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With eight days until November 5, President Biden stood in line with more than a hundred early voters in Delaware on Monday and claimed that he cast his ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris.
The New York Times noted that it was a modest moment for a president who, just three months ago, anticipated voting for himself. When asked by a reporter if it was bittersweet, Biden replied, “No, this is just sweet.”
Outside the polling location in New Castle, Del., in a heavily Democratic district near his hometown of Wilmington, the president greeted first-time voters, posed for photos, and assisted a voter in a wheelchair as they waited for their turns, the Times reported.
More than 20 million Americans have already cast their ballots during early in-person voting in this tight presidential race. Biden voted for Harris while she was being whisked away to the Midwest for a campaign rally, the outlet added.
In a speech at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden Saturday night, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) said that voting for Harris would be like voting for war.
Gabbard became a Republican last week after leaving the Democratic Party in 2022. To start her speech, she read from the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that our Creator has endowed us with certain unalienable Rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
“As we gather here today on this historic occasion, we stand together as proud Americans in understanding that these very rights are under attack,” she said. “So we face this historic crossroads where our freedom and our future is in our hands. There’s never been a more clear choice in any election in my life, and our ability to live in a truly peaceful and free and prosperous country is on the line.”
Gabbard talked about her 20 years in the U.S. military and said that the problem of war was “very personal” to her.
“I’ve deployed to different war zones three times over that period, and I’ve seen the cost of war,” she said. “For my brothers and sisters who paid the ultimate price. I carry their memories and their sacrifice in my heart every day. So, this choice that we have before us as Americans is critical. It’s important to us.”
“It’s important to those of us who serve, who have volunteered to put our lives on the line for the safety, security and freedom of our country and our people, and it’s critical to all of us,” she continued. “Here is the choice that we have a vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for Dick Cheney and it’s a vote for war, more war, likely World War Three and nuclear war.”
“A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for a man who wants to end wars, not start them, and who has demonstrated already that he has the courage and strength to stand up and fight for peace,” she added. “A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for open borders, where known violent criminals and Islamist terrorists are streaming across our borders, placing us at risk. A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for secure borders and safe communities and a confidence that he will seek out those who seek to do us harm and get them out.”
.@TulsiGabbard’s full speech at President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden pic.twitter.com/guNNlavp25
— Martin Walsh (@MWalshUS) October 28, 2024
Pollster Nate Silver’s most recent election forecast is that Trump could win all of the important split states in the 2024 election.
Silver’s research shows that Trump has a 24.4% chance of winning all seven swing states in November. This is the most likely outcome. The forecast also says that Harris has a 15.6% chance of winning all the battleground states.
