Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump highlighted various issues while on the campaign trail Thursday. At a rally in Ripon, Wisconsin, a city known as the cradle of the Republican Party, Harris emphasized democracy and portrayed Trump as a threat. “I refused to accept the will of the people and the results of an election that was free and fair,” Harris said. “Here lies the profound difference between me and Donald Trump. He is the one who violated his oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. And make no mistake, he is the one who, if given the opportunity, will violate it again.” message alongside former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Republican who has been an outspoken critic of Trump and was a senior GOP lawmaker on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “The one thing that matters to us as Americans more than anything else is our duty to our Constitution and our belief in the miracle and blessing of this wonderful nation,” Cheney said. In Michigan, Trump falsely accused the Biden administration of abusing the state of emergency. Money for housing illegal immigrants instead of hurricane relief. “This is the worst hurricane response in the history of hurricanes,” Trump said. “Kamala spent all of FEMA’s money — billions of dollars — on housing illegal immigrants.” But the administration allocated less than $1 billion last year to charities that provide housing for immigrants released into the United States by immigration officials. Funding from FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program is approved by Congress and is separate from the agency’s Disaster Relief Fund. President Biden says he plans to ask Congress for more funding from FEMA. The agency said it has enough money to meet immediate needs but may face challenges if more major disasters hit the United States this year. Trump and Harris often receive more support from people they disagree with. Trump will survey hurricane damage alongside Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. The two appear to have made peace despite Trump attacking Kemp for refusing to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. This week, Trump also falsely claimed that the Biden administration ignored Kemp’s requests for hurricane relief, despite Kemp stating the opposite. Harris is expanding her appeal to Republicans not only with Cheney but also with former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who endorsed her on Thursday. Hutchinson worked in the West Wing under Trump’s chief of staff and was a key witness for the January 6 commission. Both candidates missed out on one key endorsement from the International Association of Fire Fighters, which represents first responders covering 85% of communities in the United States. United States and Canada. The union refused to endorse the 2024 elections for the first time since 2016. Trump will campaign in the states of Georgia and North Carolina on Friday. Harris will be at Michigan.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump highlighted various issues while on the campaign trail Thursday.
At a rally in Ripon, Wisconsin, a city known as the cradle of the Republican Party, Harris emphasized democracy and portrayed Trump as a threat.
“He refused to accept the will of the people and the results of an election that was free and fair,” Harris said. “Here lies the profound difference between me and Donald Trump. He is the one who violated his oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. And make no mistake, he is the one who, if given the opportunity, would violate it again.”
Harris delivered her message alongside former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Republican who has been an outspoken critic of Trump and was a senior GOP lawmaker on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
“We may disagree about some things, but we are bound together by the one thing that matters to us as Americans more than anything else: our duty to our Constitution and our belief in the miracle and blessing of this wonderful nation.” Cheney said.
And in Michigan, Trump falsely accused the Biden administration of misusing emergency funds to house illegal immigrants instead of hurricane relief.
“This is the worst hurricane response in the history of hurricanes,” Trump said. “Kamala spent all of FEMA’s money — billions of dollars — on housing illegal immigrants.”
But the administration allocated less than $1 billion last year to charities that provide housing for immigrants released into the United States by immigration officials. Funding for FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program is approved by Congress and is separate from the agency’s Disaster Relief Fund.
President Biden says he plans to ask Congress for more funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The agency said it has enough money to meet immediate needs but may face challenges if more major disasters hit the United States this year.
Trump and Harris receive more support from people they often disagree with.
On Friday, Trump will survey hurricane damage alongside Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. The two appear to have made peace despite Trump attacking Kemp for refusing to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. This week, Trump also falsely claimed that the Biden administration ignored Kemp’s requests for hurricane relief, despite Kemp’s statement to the contrary.
Harris is broadening her appeal to Republicans not only through Cheney but also with Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, who endorsed her on Thursday. Hutchinson worked in the West Wing under Trump’s chief of staff and was a key witness for the January 6 commission.
Both candidates missed one key endorsement from the International Association of Fire Fighters, which represents first responders covering 85% of communities in the United States and Canada. The union refused to support the 2024 elections for the first time since 2016.
Trump will campaign in the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina on Friday. Harris will be at Michigan.
