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Meet the Press NOW — October 28

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Former President Trump is facing backlash after a rally at Madison Square Garden was overshadowed by a series of racist and vulgar remarks by some of the speakers. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) discusses the Trump campaign’s attempt to distance itself from the inflammatory comments. Authorities are investigating a pair of fires at ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

If it's Monday with eight days to go, Vice President Harrison, former President Trump

0:08.0

Barnstorm key battleground states as Harris allies voiced their frustration about the state of the race and the

0:14.3

former president faces the fallout from racist jokes and inflammatory remarks

0:19.0

at his Madison Square Garden rally last night. Plus as the fight for the control of Congress heats up, will take you inside the paths

0:26.5

to victory for both parties that goes through some key contests and some sleeper races that

0:31.6

could be wake-up calls.

0:33.6

And the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security

0:36.0

warned state and local law enforcement

0:38.5

that domestic violent extremist pose

0:40.6

a potentially major threat to the US election with poll workers, ballot

0:44.5

boxes, and campaign events all potential targets. Hi there, welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Ryan Nobles with just over one week to election day. It is a dog fight.

1:05.8

Former President Trump and Vice President Harris blitzing the trail, the Vice President

1:10.4

making multiple stops in battleground Michigan, the former president

1:14.2

holding two events in Georgia. Harris preparing to deliver what her campaign

1:18.6

is billing as a closing argument speech tomorrow where she's expected to rip in to Mr. Trump from the

1:24.4

White House ellipse which of course was the same place he gave as January 6

1:28.0

remarks nearly four years ago. The former president meanwhile firing up his faithful with personal attacks but also facing backlash after a packed rally last night at Madison Square Garden, which was overshadowed by a series of inflammatory remarks from rally speakers.

1:45.0

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, the opening speaker,

1:48.0

cracking a racist and vulgar joke about Latinos,

1:51.5

while others leaned into sexist and racist rhetoric. joke about

1:54.7

Kamala Harris.

1:56.2

Kamala Harris.

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