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Trumping Churchill, and who's 'Tom' Walz?-- an offbeat campaign week
Donald Trump pitching for a place along the greats in British history, Kamala Harris's husband doing weird things at a fast-food restaurant, and vice presidential candidate Tom Walz: it was another colorful week on the US campaign trail.
- Churchill's crowds -
Donald Trump put himself on a par with -- or slightly above -- World War II British prime minister Winston Churchill.
Trump did acknowledge Churchill as a great speaker, but suggested he himself should be included in that category as he addressed a Pennsylvania rally on Monday.
I get much bigger crowds than him, Trump complained, but nobody ever says I'm a great speaker.
- May I show you my real estate? -
Melania Trump spilled details about her first date with her husband-to-be, which involved an hour-long drive to view a property he was developing.
I loved the vision that he had, she told Fox News of the real estate mogul Trump. We were two of us, alone in the car, for an hour, hour and a half, and no other noise, no other people.
Asked if she fell in love that day, she demurred, saying: It was a connection.
- Fast food fun -
Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff revealed some of his odd fast-food habits when he visited a burger chain in Texas.
His drink of choice? A split of two-thirds Diet Coke and one-third regular Coca-Cola. It's just delicious, Emhoff said before later placing a straw behind his ear.
This is my weird thing that Kamala actually hates, he said.
- Egg on your face -
J.D. Vance's denunciation of rising costs under the Democrats went awry at a supermarket when he claimed that a dozen eggs now cost around $4.
Unfortunately for Trump's running mate, a sign behind him showed eggs selling for $2.99.
- 'Tom Walz' -
Harris's running mate Tim Walz temporarily became Tom Walz for a handful of voters, owing to a typo in Florida's Palm Beach County.
The error -- which affected around 250 overseas ballots -- came from jumbling the neighboring o and i keys on a keyboard. The ballots have since been reissued.
(2024/09/30 19:52)
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