Trump’s Pennsylvania Town Hall Turns Into Impromptu Concert After Medical Incidents

BY ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON AND JONATHAN J. COOPER / AP OCTOBER 14, 2024 11:36 PM EDT

OAKS, Pa. — Donald Trump's town hall in the Philadelphia suburbs turned intoan impromptu concert Monday after the former president was twice interrupted by medical emergenciesin the room.

The Republican presidential nominee paused during a question-and-answer session as a doctor in the room attended to the first person to have a medical issue. After a second emergency halted the discussion moderated by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Trump stopped taking questions. He and Noem mentioned it was hot in the venue, and Trump asked about air conditioning.

“They probably can't afford it, sir, in this economy,” Noem quipped.

During the first interruption, Trump requested “Ave Maria” be played and was answered with an instrumental version of the song.During the second incident, he said he meant Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti’s version of the song. It was promptly tuned up.

Once Noem announced the second person was up and moving, Trump spoke for a few more minutes before calling for music to be played, as many in the crowd lingered, unsure whether he was done speaking.

“Those two people who went down are patriots,” Trump said after the music. “We love them. And because of them, we ended up with some great music, right?”

Trump suggested they could wrap up the evening with the audience in their seats, enjoying some musical selections rather than hearing him answer more questions.

He called for the Village People’s “YMCA" and it blasted through the loudspeakers, the usual signal that Trump is done speaking and is ready to leave. But he remained onstage.

More music, more dancing.

“Nobody’s leaving,” Trump said. “What’s going on?”

More music played—and for roughly 40 minutes, it didn't stop.

Trump bopped and shimmied onstageto an eclectic playlist of songs that included Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U," Rufus Wainwright’s cover of “Hallelujah" and Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain.”

Many of his supporters made their way to the exits, but some stayed through the end.The scene was reminiscent of Trump’s winters at Mar-a-Lago, his South Florida estate, where he likes to play DJ and hold court with the wealthy members of his private club.

Finally, Trump left the stage as “Memory” from the musical “Cats” played.

Karoline Leavitt, Trump's national press secretary, published on the social media site X a photo of Trump from the side of the stage. “DJ TRUMP!” she wrote.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung wrote on X that “something very special is happening in Pennsylvania” as the scene unfolded, adding Trump “is unlike any politician in history, and it's great.”

https://time.com/7087853/trump-town-hall-pennsylvania-medical-emergencies-music/

Time magazine owner rips into Kamala Harris for ignoring MULTIPLE requests to sit for an interview

• Harris' media strategy has been brought into question with just 22 days to go

By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER UPDATED: 11:00 EDT, 14 October 2024

Kamala Harris is facing the ire of TIME's owner after she refused to sit for an interview with the renowned news magazine. (Benioff hates Trump, he’s pissed the party he supports will not give an interview. He probably gave her $50 million or more.)

The vice president has refused to sit for an interview with several legacy media outlets since taking over Joe Biden's campaign leading the Democratic 2024 presidential ticket and has faced a slew of criticism for her sparse media strategy.

Marc Benioff wrote of his disappointment on X, claiming Time Magazine has reached out several times for an interview with the presidential nominee.

'Despite multiple requests, TIME has not been granted an interview with Kamala Harris—unlike every other Presidential candidate,' the owner posted on Sunday.

Benioff included a link to interviews Time Magazine conducted with former President Donald Trumpand President Biden when he was still running for reelection in 2024.

A Time article published on October 10 titled What Kind of President Would Kamala Harris Be?notes that the VP 'declined repeated requests for an interview for this story.'

'In contrast, Trump talked about his policy vision with a TIME reporter for 90 minutes across two interviews. Biden spoke to TIME at similar length before dropping out of the race,' they added in that article.

The denouncement of Harris' refusal to interview with the magazine comes as CBS News faces intense backlash for favorably editing its 60 Minutes interview with the candidate.

Critics, especially pro-MAGA social media accounts, have brought into question Harris' media strategy ahead of the election.

There are only 22 days until the election next month and Harris has not gone full court press on media appearances like most candidates tend to do in the run up to Election Day.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13957789/Time-magazine-Kamala-Harris-refuses-interview.html

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What Kind of President Would Kamala Harris Be?

BY CHARLOTTE ALTER / PITTSBURGH OCT. 10, 2024 (Of Course Time caved, but it’s about 6 pages of BS)

On a sunny Wednesday in late September, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage at Carnegie Mellon University for the first comprehensive economic-policy speech of her short presidential campaign.

Addressing a sedate audience in suits and ties, the Vice President outlined plans to strengthen small businesses, cut taxes on the middle class, and build more affordable housing."I am a capitalist," she told the Pittsburgh crowd, detailing how she would invest in startups and increase public-private partnerships, and describing an approach to economic growth that stressed stability.

It was a business-friendly speech tailored to business-¬friendly voters. But in a neck-and-neck presidential race, wonky pitches like these could make the difference. In a September New York Times/Siena poll, nearly 30% of likely voters said they felt they needed to learn more about the Vice President before making their choice.The fight to define Kamala Harris—who she is, what she stands for, and what kind of President she would be—will be one of the central battles of the campaign’s final weeks.

To examine these questions, TIME spoke with 20 current and former Harris campaign advisers, former aides in her vice presidential and Senate offices, senior officials from each of the past five presidential administrations, and a range of policy experts. The portrait that emerged was of a politician who is more practical than ideological—a cautious candidate running in a change election, juggling the liabilities and benefits of her ties to her boss, President Joe Biden, as well as her own past positions, all while trying to keep the focus on her opponent. For Harris, policy specifics are in service to the larger goal of her campaign, which is to present a credible alternative to a second Donald Trump presidency.

At Carnegie Mellon, Harris offered the most detailed look at her economic plans since taking over as the Democratic nominee. She’s proposing a $50,000 tax deduction to help Americans start more small businesses, and a $6,000 Child Tax Credit for families in the first year of a baby’s life. She plans to extend $35 insulin to all Americans and eliminate degree requirements for 500,000 federal jobs. She wants to invest in research and development in new manufacturing industries, and trim red tape to further the Biden Administration’s overhaul of America’s infrastructure. Perhaps more than any other presidential candidate in recent memory, Harris has focused on solving America’s housing crisis. She plans to offer $25,000 in down-payment assistance to first-time home buyers, a tax credit to incentivize builders, and pledges to build 3 million affordable housing units in her first term.

You can imagine the Harris presidency as an iOS upgrade of the current Administration: the operating system would stay the same, but with new features and better packaging. There are tonal ¬differences between the two: Harris talks more—and more ¬comfortably—about abortion rights than Biden ever did, speaks with more empathy about the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and has put housing and small business at the center of her plans for strengthening the middle class. But for the most part, allies and critics agree there is little evident policy daylight between the Democratic nominee and the President she replaced atop the party’s ticket this summer.

The sharper contrast is between Harris’ current positions and her previous ones. If you talk to Harris’ advisers, the word that frequently comes up is “pragmatic.” But the candidate who campaigned for President in the 2020 Democratic primary was part of the party’s leftward lurch. Back then, Harris supported a public health care option and a Green New Deal. She wanted to ban fracking, ¬decriminalize ¬unauthorized border crossings, and cut funding for immigrant detention. She backed forcing owners of assault weapons to sell them to the government. She has since changed her stance on all these issues.

Some voters see these shifts as part of a predictable pivot to the center; others see them as flip-flops in need of an explanation. Outside the auditorium at Carnegie Mellon, Rodrigo Lopez, a registered independent from Florida, was finishing up homework for his mechanical engineering class. Lopez followed the 2020 primary closely, and recalled that Harris took left-wing positions he disliked. He said he would never vote for Trump, but doesn’t feel he knows enough about Harris to cast a ballot for her ¬either. “It’s hard to tell what her real policy intentions are,” he says. Harris “could win my vote,” Lopez adds, “if she articulates the reasons she’s changed some of her stances.” Continued at link

https://time.com/7081350/kamala-harris-presidential-platform-policies/

Voted for today in GA, the line was rapped around the building continually, the people are taking this serious.