Biden on Trump: 'Lock him up — politically lock him up'
President Joe Biden, speaking at a campaign event in New Hampshire today, said Trump's policies are so "bizarre" and dangerous that if he'd warned about them five years ago "you'd lock me up."
"We've got to lock him up," Biden said to applause from the small crowd before he appeared to catch himself and added, "politically lock him up."
"Lock him out," he continued. "That's what we have to do."
Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman, criticized the remark in a post on X tonight.
“President Trump is the only candidate who was shot in the head in a failed assassination attempt,” Cheung said, apparently referring to an attempt on Trump’s life in July when his ear was struck by a bullet or fragments. “What a piece of s---- Biden is.”
At her rallies, Harris has typically shut down the "lock him up" chants directed at Trump, saying the courts would handle that.
Chants of "lock her up" aimed at 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton became popular with Trump supporters during that election, with Trump sometimes just watching the crowd chant and other times agreeing "they should lock her up."
Pressure mounts on prosecutors to review Musk’s $1M swing-state petition giveaway
Pressure is mounting on state and federal prosecutors to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk’s $1 million lottery-style giveaway to registered voters in seven battleground states.
A spokesperson said today that the Justice Department had received a letter from 11 former government officials, including several Republican ex-prosecutors, urging it to investigate whether Musk’s daily prizes violate a federal law prohibiting paying people to register to vote.
The Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment further and would not say whether the department had opened an investigation.
Trump plans to vote early, in person
Trump plans to vote early and in person, according to a source familiar with his plans.
The exact timing of when he will go to the polls hasn't yet been determined, the source said. Early, in-person voting in Florida runs from Saturday to Nov. 2. Election Day is Nov. 5.
Trump has delivered mixed messaging to his supporters about mail-in and absentee voting, even as the Republican National Committee has embraced early voting this year.
At times, Trump has encouraged getting out the vote early, but he has also cast doubt on the process, as he did ahead of the 2020 election.
‘Turning the page’: Harris says America is ready for a Black female president
Harris said in an interview with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson today that she is not concerned that sexism could affect next month’s election and that she thinks the country is ready for a woman of color in the White House.
“Come to my events and you will see there are men and women,” Harris said at her official residence in the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. “The experience that I am having is one in which it is clear that regardless of someone’s gender, they want to know that their president has a plan to lower costs, that their president has a plan to secure America in the context of our position around the world.
“Every walk of life of our country,” she continued, “I think part of what is important in this election is really not only turning the page but closing the page and the chapter on an era that suggests that Americans are divided.”
Fact check: Harris said law enforcement officers were killed on Jan. 6
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Analysis
It’s true that 140 police officers were assaulted during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, but none died during the attack. Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick died the day after the attack, but his death was ruled to be due to natural causes.
In an interview with The Washington Post, the Washington, D.C., medical examiner, Dr. Francisco Diaz, said that “all that transpired [on Jan. 6] played a role in his condition.”
Four other officers who responded to the riot have since died by suicide; the Justice Department determined at least one of them to have died in the line of duty.
Trump to join 'Tucker Carlson Live' tour next week in Arizona
Trump will participate in the “Tucker Carlson Live” tour in Arizona on Oct. 31, less than a week before Election Day.
Other guests on different tour dates include Vance, Megyn Kelly, Charlie Kirk and Kid Rock.
Carlson, the former Fox News host who has often made incendiary comments about race, immigration and LGBTQ rights, among other topics, kicked off a cross-country tour last month featuring a roster of Trump allies.
Kari Lake says her Senate campaign office received 'suspicious envelope'
Arizona GOP Senate nominee Kari Lake wrote today on X that her office received a "suspicious envelope, potentially containing anthrax."
NBC News has not confirmed the nature of the substance in the envelope, and the Phoenix police and fire departments did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, Lake's opponent in the Senate race, said in a statement that he condemns "any act of violence or threats against Kari Lake, her office, or other public officials."
Harris eyes Howard University for her election night headquarters
Harris plans to spend election night in Washington, with her campaign eyeing her alma mater, Howard University, as a possible venue for her to speak from, according to seven people familiar with the planning.
While it’s possible the election results could be known within hours and not days, the Democratic campaign is preparing for a much longer stretch without an outcome — perhaps even an election “week” — these people said.
That plan could include several different speeches and venues for delivering them. Precisely what Harris says publicly and the backdrop for her remarks would depend on how Election Day and the rest of the week unfold, the people familiar with the planning said.
New York delivered Republicans the House in 2022. Will the blue state help them keep it in 2024?
Huddled with volunteers at his campaign headquarters here, Iraq War veteran and freshman Rep. Pat Ryan said it felt like a “pre-mission brief” back in his Army days.
Ryan’s mission now is holding on to his seat in a suburban district in upstate New York that Republicans would very much like to flip — and that his Democratic Party needs if it has any hope of taking back control of the House.
The race underscores a unique dynamic in this year’s battle for the House: It hinges on areas in states well outside the presidential battleground map, most notably New York and California. New York also played a starring role two years ago. While an expected “red wave” didn’t materialize nationwide, the GOP won enough seats in this historically blue state to secure a slim House majority.
Harris says ‘of course’ her team is prepared if Trump declares victory before votes are counted
In an interview with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson today, Harris said she’s preparing for the possibility that Trump will declare victory before the votes are counted in next month’s election.
Sitting down at her official residence in the Naval Observatory in Washington, Harris said that her campaign is prepared for the possibility that Trump will try to subvert the election but that she’s focused on trying to beat him first.
“We will deal with election night and the days after as they come, and we have the resources and the expertise and the focus on that,” she said.