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What to know about the campaigns today
- Former President Donald Trump participated in a town hall this evening in Flint, Michigan, moderated by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who made a dig at Vice President Kamala Harris for not having biological children. It was Trump's first in-person campaign event since the apparent assassination attempt at his golf course in Florida on Sunday.
- Harris spoke at a discussion hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia this afternoon, weeks after Trump questioned her racial identity at an event with NABJ members.
- During the interview, Harris forcefully rebuked false claims spread by Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, about Haitian immigrants eating pets. She also dodged questions about whether her potential administration's policy on Israel would differ from how the Biden White House has handled the war in Gaza.
- Vance spoke in Sparta, Michigan, this afternoon and gave remarks in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, tonight.
Trump says he was told he'll be getting more security
Trump said in a live Fox News interview tonight that he’s been asking for additional resources to beef up his security detail and that he believes he's getting it after an apparent attempt on his life Sunday.
Trump said in a phone interview with host Sean Hannity that he has "long requested more people" and that he wanted more support during his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was first targeted in an assassination attempt.
“We have tremendous rallies and crowds, and that’s a good thing, but you need more protection. And we’ve long requested more people, we have. I will say in Butler we wanted more people," he said. "And I think we are getting it now. Somebody told me that they will be providing more people now."
Harris targets digital ads spotlighting her words about ‘human suffering in Gaza’
Harris’ campaign is running new digital spots targeting voters in heavily Muslim neighborhoods in the Detroit area, emphasizing her saying she “will not be silent about human suffering in Gaza.”
The ads, which began running Tuesday on Snapchat and Google, according to records made available by the companies, include clips of Harris sympathizing with the people of Gaza. They mark a new stage in a microtargeted back-and-forth in the area over the Biden administration’s handling of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, with a GOP-aligned group running digital ads in similar areas stressing Harris’ support for Israel, apparently in a bid to drive voters there away from her.
The super PAC Future Coalition PAC also ran other ads that highlight the Jewish faith of Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, including ads that have leaned on antisemitic “dual loyalty” tropes about Jewish Americans.
Senate to receive a classified briefing on foreign threats to U.S. elections
There will be an all-senators classified briefing next week on “foreign threats to U.S. elections,” according to a Senate source.
The briefing will take place at 4 p.m. Sept. 25, the source said.
Mike Pence says he won't endorse a presidential candidate
Former Vice President Mike Pence said he will not endorse Harris, Trump or any other candidate in the presidential election.
"I won't be endorsing in this race," Pence said in an interview with "Dr. Phil" McGraw's Merit Street Media. "How I vote, I'll keep to myself, like every American has the right to do."
Pence said Trump would not advance the "conservative agenda," citing his stance on abortion, his "ongoing differences about [his] constitutional duties on January 6" and a party platform that he said ignored the national debt and embraced a role on the foreign stage.
Trump to attend Alabama-Georgia football game this month
Trump will attend the Alabama-Georgia college football game on Sept. 28, according to a campaign official.
Trump has previously stopped by tailgates when he has attended football games, but it was not immediately clear whether he would be doing so ahead of the game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Vance vows to tone down political rhetoric
During remarks in Wisconsin tonight, Vance said he was not perfect but promised to do his part to lower the temperature on political rhetoric following the apparent assassination attempt on Trump over the weekend.
"Now, I you know you hear a lot of talk about overheated political record rhetoric, and I’m not saying I’m perfect. I promise you that I will do my part to lower the temperature, because we don’t want anybody to get hurt in our politics, whether they’re Democrats or Republicans," Vance said in Eau Claire.
Still, he said Democrats "especially" need to tamp down their rhetoric.
"But to hear the Democrats today talk about both sides, to hear the Democrats talk about both sides need to tamp down the political rhetoric ignores one big problem, and that problem is that in the past two months, two separate people have tried to take Donald Trump’s life," Vance said.
"Yes, we need to tone down the political rhetoric, but that especially applies to the Democrats," he said.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes a swipe at Harris for not having biological children
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders opened tonight's town hall by taking a swipe at Harris' lack of biological children.
"Not only do my kids serve as a permanent reminder of what’s important, they also keep me humble," Huckabee Sanders said, adding that kids "remind you very quickly you’re actually not that big of a deal."
“So my kids keep me humble. Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble,” Huckabee Sanders continued. "You would think, after four years of straight failure, she would know a little humility. Unfortunately, she doesn't."
Harris is stepmom to her husband Doug Emhoff's children, Cole and Ella, from his previous marriage to film producer Kerstin Emhoff.
Vance criticized Harris in 2021 for not having biological children, referring to her as one of the “childless cat ladies” who “want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.”
Kerstin Emhoff has vigorously defended Harris' role in her children's lives, and responded to Huckabee Sanders' comments in a post on X tonight. “Cole and Ella keep us inspired to make the world a better place. I do it through storytelling. Kamala Harris has spent her entire career working for the people, ALL families. That keeps you pretty humble,” she wrote.
Sanders' office did not immediately respond to a request for further comment on her remarks. A Harris campaign spokesperson declined to comment.
Trump appears to confuse Bagram in Afghanistan with Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Trump appeared to mix up Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska during a town hall in Flint, Michigan, tonight.
When discussing inflation and rising gas prices, Trump seemed to refer to a program initiated during his administration that allowed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a remote region of the state that is home to polar bears and wildlife, and contains a rich oil reserve. It is often referred to by its acronym ANWR.
"We have Bagram in Alaska. They say it might be as big, might be bigger than all of Saudi Arabia. I got it approved," Trump said, adding that the Biden administration "terminated it."
"Check that one out, Bagram, check that one out," Trump told supporters. "You go to ANWR, you take a look at the kind of things that we’ve given up. We should be, we should have that air base, we should have that oil."
"But to give up ANWR, to give up the biggest air base, military air base in the world, and they left it in the dark of night with the light on," he added.
Bagram Air Base was the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan before it fell to the Taliban in 2021 following the U.S. withdrawal.
Trump says he's meeting with Indian prime minister next week
Trump said at tonight's town hall that he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week.
He shared his meeting plans as he called India a very big "abuser" and "tough."
Trump has met with several heads of state during the campaign.
Trump says he had a 'very nice' phone call with Harris today
During a town hall in Michigan, Trump referred to his phone conversation today with Harris following Sunday's apparent attempt on his life.
"I got a very nice call from Kamala. It was very nice," Trump told the moderator, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "We appreciate that, but we have to take back our country."
NBC News reported earlier that Harris spoke with Trump today by phone. According to a White House official, Harris called to say she was glad he was safe.
