The presidential campaign comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day.
Kamala Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. Donald Trump plans four rallies in three states, beginning in Raleigh, North Carolina and stopping twice in Pennsylvania with events in Reading and Pittsburgh.
Podcaster Joe Rogan Endorses Trump
Joe Rogan, the nation’s most-listened-to podcaster, announced on the eve of the election that he’s endorsing Trump.
Rogan, in a post on X promoting his interview with Trump supporter Elon Musk, made a compelling case for the Republican presidential nominee and said, “I agree with him every step of the way.”
“For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump,” he added.
Trump late last month sat for a three-hour interview with Rogan for his podcast.
Washington Steps Up Security Ahead of Election Day
Washington D.C. police are increasing patrols in areas downtown and near the White House around Election Day, though officials say there are no known credible threats to the nation’s capital.
D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith told reporters Monday that the increased patrols are a “preventative measure.” Police will also be using a helicopter and drones to monitor areas downtown, she said. Police will be working out of a new command center to coordinate other agencies and respond to events from election week through the inauguration in January.
Harris Leads by 34 Points Among Latino Voters in Pennsylvania: Poll
Vice President Kamala Harris is leading former President Donald Trump by 34 percent among Pennsylvania’s Latino voter population, according to a new poll from Univision and YouGov.
The poll surveyed 400 registered Latino voters in the state and found that 64 percent of them said they would vote for Harris, while 30 percent said they would vote for Trump.
The survey was conducted after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a controversial joke at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Oct. 27, in which he likened Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.” Trump had been making consistent inroads with the Keystone State’s Hispanic population and Harris has leaned into the remarks during her recent outreach in the state.
Roughly 69 percent of respondents in the survey said the joke was “more racist than humorous,” while 17 percent described it as merely a joke. Seventy-one percent of Puerto Ricans, specifically, said they felt the remarks were indicative of underlying racism in the Trump campaign, even if Hinchcliffe’s statement was intended as a joke.
Additionally, six in 10 respondents said they felt Trump is very or somewhat disrespectful towards Latinos, while 19 percent said he is “very respectful” to the Hispanic community. More than 50 percent of Latino voters said Hinchcliffe’s joke affected their support for the former president.
Pennsylvania has 1.15 million Latino residents, according to the U.S. Census. And, nearly 600,000 are eligible to vote, based on data from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. The poll was conducted between Oct. 29 and Nov. 3 and has a 5 percent margin of error.
Sen. Warner: China’s ‘Salt Typhoon’ Hack ‘Unprecedented in Size and Scope’
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told The Epoch Times Monday morning that China’s ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack—the hack that breached the phones of former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio)—is “unprecedented in its size and scope.”
“I think it will go down as maybe one of the most significant cyber attacks we’ve faced in our country,” said the senator, who chairs the Select Intelligence Committee.
“It did not have election interference as its goal. It has been, unfortunately, going on for some time,” Warner said. “I believe it begs the fact that we do not have any minimum cybersecurity within our telecom section.”
Mentioning his telecom business background, Warner added that “those minimum cyber standards and telecom will be a top legislative agenda.”
He also spoke of foreign interference in the U.S. election. He said these foreign forces have different preferences: Russia for Trump, Iran for Harris, and China for down-ballot races of candidates who are critical of the Chinese regime.
“Ultimately, they want to undermine our confidence in our electoral system,” Warner said of foreign adversaries.
Trump: The Presidential Race Is ‘Ours to Lose’
Trump has taken the stage to roaring applause in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He sounds a little hoarse after a busy campaign schedule that will include another three stops later Monday.
Trump says of the presidential race: “It’s ours to lose.”
Trump sounded confident, telling his audience, “With North Carolina, I’ve always gotten there.”
“Here’s my only purpose in even being here today: Get out and vote,” Trump said, loudly but hoarsely.
After Raleigh, he’s expected to head to Pennsylvania, perhaps the biggest prize on the electoral map, for rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh.
Final Presidential Ads Focus on Unity
As the two leading presidential candidates make their final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday’s election, a common theme has emerged in their camps’ final ads: unity.
In a two-minute ad released on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, promised to deliver a “brighter future” for all Americans.
“The vast majority of people in our country have so much more in common than what separates them,” Harris said in the ad. “Good people, hardworking people—we see in our fellow Americans: neighbors, not enemies. … We’re not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us.”
Harris’s comments allude to a remark often made by her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, who has vowed to defeat the nation’s “enemies from within.”
Trump defined those enemies as “the fascists, the Marxists, the communists, the people that we have that are actually running the country” at a rally in Wisconsin last month.
In a pro-Trump ad shared Sunday on X by Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s former running mate, who is now backing the former president, the overarching message was also one of unity.
The ad highlights Shanahan, Kennedy, their fellow ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, and other notable names who have set aside their political differences to form a broad coalition of support behind Trump.
“This election really isn’t about the left versus the right,” Gabbard says in the ad. “It’s about We the People choosing our government and the choice between freedom versus tyranny.”
Over a montage of clips of Trump’s surrogates, rallies, and campaign events, he closes out the ad by saying: “The people dreamed this country, and it’s the people who are making America great again.”
NBC Airs Trump Message After Harris Saturday Night Live Appearance
NBC aired a message from former President Donald Trump one day after Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on Saturday Night Live (SNL).
Trump spoke for about one minute during the message, which was prerecorded and broadcast during a NASCAR race on Nov. 3. It was aired again during an NFL game.
Trump, after greeting fans of sports, noted that the presidential election is slated for Nov. 5.
“We’re two days away from the most important election in the history of our country. We’ve got to save our country, and it needs saving. It’s in very bad shape,” Trump said.
“We’re going to end up in a depression based on what’s been happening,” he added later.
“We have to straighten out our country, we have to close our borders, we have to lower our taxes, we have to get rid of inflation. I’ll fix it.”
Star Power to Fuel Harris’ Final Day of Campaigning
The vice president is holding a rally in Allentown with rapper Fat Joe before visiting a Puerto Rican restaurant in Reading with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
She’ll also hold an evening Pittsburgh rally featuring performances by DJ D-Nice, Katy Perry and Andra Day, before rallying at Philadelphia’s Museum of the Arts’ “Rocky Steps,” featuring a statue of the fictional boxer.
The final event includes remarks from DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, Freeway and Just Blaze, as well as Lady Gaga, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone, and Oprah Winfrey.
Where Will Trump Be on the Eve of Election Day?
Former President Donald Trump is closing out his campaign day for the White House with a jam-packed schedule that includes four rallies across three battleground states.
He’ll begin Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, underscoring the significance of a state he has visited the past three days.
He then heads to Pennsylvania—perhaps the biggest prize on the electoral map—for rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh.
He will end his night—and likely spend the early hours of Election Day morning—in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That’s a campaign tradition for the former president who also held last-day rallies there during his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.
Harris Targets Puerto Rican Communities in Pennsylvania Campaign
After a visit to Scranton, Harris will speak in Allentown—a majority Hispanic city that’s home to tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans.
Pennsylvania is a swing state that could decide the election.
Harris later heads to Reading, where she plans to visit a Puerto Rican restaurant with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Epoch Times reporters Jacob Burg, Samantha Flom, Terri Wu and Zachary Stieber and The Associated Press contributed to this report.