Election 2020: Melania Trump delivers pointed political attack on trail
She took aim at Democrats on issues from the pandemic to impeachment.
With one week until Election Day, and President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden racing toward Nov. 3, nearly 65 million have voted early so far -- a record.
The president continues an aggressive, defensive campaign as polls show him trailing nationally and in several battleground states key to his reelection hopes. He holds rallies in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Vice President Mike Pence is in the Carolinas.
Biden is on offense, spending the day in Georgia to deliver a "closing argument" on national unity. While some Democrats argue the usually red state's electoral votes are in play, others warn against losing focus on key swing states like Wisconsin. His running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is in Nevada.
Top headlines:
- Biden campaign to launch 3-day bus tour in Texas
- Melania Trump bashes Democrats in most political speech to date
- Biden pitches himself as unity candidate in a battle for the ‘soul of the nation’
- Trump departs for 3-state rally tour, Melania to Pennsylvania
- Obama blasts Trump in Orlando, urges Biden supporters to vote 'right now'
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Latino voters in Florida, Arizona and Texas could decide election
"This year, it's Latino voters in Florida, Arizona and Texas that experts say could decide the election," ABC News correspondent John Quiñones reports.
Quiñones speaks with former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and Ana Navarro-Cárdenas and voters about the Latino vote in the upcoming election as part of "America’s Future: The Power of the Latino Vote,” on ABC News Live.
The power of the Latino vote
ABC News Senior White White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports on the uncertainty faced by DREAMers under the Trump administration as part of “America’s Future: The Power of the Latino Vote” on ABC News Live
"Their futures may depend on the outcome of this presidential election."
Trump campaign website 'attacked'
The Trump campaign confirmed that its website was compromised, but has since been restored.
“Earlier this evening, the Trump campaign website was defaced and we are working with law enforcement authorities to investigate the source of the attack," communications director Tim Murtaugh said.
The campaign said it is working with law enforcement to investigate the "source of the attack," adding that there was no exposure to sensitive data, given it's not stored on their site.
-ABC News' Will Steakin
Trump departs for 3-state rally tour, Melania to Pennsylvania
Trump told reporters as he departed the nation’s capital for rallies in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska that he’s expecting a “proper and very nice” election night, portraying himself as a confident candidate as he heads to campaign in states he won in 2016, while sowing doubt in the election process if the race isn't called on Nov. 3.
But certification of the votes and official results have always been determined after election night.
“Look how we’re doing everywhere practically,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn, though he trails Biden in nationwide polls. “We are going to have an exciting night, and it will be very very proper and very nice if a winner were declared on November 3rd instead of counting ballots for two weeks which is totally inappropriate.”
“I don't believe that that is by our laws. I don’t believe that, but we’ll see what happens,” Trump added.
Trump also touted the favorability of his wife, first lady Melania Trump, who is traveling to Pennsylvania to campaign for her first solo event of the 2020 cycle.
“Melania as you know is going to Pennsylvania. That’s very exciting. I’d like to go with her and be with her. She’s gonna make a speech in Pennsylvania. That’s great and she does very well, very popular,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before they departed for their respective states.
