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(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump is heading to New Mexico and Nevada connected Thursday to unafraid enactment retired westbound earlier the past play of the 2024 election.
Trump volition besides marque a halt successful Arizona connected Thursday for a live interview with Tucker Carlson. The proceeds from the lawsuit volition beryllium donated to alleviation efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Milton and Helene.
The latest canvass by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ shows that Trump is starring Vice President Kamala Harris by little than 2 points successful Nevada but is trailing the vice president by 8.3 percent successful New Mexico.
While New Mexico is not considered a plaything state, Trump is heading to Albuquerque successful a past effort to triumph implicit voters. Republicans person won successful the authorities lone erstwhile implicit the past 8 statesmanlike elections.
Dead-even statesmanlike race
As of Thursday morning, the contention betwixt Trump and Harris remained a toss-up with Harris starring Trump nationally by conscionable 0.6%, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling. The polling mean is based connected 312 nationalist polls.
In New Mexico, the erstwhile president is expected to code the borderline situation during his rally, blaming Harris for her portion successful the Biden medication policies that Trump's run said "wreaked havoc" connected the state's residents. He is besides expected to code ostentation successful the authorities and the unaffordable outgo of living.
According to New Mexico's inflation update, arsenic of September, the mean household is paying much than $1,000 much connected basal essentials and reeling with a 22.1% ostentation complaint compared to prices successful January 2021.
In Nevada, Trump is expected to sermon lodging costs and the economy, promoting Harris' "failed economical agenda." He is besides expected to vow to marque lodging much affordable, particularly successful Nevada wherever it is abbreviated by implicit 78,000 affordable renting units and ostentation has near residents unable to afford the outgo of living.
Trump's garbage motortruck ride
On Wednesday, Trump stumped successful North Carolina and Wisconsin, to enactment up voters successful the 2 plaything states.
It was successful Wisconsin that Trump climbed into a Trump-themed garbage truck in his motorcade to gully attraction to comments from President Joe Biden wherever helium seemingly called Trump supporters “garbage.”
“How bash you similar my garbage truck? This motortruck is successful grant of Kamala and Joe Biden,” Trump said from the rider spot of the truck, which was adorned with a Trump run sticker and Trump flag.
Trump run unit wide shared photos of the motortruck and the erstwhile president successful the rider spot arsenic photographers snapped pictures. The run has tried to capitalize connected outrage among Trump supporters implicit Biden’s remark, adjacent arsenic Vice President Harris has distanced herself from the comment.
“First of all, helium clarified his comments but fto maine beryllium clear: I powerfully disagree with immoderate disapproval of radical based connected who they ballot for,” Harris told reporters earlier Wednesday.
Biden sparked backlash Tuesday nighttime erstwhile helium appeared to comparison Trump’s supporters to garbage portion commenting connected a racist gag a comedian made astatine a Trump rally days earlier likening Puerto Rico to an “island of garbage.”
The White House, successful a statement, argued that the president was being misinterpreted and had been referring to the rhetoric astatine Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally Sunday arsenic “garbage,” not the Republican’s supporters.
