JD Vance told Harris to ‘go to hell’ over the US military’s 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, while the vice president and her running mate prepare for their first unscripted interview in Georgia
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Donald Trump continues to face backlash over his recent visit to the Arlington National Cemetery after his campaign team filmed around the graves of fallen US soldiers for a TikTok video.
Trump’s running mate JD Vance declared Kamala Harris should “go to hell” over the handling of the chaotic US withdrawals from Afghanistan in 2021 while on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
The Ohio Senator denied accusations that a Trump-Vance campaign member verbally abused and pushed aside a cemetery official during wreath-laying ceremony on Monday for 13 fallen military personnel who died in a suicide bombing in 2021.
Trump also took aim at Harris by sharing a bizarre and sexist Truth Social post on Tuesday that suggested the vice president slept her way into power by dating former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown in the mid-1990s.
Harris and her running mate Tim Walz will sit down with CNN anchor Dana Bash in Georgia for their first unscripted interview of their campaign, marking the next major test in their bid for the White House.
The primetime interview will air at 9pm ET on Thursday as the Walz-Harris campaign tour bus reaches its last stop in the Peach State.
Walz shares photos of first day on Georgia bus tour as battleground blitz begins
James Liddell29 August 2024 12:20
Trump calls for all Jan. 6 charges to be dropped after Pelosi video release
Donald Trump has called for all of his charges connected to the January 6, 2021 attacks to be “dropped immediately” after newly released video footage of Nancy Pelosi in the immediate aftermath of the Capitol riots.
The footage was handed over from HBO to congress earlier this week, with a clip shared by Trump showing the then-House speaker in the back on an SUV while being filmed by her daughter in the moments after the attack.
The video footage shared on the former president’s Truth Social captures the moment Pelosi says: “I can’t believe the stupidity of this. And I take full responsibility.”
Taking to Truth Social, Trump wrote alongside the video: “Based on Crazy Nancy Pelosi’s taped admission to her daughter, ALL J6 CASES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED.”
The clip, however, stops short of Pelosi finishing her sentence: “…for not holding the security accountable for what could have happened”.
In other footage, the former house speaker refers to Trump as a “domestic enemy” and says she feels “sick about what he did to the Capitol and the country today”.
It comes as Trump plans to keep challenging the Jan 6 charges held against him, in light of Special Counsel Jack Smith filing a superseding indictment against the former president on Tuesday following the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling last month.
James Liddell29 August 2024 12:00
Watch: Jesse Watters attacks Harris for doing CNN interview with Walz – after interviewing Trump and Vance together
James Liddell29 August 2024 11:40
Vance to speak at same Boston firefighters convention day after Walz
JD Vance is getting set to make an address at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) convention just 24-hours after his Democratic vice presidential rival Tim Walz spoke at the same event.
The Ohio senator will make remarks in front of members of one of the US’s largest firefighters unions in Boston this afternoon.
Both parties are battling for the endorsement of the IAFF, which represents almost 350,000 full-time firefighters.
Vance is said to be introduced by former paramedic firefighter and only firefighter elected into congress, Florida Representative Carlos Giménez, a source told Politico.
It comes just a day after Walz addressed the union, telling the crowd that “firefighters, police officers, construction trades, teachers and nurses and veterans,” built the country.
James Liddell29 August 2024 11:21
Where are the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance campaigns today?
Harris-Walz
Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a rally for voters in Savannah, Georgia, at 5.15 ET as her bus tour ends.
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will travel to Ketchum, Idaho, to deliver remarks at a fundraising event.
CNN announced Harris and Walz will sit with Dana Bash for an interview Thursday that will air at 9pm ET, marking their first unscripted of the presidential campaign.
Trump-Vance
Former president Donald Trump will speak about the economy, inflation, and manufacturing in Potterville, Michigan, at 3.30pm ET.
Trump will visit La Crosse, Wisconsin, for a town hall moderated by former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard at 6pm CT.
Ohio Senator JD Vance will speak at the International Association of Firefighters Convention in Boston, 24-hours after his Democratic VP rival Tim Walz made an address at the same convention.
James Liddell29 August 2024 11:01
Obama marks 10th anniversary of tan suit controversy with ode to Harris
During a live 2014 press conference about the US military’s response to ISIS in Syria, then-president Barack Obama did something that shocked many Americans: he sported a tan suit.
Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs described Obama’s fashion statement at the time as “shocking to a lot of people”.
Now, the former president has marked 10 years since sporting his controversial clothing with an ode to Vice President Kamala Harris on X – who sported a similar tan suit at the Democratic National Convention last week.
See their side-by-side photo below:
James Liddell29 August 2024 10:40
RFK Jr caused wife Cheryl Hines ‘a lot of discomfort’ by endorsing Trump
Robert F Kennedy Jr revealed that he caused his wife Cheryl Hines “a lot of discomfort” after he culled his independent presidential campaign and announced his endorsement for Republican candidate Donald Trump.
“I would say Cheryl’s reaction was the opposite of encouraging,” RFK Jr said of the Hollywood actress while speaking to TMZ on Tuesday.
“She is a lifelong Democrat and the idea of me supporting Donald Trump was, like I said, it was something she would have never imagined, something that she never wanted in her life.”
He continued: “I think it causes her a lot of discomfort and I’m very grateful to her for giving me support, but she was not somebody who was clamoring for this move. I would say the opposite is true.”
RFK Jr, who comes from a long lineage of Democrats including his uncle, former president John F Kennedy, pledged allegiance to the Republicans last week as he continued to plummet in the polls.
His endorsement of Trump stemmed from a belief that a “realistic path to electoral victory” was no longer possible, he announced in Arizona on Friday.
“My joining the Trump campaign will be a difficult sacrifice for my wife and children, but worthwhile if there’s even a small chance of saving these kids,” he added.
James Liddell29 August 2024 10:20
Watch: Trump and Gabbard say they recognise ‘differences’ in stilted TikTok clip
James Liddell29 August 2024 10:00
Vance dubbed ‘savage’ after posting ‘Cats for Vance’ picture to social media
Ohio senator JD vance has faced backlash for posting a picture of a cat sporting a “Cats for Vance” neckerchief on X.
The Republican vice presidential nominee continues to face flak for his resurfaced sexist comments coining female Democrats as “childless cat ladies” who are “miserable at their own lives”.
Vance has staunchly defended his 2021 statement as a joke and merely sarcasm, telling NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that the “Democrats have wilfully misinterpreted” his comments.
Social media users, however, have been quick to call out Vance on his latest feline-based snipe.
“Yes, your cat knows that you’re weird,” on X user wrote. “Absolute savagery,” another added.
A third scorned: “You can’t do the funny. Just doesn’t work. Sorry, JV.”
See his post below:
James Liddell29 August 2024 09:40
Just in: Trump staffers involved in Arlington cemetery incident ‘identified’
Two of Trump’s campaign team who were said to have been involved in an “altercation” with a cemetery official at the a wreath-laying event in Virginia earlier this week have allegedly been identified.
The New York Times has named the former president’s press secretary Steven Cheung and campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita as those involved in the incident that occurred at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday during a ceremony for 13 fallen Afghanistan veterans.
The pair have been accused of partaking in a physical and verbal altercation with a cemetery official after they were directed to not take photographs, NPR first reported. Cheung told Politico that an incident occurred but denied an altercation.
The Times identified the anonymous cemetery staff member as female.
LaCivita branded the individual as “despicable” for “physically trying to prevent President Trump’s team from accompanying him to this solemn disgrace,” he previously told Politico.
Cheung previously told the outlet that the unnamed individual was “clearly suffering from a mental health episode” in their decision to “block President Trump’s team during a very solemn ceremony”.
The Independent has reached out to Trump’s representatives for comment.
James Liddell29 August 2024 09:11
