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Supreme court rejects Republican argument on Pennsylvania ballot counting: AP
The supreme court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania, the Associated Press reports.
The justices left in place a state supreme court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.
As of Thursday, about 9,000 ballots out of more than 1.6 million returned have arrived at elections offices around Pennsylvania lacking a secrecy envelope, a signature or a date, according to state records.
Pennsylvania is the biggest presidential election battleground this year, with 19 electoral votes. Donald Trump won the state in 2016, then lost it in 2020.
Key events
“I see her today … she’s exhausted. She looks like … she’s exhausted,” Trump says of Kamala Harris, at his Milwaukee rally.
Harris is simultaneously speaking very energetically to her cheering crowd a few miles away.
Both Trump and Harris are performing with a surprising deal of energy tonight after a long day of travel and multiple swing state events.
Here’s a link to watch Trump speak live at his Milwaukee rally tonight:
The crowd at Trump’s rally has been frustrated with the sound levels in the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, even chanting earlier, “Fix the mic!” the Associated Press reports.
Trump eventually got the message and ripped the microphone from the podium to hold it closer to his mouth. “I think this mic stinks,” Trump said.
Trump has been jumping from topic to topic, mentioning that this is his third campaign rally today, then referencing his rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden nearly a week ago, and then hurling insults at his Democratic rival.
In two different venues across Milwaukee and its suburbs, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’ Wisconsin crowds have been waiting hours to hear the candidates speak, and both crowds sound fired up and enthusiastic.
“When I win … you are four days away from the best jobs, the biggest paychecks, and the brightest economic future the world has ever seen,” Trump tells his Milwaukee crowd, to big cheers.
He said that if Harris wins, the country will sink into a “1929-style depression.”
“I love Wisconsin,” Kamala Harris says, praising the state’s motto, “Forward.”
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump host dueling rallies in Milwaukee
Kamala Harris is now speaking at her Milwaukee rally, while Donald Trump is also addressing his supporters there.
“I’m not giving Donald Trump a second chance,” Cardi B says. “I am not taking any chances with my future, and I’m damn sure ain’t taking no chances with the future of my children.”
“I’m with Kamala.”
“We all knew Trump was a hustler…but hustling women out of their rights to their body is nasty work. Hustling Americans out of their hard-earned money by selling Trump watches, Trump speakers, Trump Bibles…is nasty too,” Cardi B says.
“Do we really trust this man with our economy?” Cardi B asks. “Today it’s your wallet, tomorrow it will be your healthcare rights.”
“Speaking of healthcare, let’s talk about it…Did you hear what Donnie Trump said the other day?” Cardi B asks.
“He said he’s going to protect women whether they like it or not.”
“Donnie Dunk, please. Protection for women, especially if we’re talking about maternal and mental healthcare, isn’t telling them what to do with their bodies. It’s supporting and giving them the care they need for what they choose to do with their bodies.”
“People like Donald Trump don’t believe women deserve rights. And when those rights are taken away, they are nowhere to be found.”
“When a mother’s doing through postpartum, he’s not there to hold her hand. When a child is in foster care or in a shelter because their mother is not mentally stable or financially stable to take care of them, they’re not there…they’re all gone.”
“Trump says he’s going to protect women whether they like it or not. Well, if his definition of protection is not the freedom of choice, if his definition of protection is making sure our daughters have fewer rights than our mothers, then I don’t want it! I don’t want it! I don’t want it.”
More from Cardi B’s speech about Kamala Harris:
“I believe in every word that comes out of her mouth. She’s passionate. She’s compassionate. She shows empathy, and most of all she is not delusional.”
“Just like Kamala Harris, I, too, have been the underdog, I’ve been underestimated. My success belittled and discredited,” Cardi B says.
“Let me tell you something: women have to work ten times harder, perform ten times better, and still people, question us, how we got to the top. They’ll be like: how she got there?”
“Let me tell you something: I can’t stand a bully. But just like Kamala, I always stand up to one. All the time, I’m ready for them.”
“Ima be real with you all. I wasn’t going to vote this year. I wasn’t. But Kamala Harris joining the race, she changed my mind. Completely. I did not have f aith on any candidate until she joined the race and said the things that I wanted to hear.”
“I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life,” Cardi B tells Harris supporters in Milwaukee. “Are we ready to make history?” she asks. The crowd cheers.
Reading off a cell phone, Cardi B says, “I do not take lightly the call to show up. The call to speak up. The call to deliver a message that’s been on my heart for a hot minute now.”
As Robert F Kennedy Jr is speaking at Trump’s Milwaukee rally, Cardi B has taken the stage at Harris’ rally.
Vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks at Milwaukee rally
Robert F Kennedy Jr has once again taken the stage for Donald Trump, this time at a Trump rally today in Milwaukee.
RFK Jr, who called an end to his third-party presidential bid to endorse Trump, is a popular figure at Trump rallies: the crowd is chanting “Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!” in response to his comments.
Kennedy, a prominent vaccine skeptic who is now aiming for a major healthcare role in Trump’s administration, just said that Trump “never said anything nasty about me. He was always very civil.”
This is simply untrue:
Kennedy also fired back at Trump when they sparred quite uncivilly this spring:
When frightened men take to social media they risk descending into vitriol, which makes them sound unhinged. President Trump’s rant against me is a barely coherent barrage of wild and inaccurate claims that should best be resolved in the American tradition of presidential debate.…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) April 27, 2024