Tuesday 09.17.24
"Far too many people ... are not feeling safe": Harris slams threats as she affirms she feels safe with Secret Service.
"I checked on him to see if he was OK": Harris confirms she called Trump after Sunday's apparent assassination attempt.
"Crying shame": Harris decries bomb threats made toward Springfield, Ohio, schools due to racist lies about immigrants.
“We need to get this [ceasefire] deal done": Harris declines to say if she'd break from Biden's Israel-Palestine policy.
"You've gotta earn their vote": Kamala Harris talks to NABJ about economic policies aimed at supporting Black men.
"Kamala's Twister": Sen. Joni Ernst can't get her latest prop to work at Republican press conference.
"A hoax": JD Vance calls the media "sick" for reporting on "foreign disinformation” about Springfield bomb threats.
"Protective methodologies ... are working": Acting Secret Service boss lauds security changes since July Trump shooting.
"Highest levels of protection": Acting boss praises Secret Service protection for Trump during assassination attempt.
“You just said that you’re creating the story”: JD Vance and Dana Bash get into heated exchange over Springfield lies.
“Thank God the president is ok … the Service needs more help”: Biden reacts to 2nd apparent Trump assassination attempt.
Trump says it’s “too late” to have another debate with Kamala Harris. But his previous debates were later in the year.
“‘Let's have lunch’”: Trump on what his strategy would be to persuade Elon Musk to keep his companies in California.
"Real threat is what's happening at our border": Trump dismisses bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio.
Donald Trump promises to conduct "large deportations from Springfield, Ohio" and to send immigrants "back to Venezuela."
"I don't control Laura": Trump doesn't readily disavow Loomer's racist remarks about Harris and her conspiracy theories.
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"2 million new Black jobs": Biden accidentally says Trump's "Black jobs" phrase during speech.
"This has to stop, what he's doing": Biden condemns racist lies targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.
“I remember back when he was saying ‘anytime, anyplace’”: Buttigieg mocks Trump saying he won’t do another debate.
"End it based on a 'concept'": Harris slams Trump's debate response on his plans to end and replace the ACA.
"We came together...because we lost so many souls": WH explains Biden wearing a Trump hat at 9/11 event to show unity.
"Puts their lives in danger": White House condemns Trump's "hate speech" and false claims on immigrants eating pets.
"Denouncing it": Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slams right-wing activist Laura Loomer, who has been traveling with Trump.
"Offensive": Hakeem Jeffries rips Trump for bringing 9/11 conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer to remembrance ceremony.