows Harris leading Trump 47% to 44% among likely voters.

A loss in Iowa would be big for Trump, who is campaigning today in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.

–David Jackson

Harrison Ford, aka Indiana Jones, endorses Harris

Indiana Jones stands next to Kamala Harris.

Actor Harrison Ford, who played the adventurous archaeologist with a snake phobia in a series of films, has released a video endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate and expressing fear of something else: a second Donald Trump presidency.

In the video, Ford gruffly quotes dozens of former members of the Trump administration raising the alarm about the Republican nominee and telling voters “for God’s sake don’t do this again.” Harris, he said, will protect the rights of Americans to pursue degrees with her on policies or ideas, “and then, as we have done for centuries, we will debate it, we will work on it together, and we will move on. ”

Ford concludes by saying that he has one vote, “the same as everyone else,” and that he is going to use it by going ahead and voting for Harris.

– Michael Collins

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, was asked about President Joe Biden’s comment last week in which he appeared to call Trump’s supporters “trash.”

The president has since said he was only referring to the racist rhetoric at Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden. But Warnock on Sunday called on all Americans to take a closer look at the way they talk about politics.

“As pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. served, I think we all need to elevate the character and tone of our political discourse,” Warnock said, adding that he believes “that is what Kamala Harris does. .”

–Marina Pitofsky

Could the red state of Iowa shift back to purple as a presidential swing state?

The new one Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Survey The numbers released Saturday evening show Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 3 percentage points in the state, 47% to 44% — a result that suggests Iowa is playing a role as Election Day quickly approaches.

Yet neither campaign has viewed Iowa and its six Electoral College delegates as up for grabs. Neither Harris nor Trump have campaigned in Iowa since the presidential primaries, and neither campaign has built a ground presence in the state, according to Brianne Pfannenstiel, chief politics reporter for the Des Moines Register.

– Des Moines Register Staff

The race for the White House in 2024 will be neck-and-neck until Election Day. In the average of Real Clear Politics’ national polls, Trump is ahead of Harris by 0.1 percentage points, well within the margin of error for each of the surveys examined.

It’s also very close in swing states across the country. For example, Harris leads Trump by 0.3 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics average of Wisconsin polls.

–Marina Pitofsky

Brendan Carr, the top Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, suggested a message on social media on Sunday that Kamala Harris’ appearance on “Saturday Night Live” may have violated the FCC’s Equal Time Rule.

Carr called Harris’ spot on the comedy show a “clear and blatant attempt to circumvent the committee rule unless NBC offered Donald Trump a similar opportunity.” The Equal time rule stipulates that radio and TV broadcasters give political candidates the same airtime.

“With just days before the election, NBC appears to have structured this appearance in a way that circumvents these requirements,” Carr said in his message on Xformerly Twitter.

Carr, who was appointed by both Trump and President Joe Biden, is one of the FCC’s five commissioners. The other commissioners have not yet spoken publicly on the matter. It is also not clear what, if any, conversations NBC and the Trump campaign may have had.

– Karissa Waddick

Trump plans to hold rallies on Sunday in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Kinston, North Carolina and Macon, Georgia.

-Sam Woodward

Harris is set to campaign Sunday in Detroit, Pontiac and East Lansing, Michigan.

-Sam Woodward

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has a campaign stop with second gentleman Doug Emhoff Sunday in Smyrna, Georgia before attending a political event in Charlotte, North Carolina.

-Sam Woodward

Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance plans to attend a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Sunday Donald Trump Jr. before heading to another campaign event in Aston, Pennsylvania.

-Sam Woodward