Harris on Trump’s violent rhetoric about Liz Cheney: ‘This must be disqualifying’
Kamala Harris spoke of Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric about Liz Cheney in which he suggested Cheney be shot with “guns trained on her face”.
Harris said:
“He has increased his violent rhetoric, Donald Trump has, about political opponents and in great detail suggested rifles should be trained on former representative Liz Cheney. This must be disqualifying.”
Hailing Cheney as a “courageous” and “incredible American”, Harris added:
“I will tell you, I know Liz Cheney well enough to know that she is tough, she is incredibly courageous, and has shown herself to be a true patriot at a very difficult time in our country …
We see this kind of rhetoric that is violent in nature, where we see this kind of spirit coming from Donald Trump that is so laden with the desire for revenge and retribution … I think that Liz Cheney is courageous and that we will always make sure that we are all fighting against and speaking out against any form of political violence.”
Vice President Kamala Harris: “He has increased his violent rhetoric, Donald Trump has, about political opponents and in great detail suggested rifles should be trained on former Rep. Liz Cheney. This must be disqualifying…Rep. Cheney is a true patriot.” pic.twitter.com/ngVmMPtwKX
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 1, 2024
Key events
As he approaches the end of his speech in Warren, Michigan, Trump is touting his support from Muslims and Arab Americans in Michigan
“Now the most amazing thing is happening, we’re also wining overwhelming support from your Muslim community right here in Michigan. Muslim and Arab right here in Michigan, that’s something, that’s progress,” Trump said.
“And I just came from an incredible meeting with the lebanese community in Dearborn. Last week I was honored to be endorsed by a group of some of the most important imams and Muslim leaders in your state.”
Trump also talks about being grateful to Bill Bazzi, the mayor of Dearborn Heights, and Dr. Amer Ghalib, the mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, who have both endorsed Trump, and says Bazzi is in the audience at the rally.
“I need every Muslim American in Michigan to get the hell out and vote, please, Mr. Mayors,” Trump says.
“Kamala’s closing message to the American people is that she hates you,” Trump says. “She’s from San Francisco, she’s a Marxist.” (Harris did serve as district attorney of San Francisco, but is definitely not a Marxist.)
“My closing message is that I love America.”
Big cheers and whistles from the Michigan audience as Trump once again promises to carry out the largest deportation in American history.
Even bigger cheers as Trump promises the death penalty for any immigrant who kills a US citizen or a law enforcement officer.
Here’s an in-depth look by my colleague Lauren Gambino about how Trump’s mass deportation plan would affect immigrants across the US:
An editor at the Huffington Post is highlighting a story out of Oklahoma, about a 109-year-old woman’s choice for president:
Inbox: Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of the last known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, cast her ballot for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race. She turns 110 on Nov. 10.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 1, 2024 “All of our children deserve a president who will inspire them to learn from history, not a tyrant who will try to erase it,” Randle said.”https://t.co/uBS7Ms6xOI
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 1, 2024 In Michigan, Trump is now riffing on the sacrifices he says he has made for his political movement:
“Somebody said to me: ‘Are you glad you did it?’ I said, absolutely. But I could have been on the best beaches in the world. I own the best beaches in the world,” Trump says, to laughs from the crowd. “ … I could have had those waves smacking me in the face. That white, beautiful white skin that I have would be nice and tan. I got the whitest skin ’cause I never have time to go out in the sun. But I have that beautiful white, and you know what, it could have been beautiful, tan, beautiful. But you know what, if I had the choice, I wouldn’t even think about it, I would do exactly what I’ve done, because we’re going to make America great again.”
As Trump is still speaking in Michigan, JD Vance addresses a crowd in North Carolina, assisted by Donald Trump Jr:
Harris supporters are sharing a clip of Donald Trump speaking in Warren, Michigan, just now, when he praised a book by Steven Moore, one of the co-authors of Project 2025.
BREAKING: After trying for months to disavow Project 2025, the jig is up. At one of Trump’s final campaign stops, he just praised Project 2025’s author, Steve Moore. Trump can’t hide anymore. We aren’t going back. pic.twitter.com/pxsgA0uAo5
— Kamala’s Wins (@harris_wins) November 1, 2024 More on Moore here:
Trump is now criticizing “Shawn Fain or whatever the hell his name is”, the president of the United Auto Workers, who is campaigning for Kamala Harris. The crowd boos.
Trump says he can’t sleep easily and that he’s “always tossing and turning” thinking about China and the “Russia hoax” and how to make money for the American people.
“I don’t feel like a senior. Does anybody feel like a senior?” Trump, 78, says, to some cheers. “I feel better – I think I’m sharper and better now than I was 25, 30 years ago. I do, I swear. I’ll let you know when I don’t.”
Trump gives an update on sales of “Dark Maga” merchandise: Trump was talking about Elon Musk, and what role the billionaire will play in cutting government spending in a Trump administration. “You know where he is right now? He’s campaigning in Pennsylvania for Donald Trump. How cool is that,” Trump said.
At one rally, Musk appeared and wore a “Dark Maga” black hat, Trump said, that the Republican candidate hadn’t even been aware his campaign made. That hat hadn’t sold well, maybe two hats, Trump said, until Musk wore it. Then the campaign sales of those hats took off.
“They sold 71,000 black hats, can you believe it?” Trump says. “You make money with money, that’s how it is.”
“But now that very low-IQ person who wants to be – have we ever had a low-IQ president before?” Trump asks of Kamala Harris.
“It’s like your high school football team playing … what’s a good team today … oh, the Detroit Lions,” Trump tells his Michigan audience. He tells them Kamala Harris wouldn’t have been able to figure out which local sports team to reference.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump appeared to be trying to walk back his comments about how Liz Cheney, one of his most prominent Republican critics, should face having rifles “shooting at her”.
His comments yesterday have been widely condemned, including by Cheney and Kamala Harris, and are also under investigation by Arizona’s attorney general.
“She’s a radical war hawk,” Trump said of Liz Cheney at an event in Arizona. Then said: “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.”
Trump touts ‘overwhelming support’ from Arab Americans in Michigan
Trump attempts to walk back comments on Liz Cheney facing guns ‘trained on her’
