The race for the White House remained essentially a dead heat on Saturday — with 10 days to go until Election Day.
Vice President Kamala Harris was headed to Michigan to campaign with former first lady Michelle Obama. Former President Donald Trump, who left his supporters waiting for three hours Friday night, is also expected to campaign in the crucial swing state as well.
As Vice President Kamala Harris seeks to highlight abortion rights as a top issue this election, former President Donald Trump claimed Saturday that abortion is no longer front and center for voters.
In a new Truth Social post, Trump reiterated his abortion policy, suggesting the issue been left to the states.
“Abortion has dropped way down as an issue. States are already giving it to the PEOPLE to Vote, which is what everyone wanted,” Trump posted ahead of his rally in Michigan.
Recent polls have shown that abortion and reproductive rights are among one of the key issues for voters.
A survey released by KFF earlier this month showed that abortion has emerged as the most important issue in the November election for women under 30.
-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim
Over 38 million votes have been cast through early voting methods as of Saturday morning, according to data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Over 20 million of those votes came from mail ballots while the remainder have been cast as in-person early voting ballot sites, according to the data.
Among the states that commenced their early voting option this weekend is Michigan a key battleground state that is opening in person poll sites for the first time.
Though voting had begun in some counties earlier, it will now be available to everybody across the state as of Saturday.
Former President Donald Trump sat down for the Joe Rogan podcast for three hours Friday evening for a freewheeling conversation about issues ranging from the economy to the environment to the stakes of the upcoming election as well taking the opportunity to relitigate the 2020 one, partially blaming judges for not overturning the 2020 election results.
Trump got combative with Rogan when Rogan asked why Trump didn’t publish comprehensive evidence of fraud he claims was going on in 2020. Trump said that he did, but falsely argued he lost because judges “didn’t have what it took.”
“The judges don’t want to touch it. They would say, you don’t have standing,” Trump said. “They didn’t rule on the merits. They ruled the merits never got there. The judges didn’t have what it took to turn over an election.”
Trump once again pushed for single day voting and paper ballots, spreading fears about voting machines as people head to the polls.
“Right now, we have the sophisticated machine that goes up to heaven. It goes all over the place and down and around, and they say we’ll need two weeks to figure out who the hell won the election,” Trump said. “Unless you have paper ballots, it can never be an honest election. That’s a big statement. We should go to paper ballots.”
Trump also said that if Harris loses the election it’ll be because of the Democrats not holding a primary and choosing Gov. Tim Walz as vice president.
Former President Donald Trump bashed Vice President Kamala Harris for “partying” instead of campaigning at his rally on Friday evening.
“You know where she is tonight? She’s out partying. So Israel is attacking, we got a war going on and she’s out partying,” Trump claimed as Beyoncé walked on stage in Houston, Texas at Harris’ rally. “At least we’re working to make America great again. That’s what we’re doing.”
Later, Trump repeated a similar charge saying, “Nobody is in charge. Joe Biden is asleep, and Kamala is at a dance party with Beyoncé.”
“Can you believe that she’s out celebrating? You know that? She’s – How do you celebrate when you’re down by like a lot. Do they realize it?” Trump asked the crowd.
Beyoncé showed her support for Vice President Kamala Harris at the campaign’s rally focused on abortion rights in Houston on Friday.
She was joined by fellow Destiny’s Child alum Kelly Rowland on stage in introducing Harris to the crowd.
“I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother,” Beyoncé said.
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After a three-hour podcast interview with Joe Rogan, Trump is expected to start his rally in Traverse City, Michigan, at 10 p.m. ET — three hours after he was scheduled to take the stage.
As several hundred supporters dispersed from the airport hangar, Trump appeared on the Jumbotron notifying the crowd of his tardiness.
“Traverse City, I’m not going to be there for a little while. Filming Joe Rogan,” Trump said.
He continued, “It’s a Friday night, so we can sit around and do an extra special job when we get there. … It’s all about winning, and we had to spend some extra time with some people, and lots of people, actually, but we are going to do a special performance, and we’ll be there, and I think you’ll see the plane land, and the whole thing.”
Trump concluded his message by thanking his supporters for sticking around.
Many attendees did call it quits on the former president and headed home early.
-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ended his swing through eastern Pennsylvania on Friday with an energetic rally in President Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton.
The governor topped off his remarks by saying that Biden has “secured his place in history” by upholding a presidential tradition of putting the country above himself.
Speaking of the city of Scranton, Walz said, “This is a place with a long tradition of people who know something about hard work and people know what it means to serve this nation. … I want you to know that the country owes a huge debt to you and a huge debt to Joe Biden,” Walz said.
Chants of “Thank You, Joe” erupted from the crowd.
With Vice President Kamala Harris in Texas on Friday night for a rally centered on abortion rights, Walz also talked directly about reproductive policies in the state.
“Would this surprise you that in the most recent data, maternal mortality rates in Texas have shot through the roof?” he said. “So let’s just be very clear. Women are dying because of these decisions they made, and it’s absolutely immoral.”
-ABC News’ Isabella Murray
Country legend Willie Nelson took the stage at Harris’ rally in Houston.
He played “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “On the Road Again.”
Beyoncé is also expected to appear at the rally tonight in her hometown.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, speaking during a town hall with North Carolina voters on Friday, said U.S. adversaries don’t fear Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Why do you have Russia invading Ukraine during Kamala Harris’ watch and why do you have Iran and Hamas attacking Israel during Kamala Harris’ watch?” Vance said at the town hall in Monroe, North Carolina, moderated by Republican National Committee Co-Chair Laura Trump. “And why do you have China saber rattling during Kamala Harris’ watch? It’s because who could possibly fear Kamala Harris? No one, right?”
Vance added, “This is a woman who is terrified of softball media interviews and we think that she’s going to sit in a room with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.”
Vance said that when former President Donald Trump was in office, U.S. adversaries feared the former president.
“That fear kept a lot of aggression in check, and it kept a lot of wars that otherwise would have started from starting in the first place,” Vance said.
-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court Friday seeking an order that forces Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to remove his name from the ballot.
The Michigan Supreme Court said RFK Jr. could not remove himself.
A response from the state is due Monday at 4 p.m.
-ABC News’ Devin Dwyer
