Can we all just take a chill pill and take a joke from time to time?

This is ridiculous.

Our country was built by frontiersmen who conquered the wilderness.

We are not going to re, we're not going to restore the greatness of American civilization.

If we get offended at every little thing, let's have a sense of humor and let's have a little fun.

That's Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance downplaying the racist joke told Sunday by a comedian at Donald Trump's rally in New York City.

We'll go through the growing backlash to that event and how both campaigns are responding.

Also ahead, we'll preview a major speech later today from Vice President

Kamala Harris as she delivers a closing argument for her campaign. And we'll dig into record

early voting numbers in a key battleground state and what that could mean for the presidential race.

Music and what that could mean for the presidential race. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Tuesday, October 29th.

We are now one week, just one week from Election Day. I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for being

with us. And we'll begin this morning with the continued fallout over Donald Trump's rally

Sunday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Trump's campaign is facing real backlash

over some of the vulgar and racist rhetoric during the event at the so-called

world's most famous arena, which included a comedian calling Puerto Rico an island of garbage.

Now, former President Barack Obama responded to those comments last night while he was

campaigning for Vice President Harris in Philadelphia.

These are fellow citizens he's talking about.

Here in Philadelphia, they are your neighbors.

They are your friends.

They are your coworkers.

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