Trump, looking to reassert himself in 2024 race, dares Harris on debates and interviews
Trump held his first news conference in more than a year today, boasting of his willingness to talk to the media and challenging Harris to more debates.
“She can’t do an interview,” Trump said of Harris, speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “She’s barely competent.”
“She’s not smart enough to do a news conference,” he added.
Harris-Walz campaign tops press release on Trump remarks with a classic @dril tweet
The extremely online Harris-Walz campaign topped off a news release responding to Trump's Mar-a-Lago remarks today with a screenshot of a classic tweet from @dril, a top internet poster known for absurdist humor and one of the greatest "weird Twitter" accounts known to man.
"and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad," the tweet reads.
That 2014 @drill tweet is among the account's best-known tweets. Others include a 2011 tweet about a person insisting they are not "owned," in internet parlance, even as they "slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob."
The Harris campaign release was titled "Donald Trump’s Very Good, Very Normal Press Conference," subtitled "Split Screen: Joy and Freedom vs. Whatever the Hell That Was."
"Donald Trump took a break from taking a break to put on some pants and host a p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ public meltdown," the release read.
The rest of the release fact-checked several false statements Trump made throughout the lengthy press conference.
Harris says she's 'looking forward' to debating Trump in September
Harris said this afternoon that she's "looking forward" to debating Trump next month.
“I am looking forward to debating Donald Trump, and we have a date of Sept. 10," she said in response to a question from NBC News. "I hear he’s finally committed to it, and I’m looking forward to it."
Harris didn't respond when asked about the two other proposed presidential debates for September. Trump said today at his news conference that he would be open to debating Harris three times next month.
Harris praises union workers at United Auto Workers event
Harris spoke before a crowd of supporters at a UAW campaign event in Detroit this afternoon.
Calling them "sisters and brothers," she thanked the crowd for supporting her campaign and praised the unity of labor unions, saying: "We believe in the collective. We're not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us, trying to pull us apart."
Harris campaign releases new ad about her biography
The Harris campaign released an ad today highlighting her biography and political career.
"When you're raised by an immigrant mother, you learn what's possible with determination," the ad says.
The 60-second spot shows Harris' rise to the vice presidency from her early days as a McDonald's employee to a prosecutor in San Francisco, California attorney general and U.S. senator.
The ad was pushed out on Harris' X account today during Trump's news conference at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump says Federal Reserve has 'gotten it wrong a lot'
Trump said that the Federal Reserve has "sort of gotten it wrong a lot" and that Fed Chair Jerome Powell has tended to be "a little bit too early and a little bit too late" in adjusting monetary policy.
Trump added that he "used to have it out with" Powell and indicated that he would like the power to influence interest rates at the independent central bank if he wins the election in November.
It's not the first time Trump has shared this view on the Fed. He recently told Bloomberg News that he would allow Powell to finish his term, which ends in 2026.
In July, Powell said that “we never use our tools to support or oppose a political party, a politician or any political outcome.”
ABC News says Harris is confirmed for Sept. 10 debate
A spokesperson for ABC News said Harris has confirmed that she will attend the Sept. 10 debate with Trump.
Republican N.M. Senate candidate stakes out abortion stance in new ad: 'Safe, legal and rare'
Republican New Mexico Senate candidate Nella Domenici is targeting suburban women with a new ad starting this week focused on her abortion stance.
The 30-second spot, first reported by NBC News, highlights Domenici’s position against abortion bans while aiming to reduce unintended pregnancy and offer support for women. The ad is called "Trusted."
“New Mexico has already decided its policy — I oppose any federal ban,” Domenici says in the spot. “Abortion should be safe, legal and rare. Women should be trusted, respected, and babies should be loved and wanted.”
Domenici’s position — against an absolutist stance and echoing a phrase first used by Bill Clinton — hints at what could be a different approach for Republicans, who last month adopted a party platform that abandoned a decadeslong push for a federal ban. “We need to do a much, much better job of helping women,” she says in the ad. An overlay reads: “Abortion is legal and accessible in New Mexico.”
The new ad series, which is backed by a six-figure media buy, is part of a larger multimillion-dollar advertising effort paid for by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. It starts this week on streaming and digital platforms, and it goes up on broadcast television next week.
Domenici is running to unseat Martin Heinrich, a Democrat elected in 2012, who last week launched an attack ad against her. Once a swing state, New Mexico has drifted blue in the last 20 years. But Heinrich’s own six-figure buy appears to suggest he thinks the race is competitive.
Domenici, the former chief financial officer of Bridgewater Associates and daughter of the late Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M, has reported fundraising totals that show her outraising Heinrich in the first and second quarters of this year. Internal polling by Domenici's campaign shows her running 3 percentage points behind Heinrich, inside a margin of error of +/-4.0%.
The poll was conducted June 19-24, before Biden’s halting debate performance against Trump and his decision to step aside from the presidential race. Biden won the state by 11 percentage points in 2020.
Trump ends his press conference
Trump has concluded the press conference at Mar-a-Lago. He answered questions from media members in the audience for just over an hour.
Trump says any Jewish person who doesn't vote for him should have their 'head examined'
Trump said that any Jewish person who votes for Vice President Kamala Harris instead of him should "have their head examined" during his remarks at Mar-a-Lago.
"She's been very, very bad to Israel, and she's been very bad and disrespectful to Jewish people," he said. "Anybody that votes for them, if you're Jewish or if you love Israel, you have to have your head examined."
This falls in line with previous comments Trump has made claiming that Harris does not like Jewish people, while her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, is Jewish.