Republican White House candidate Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, Two days after an alleged second assassination attempt against him, which he blames on his rival, Kamala Harris, because it puts him in the spotlight.
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In an interview broadcast on Tuesday, Harris, 59, said she was “grateful that he is okay.”
“Political violence of any kind is unacceptable. I condemn it.”he said in an interview with a network of Hispanic community radio stations, key to the November 5 elections.
Trump said last Monday that the suspect in the alleged assassination attempt on him “believed the rhetoric” of President Joe Biden and Harris, “and acted accordingly.”
“Tight budgets”: Kamala Harris
In the interview, Harris outlined measures that could attract Latino voters, who are particularly concerned about what will affect their pockets.
“More than 25% of Latino families are struggling with their food budgets,” he acknowledged.
The Democrat promised that if she wins, she will combat price gouging by big companies “that are taking advantage,” build three million new homes, provide aid for first-time home buyers, will deduct taxes for starting a business and expand the child tax credit.
“I will be the president for all Americans. There is no room for hate and division in our country,” she said, reiterating that It is time to “turn the page on the last decade of divisive and extremist politics,” which, according to her, Trump promotes.
On Tuesday, Harris travels to Pennsylvania, one of the most contested states in the election, for an event with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).
Former President Trump also gave an interview to the influential group in late July in which he accused Harris, whose father is Jamaican and whose mother is Indian, of “turning black” for electoral reasons.
“The bullets are flying”: Donald Trump
“Because of this rhetoric from the communist left, bullets are flying, and this will only get worse!”said Trump, 78.
This Tuesday, the millionaire will participate in a rally in Flint, a city hit by the crisis in the automotive sector and sadly famous for a huge lead contamination scandal in drinking water.
Trump and Harris tour the six or seven key states, where they appear tied in the polls or the Democrat has a very slight advantage.
The vice president bases her program on a few points: the promise of a “new generation” and a “new path” for the country, an economy focused on the middle class and the protection of fundamental freedoms, including the right to abortion.
On Tuesday, she condemned the restrictive laws on voluntary termination of pregnancy in the United States, following the publication of an article by the ProPublica media outlet on the death of a 28-year-old woman in Georgia (south). because a curettage was not performed in time.
“This young mother should be alive, raising her son and pursuing her dream” of studying nursing, she said.
According to ProPublica, which reviewed confidential documents, It is the first “avoidable” death since 2022, when the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, especially since Trump’s mandate, left it up to the states to legislate locally on the right to abortion.
Extreme tension
The tension surrounding this campaign, already out of the ordinary, it skyrocketed on Sunday.
Donald Trump already survived an assassination attempt in July when a gunman opened fire on him during a rally in Pennsylvania.
On Sunday afternoon, he was on the course of his golf club in Florida (south) when several Secret Service agents “opened fire on an armed man” who was nearby. He was Ryan Routh, a 58-year-old American.
He was armed with a rifle with a telescopic sight and video recording equipment, But police said he did not shoot Trump. He fled the scene before being arrested shortly afterward.
“All of a sudden we heard shots, I think four or five, and they sounded like bullets,” Trump said Monday during an interview on the X platform, dedicated to his cryptocurrency projects.
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