‘What the hell, we get a free hour on television’: Trump said to his supporters at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, about attending a prime-time town hall scheduled on NBC, after calling the network ‘the worst’
With less than three weeks to go until Nov. 3’s Election Day, the Republican president is trying to change the dynamics of a race in which Biden has a double-digit advantage in some national polls.
Gerry Cohen, a member of the election board in the county that includes most of the city of Raleigh, saw more than 400 people in line at a community center before polls opened.Nearly 18 million Americans have cast ballots either in person or by mail so far, representing 12.9% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election, according to the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida.
U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger during a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Speaking to a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Thursday, Trump promised an economic recovery if he was re-elected. “We’re going to have a red wave,” he said.
The town halls, in which each candidate will field questions from voters, will take place at 8 p.m. EDT , with Trump on NBC from Miami and Biden on ABC from Philadelphia. Biden had also been on a plane with an aviation company employee who tested positive but was not in close contact, his campaign said in a statement. He tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday as well as Wednesday, his campaign said.
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