Trump recalls ‘as I was saying’ as he speaks in Butler first time since assassination attempt<\/p>\n
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Melania says Trump told Fox News on Sunday that her views on abortion came as no surprise to her husband.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, he knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met, and I believe in individual freedom,\u201d she told host Maria Bartiromo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to decide what I wanted to do with my body. I think I don\u2019t want government in my personal business,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Hours later her husband will rally in Wisconsin, just one day after he held a lie-filled eventat the venue in Butler, Pennsylvania where he survived an assassination attempt just three months ago. At Saturday\u2019s rally, he suggested that his political opponents \u201cmaybe tried to kill me.\u201d He will rally in Juneau, Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris will go on a media blitz this week as she sits down for interviews with The View, late-night host Stephen Colbert and radio host Howard Stern with just 30 days left until the election.<\/p>\n
In a preview for her interview with 60 Minutes, Harris was pressed about the US\u2019s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war in the Middle East nears the one-year mark \u2014 questions she largely dodged. <\/p>\n
1728237646Lara Trump pressed by CNN\u2019s Dana Bash about FEMA misinformationCNN\u2019s Dana Bash pressed Lara Trump after her father-in-law Donald Trump repeated false claims about FEMA aid going toward Hurricane Helene survivors.<\/p>\n
Referring to the Biden-Harris administration, the former president falsely claimed at the Butler rally on Saturday evening: \u201cThey\u2019re offering them $750, to people whose homes have been washed away. And yet we send tens of billions of dollars to foreign countries that most people have never heard of. They\u2019re offering them $750. They\u2019ve been destroyed, these people have been destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the GOP nominee baselessly claimed that Kamala Harris had spent \u201call of her FEMA\u201d money on \u201chousing for illegal migrants, many of whom should not be in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
In reality, the White House has clarified that survivors will get an initial $750 after applying to a Serious Needs Assistance program: \u201c$750 is what is immediately available to eligible survivors. In addition, survivors may qualify for more FEMA financial assistance, including to repair storm-related damage to homes and property, find a temporary place to stay, and receive compensation for lost crops and livestock.\u201d Read more here.<\/p>\n
Bash asked Lara Trump, who is from North Carolina, whether she is \u201cconcerned\u201d about the misinformation about being spread and how it impacts their ability to get help. \u201cLook, Kamala Harris did say $750 per family right now,\u201d she said before comparing the money spent on the \u201cmigrant crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are right that FEMA is getting $750. But that is a first step,\u201d Bash explained.<\/p>\n
Watch the full clip:<\/p>\n
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1728235835Harris to address Israel relationship in new interviewKamala Harris will address the US relationship with Israel in a CBS 60 Minutes interview set to air on Monday.<\/p>\n
In a sneak peek, Haris was asked by Bill Whitaker if the White House lacks influence over Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we think about the threat that Hamas Hezbollah presents Iran, I think that it is, without any question, our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graeme Massie6 October 2024 18:30<\/p>\n
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1728233146ICYMI: Trump falsely suggests at assassination attempt site that his rivals \u2018tried to kill me\u2019 Donald Trump returned to the site where he was nearly assassinated this summer, but his brush with death doesn\u2019t appear to have changed him in the slightest.<\/p>\n
On Saturday evening, Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania \u2014 walking out to a live rendition of \u201cGod Bless the USA\u201d by Lee Greenwood \u2014 and opened with the words \u201cas I was saying,\u201d referencing the fact that his previous rally at the site ended abruptly when a gunman fired an AR-15 toward the stage, grazing his ear and killing one attendee and injuring two others.<\/p>\n
Rather than giving the former president a new perspective on the political temperature in the country, Trump\u2019s rhetoric appears to have become more volatile; during the rally, he suggested that his political opponents \u201cmaybe tried to kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read the full story.<\/p>\n
Graig Graziosi6 October 2024 17:45<\/p>\n
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1728230977Trump falsely suggests his rivals \u2018tried to kill me\u2019 as he rallies at site of assassination attemptGraeme Massie6 October 2024 17:09<\/p>\n
1728228799Melania says Trump has always known her views on abortionThe former first lady gave an interview to Fox News on Sunday in which she said that her views on abortion came as no surprise to her husband.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, he knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met, and I believe in individual freedom,\u201d she told host Maria Bartiromo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to decide what I wanted to do with my body. I think I don\u2019t want government in my personal business,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Melania\u2019s views on abortion have been included in her forthcoming memoir, despite the former president bragging that he brought an end to Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n
Graeme Massie6 October 2024 16:33<\/p>\n
1728228533Trump insinuates Democrats may have been behind his first assassination attemptTrump insinuates Democrats may have been behind his first assassination attemptGraeme Massie6 October 2024 16:28<\/p>\n
1728227153Trump boasts he does not need teleprompter while flanked by one at Butler rally<\/p>\n
Trump boasts he doesn\u2019t need teleprompter while flanked by one at Butler rallyDonald Trump took to the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he asked \u201cIsn\u2019t it nice to have a president that doesn\u2019t need a teleprompter?\u201d while speaking next to one on Saturday (5 October), repeating a line he used at a Michigan rally. Speaking at the site where he was nearly assassinated in July, the former president declared: \u201cNot that I use the teleprompters too much… We don\u2019t need it. This one was right smack in the sun.\u201d Minutes earlier, Mr Trump appeared to read off the teleprompter as he introduced Elon Musk on stage in Butler, describing how the billionaire \u201ccreated the first major American car company in generations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graeme Massie6 October 2024 16:05<\/p>\n
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