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, 5:33 PM EDT

Pennsylvania Puerto Ricans think controversial comments from comedian hurt Trump

Several Puerto Ricans in battleground Pennsylvania say the controversial comments a comedian made about Puerto Ricans at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend will hurt the former president in his quest for the White House.

Ramon Martinez, who is a co-owner with his brother and wife of Mofongo, a Dominican/Puerto Rican restaurant in Reading, Pennsylvania, spoke with ABC News' Terry Moran after the rally where Tony Hinchcliffe made the joke. Martinez said the comments will play a role with the decisions from undecided Latino voters.

ABC News' Terry Moran spoke with Ramon Martinez, who is a co-owner with his brother and wife of Mofongo, a Dominican/Puerto Rican restaurant in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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"I think that they will take one side when they hear what we heard last night," Martinez said.

Asked if Hinchcliffe's comments could hurt Trump, Martinez said "yes, I strongly believe that."

"Every time they speak, they put down the immigrants, the Latinos. I don't think that's the right way to get the Latino vote."

Moran spoke with the voters ahead of Trump’s Tuesday evening rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania -- a town with a significant Puerto Rican population.

-ABC News' Eric Fayeulle and Terry Moran

Oct 29, 2024, 5:01 PM EDT

Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. appeals to be removed from 2 state ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tuesday evening Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s request for an injunction ordering the Wisconsin Election Commission to use stickers to cover his name on the state's presidential ballot.

The court did not elaborate on its decision in a single-sentence order and there were no noted dissents.

The court also denied Kennedy's appeal that sought to make Michigan reprint election ballots without his name.

The court did not elaborate on the decision, however, Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the sole noted dissent, indicated that he would have granted the injunction.

Gorsuch cited as his rationale the reasons given by several dissenting conservative members of a federal appeals court panel which had earlier weighed the case.

That minority in the appeals court had concluded that denying a federal candidate the ability to withdraw from the ballot may have infringed on his First Amendment rights.

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

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