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Kamala Harris delivered a policy speech on the economy today in Pittsburgh as longtime leader Donald Trump on the issue fell flat with voters. The vice president presented himself as a populist policy pragmatist, as his aides had promised, saying he would engage in what Franklin Roosevelt called “continuous experimentation”.
“I will not sell America to our competitors or our enemies,” Harris said.
The former president is still in the lead in terms of his perceived economic competence, but it has halved in recent weeks, according to an analysis by Washington Post.
Trump and Harris are deadlocked among voters according to a new CNN poll, with Democrats leading by a one percent margin.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed similar neck-and-neck results, only with Trump ahead by one percentage point. Other projections show Harris leading by a larger margin. The latest Reuters poll has Harris up six points nationally.
Meanwhile, Trump announced Iran had threatened to kill him and “will try again,” he said, after being briefed by US intelligence officials.
During remarks about manufacturing in North Carolina on Wednesday, the former president suggested that trade policy was a motive.
Victims of Trump’s alleged assault are speaking out in a new ad from George Conway’s PAC
The Anti-Psychopath PAC launched the ad on Wednesday as part of a $500,000 campaign intended to trigger a reaction from the former president by airing it during his favorite show and on his favorite channel.
Oliver O’Connell25 September 2024 23:20
Full story: Harris hits back at critics with detailed economic plan and sharp criticism of Trump
For weeks, Republicans have complained that Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has dropped a detailed proposal on how she would bring the American economy out of a post-pandemic period that has seen the highest inflation in decades.
On Wednesday, he responded by laying out a plan to center his presidency on building and strengthening the American middle class and portrayed the US election as a choice between what he described as two “fundamentally different” economic visions held by him and former president Donald Trump. Trump, his Republican opponent.
Andrew Feinberg have details.
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 11:05 p.m
Watch: Harris promises the US will become a global leader in the technology sector with government support
Oliver O’Connell25 September 2024 23:00
Trump has a theory as to why people want to kill him
Donald Trump claimed during a campaign speech in North Carolina that people in other countries want to kill him because of his trade policies.
“All your furniture makers are going to come back and come back bigger and stronger and better than ever,” Trump said from the shop floor of Mosack Group in Mint Hill, a company that makes plumbing components.
“They’re mostly gone. They’re all back.
“This is why people in the country want to kill me,” he continued.
Josh Marcus have a story.
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 10:40 p.m
Watch: Mark Cuban reviews Trump’s ‘crazy’ economic policies on Fox News
Mark Cuban is doing double duty today. After examining Kamala Harris’s economic policies on MSNBC, she then appeared on Dox News to talk about Donald Trumpo’s “crazy” economic policies.
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 10:34 p.m
Watch: Harris promises a tough stance on China
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 10:20 p.m
Full story: Mike Johnson defies Trump to throw out bill without requiring a vote
Eric Garcia report to The Independent from Capitol Hill:
House Speaker Mike Johnson has rebuffed former president Donald Trump’s overtures by letting the House of Representatives vote to approve a spending bill to keep the government funded until December – despite the fact that it does not include provisions to tighten elections.
Trump has previously urged House Republicans not to agree to a continuing resolution without the SAVE Act, which he claims would prevent illegal immigrants from voting. This, despite the fact that US law has banned this practice in federal elections.
“If Republicans don’t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they don’t agree with the Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last week.
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 10:05 p.m
Watch: Mark Cuban reacts to Harris’ economic policy speech
Billionaire businessman, investor, Shark Tank presenter and part owner of the Dallas Mavericks, seems impressed with what the vice president has to say.
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 9:55 p.m
Meanwhile, at home…
The House of Representatives has voted to approve a Continuing Resolution to maintain government funding. Joining the 209 Democrats who voted in favor were 132 Republicans, with a final tally of 341 voting Yes and 82 voting Nay.
The bill now heads to the Senate
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 9:48 p.m
The Trump campaign reacted to Harris’s economic plan
After Kamala Harris’ major economic policy speech in Pittsburgh today, Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s national press secretary, said:
Kamala Harris is right about one thing – it’s time to turn the page. He had three and a half years to prove himself, and he had failed. Personal savings are down, credit card debt is rising, small business optimism is at a record high, and people are struggling to afford housing, groceries, and gas. Every time Kamala speaks, it becomes more and more clear that only President Trump will make America WEALTHY again.
Oliver O’ConnellSeptember 25, 2024 9:45 p.m
