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What's happening on the campaign trail today
- Former President Donald Trump rallied in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, this evening as both campaigns zero in on the critical battleground state. During the event, Trump referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as a "s--- vice president," and former NFL players Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell addressed the crowd.
- Harris spoke in Atlanta alongside R&B singer Usher. Earlier, she participated in a get-out-the-vote event in Detroit with musician Lizzo.
- Early voting began today in Massachusetts and Nevada. In the Western battleground state, polling shows a close contest at the presidential level but a more comfortable lead for the Democratic candidate in its Senate
President Biden met with world leaders in Germany on Friday. The leaders now wondering what their relationship with the United States will look like after the upcoming election. NBC’s Aaron Glichrist reports for TODAY.
Obama addresses men about 'real strength'
Obama had a message for men during his campaign event for Harris in Las Vegas tonight, which comes as polling indicates a large gender gap in voter support for Harris and Trump.
"I've noticed this, especially among some men who seem to think Trump's behavior of bullying people or putting them down is somehow a macho sign of strength," Obama said.
"That's not what real strength is," he said, before crescendoing into a list of examples of what he views as "real strength" as the audience cheered.
Obama has been dispatched by the Harris campaign as part of its efforts to woo male voters, with his message about "real strength" becoming a recurring theme of his remarks.
Rep. Dina Titus on Trump: 'The man has no soul and no rhythm'
Rep. Dina Titus spoke in Las Vegas ahead of Obama's speech, arguing that Trump's election would be detrimental to the country — but also worked in a jab about his dance moves.
"Besides all that, he's a terrible dancer," she said after rattling off areas of policy disagreement with the former president. "The man has no soul and no rhythm."
Walz similarly took a jab at Trump for turning a town hall into a music session where Trump stayed onstage for about 40 minutes and swayed and danced, prompting Democrats to question his mental acuity.
"You do not want me dancing for 20 minutes, like this, dude. Somebody on his staff should explain the YMCA song to him, too," Walz said today at a rally.
With just over two weeks to go until election day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held dueling rallies in battleground Michigan on Friday. NBC’s Dasha Burns reports for TODAY.
Harris campaign calls Trump's rally 'literal junk' after Trump references naked golfer
After Trump referenced people being impressed with famous golfer Arnold Palmer showering, the Harris campaign hit the former president's speech as "literal junk."
“Trump’s Pennsylvania Closing Argument Is Literal Junk,” the Harris campaign said in the headline of its press release.
The campaign added, “Donald Trump focused on the issue most important to voters in this election: a deceased golfer’s … anatomy.”
Trump's long monologue about the late golfer included remarks that seemed to imply that men who saw him in the showers were impressed by his genitalia.
“And I refuse to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there. They said, ‘Oh, my God. That’s unbelievable. That’s unbelievable,'" Trump said during his rally today. "I had to say it. I had to say it. We have women that are highly sophisticated here. But they used to look at Arnold, they said, ‘man.’”
Trump responds to charge that he's 'exhausted'
During an interview with “Breitbart News Special Report” on SiriusXM, Trump addressed accusations from the Harris campaign that he is exhausted from being on the campaign trail after canceling interviews and events over the past few days.
Trump said he hasn’t had a day off in 52 days and confirmed he will be attending the Pittsburgh Steelers-New York Jets football game in addition to visiting a McDonald's tomorrow in Pennsylvania where he'll work the fry cooker, according to his campaign. Trump has said that Harris is lying about having worked at a McDonald’s in the past.
Asked about Democratic accusations that Trump has and will continue to weaponize the government, Trump said, “First they say, 'You’re exhausted.' Then they say I’m going to weaponize government. I guess I can’t be too exhausted, can I?”
The Harris campaign has attempted to paint Trump as too tired to campaign on the heels of a Politico report saying that a Trump adviser asserted the former president declined certain interviews because he was “exhausted.” NBC News has not independently verified the report.
Walz says Trump's 'not up to it' and Vance is 'waiting in the wings'
Walz criticized Trump as "exhausted" and "rambling," adding that Vance is "waiting in the wings."
"He's not up to it," Walz said about Trump.
"There’s something called the 25th Amendment, and you can be damn sure JD Vance has read the 25th Amendment," Walz added.
The 25th Amendment holds that if the vice president and a majority of Cabinet members decide that the president is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," the vice president assumes presidential responsibilities.
Walz's comments came during a rally in Omaha, Nebraska. Harris' running mate was born and raised in Nebraska before moving to Minnesota.
After Harris praises Lewis Hamilton, F1 star returns the favor
Harris revealed recently that she’s a Formula 1 fan and that her favorite driver is “Lewis Hamilton, of course.”
Asked today by NBC News whether Harris is his favorite of the two presidential candidates, the seven-time world champion said, “Yes.”
He declined to elaborate, saying only, “But she is, of course.”
The British driver, who races for the Mercedes team and hasn’t been shy in speaking out about a range of global causes, made the remarks during the U.S. Grand Prix weekend here in Austin.
Trump calls Harris a ‘s--- vice president’ as personal attacks escalate
Former President Donald Trump called rival Kamala Harris a “s--- vice president” during a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening, punctuating his broader argument that she is too liberal in a more aggressive fashion and with fresh vulgarity.
“Bernie is radical left, and this one, Kamala, is further left,” Trump told the crowd at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. “And then, so you have to tell Kamala Harris that you’ve had enough, that you just can’t take it anymore. We can’t stand you. You’re a s--- vice president.”
Harris highlights Amber Thurman, who died from delayed abortion pills amid strict limits in Georgia
During her rally in Atlanta, Harris highlighted the case of Amber Thurman, a Georgia woman who ProPublica reported traveled to North Carolina and later died when she wasn’t able to get care for a rare complication from the abortion pill.
Members of Thurman's family attended the rally today, Harris said.
The vice president also led the crowd in chanting Thurman's full name, Amber Nicole Thurman, saying that she "promised Amber's mother that we will always remember her story and speak her name."
Harris also played a video clip of Trump joking about thinking he would get higher television ratings than Thurman's family.
"He belittles their sorrow, making it about himself and his television ratings," Harris responded. "It is cruel."
