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Monday, October 28, 2024

Trump’s Rally at Madison Square Garden Brings in 20,000 Attendees

Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump addressed supporters at a rally at Madison Square Garden. Speakers included former first lady Melania Trump, vice presidential candidate Ohio Sen. JD Vance, businessman Elon Musk, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, former presidential candidate RFK Jr. and more. Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, spent the day campaigning in Pennsylvania, where polls show a tight race in the nation’s largest battleground state. Trump fans flooded into Manhattan ahead of the rally at Madison Square Garden. Some supporters arrived more than 24 hours early to hold their places in line (Wall Street Journal). New York Post: Donald Trump takes the stage to 20,000 roaring fans at Madison Square Garden for historic rally (X). America: Full remarks by Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally in New York City (X). Vigilant Fox: TULSI GABBARD: A Vote for Kamala Harris Is a Vote For: Dick Cheney and endless wars, censorship, open borders, economic hardship, high costs, and poverty, and weakening constitutional rights and freedoms (X). Enjoy the full rally here (X).

Michelle Obama Suggests People Who Do Not Vote for Harris are Racist, Sexist

Daily Wire: Former First Lady Michelle Obama has hit the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris — but critics are panning her 11th-hour sales pitch as “racist” and “sexist” and saying that her words reveal more about her than they do about Harris. Obama ignored the possibility that Harris — who catapulted to the top of the Democratic ticket on the tidal wave of President Joe Biden’s ouster from the race — was simply a weak and unlikable candidate, and instead argued that the voters were the only possible weak link in the chain. That, she claimed, was the result of racism and sexism in the electorate (Daily Wire). Ed Morrissey: The Obamas certainly seem to have a particular message that they want to vent in the final days of the campaign. Barack Obama scolded black men for being misogynist in their lack of enthusiasm for Kamala Harris two weeks ago. This weekend, Michelle Obama scolded women for allowing themselves to be oppressed by their MAGA menfolk. The closing pitch from both Harris surrogates puts younger men squarely in the role of villain (X). Steve Cortes: Michele Obama suggests Americans who don’t vote to elect Kamala Harris are sexist and racist (X). Brit Hume: Poor Michele. America is always disappointing her (X).

JD Vance, Jake Tapper Spar Over CNN’s Peddling of Russiagate Hoax

Fox News: During a contentious interview on CNN, GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance blasted anchor Jake Tapper and his network for their lack of “integrity” in reporting on former President Trump, accusing them of peddling the Russian collusion narrative as if it was real. The moment came after Vance and Tapper sparred over accusations from ex-Trump White House chief of staff John Kelly that Trump once claimed he wanted generals like Hitler had. Vance pointed out how Tapper’s network fixates on reporting about these kinds of anti-Trump claims, bringing up CNN’s reporting of the alleged collusion between Trump and Russian to steal the 2016 election as an example. “A viewer of your network would have believed that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin conspired in 2016. That was totally and preposterously false,” Vance stated (Fox News). Greg Price: Jake Tapper is practically screaming like a little girl at JD Vance for this entire interview. Are objective journalists supposed to be this emotionally engaged in defeating President Trump (X). Collin Rugg: JD Vance shuts down a very emotional Jake Tapper over CNN’s constant coverage of hoaxes. Vance: Ask yourself a basic question about network integrity. You guys talked about the Russia hoax nonstop. You took the words of unnamed FBI agents and put them on your network as if they were the gospel truth (X). Jack Posobiec: JD Vance called out Fake Tapper for the lies he pushed about Russiagate earlier this morning. Tapper denied telling any lies. So here are 3.5 minutes of Jake Tapper spreading Russiagate conspiracy theory (X).

GOP Leaders, Auschwitz Survivors Ask Kamala Harris to Stop Calling Trump “Hitler”

There have been two attempts on Trump’s life because of the Left’s rhetoric. Townhall: Vice President Kamala Harris has been ramping up her attacks against former and potentially future President Donald Trump, repeatedly referring to him as a “fascist” and comparing him to Adolf Hitler. This comes even as Trump has been the target of multiple assassination attempts, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reminded Harris. A press release began by mentioning that such a statement from the Republican leaders was in response to comments that Harris made during her CNN town hall event on Wednesday night. The statement also referenced Harris own words from back in September, when there was a second attempt on Trump’s life. “Vice President Harris acknowledged that ‘we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence,'” the Republican leaders’ statement reminded (Townhall). Speaker Mike Johnson: My joint statement with Leader McConnell calling for Vice President Harris to stop using dangerous rhetoric (X). Trump War Room: Auschwitz survivor Jerry Wartski rips Kamala Harris for calling President Trump a fascist: “I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes. For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my 75 years of living in the United States” (X). New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind: My mother and her entire family were sent to Aushwitz. How despicable of Hillary Clinton & VP for making any reference to Hitler and Nazis in relation to the Donald Trump rally The Garden. Shame on the Democratic party (X)!

Trump’s Interview with Joe Rogan Garners Tens of Millions of Views

Newsweek: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s podcast interview with Joe Rogan has been viewed over 26 million times on YouTube in its first 24 hours. It is the most viewed podcast appearance so far for either candidate in the 2024 presidential campaign, and among the highest viewed Joe Rogan Experience episodes in history (Newsweek). Hugh Hewitt: Wow. 46 million views in less than a day. If you run any news platform in the U.S., call an all-hands meeting of your “journalists” and have everyone watch this and then send you a private email evaluating (1) the content in the exchange, (2) what its vast reach means for the org and (3) proposed changes, if any, suggested by (1) and (2) (X).

Michelle Obama, Democrats Claim Donald Trump is Hiding From Interviews

NBC: In a highly anticipated interview, Donald Trump touched on a wide range of cultural and political issues Friday night in a three-hour conversation with Joe Rogan, who hosts one of the biggest podcasts in the world. The recording went on so long that Trump arrived several hours late to his rally that night in Traverse City, Michigan. Frustrated at having to wait so long, many people left. The Rogan interview is a continuation of Trump turning to nontraditional media outlets, including podcasts, in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Rogan also invited Vice President Kamala Harris to do an interview, but her campaign has declined. Rogan’s podcast has more than 17 million YouTube subscribers (NBC). Commentator AJ Huber: Michelle Obama just lied about President Trump is hiding from interviews! They just lying about everything! Big Mike! Big Lies! President Trump had 2 rallies per day. He did a 3 hours interview with Joe Rogan and just hit 20m views on YouTube (X). George: By the way, how is this guy 78? He gave a big speech in Austin about the border, then went to Rogan’s studio and filmed a three-hour interview, and now he’s in northern Michigan doing a rally with tens of thousands in attendance. When does this guy sleep (X)?

Israel Successful in Retaliatory Strike Against Iran

Daily Wire: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) hit military targets throughout Iran during the early morning hours on Saturday in retaliation for Iran launching more than 180 ballistic missiles into Israel at the start of the month. The IDF said in a statement that the strikes were now over and that its objectives were achieved. Israel did not hit Iranian oil or nuclear facilities. More than 100 combat aircraft, launched from inside Israel, were used during the strikes. Iranian media said several members of the military were killed during the strikes on 20 different locations, which concluded around 6 a.m. The IDF said that the fighter jets “struck missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles that Iran fired at the State of Israel over the last year” (Daily Wire). Townhall: Iranian expert Lisa Daftari said that Israel used the least aggressive way to respond to Iran’s ongoing attacks by conducting “precise strikes on military targets.” She questioned whether this was because the Biden Administration pressured Israel to use a more restrained response against the terrorist country (Townhall).

Federal Judge Forces Virginia to Reinstate Names of Non-Citizens on Voter Rolls

Katie Pavlich: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is blasting the Biden Justice Department after a federal judge ruled the Commonwealth must reinstate non-citizens who were taken off of voter rolls ahead of the 2024 presidential election (Townhall). Glenn Youngkin: Let’s be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals–who self-identified themselves as noncitizens–back onto the voter rolls (X). Gallup: 84% of American voters favor photo identification requirements at their voting place (X).

Biden, Harris Have Given Amnesty to Nearly One Million Migrants Who Remain “Indefinitely” in the United States

New York Post: Almost 1 million illegal migrants have been given “quiet amnesty” under President Biden and Vice President Kalama Harris, according to an eye-opening House panel report. The House Judiciary Committee released a 16-page report Thursday revealing that more than 700,000 migrants have had their immigration cases dismissed, terminated, or administratively closed as the US grapples with an overwhelming surge at the southern border under the progressive administration. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security failed to even file the necessary documentation to begin immigration court removal proceedings in roughly 200,000 cases (New York Post). Townhall: These numbers will only get worse under a Harris presidency. She has refused to take charge of the southern border and ridiculed anyone who questions her job handling it. Instead of campaigning at the border, one of the top issues voters are concerned with is Harris attending fancy fundraising dinners with elite Hollywood celebrities. The so-called “border czar” washed her hands off the southern border the first day Biden put it in her hands (Townhall).

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Washington Post Refuses to Endorse Kamala Harris; Leftists Frustrated

Townhall: The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are two publications where it’s a near-guarantee that a Democrat is securing their endorsement. It’s another easy layup that Kamala missed. Both publications opted not to endorse, causing an uproar among their respective staffers. The editorials editor at the LA Times resigned. Now, we’ve learned that The Washington Post’s editor-at-large, Robert Kagan, resigned in protest as well (Townhall). Retired Producer Marty Baron: This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. Donald Trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner Jeff Bezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage (X). Keith Olbermann: Nice try Jeff Bezos. Trump will still deport Lauren and then put you in the camps with the rest of us. Coward (X). LA Times reporter Jackie Calmes: The LA Times and Wash Post, under billionaire owners once welcomed as rescuers, aren’t endorsing in the POTUS race. The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to remain silent (X).