The US presidential campaign diary, Thursday, October 17 morning
Kamala Harris vowed that his presidency would not be “a sequel” of Joe Biden, during a tense interview on the conservative channel Fox News. Questioned for about thirty minutes, the Democratic candidate was pushed at times by reporter Bret Baier, particularly on the immigration issue, or when she was asked to say whether she had noticed a cognitive decline in Joe Biden. Before his first interview on Fox News, the vice president had already addressed Republicans at a rally in Pennsylvania aimed at rallying those disillusioned with Trumpism.
During a town hall meeting with Latino voters brought together in Miami by Univision, the largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, Donald Trump repeated some of its most virulent attacks on migrants and ensured that prisons and mental asylums “from all over the world” was emptying inside the United States. The Republican candidate also described “Day of Love” on January 6, 2021, when his supporters attacked the Capitol and he once again questioned the existence of climate change.
“She seems to be a fighter (…) because she wasn’t in the race, and suddenly she’s running for president. »
Donald Trump was particularly cordial with Kamala Harris when he was asked to cite the good points of his rival during a program that aired on Univision.
- Today’s number: zero
The number of dollars you have to pay to attend Elon Musk’s “conferences” in Pennsylvania from Wednesday through Monday. “It is enough to have signed our petition in favor of freedom of speech and the right to bear arms and to have voted in this election”to participate in these events, explains the billionaire who actively supports Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris continues to maintain its popularity in the States “Blue Wall” – a name that reflects the region’s traditional democratic leanings. After Pennsylvania on Monday and Wednesday, Michigan on Tuesday, the Democratic candidate will attend three events in Wisconsin on Thursday, including a meeting with students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Donald Trump he continues the interviews, with the broadcast of a new podcast on Thursday morning. In the evening, in New York, he will attend the annual charity dinner for the Al Smith Foundation, created in honor of the former New York State governor of the 1920s and 1928 camp Democrat presidential candidate.