Despite bluster of brave #FearNot fundraising stance, behind scenes #DJT ramps up personal #paranoia on #CampaignTrail irately accusing US Govt of deliberately denying the ex #President and his entourage extra militarily backed #security boost to protect #candidate from alleged #assassins (supposedly operating on orders from #Iran), as he lopes from rally to rally in #SwingStates ahead of #ElectionDay

https://wapo.st/482PqzS

#WaPo #trump2024 #GiftLink #BlameGame #AssassinsCreedMirage #FearAndLoathing #FearAndLoathing2024CampaignTrail

Trump requests military aircraft and vehicles amid Iran threat

There is no evidence tying Iran to either of the recent assassination attempts, but the FBI has not ruled out the possibility either.

The Washington Post
Back on the trail with MAGA crowds, Vance ditches 'Midwest nice' debate tone

No more “Midwest nice.” JD Vance, back on the campaign trail after his matchup with Tim Walz, eschewed the debate-stage niceties that marked their relatively cordial meeting and went back on the offensive.

NBC News

#ShadyVance reminded everyone exactly why his #favorabilityrating is -11 #underwater during last night’s #debate

Most people who tuned in agree that Vance did a pretty good job at keeping the #toxic #male #energy he displays on the #campaigntrail and in his #farright #podcast #appearances to a minimum…

https://www.queerty.com/jd-vance-reminded-everyone-exactly-why-his-favorability-rating-is-11-during-last-nights-debate-20241002

JD Vance reminded everyone exactly why his favorability rating is -11 during last night's debate - Queerty

Prior to last night's debate, Vance's favorability ratings were the worst ever for a modern vice presidential candidate. Heading into the night, a CNN poll found he had a net negative favorability of -11, eight points worse than Dan Quale, who had a -3 percent favorability rating heading into the 1988 vice presidential debate.

Queerty

#ShadyVance’s time on the #CampaignTrail has often been #overshadowed by #selfmade #controversy.

So the #prebuttaltour came as #JDVance was dealing with #uproar over old comments he made #deriding #Democrats in charge as quote “#childlesscatladies.” He shamelessly lied in an interview with Megyn Kelly, “It's not a #criticism of #people who don't have #children,” His #false #claims about #migrants have caused #controversy, too

https://www.wfae.org/2024-10-01/jd-vances-time-on-the-trail-has-often-been-overshadowed-by-self-made-controversy

JD Vance’s time on the trail has often been overshadowed by self-made controversy

Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is prolific on the campaign trail with speeches and talking to reporters, but his messaging has at times been overshadowed by controversy often of his own making.

WFAE
Oprah hits the campaign trail for Kamala Harris with livestream event

Oprah is just the latest big-name celebrity to stump for Harris.

Axios
Melania Trump spotted in NYC with $33K Birkin handbag while Donald hits campaign trail 1,200 miles away

The former model, wearing a head-to-toe all-white ensemble, was flanked by Secret Service guards as she ducked into Trump Tower.

New York Post
On the campaign trail with socialist frontrunner Nicolas Schmit

The current EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Luxembourg's Nicolas Schmit, is touring EU member stat

EURACTIV
Biden Says This is the ‘Weirdest Campaign Ever’ As Trump Claims He’s an Elvis Lookalike

He’s also compared himself to the Mona Lisa for his ability to draw large, fawning crowds.

The Daily Beast

'Echoing' #fascists: The rising alarm in #DonaldTrump’s rhetoric

#MSNBC #Trump #2024election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ8YtuCE-gU

Four weeks until the #IowaCaucuses, Donald Trump is facing backlash for his anti-#immigration rhetoric on the #campaigntrail. #Trump said immigrants coming into the U.S. are “poisoning the blood of our country.” The #Bidencampaign compared his words to #Hitler’s use of the term “blood poisoning” in “#MeinKampf.”

'Echoing' fascists: The rising alarm in Donald Trump’s rhetoric

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Trump Tells Iowa Voters He’s Just ‘Not Into Golden Showers’

‘“It’s not true, darling. I love you very much. It’s not true,’” the former president recalled telling his wife Melania.

The Daily Beast