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Scaffold covered with US flag collapses at Trump rally

No one was injured in the incident at the president’s event in Hickory, North Carolina, yesterday but, as Oliver O’Connell observes, the symbolism was hard to miss.

Trump calls for support from Midwestern states as Biden calls his pandemic failures ‘unforgivable’

After a night in Florida, the president’s first tweet on the last day of the campaign is more reasonable than he might have expected.

Biden, however, has an ironclad and determined manner in his final messages to his social media followers.

He is also pursuing the president for his continued attacks on Anthony Fauci.

Three people shot in Kansas after standoff over stolen signs in Trump’s yard, police say

A man who believed people were stealing signs in his yard promoting the cause of Donald Trump’s re-election opened fire Saturday night, according to the Topeka Police Department, and at least one of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. .

Chris Riotta has the details.

Pittsburgh newspaper endorses Trump in first Republican presidential endorsement since 1972

“With Trump, the United States achieved energy independence for the first time in the lives of most of us,” he says. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as he asks for four more years from Donald, based on his liking for his track record in economics, fracking, and the Supreme Court.

“Where would western Pennsylvania be without the Shell Petrochemical Complex (the ‘cracking plant’)?” ask your readers for editorial advice.

But even in backing Trump, the newspaper cannot hide its disgust at his behavior in office, admitting: “We share the shame of millions of Americans who are disturbed by the president’s unpresidential manners and character – his rudeness, put-downs, and boasting. and misrepresentation of the truth. “

It is extraordinary to ask for the re-election of a man you consider “shameful” and at the same time recognize his habit of “twisting the truth” but there we are.

Suppression of Republican Voters Deprives the US Army, Warns Pete Buttigieg

Talking to CNN State of the union On Sunday, Mayor Pete attacked the Republican Party in a timely manner.

“Unfortunately, it appears that Republicans have … given up on the idea of ​​persuading voters and [are] instead, he resorted to the idea of ​​suppressing the voters, “said the former Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

“I do not know what Donald Trump has against the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who are returning absent ballots from abroad, but it will be a stain on that campaign forever, that they thought that part of their strategy to win was to do make it harder for American citizens, including patriots serving abroad, to have their voices heard, “said Buttigieg, a former presidential candidate.

He’s on the line for a Biden cabinet position if the Democratic candidate wins the 2020 election.

Texas Supreme Court denies Republicans’ petition to reject more than 100,000 drive-thru votes

A Republican group backing Trump has lost one of two legal challenges presented to the Texas Supreme Court in hopes of invalidating nearly 127,000 drive-thru votes cast in Houston.

In an order issued Sunday, the fully Republican court denied a request from a conservative activist and three other people, without explaining its decision.

The plaintiffs, long-time activist Dr. Steven Hotze, along with State Representative Steve Toth, U.S. House candidate Wendell Champion, and judicial candidate Sharon Hemphill, had questioned the validity of the drive-thru vote claiming it violated federal law.

In their failed statement, they also argued that Harris County Democratic Clerk Chris Hollins exceeded his constitutional authority by allowing in-car voting.

Namita Singh has the full story.

Trump supporters block New Jersey’s main highway

Here’s one more MAGA traffic report to bring you: Griffin Connolly reports on the president’s supporters paralyzing Garden State Parkway in a show of support over the weekend.

“We shut it down, baby! We close it! they sang on Twitter.

Caravan of Trump supporters stops people from voting in California

A huge caravan of MAGA guys reportedly blocked the way to a polling station in Temecula, California, on Sunday afternoon, prompting would-be voters to call the police.

Supporters marched 60 miles through Riverside County Sunday afternoon before gathering at the city’s sports park.

However, the crowd and their vehicles also ended up obstructing access to the site, which included a voting center, according to The LA Times, prompting some voters to complain to authorities that the behavior amounted to intimidation.

Stuti Mishra has more details.

‘Trump trains’ block roads and bridges from New York to Colorado

Supporters of the president across the United States hit the road in cars and trucks over the weekend to rally on American roads in a bid to generate buzz and publicity for the Trump campaign down the stretch.

Thousands of people from New York to Texas and all the way to Colorado participated in the “Trump Train” caravans, closing roads and bridges.

In Colorado, motorists were seen driving down State Highway 470 towards the parking lots at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison on Sunday. The caravan was reportedly part of a “MAGA Drag the Interstate” event.

Griffin Connolly has more details.

Ivanka Trump compares her father to Winston Churchill

The president’s favorite daughter and her senior adviser approached the campaign in Canfield, Ohio, and the crowd shouted “four more years” as she spoke of her father’s likeness to the “legendary” wartime British prime minister.

“Winston Churchill said, ‘It was the nation that had the heart of a lion, I was lucky to give it the roar,’” Ivanka said.

“How much does this remind our president and this movement?

“He gave us all the roar.”

Emily Goddard has this report.