Biden angers Republicans by associating 'garbage' with Trump supporters
The remark is being compared to Hillary Clinton's 2016 "deplorables" comment.
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.
Key Headlines
- Trump says his campaign is one of 'positive solutions'
- Michelle Obama warns Atlanta crowd young people will have to 'clean up the mess' if Harris doesn't win
- Trump on comedian's 'garbage' speech at Madison Square Garden says, 'I can't imagine it's a big deal'
- Biden angers Republicans by associating 'garbage' with Trump supporters
- RFK Jr. says Trump 'promised' him 'control of the public health agencies'
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
When asked why he is not attending, Biden responded: "Because it's for her. Because it's her night."