What to cognize astir nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination today
- With Election Day 8 days away, much than 42 cardinal group person already voted early.
- Early voting began successful Washington, D.C. connected Monday, 2 days aft it kicked disconnected successful New York, Delaware and New Jersey.
- Former President Donald Trump held a rally successful his hometown New York's Madison Square Garden connected Sunday night, which was overshadowed by violative and moreover racist commentary and jokes successful nan opening acts.
- Amid wide condemnation, Trump's run sought to region themselves from violative jokes from comedian Josh Hinchcliffe astatine MSG, who called Puerto Rico a "floating land of garbage." Trump run spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez said Sunday that "this joke does not bespeak nan views of President Trump aliases nan campaign."
- Latino superstar Bad Bunny, meanwhile, who is primitively from Puerto Rico, threw his support down Vice President Kamala Harris connected Sunday night.
- Harris and moving mate Tim Walz are campaigning together successful Michigan, and will clasp a rally successful Ann Arbor connected Monday night.
- Former President Barack Obama will join Bruce Springsteen and John Legend astatine a Philadelphia performance for Harris.
Puerto Rico comments from speaker astatine Trump rally tie disapproval while Harris' scheme for nan land gets Bad Bunny endorsement
With conscionable complete a week until Election Day, Puerto Rico has been thrust into nan spotlight by some campaigns. Vice President Harris unveiled a scheme to assistance nan land — starring to an endorsement from Bad Bunny — while Puerto Rico was referred to arsenic "a floating land of garbage" by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who said astatine a rally for erstwhile President Donald Trump successful New York City.
In an effort to tribunal Puerto Rican voters successful nan U.S. mainland, Harris connected Sunday posted a video connected her societal media platforms pledging to create a Puerto Rican task unit to create jobs, trim reddish portion to guarantee disaster betterment costs are utilized quickly and efficiently and activity pinch leaders crossed nan land to guarantee Puerto Ricans person entree to reliable and affordable electricity.
Reggaeton musician and vocalist Bad Bunny, a world superstar from Puerto Rico, shared nan vice president's video connected his Instagram relationship pinch his 45 cardinal followers and later posted a clipped information of nan video successful which Harris slammed Trump for his consequence to Hurricane Maria, which devastated nan land successful 2017.
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Melissa Quinn
Melissa Quinn is simply a authorities newsman for CBSNews.com. She has written for outlets including nan Washington Examiner, Daily Signal and Alexandria Times. Melissa covers U.S. politics, pinch a attraction connected nan Supreme Court and national courts.