Trump and Harris deadlocked in polls as both campaign in Texas: Election 2024 live

Richard Addy and Luba Kassova write:

Several news outlets have reported that Black men and, more specifically, young Black men are increasingly likely to vote for Trump. And earlier in October, in his efforts to ramp up support for Kamala Harris, Barack Obama said at one high-profile Democratic campaigning event that he was disappointed to see less energy among them than during his own White House campaigns, prodding them to step up their game. His comments have proved controversial, with some Democrats angry with Obama for singling out men of color in this way.

Their anger is understandable. The evidence to back any of the claims for young Black men’s increased support for Trump is deeply flawed, perhaps even non-existent.

Donald Trump repeated his promise to prosecute those he believes are corrupt, this time declaring “lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters and corrupt election officials” will be given “long term prison sentences.”

In a Truth Social post on Friday afternoon, Trump said “when” he is re-elected he will prosecute those people to the fullest extent of the law. With the Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling, Trump could use his executive power with no criminal implications to go after his opponents.

The former president said he would prosecute those people for “cheating” the election – a claim Trump waged in the last three presidential election cycles to use in the event he loses.

“WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again. We cannot let our Country further devolve into a Third World Nation, AND WE WON’T! Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

Trump appears to be setting himself up to once again claim the election was stolen from him unfairly if Vice President Kamala Harris wins.

Officials in a Pennsylvania county said Friday an investigation has been launched because election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms that may be fraudulent.

“Board of Elections staff members identified and contained incidents of voter registration fraud,” the Lancaster County Elections Board said in a news release early Friday. “Elections staff and the district attorney’s office are currently assessing the nature and the volume of fraud.”

Pennsylvania is a pivotal swing state in the Nov. 5 election, where polls indicate the presidential contest is a close race and where 19 electoral votes are at stake.

Other polls have reflected similar numbers that put Harris and Trump neck-and-neck, suggesting this election will be one of the closest in recent history.

Warning: This live feed may contain misinformation that has not been independently verified. Watch live as Donald Trump holds a rally in Austin, Texas, on Friday, 25 October.

The former president is expected to speak at a private airport as he travels to the state to record a podcast episode with Joe Rogan.

Donald Trump is furious that a judge has blocked a plan by Republicans in Virginia to removed alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls so close to the election.

Here’s what the former president wrote, adding that he would call into Governor Glenn Youngkin’s rally tomorrow and announce a visit to the state.

Sleepy Joe Biden and Comrade Kamala Harris ridiculously accuse me of wanting to “weaponize” the Justice Department, when they have done all of the weaponizing. Now, their truly Weaponized Department of “Injustice,” and a Judge (appointed by Joe), have ORDERED the Great Commonwealth of Virginia to PUT NON-CITIZEN VOTERS BACK ON THE ROLLS. This is a totally unacceptable travesty, and Governor Youngkin is absolutely right to appeal this ILLEGAL ORDER, and the U.S. Supreme Court will hopefully fix it! Only U.S. Citizens should be allowed to vote. Keep fighting, Glenn – AND REPUBLICANS IN VIRGINIA, KEEP VOTING EARLY! I will be calling in to Glenn’s Rally with Lara Trump tomorrow morning to talk about this crazy Ruling, and announce my final stop in Virginia before Election Day. TUNE IN!

Here’s the background to the case:

This year’s presidential election could come down to microscopic margins, so Kamala Harris is hunting for votes in even the most unlikely of places. One of her latest targets is Donald Trump ‘s demographic base — white people who didn’t attend college.

“It’s tough turf,” said Dan Kanninen, the Harris campaign’s battleground states director. “But showing up is how you peel away the votes that you need to win.”

Kanninen and other members of the Democratic vice president’s team point to what they believe are positive signals in public polls that Harris may be making small inroads. Such shifts are difficult to measure, particularly in polls where subgroups of voters can have wide margins of error.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has published a lengthy endorsement of Kamala Harris and a denunciation of Donald Trump.

Acknowledging that the road to the White House may run through Pennsylvania, the Editorial Board concludes its endorsement of the vice president over the former president by writing:

America deserves much more than an aspiring autocrat who ignores the law, is running to stay out of prison, and doesn’t care about anyone but himself.

The better angels of our nature demand it.

There is only one candidate — Kamala Harris — who will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States from foreign and domestic enemies.