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Vice President Harris attempted to distance herself from President Biden’s remarks describing supporters of former President Trump as “garbage,” saying she’d be president “for all Americans whether you vote for me or not.”

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•  Donald Trump will campaign in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday 
•  Kamala Harris will travel back to Pennsylvania to hold a rally in Harrisburg on Wednesday following her stop in Philadelphia over the weekend 
•  The Republican and Democratic nominees are making their final pitches to voters six days until Election Day 

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, ex-Republican governor of California, endorses Kamala Harris

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to students after he received an honorary degree from the Hertie School on Sept. 17, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a lengthy X post Wednesday.

Schwarzenegger, the Austrian-American bodybuilder and actor known for his role in “The Terminator” served as the Republican governor of California from 2003 to 2011.

“Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime,” Schwarzenegger wrote. It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.”

“I want to tune out. But I can’t,” Schwarzenegger continued. “Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.”

“And I will always be an American before I am a Republican,” he said. “That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.”

Schwarzenegger turned his criticism toward Republican nominee Donald Trump.

“But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea – that won’t solve our problems,” Schwarzenegger wrote. “It will just be four more years of bullsh– with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.”

“We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that,” Schwarzenegger wrote. “He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.”

While Schwarzenegger said he has “plenty of disagreements” with the platform of Harris and running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the actor said he wants “to move forward as a country” and “I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.”

“Vote this week,” he said, sharing a link to Vote.org. “Turn the page and put this junk behind us.”

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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump: ‘Godspeed’

Buzz Aldrin’s Inflight Coverall Jacket, worn by him on his Apollo 11 mission to the Moon is on display July 21, 2022 during a media preview at Sothebys in New York. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Apollo 11 astronaut  Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., the second person to walk on the moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong, endorsed former President Trump on Wednesday.

“America is facing serious and difficult challenges both at home and abroad,” Aldrin, the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11 and Gemini 12 pilot, wrote. “The Presidency requires clarity in judgement, decisiveness, and calm under pressure that few have a natural ability to manage, or the life experience to successfully undertake. It is a job where decisions are made that routinely involve American lives – some urgently but not without thought.”

“The job requires sober analysis of frightening scenarios, and the instinct to lead with resolve,” the brigadier general continued. “From the skies over Korea in air-to-air combat to navigating, landing, and walking on the Moon, I appreciate this kind of pressure. I know what it is like to have to make these kinds of decisions, with firmness and follow-through.”

“In this election, we have a choice and we all have one vote,” he said. “For some, the choice may not be easy – but in times of uncertainty real leaders are most needed – to guide and inspire a people, to push through the noise, recognize what really matters, and accomplish missions critical to all citizens. Most Americans rightly consider it an honor to cast their vote for a leader they believe will best serve the nation. For me, for the future of our country, to meet enormous challenges, and for the proven policy accomplishments above, I believe we are best served by voting for @realDonaldTrump. I wholeheartedly endorse him for President of the United States. Godspeed President Trump, and God Bless the United States of America.”

Under the first Trump administration, Aldrin said he “was impressed to see how human space exploration was elevated as a policy of high importance again.” He said “America saw a revitalized interest in Space, and his Administration reignited national efforts to get back to the Moon, and push on to Mars.” He also credited the Trump administration for reinstituting the National Space Council, “and our Nation’s defense was enhanced with the creation of the U.S. Space Force – increasingly important as space becomes a contested domain.”

Aldrin also acknowledged Elon Musk, who endorsed Trump, as exemplifying one of the visionaries promoting “the great advancements in the private sector space economy.”

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Virginia AG cheers Supreme Court ruling as ‘huge win’ for election integrity

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Wednesday called the Supreme Court’s order halting a lower court’s decision to reinstate hundreds of potential noncitizens to the state’s voter rolls “a huge win for the rule of law.” 

“This is just a huge win for the rule of law,” Miyares told Fox News Digital shortly after the Supreme Court issued its order. “It ensures that Virginia will be allowed to follow our laws that make sure that noncitizens are not on our voter rolls for next week’s elections, that we’re not going to be forced to be putting 1,500 plus noncitizens back on our rolls.”

“I’m very grateful that the Supreme Court recognizedthe importance of the issue and they made this decision in such a short timeframe,” Miyares said. “It’s really just a reaffirmation of our commitment to both election integrity and making sure that our electoral process remains secure for all Virginians.”

Miyares went on to applaud the team at the Virginia Attorney General’s office for the “amount of hard work these past two weeks upholding and defending Virginia law.”

“And I’m very, very proud of my team because their commitment to the rule of law has been exemplary during this process,” Miyares said. A divided Court granted the state’s stay application pending appealin the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson notably would have denied the application. 

The decision proves a victory for Gov. Glenn Youngkin just days after the state had filed an emergency appeal to the high court to halt a lower court decision ordering it to restore the names of approximately 1,600 individuals to its voter rolls. 

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Two New Hampshire Republican ex-officials back Democrat Kamala Harris over Donald Trump

Two prominent New Hampshire Republicans said they are voting for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket this year.

Encouraging fellow Republicans to do the same, former state Attorney General Tom Rath and former U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey sat down for an on-camera interview with WMUR to explain why they are not voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

“I think this is an extraordinary moment in our history, and it’s one of the most important and consequential presidential campaigns in my lifetime,” Rath told WMUR.

“I think this is an election that completely oversteps any partisan identification,” the former state attorney general said. “This is not a Republican vote or a Democratic vote. This is a vote that speaks to what we want ourselves to be and what we want our government to be.”

“He’s dangerous to our safety, dangerous to peace, dangerous to democracy and freedom,” Humphrey said of Trump. “I voted for Republicans for more than 50 years. I can’t vote for Trump, as a father, as a grandfather, as a veteran, as a former U.S. senator.”

“There’s something wrong with Donald Trump up here,” the former senator added, gesturing to his head. “I’m not a psychiatrist, but I have been around a few decades, and I know something amiss when I see it.”

“The danger that Donald Trump poses to democracy are his frequent praises of dictators like Vladimir Putin,” Humphrey told WMUR. “This is astonishing.”

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Harris responds to Biden ‘garbage’ remark about Trump supporters for first time on tarmac

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Vice President Harris responded to President Biden’s “garbage” remark about supporters of former President Trump from the tarmac on Wednesday morning.

“I think that first of all, he clarified his comments, but let me be clear, I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” Harris said.

Harris, referring to her Tuesday night speech from the Ellipse near the White House, reiterated on Wednesday how voters will decide “who we are as a nation and whether we are going to be a nation of people who attempt to unify and breakthrough this era of divisiveness or are we going to be a nation of people who have a president stewing in the Oval Office over his enemies list?”

“You heard my speech last night and continuously throughout my career,” Harris said. “I believe that the work that I do is about representing all the people whether they support me or not, and as president of the United States I will be a president for all Americans whether you vote for me or not.”

Harris told reporters she spoke with Biden Tuesday night but his “garbage” comment did not come up during their conversation.

“He did call me last night but this didn’t come up,” Harris said.

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Supreme Court temporarily halts lower court ruling ordering 1,600 voters back on Virginia voter roll

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up an emergency challenge from Virginia temporarily halting a federal judge’s decision that ordered it to reinstate hundreds of potential noncitizens to the state’s voter rolls. 

The decision is a victory for Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and comes just days after the state of Virginia filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to halt a lower court decision ordering it to restore the names of some 1,600 individuals to its voter rolls. 

At the heart of the case is whether Virginia’s voter removal process violates a so-called quiet period under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), or a federal law requiring states to halt all “systematic” voter roll maintenance for a 90-day period before a federal election.

That argument pitted the Department of Justice—which sued the state over its removal program earlier this month— against Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who insisted the state’s process is “individualized” and conducted in accordance with state and federal law. 

With just days until the election, the court’s decision is expected to be under a microscope.

Virginia’s voter roll maintenance program was implemented in August and compares the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ list of self-identified noncitizens to its list of registered voters. Individuals without citizenship were flagged and informed that their voter registration would be canceled unless they could prove their citizenship in 14 days.

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Walz responds to Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment on Trump supporters, stresses Harris’ ‘way forward’

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Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, addressed derisive comments by President Biden about supporters of Donald Trump in an interview on ABC News.

“The president’s clarified his remark,” Walz told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday.

“Let’s be very clear the vice president and I have made it absolutely clear that we want everyone that’s a part of this. Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric is what needs to end,’ Walz said. “He called this a ‘garbage country’ and continues on with the ‘enemy from within,’.”

“You heard Vice President Harris say and what I say is there’s a place for all of us,” he added. “And I think that’s the one, she’s running for president, she’s making the message, and she delivered that speech on Ellipse that showed what we can be as a country, so I think America knows the direction we’re going, and I think she’s laid out a new way forward, and that’s what we’re going to do for the next six days, and the rest eight years after that.” 

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Biden says he wants to take pro-Trump comedian who made Puerto Rico joke ‘for a swim’

President Biden delivers remarks on his administration’s Investing in America agenda at the Port of Baltimore on Oct. 29, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

President Biden says he wants to take pro-Trump comedian Tony Hinchliffe “for a swim” following the comic’s controversial remarks at Sunday’s Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. 

Biden made the off-the-cuff comment at Baltimore’s harbor in Maryland on Tuesday while promoting the effects of large spending bills under his administration.

“I’m proud to announce more than $3 billion in funding from my Inflation Reduction Act to help clean up and modernize ports in 27 different states and territories from Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and beyond — including, yes, Puerto Rico,” Biden said to the applauding crowd before making the throwaway comment. 

“I’d like to take that guy for a swim out there, anyway,” Biden added, referring to Hinchliffe, as the audience chuckled. 

“Steny’s looking at me, ‘Don’t get going Joe, don’t get going Joe, slow up,’” Biden said, referring to Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md, before getting back to his speech. 

Biden did not elaborate about what he might do on the swim. After a wry smile and brief pause, Biden got back on script and continued his speech. 

Biden’s taunt at Hinchliffe mirrored the 46th president’s jabs at former President Trump in 2016 when Biden said, “I wish we were in high school — I could take him behind the gym.”

Hinchiffe made jokes at Sunday’s massive rally mocking different ethnic groups, with one joke referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.” 

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Trump, Harris dead even in battleground Michigan 6 days from Election Day, poll finds

Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are in a deadlock tie in the battleground state of Michigan as the nation sits less than one week from Election Day.

A Wednesday poll from USA Today found that Trump and Harris are both tied at 47% among likely voters in Michigan. The poll surveyed 500 likely voters from Oct. 24 to Oct. 27, advertising a margin of error of 4.4%.

The poll also found Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receiving roughly 1% of the vote, despite him dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. Kennedy’s efforts to get his name removed from ballots in Michigan have been unsuccessful, with the Michigan Supreme Court ruling against the move this fall.

The poll comes as Harris’ lead in a Reuters national poll has shrunk to just one point, with the vice president sitting at 44% to Trump’s 43%.