Biden angers GOP associating 'garbage' with Trump supporters

The remark is being compared to Hillary Clinton's 2016 "deplorables" comment.

Last Updated: October 30, 2024, 7:45 AM EDT

As the race reaches one week until Election Day, Kamala Harris delivered her "closing argument" on The Ellipse -- in the same spot where Donald Trump rallied his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, to march on the U.S. Capitol nearby.

Trump tried to preempt Harris's remarks, speaking to reporters Tuesday morning at Mar-a-Lago after declaring he's "the opposite of a Nazi" on Monday night in Georgia. He holds a rally later in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where there is a large population of Puerto Rican Americans.

Oct 30, 3:03 am

More than 53 million Americans have voted early

As of 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, more than 53 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 27,765,237 were cast in person and 25,686,627 were returned by mail

There is now just one week until Election Day.

Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site on Oct. 17, 2024 in Hendersonville, N.C.
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Oct 29, 2024, 4:53 PM EDT

Harris to spend election night at Howard University: Sources

Vice President Kamala Harris will spend election night at Howard University, her alma mater, two sources familiar with the planning told ABC News.

Harris graduated from the Washington, D.C., HBCU in 1986.

She used the campus to practice for ABC News's debate in August and occasionally worked from an office on campus while campaigning during her 2019 bid for the presidency.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

Oct 29, 2024, 4:47 PM EDT

Florida election worker fired after ballots fell out of truck

An election worker in Miami-Dade County, Florida, was fired after a sealed bag of ballots fell out of a truck, according to election officials.

The Miami-Dade County Elections Department said in a statement Tuesday that the worker forgot to lock the back of a truck and as they drove off, one sealed bag fell out, containing completed ballots from early voting. Residents who observed the incident in real time recovered the bag and drove the items to a local police station.

A person shows an 'I voted' sticker after she cast her vote at the Palmetto Bay library in the early voting for the 2024 US presidential election in Miami, Oct. 29, 2024.
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Despite the incident occurring due to human error, the employee was terminated, the county officials said. All the ballots were accounted for.

“While unintentional, the Elections Department has a zero tolerance for error and therefore the employee was terminated,” the statement said.

-ABC News' Laura Romero

Oct 29, 2024, 4:44 PM EDT

Biden says he'll be watching Harris' speech: 'It's her night'

President Joe Biden, during a stop at a local ice cream shop in Maryland, told ABC News' Justin Gomez he will be tuning into Harris' speech tonight at the Ellipse.

President Joe Biden stands with a patron after walking out of BMORE LICKS, a homemade ice cream business in Baltimore, Oct. 29, 2024, after speaking the Port of Baltimore.
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When asked why he is not attending, Biden responded: "Because it's for her. Because it's her night."

Oct 29, 2024, 4:09 PM EDT

A preview of what Harris will say in her Ellipse speech

According to excerpts of Harris' speech, as prepared for delivery, she will go after Trump for the dark language he has used to describe his political opponents and pitch herself in contrast as someone who will govern for all Americans.

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States military against American citizens who simply disagree with him. People he calls 'the enemy from within.' This is not a candidate for president who is thinking about how to make your life better," she will say.

Harris will describe Trump as "unstable" and "obsessed with revenge."

"But America, I am here tonight to say: that’s not who we are," Harris will say.

Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks during a campaign rally and concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 28, 2024.
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She will then pivot to her optimistic plan for improving people's lives.

"I offer a different path. And I ask for your vote. And here is my pledge to you: I pledge to seek common ground and common sense solutions to make your lives better. I am not looking to score political points. I am looking to make progress," she will say.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

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