Election 2024 live updates as Trump-Harris polls show ties in battleground states

During a rally successful Albuquerque, New Mexico, nan Republican statesmanlike nominee continued to reproach Harris, his Democratic opponent, and her intellect.

"There are immoderate group who thrive nether pressure, and location are immoderate group who ace nether pressure," Trump said. "She's a cracker."

The erstwhile president besides claimed Harris is "exhausted" and said she is simply a "total stiff," though he offered nary reasons for these slights against her.

"Kamala has nan economical knowing of a child," Trump said. "Did you ever perceive her speak?"

The erstwhile president's continued insults travel arsenic he and his supporters person criticized President Biden for appearing to call Trump's supporters "garbage" during a telephone pinch Latino activists Tuesday. Mr. Biden was responding to remarks made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe astatine Trump's rally astatine Madison Square Garden connected Sunday, successful which he called Puerto Rico a "floating land of garbage."

The White House said Mr. Biden was referring to Hinchcliffe's violative joke, not those who support nan erstwhile president, and Mr. Biden besides said successful a station connected X, "Earlier coming I referred to nan hateful rhetoric astir Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's protagonist astatine his Madison Square Garden rally arsenic garbage—which is nan only connection I tin deliberation of to picture it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's each I meant to say."

Trump went aft 1 of his biggest critics, erstwhile Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, utilizing convulsive imagery successful an question and reply pinch Tucker Carlson. 

"And I don't blasted [former Vice President Dick Cheney] for sticking pinch his daughter, but his girl is simply a very dumb individual, very dumb," Trump said. "She's a extremist warfare hawk. Let's put her pinch a firearm opinionated location pinch 9 barrels shooting astatine her. Okay? Let's spot really she feels astir it, you cognize erstwhile nan guns are trained connected her face. You cognize they're each warfare hawks erstwhile they're sitting successful Washington successful a bully building saying, oh, gee, good let's nonstop — let's nonstop 10,000 troops correct into nan rima of nan enemy. But she's a stupid person."

Cheney and her father, nan erstwhile vice president, person endorsed Harris, and Cheney has campaigned successful battleground states pinch Harris, portraying Trump arsenic a threat to populist and nationalist information successful an effort to triumph complete Republicans and moderates. 

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, nan Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee, will beryllium conveying his closing connection to Americans successful an question and reply group to aerial connected Monday night, nan eve of nan election, connected CBS' "The Late Show pinch Stephen Colbert."

Walz recorded nan question and reply Thursday greeting successful Bucks County, Pennsylvania, underscoring nan Harris campaign's attraction connected nan hotly contested battleground state, pinch its 19 electoral votes. In 2020, Joe Biden won Pennsylvania, while Donald Trump won nan authorities successful 2016. 

The Harris run has tried to broaden nan programs and platforms connected which Harris and Walz are interviewed to scope a wider, younger audience. Harris, too, has been interviewed by Colbert, and she has besides appeared connected ABC's "The View," "The Howard Stern Show," and nan podcasts "Call Her Daddy" and "Breakfast Club." Walz has made late-show appearances connected ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "The Daily Show pinch Jon Stewart."