Susan Ford Bales, the daughter of late Republican president Gerald Ford, has endorsed Kamala Harris. The VP is visiting three key states today as Donald Trump looks to shore up support in the swing state of North Carolina. Listen to a Sky News Daily podcast as you scroll.
Monday 21 October 2024 22:27, UK
Kamala Harris is hitting out at Donald Trump on foreign policy, making the case that his national security positions are dangerous for America.
She tells voters in Michigan: “He has said, Donald Trump, I will solve the matter of Ukraine and Russia in a day.”
“Read through and understand what he is saying. He would surrender,” the vice president says.
“He would have Ukraine surrender its fight against an aggressor violating its sovereignty.
“If Donald Trump were president, Vladimir Putin will be sitting in Kyiv, and understand what that would mean for America and our standing around the world.”
Mr Trump repeatedly refused to say last month if he wants Ukraine to win the war against Russia, and has also previously described Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a “salesman” who “should never have let that war start”.
Ms Harris goes on to say that the former president “is so clearly able to be manipulated by favour and flattery, including from dictators and autocrats”.
Liz Cheney, a Republican and former House representative for Wyoming who has endorsed Mr Harris, adds that in her party, there has been a “really dangerous embrace of isolationism [and] tyrants”.
“He [Trump] heaps praise on the world’s most evil people while he attacks with venom his political opponents here at home,” she says.
Lawyer and politician Liz Cheney, a Republican and former House representative for Wyoming, is speaking at a Q&A event in Michigan alongside Kamala Harris, whom she has endorsed for president.
Asked by the host how scary it was for her to reject her party’s nominee and endorse a Democrat, Ms Cheney replies: “It wasn’t scary at all when I look at the nature of the threat that Donald Trump poses.”
She says the former president is “doing everything he can to try to get people to forget about what he did” on January 6th, which she says was to watch the violence unfold on his television without doing anything to stop it.
“When you think about that level of instability, the level of erratic decision-making, the misogyny – that’s not someone that you can entrust with the power of the Oval Office.”
The choice at this election, she says, is not about party, but about “right and wrong”.
Ms Cheney goes on: “I certainly have many Republicans who will say to me, ‘I can’t be public’ [about support for Harris] – they do worry about a range of things, including violence.
“But they’ll do the right thing.”
She tells voters that if they are worried about a negative reaction to saying they’ll vote for Kamala Harris, then they can vote with their “conscience” without having to tell anyone publicly.
“There will be millions of Republicans who will do that on 5 November,” she claims.
Kamala Harris has been speaking to reporters in Michigan, and she is hitting out at Donald Trump for his stances on the minimum wage and social security.
She says her Republican opponent does not believe the federal minimum wage of $7.25 (approximately £5.50) per hour should be raised, which means a full-time employee takes home $15,000 per year, “which is essentially poverty wages”.
“I absolutely believe we must raise the minimum wage,” the vice president says.
There are campaigns in her home state of California and across the country demanding that the minimum wage be raised to $15 per hour (£11.50) – but Ms Harris does not indicate what level she believes would be appropriate.
Secondly, the vice president accuses Mr Trump of “hostile to the whole notion and importance of Social Security”.
She makes the point that for many American pensioners, Social Security cheques are their lifeline, and claims his policies would leave the programme without funding within six years.
“Donald Trump clearly does not understand the needs of working people,” she says, and adds that the collapse of Social Security would be “catastrophic”.
Kamala Harris has spent this afternoon campaigning with lawyer and politician Liz Cheney, a Republican and former House representative for Wyoming.
She is now addressing a campaign event with Ms Cheney in the crucial battleground state of Michigan.
She is taking questions from Maria Shriver, who is a Democrat but served as first lady of California when her then-husband Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor.
You can watch the event live in the stream below, and we’ll bring you the key lines here as they come in.
Donald Trump is speaking at a campaign rally in North Carolina, and he tells the crowd that his campaign is “winning by a lot”.
“We’re leading by a lot. We’re leading in the polls, every single state,” the former president says.
He goes on to claim that he gets “some of the biggest crowds you’ve ever seen” in the state of California – a Democrat stronghold.
“I’d love to have God to come down and be the vote counter just for one day and see how well we do in California,” he says.
Seemingly alluding to unfounded claims of voter fraud, Mr Trump says: “They send millions and millions of ballots out there – they don’t know what the hell’s happening.
“And no matter what happens, they say, well California’s not available [to Republicans].”
Mr Trump claims rallies held by his Democrat opponent in her home state of California get 200 people, while his get 100,000 people.
“Did you ever hear the expression that the vote counter is far more important than the candidate, and we can’t let that happen – we’ve got to take it back.”
Donald Trump has spent the day campaigning in the swing state of North Carolina, visiting areas affected by Hurricane Helene and meeting relief workers.
He is now speaking at a rally in Greenville, and then is expected to meet faith leaders in the state later on.
You can watch the rally live in the stream below, and we’ll bring you the key lines here as they come in.
We are expecting to hear from the two presidential candidates in the next hour.
Donald Trump was due to start speaking at a North Carolina rally a few minutes ago.
However, it appears he is running late, which is far from unusual for the former president. A series of introductory speakers are currently warming up the crowd for him.
Kamala Harris is also due to speak shortly.
The vice president is expected to deliver remarks at an event in the key battleground state of Michigan at 8.30pm UK time – however, it appears she is also running late.
You’ll be able to watch and follow both events here in our US election live blog, so stay tuned.
The White House is holding its daily briefing, and Joe Biden’s press secretary was asked about a number of topics related to the election.
Karine Jean-Pierre was asked repeatedly about Elon Musk’s promise to give away $1m (£767,000) per day to registered voters who sign his petition.
But she declined to comment, saying that it is an issue for the campaign, rather than the White House.
She did go on to confirm that the president will be campaigning for his vice president, Kamala Harris, in New Hampshire tomorrow alongside Senator Bernie Sanders, and defended his apparent absence from the campaign trail in recent weeks.
She pointed to the “two historic hurricanes” that have hit the US in recent weeks, and said he has been dealing with “pressing issues” domestically and internationally.
She insisted that there is “more to come” in terms of campaign events, telling reporters to “stay tuned”.
Donald Trump has been visiting areas affected by Hurricane Helene, and he has been speaking with relief workers in North Carolina.
The former president told them that he can relate to their hard work and efforts because of his own campaign schedule, CNN reported.
“Well, I’ve gone 52 days without a day off which all of these people would respect, but they do the same,” Mr Trump said.
“We’re called workers, right? We’re workers. For better or worse, we’re workers. I don’t know if it’s the best thing.”
The Republican nominee added: “We didn’t have to be. A lot of them didn’t have to be. I didn’t have to be.
“I could have been on a beautiful beach, but I’d much rather be right here with you, because we’re going to turn the country around.”
Mr Trump referenced visiting a McDonald’s and the Sunday Night Football game featuring the Steelers and Jets.
“Look, my message is that I’ve been going full blast,” he added.
With election day just over two weeks away, early voting is already under way in several states – including North Carolina, where Donald Trump is today.
The former president has been visiting areas affected by Hurricane Helene alongside the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), Michael Whatley.
Mr Trump was asked by our US partner network NBC News if he or the Republican Party have seen any specific incidents of cheating at this point, two weeks out from the election.
He and Mr Whatley both said they have not seen any yet, but that it’s early.
Asked if he has any concerns that the results of the election in North Carolina will not be credible or legitimate because of the hurricane, Mr Trump replied: “No.”
“I think in a way, it’s the opposite,” he continued.
“I mean, we’re so impressed, and I think they have a pretty good system here.”
Mr Trump went on to praise the high number of early voters in the state despite the hurricane, saying: “The fact that they’d come out and vote in record numbers is pretty amazing to me.”
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