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Biden says a GOP takeover of Congress would be followed by 'a horrible two years'
President Joe Biden on Friday painted a dark picture of what the next two years would look like if Democrats lose their majorities in Congress.
“If we lose the House and Senate, it’s going to be a horrible two years," he said at a campaign event in Chicago. "The good news is that I’ll have the veto pen."
Biden made the remarks at a fundraiser in Chicago for Reps. Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten. He also criticized the GOP platform as lacking substance, suggesting that Republicans "are running at us on everything they can think of -- but ask yourself, what are they for?”
The president argued that when it comes to inflation, which GOP candidates have made a key point of attack in the midterm elections, Republican policies would lead to even higher prices.
“Everything they want do would make inflation worse," Biden said. "Every single thing.”
Jan. 6 committee extends Trump document subpoena deadline until after Election Day
The House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol gave former President Donald Trump an extra week to provide requested documents after lawmakers said Friday that they did not receive any records from a subpoena issued last month in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.
The initial subpoena deadline was 10 a.m. ET Friday for any communications Trump may have had regarding extremist groups involved in the riot and any attempts in the past year to contact witnesses testifying before the Jan. 6 committee.
The Oct. 21 subpoena also called for Trump to provide testimony at the Capitol or by videoconference on Nov. 14.
In a joint statement Friday, the committee’s chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said that while they were allowing additional time for the documents, they were not changing the date for Trump’s deposition.
McCarthy focuses final stretch on districts where Republicans hope to pick up seats
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been busy campaigning for Republicans in key districts, including stops in the Chicago suburbs Friday on behalf of challengers Esther Joy King and Keith Pekau.
McCarthy's schedule over the weekend before Election Day includes stumping for Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina and appearing at several campaign events in Texas border districts, where Republicans are hoping to capitalize on gains made with Latino voters in 2020 by picking up more seats.
The House GOP leader's final campaign before the midterm elections will take place Monday night in Virginia, where he will attend a rally for Jen Kiggans in her effort to unseat Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria, a member of the Jan. 6 committee.
McCarthy's campaign stops come as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is largely sidelined following last week's brutal attack on her husband in their San Francisco home.
Kerry Washington and Camila Cabello rally Arizona voters for Democratic candidates
PHOENIX — Sen. Mark Kelly and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs enlisted some star power at a joint campaign rally here on Friday, as the two Democrats are looking to boost voter turnout in their close races.
"This state is so crucial," actor Kerry Washington told voters outside the South Phoenix Missionary Baptist Church. "These races are tight, but we can win."
Kelly and Hobbs both blasted their GOP opponents, with Kelly saying that Blake Masters was "wrong for Arizona" and Hobbs, who is running for governor, saying this election is about defending democracy.
"Democracy is going to send Kari Lake back to whatever dark corner of the internet she came from," Hobbs said, referring to her Republican rival who has repeatedly denied the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The crowd of several dozen erupted into cheers chanting "we will win" as Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Camila Cabello took the stage. Speaking in Spanish, Cabello encouraged Latino voters to make their voices heard in this election.
"Immigrants and Latinos are a huge part of what makes this country what it is. It is important that we recognize that power," she said. “Latinos can influence this election."
Election officials unveil plan to help Nashville voters who cast wrong ballots
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville voters who cast ballots in the wrong congressional race will be able to submit a provisional ballot on Election Day, officials announced Friday as part of an agreement sparked by a lawsuit earlier that day.
The decision comes as election officials have scrambled for days to correct Davidson County’s voting system after The Associated Press reported first that nearly 200 Tennesseans had voted in the incorrect congressional races.
Earlier this year, Republican lawmakers split up multiple precincts throughout Davidson County while redrawing Nashville’s congressional maps in hopes of flipping a Democratic seat. As a result, voters now live in splintered precincts and some have been incorrectly grouped in the wrong district. But according to the county, no issues surrounding ballots being cast in the wrong race were raised during the primary, which took place in August.
Jeff Roberts, Nashville’s election administrator, had originally stated that the problem had been fixed Wednesday morning after working throughout the night, combing through the complex county voting system and getting the voting machines up to date.
‘Ready to party’: Zeldin and Stefanik plot New York Republican revival
CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Lee Zeldin’s bid for New York governor was considered a longshot, but days before the election he pitched tightening polls and a nearly two-decade old upset as proof that he has a fighting chance.
“I think New York is ready to party like it’s 1994,” he said Thursday, alluding to the Prince song “1999.” Zeldin, who is running for governor, repeated the line again about an hour later to a large crowd that gathered by a stage built in front of his campaign bus in a golf course parking lot. He arrived at the rally via helicopter.
In 1994, Republican George Pataki astonished the state by unexpectedly defeating three-term governor Mario Cuomo, a Democrat. Pataki became the first GOP candidate to win the office since Nelson Rockefeller in 1970.
Zeldin hopes to end a two-decade drought for Republicans seeking statewide office in New York. His optimism is driven by recent polls that appear to show him closing the gap with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. But winning would still require him to overcome a sizable deficit and would be a shock to the nation.
Oz says he would bring 'a sense of balance' to Capitol Hill
PITTSBURGH — Republican Mehmet Oz sought to portray himself as a pragmatist who would bring “a sense of balance” to Congress during a campaign event in the Pittsburgh suburbs on Friday.
Speaking briefly before a crowd of a few hundred, the GOP nominee for an open Senate seat said he wanted to curtail spending, improve public safety, provide an “all of the above energy solution” and both enhance border security while improving the legal immigration system.
The crowd booed loudly at mentions of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Oz was joined at the rally by Republican Jeremy Shaffer, who is seeking a Pittsburgh-area House seat that is one of the most hotly contested nationally. Shaffer also sought to play up a bipartisan outlook and noted that his campaign slogan is “Better Together,” akin to 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s “Stronger Together.”
When Shaffer said his Democratic rival, Chris DeLuzio, wants President Joe Biden to move more to the left, one audience member shouted: “It’s not possible!”
