Trump uses key Pennsylvania rally to hurl personal insults at women and claim foreign leaders fear him: Live

Like most things in United States politics, Donald Trump managed to become a central talking point of the Arizona Senate debate on Wednesday evening.

The debate between MAGA Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego was firey and tense. The candidates, vying to succeed Senator Krysten Sinema, accused one another of not being fit for the position.

Lake, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2022, tried to use Trump’s endorsement to elevate her campaign status. She repeated popular anti-immigration policies from Trump, like closing the border.

But Gallego returned her consistent Trump-mentioning by claiming he “doesn’t want to campaign” with Lake.

“He’s not allowing hr pictures on any of his billboards,” Gallego said.

Lake fired back that Trump is her “good friend” and he even bestowed her a nickname: “border Kari.”

“I love the nickname and I’m going to go there, to Washington, D.C., and help him build that border wall and secure the border,” she said.

Social media users have trolled JD Vance for claiming he “never” praises Barack Obama — despite a glowing op-ed about the former president seven years ago.

At a rally in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday, the GOP vice presidential nominee spoke highly of Obama’s response to a natural disaster as a point of comparison to the Biden-Harris administration’s response to Hurricane Helene — efforts that he has repeatedly attacked and spread falsehoods about.

“You’re never gonna hear me praise Barack Obama,” Vance said, before correcting himself: “You rarely hear me praise Barack Obama.”

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Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris led Republican Donald Trump by a marginal three percentage points – 46% to 43% – as the two remain locked in a close race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The four-day poll completed on Monday showed Trump, who had trailed Harris by six points in a Sept 20-23 Reuters/Ipsos poll, was the preferred candidate for a range of economic issues and that some voters might be swayed by his claims that immigrants in the country illegally are prone to crime, assertions that have been largely discredited by academics and think tanks.

The poll had a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.

Kari Lake, the failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate now running for Senate, seemingly referred to the fertility treatment IVF as “UVF” during a debate on Wednesday evening.

“I want to make sure that UVF is protected,” Lake said while debating Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego.

“I have many of my friends who have had children and experienced the joy of motherhood and parenthood because of UVF,” Lake added.

It seems Lake meant to refer to IVF, the popular fertility treatment that Democrats claim Republicans are going to restrict after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created through IVF were considered humans.

Lake is a vocal ally of Donald Trump repeated similar claims of election fraud after losing the Arizona governor’s race in 2022.

Stars of stage and screen — including Anne Hathaway, Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald — are set for a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in New York City next week that will be livestreamed.

“Broadway Rallies for Kamala” will be performed in front of a live, invited audience and live streamed nationally for free on Monday via BroadwayWorld at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris made the most of Governor Tim Walz’s rally in Tucson, Arizona on Wednesday evening, turning the venue into a dance party while waiting for Walz.

The former president spent much of his Wednesday evening rally attacking his opponents and critics – particularly women.

Repeating familiar remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump claimed she was “not a smart person” and called her “dumb”. He also said President Joe Biden looked “sharper” than Harris – seemingly an insult about Harris’s appearance.

Trump also spent a few minutes ranting about Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who he called “Pocahontas” – a reference to a 2018 controversy about Warren’s claim she is Native American.

Later on, Trump lashed out at Whoopi Goldberg, an actress and host of The View, claiming she was a “disgusting” and “demented” person. Goldberg recently interviewed Harris on her daytime talk show.

Trump addressed the impact of his negative comments about women, telling rallygoers a staffer told him to stop making poor comments about Harris because it would deter women voters.

“I think they like me anyway. I think it’s all bulls***,” Trump said.