Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is set to hold a fundraising event in San Francisco on Saturday while Republican opponent Donald Trump will attend a college football game in Alabama, their campaigns say.
As Donald Trump railed against immigrants Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry over a college football game as they prepared for the former president’s visit later in the evening.
The campaign has hired a plane to fly a banner over the Tuscaloosa, Ala., stadium and will run a television ad during the game.
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According to The Washington Post, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung, upon learning of the ad, said: “Kamala Harris would never show up to a sporting event like this [Alabama-Georgia] because she’d get booed out of the stadium and embarrass herself.” The Independent has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
Former president has reportedly requested a meal that includes two McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwiches with cheese, Domino’s pizza, stadium hot dogs and Diet Coke for the much-anticipated game
Former President Donald Trump was met with cheers when he arrived at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa for Saturday’s matchup between the Crimson Tide and Georgia. Trump made his entrance part way through the first quarter of the game.
In a new lawsuit, the Justice Department claims Alabama violated federal law by systematically removing voters fewer than 90 days before a federal election.
The campaign will also air a commercial during the game that says, “winners never back down from a challenge.”
The Biden administration filed a suit against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen Friday, accusing the election official of violating federal law by purging voter rolls too close to Election Day.