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<ul class="summary-list"><li>High costs are a critical concern for voters in the presidential election.</li><li>Detailed below is what <keyword id="19919589" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="harris" source="keywords">Harris</keyword> and <keyword id="19906203" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="trump" source="keywords">Trump</keyword> have proposed to lower costs for Americans.</li></ul>While the pace of inflation has slowed, Americans continue to struggle with high prices at gas stations, grocery stores, and more. Those high prices have become a key issue for voters as the presidential election approaches. Both Donald Trump and <keyword id="20307089" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kamala-harris" source="keywords">Kamala Harris</keyword> have outlined plans they say will lower costs for Americans through various policies. In the second installment of BI's five-part series for the final stretch before the election, Business Insider is looking at the ways each candidate will impact how much things cost. From the Democratic perspective, an economic policy <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Policy_Book_Economic-Opportunity.pdf">book</a> released by the Harris campaign said that she and her VP pick, Minnesota Governor <keyword id="20346532" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tim-walz" source="keywords">Tim Walz</keyword>, "know that prices are still too high for middle-class families, which is why their top economic priorities will be lowering the costs of everyday needs." When reached for comment, the Harris campaign referred Business Insider to remarks on previously announced policies. Meanwhile, on the other side, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-platform-social-security-medicare-retirement-age-end-inflation-2024-7">Trump's platform</a> — which was adopted by the Republican National Committee in July — outlined 20 principles the former president would prioritize in a second term, one of which is: "End inflation, and make America affordable again." <keyword id="23762136" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="taylor-rogers" source="keywords">Taylor Rogers</keyword>, the Republican National Committee spokesperson, told BI in a statement that "Trump will once again cut taxes and unleash American energy to lower prices on groceries and other goods when we send him back to the White House." Here's how a Trump or Harris presidency would impact how much a handful of things cost, based on economic policy proposals the candidates have released. <h2>Groceries</h2>High food costs have remained a key concern for voters. According to a Pew Research Center <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/09/09/economic-ratings-and-concerns/">survey</a> conducted from the end of August to early September of over 9,000 adults, 74% of respondents said they were concerned about the high costs of groceries. In August, Harris released a plan to tackle high food costs by implementing a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grocery-costs-inflation-kamala-harris-ban-price-gouging-election-trump-2024-8">federal ban on price gouging for groceries</a> during national emergencies. Dan Scheitrum, an associate agribusiness professor studying grocery price gouging at California Polytechnic State University, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-lower-grocery-prices-inflation-harris-price-gouging-proposal-2024-8">previously told BI</a> that Harris' proposal might not help much outside of a crisis, like a natural disaster or pandemic. "If you were to try and cut down grocery prices today, there's no state of emergency. So most price gouging protections wouldn't apply at all," Scheitrum said. Trump, on the other hand, said during a town hall in September that he would lower grocery prices by restricting food imports to bolster domestic producers. "Our farmers are being absolutely decimated right now. And, you know, one of the reasons is we allow a lot of farm product into our country," Trump said. When asked how he would lower grocery prices more recently during a Pennsylvania town hall in October, Trump's wide-ranging answer largely focused on immigration while saying that "we're going to do a lot of things" to manage high grocery prices. While details are minimal on Trump's plan to restrict food imports, it's on par with the former president's commitment to bolster tariffs in a second term — and it's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-does-trump-vance-stand-on-china-tariffs-inflation-taxes-2024-7">faced criticism from experts</a> who have said it would actually boost inflation. <h2>Housing</h2>High housing costs are another key issue. According to Harris' economic policy book, she would reduce rent and mortgage prices by building 3 million new housing units and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which allows private and nonprofit developers to build affordable rental housing. "Right now, a serious housing shortage is part of what is driving up cost," Harris said at a Las Vegas campaign event in September. Additionally, according to her campaign, Harris plans to give Americans up to $25,000 in down-payment assistance to help them finance their purchase of a home. Trump's platform said the former president would address housing affordability by promoting "homeownership through Tax Incentives and support for first-time buyers, and cut unnecessary Regulations that raise housing costs." The platform did not specify which regulations Trump would cut, but he said during a speech at the Economic Club of New York in September that "regulation costs 30% of a new home, and we will open up portions of federal land for large-scale housing construction." Rogers, the RNC spokesperson, told BI that Trump will "secure the border, ban mortgages for illegal immigrants who drive up the price of housing, and eliminate federal regulations driving up housing costs," and reiterated the promise to open up federal land for building. <h2>Imported goods</h2>Trump has pledged to impose a broad-based tariff ranging from 10-20% on all imports, potentially hiking the prices of most goods brought in from other countries. Imported goods that could be affected by the tariffs span a wide range of products. According to the Census Bureau, major US import categories that would be impacted include automobiles ($320 billion so far this year), drugs for human and veterinary use ($155 billion), food and beverage ($140 billion), furniture ($27 billion) and household appliances ($25 billion). And it's not just popular consumer goods that would cost more. Economists are also worried about the potential impact on imported iron and steel mill products. If those become more expensive, so would the products that use them as components. While Trump has insisted that other countries would pay for the tariffs, a wide range of economists agree that the price increases would largely fall on American businesses and households. For example, an <a target="_blank" href="https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/tpc-trump-tariffs-would-raise-household-taxes-and-slow-imports">analysis</a> from the Tax Policy Center found that all income groups would pay higher taxes as a result of Trump's tariffs, with the lowest-income households paying about $320 more in taxes and middle-income households paying $1,350 more. Harris has not offered much detail on her tariff plans. However, Biden implemented increased tariffs on products like steel, aluminum, and semiconductors, and Harris would likely continue those actions if she wins the election. Trump and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the GOP vice presidential nominee, have<a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-vp-debate-transcript-walz-vance-2024/"> pointed out</a> that the Biden administration has maintained Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods — in fact, Biden increased tariffs on roughly $15 billion of Chinese imports. <h2>Gas</h2>Few prices are more closely watched in politics than the cost of filling up at the gas station. Gas prices have spiked at times during the Biden-Harris administration, including in the summer of 2022, when they peaked at a national average over $5 a gallonbefore sliding back down to roughly $3 a gallon. Energy prices are also notoriously tricky because presidents don't have the power to control complex global and regional markets. Even when the White House taps the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it's more of a symbolic gesture. Trump has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/drill-baby-drill-donald-trump-oil-gas-rnc/story?id=112108980">promised</a> to "drill baby drill," vowing to empower the fossil fuel industry by cutting regulations and issuing more leases for drilling on federal lands. It's unclear how much more appetite oil producers have for expanding production. The Biden-Harris administration has also presided over a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/what-bidens-oil-record-means-for-the-industrys-future/">record high</a> for US oil production. Harris has vowed to go even further, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/energy-wonks-rejoice-harris-campaigns-on-permitting-reform/">calling</a> for more permitting reform. She also supports more federal subsidies for renewable energy. <h2>Prescription drugs</h2>As a candidate in 2016, Trump repeatedly promised to give the federal government the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, although he did not push through that measure as president. In the White House, Trump initially broke with the pharmaceuticalindustry by proposing to tie Medicare drug prices to international standards, but he has since <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://insidehealthpolicy.com/daily-news/trump-campaign-trump-won-t-pursue-most-favored-nation-policy-drugs">backed away</a> from theambitious cost-controlling policy. Sen. JD Vance, the GOP vice presidential nominee, has talked up drug pricing transparency. Harris has promised to expand two provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, allowing Medicare to negotiate some drugs' prices. She wants to expand the law's $2,000 cap on drug spending and $35 monthly cap on insulin to all Americans. Correction: October 29, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misidentified one of the major US import categories. The category valued at $320 billion so far this year was automobiles, not a separate category involving drugs.

What's expected to get more and less expensive under Trump or Harris 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Trump's <keyword id="21171113" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Madison-Square-Garden" source="keywords">Madison Square Garden</keyword> rally was supposed to be part of a triumphant closing pitch.</li><li>Instead, it's become about one comedian's offensive joke about <keyword id="23748686" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Puerto-Ricans" source="keywords">Puerto Ricans</keyword>.</li></ul>Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday wasn't supposed to be about one comedian's offensive joke about Puerto Rico. Set in a 20,000-seat stadium in the heart of deep-blue New York City, the former president's rally was intended to be part of a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-blue-cities-minority-voters-republican-campaign-2024-10">triumphant closing pitch</a>, one that highlighted his growing support among minority voters while generating media coverage about how Trump's economic message is resonating with voters in urban areas. Instead, things went off the rails. In the hours before Trump spoke, several guest speakers made offensive remarks. The radio host Sid Rosenberg, who once called the second gentleman Doug Emhoff “a crappy Jew,” said at the rally that Democrats are “a bunch of degenerates, lowlives, Jew-haters and lowlives. Every one of them. Every one of them.” <keyword id="19928515" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tucker-Carlson" source="keywords">Tucker Carlson</keyword> mockingly described Vice President <keyword id="20307089" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kamala-Harris" source="keywords">Kamala Harris</keyword> as someone who would be "the first Samoan-Malaysian, low-IQ, former California prosecutor ever to be elected president." And Tony Hinchcliffe, a pro-Trump comedian, said Puerto Rico was a "floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean." Hinchcliffe's comments generated the most attention, drowning out coverage of Trump's actual speech and forcing the campaign to make the rare move of distancing itself from a rally speaker. "This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign," Danielle Alvarez, a senior Trump campaign advisor, said in a statement. Coincidentally, Harris on Sunday was courting Puerto Rican voters in Philadelphia, where she announced a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1850667728417546296">new set of proposals</a> to boost the territory's economy. Pennsylvania is home to more than 450,000 Puerto Ricans, according to US Census data, the most of any major swing state. Multiple <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/puerto-rican-stars-support-kamala-harris-amid-trump-rally-controversy-2024-10">Puerto Rican celebrities</a>, including the rapper and singer Bad Bunny, showed support for Harris on Sunday. With just over one week to go until the election, Democrats may have just been handed one last opportunity to shake up the narrative of a presidential election that's grown calcified in recent weeks, with Trump slowly <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/">eating into</a> a polling lead that Harris built after the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-presidential-debate-takeaways-2024-9">presidential debate</a> in September. "A week in politics is an absolute lifetime," said Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist and the founder and CEO of the Democratic campaign firm Authentic, adding that Harris now "has an opportunity to reframe the race." <h2>'I want everyone in Philadelphia to see that clip'</h2>It remains to be seen whether and how Puerto Rican voters will respond to what happened on Sunday. Hinchcliffe, who did not respond to a request for comment, <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/TonyHinchcliffe/status/1850641658599399587">wrote on X</a> that Democrats have "no sense of humor" and that his joke had been "taken out of context." But several Republicans immediately saw the remarks as a liability, issuing condemnations on social media as the rally remained ongoing. That included Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, both Republicans from Florida, which is home to more than 1.1 million Puerto Ricans. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, a Republican of Puerto Rican descent who represents a swing district on Long Island, also <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/ANTHONYDESPO/status/1850705066610553073">condemned</a> the remarks. While Pennsylvania is home to the largest Puerto Rican population in a swing state — with communities in cities like Philadelphia and Reading — there are also more than 100,000 Puerto Ricans living in North Carolina and Georgia, two "Sun Belt" swing states. Trump has been trying this year to broaden his appeal among Latino voters, including by holding a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-bronx-campaign-event-gop-nyc-inflation-2024-5">rally in the Bronx</a> in May. He has primarily leaned into the economy, given that many voters maintain a positive view of the economy under the former president's tenure. Polling has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/harris-trump-blue-wall-economic-message-unions-michigan-pennsylvania-wisconsin-2024-10">generally given Trump the edge</a> over Harris when it comes to handling the issue. Democrats have been quick to seize on Hinchcliffe's comments. During a <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1850636070137762225">Twitch stream</a> with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Gov. Tim Walz noted that there are "hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans across — in battleground states, that need to send them a message on this." "I want everyone in Philadelphia to see that clip," said Ocasio-Cortez, who is Puerto Rican. What remains to be seen is whether Democrats will put resources into making sure that happens. Spokespeople for the Harris campaign, along with Senate and House Democrats' campaign arms, did not respond to Business Insider's inquiries as to whether they would. But Nellis, the Democratic strategist, said that there's still time for Harris in particular to capitalize on the moment. "The Harris campaign has been pretty good about cutting new TV ads really quickly, so if they need to get stuff up on TV, they certainly can," Nellis said. Digital ads, however, could be more tricky. Beginning at 12:01am Pacific Time on Tuesday, Meta will not <a target="_blank" href="https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2024/09/30/upcoming-2024-restriction-period-for-us-ads/">allow campaigns to run any new political ads</a> on their social networks. That blackout period will last a week until 11:59pm on Election Night. Harris is set to deliver her own "closing argument" speech on Tuesday on the Ellipse in Washington, DC, where Trump held a rally shortly before a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6. Correction: October 29, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misstated the timing of a comment Sid Rosenberg made about Doug Emhoff. Rosenberg called Emhoff “a crappy Jew” on his radio show in July, not at the rally.

Trump's chaotic Madison Square Garden rally could muddy his closing economic pitch — and give Democrats a last-minute chance to shake up the race

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A comedian told a Trump rally on Sunday that <keyword id="20312785" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Puerto-Rico" source="keywords">Puerto Rico</keyword> is "a floating island of garbage."</li><li>Puerto Rican celebrities, including <keyword id="19996431" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jennifer-Lopez" source="keywords">Jennifer Lopez</keyword>, responded by showing support for <keyword id="20307089" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kamala-Harris" source="keywords">Kamala Harris</keyword>.</li></ul>Puerto Rican celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and <keyword id="20229227" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ricky-Martin" source="keywords">Ricky Martin</keyword> voiced support for Kamala Harris after the island became a focal point of a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-3-hours-late-to-own-rally-joe-rogan-interview-2024-10">Donald Trump rally</a>. Tony Hinchcliffe, a speaker at Trump's Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, said: "I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico." The comment angered Puerto Rican celebrities. Luis Fonsi, the singer behind the 2017 hit "Despacito," wrote on his Instagram story: "It's ok to have different views, and I respect those who think different than me…. but going down this RACIST path ain't it." He said: "We are not ok with this constant hate. It's been abudantly clear that these people have no respect for us and yet they want our vote." Martin shared the video on his story and captioned it in Spanish: "This is what they think of us." On their Instagram stories, Fonsi, Lopez, and Martin shared a video of Harris outlining her plan to support Puerto Rico if she were elected, and urged their followers to vote for the Democratic nominee. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bad-bunny-ai-generated-tiktok-song-nostalgia-voice-rant-2023-11">Bad Bunny</a>, a rapper and singer, reshared the same video on his story four times in a row without any captions. None of these celebrities were great Republican allies before. Still, high-profile interventions can energize often-apathetic voters to turn out. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/celebrity-endorsements-impact-on-elections/">CBS News</a> reported in September that more than 400,000 users visited the <a target="_blank" href="http://vote.gov">vote.gov</a> voter registration website the day after<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-criticism-explained-2024-9"> Taylor Swift endorsed Harris</a>on Instagram. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/market-impact-presidential-election-scenarios-trump-harris-stocks-bonds-crypto-2024-10" target="_blank">Harris</a>' Instagram account shared the clip about her plan earlier on Sunday. In the video, she accuses Trump of blocking aid after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-called-puerto-rico-a-place-with-absolutely-no-hope-book-2022-10" target="_blank">two hurricanes hit Puerto Rico</a> in the span of two weeks in 2017. Hurricane Maria, one of the storms, caused over $90 billion in damage, a historic blackout, and the deaths of an estimated 2,975 people in Puerto Rico. Trump said in 2018 that his administration's response to the hurricanes was "an incredible, unsung success," but it was widely criticized at the time. In 2021, a report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hudoig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/HUD%20OIG%20Final%20Report_2019SU008945I.pdf">Office of Inspector General</a> found that $20 billion in aid the department intended to send to Puerto Rico was delayed due to interagency reviews under the Trump administration. The investigators did not say why these reviews were implemented. It's not the first time Trump and his allies have angered celebrities from a Caribbean community. Last month, high-profile Haitians including Wyclef Jean, Rep. Shelia Cherfilus-McCormick, the first Haitian-American in Congress, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills personality Garcelle Beauvais spoke out after Trump made the false claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were killing and eating pets. Correction: October 28, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misstated the statistics about hurricanes Irma and Maria. The details relate to Maria only, not both storms.

Puerto Rican stars like Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin spoke up for Harris after Trump's rally made the island a punching bag

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Harris delivered a "closing argument" speech at the same spot Trump held his January 6 rally.</li><li>It was the VP's last chance at crystallizing the message of her short-lived campaign.</li></ul>On Tuesday evening, exactly one week out from the end of the 2024 race, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris">Vice President Kamala Harris</a> delivered a speech in the heart of Washington, DC that her campaign described as their "closing argument."By the conventions of modern presidential campaigns, it was a strange place to do it. DC is obviously not a battleground state. Under the country's electoral system, it's difficult to think of an American city whose citizens' votes matter less in a presidential election.But the point wasn't to win votes in DC, but for the capital to serve as the stage for a message delivered to the rest of America. Her choice to hold the rally at the Ellipse, a 52-acre park sandwiched between the White House and the Washington Monument, was all-important. The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/january-6-photos-timeline-slideshow-trump-capitol-riot-anniversary-2022-1">last time</a> a major political figure held a rally here, a portion of that crowd marched one mile east and breached the US Capitol in an effort to halt the certification of the 2020 election.Harris talked about January 6 in her rally, noting that former President Donald Trump "stood at this very spot" when he delivered his speech that day. She described Trump as "unstable" and "obsessed with revenge." But January 6 wasn't the centerpiece of her speech. She used the word "democracy" just once. The location of her address was intended to do the heavy lifting in getting that point across."It's like if something horrible happens in your own home," said Victoria Leacock Hoffman. The 61-year-old DC resident who works in theatre production said she felt a "little anxious pit" in her stomach when she initially learned that Harris' rally would be held on the same site of Trump's infamous speech. "But then I said, 'Oh, she's taking it back."That seemed to be the point of Tuesday night's rally. In the hours before Harris took the stage, attendees waved miniature American flags and "USA" signs to the rhythm of songs like Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," Missy Elliot's "Lose Control," and Blacked Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling." It was an effort to recapture the sense of "joy" that was prominent at the outset of Harris' campaign in July. Though most attendees were presumably from the greater Washington metro area, at least one voter said she made the trip all the way from Florida."It's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of event," said Mitzi Maxwell, a 69-year-old retired nonprofit arts manager from Orlando who brought her mother with her to the rally. "And it's compelling that it's in this location."Harris made use of the White House as her backdrop, dramatically motioning toward the building as she noted that "in less than 90 days, either Donald Trump or I will be in the Oval Office."But the presence of the building was also a reminder of its current occupant, President Joe Biden, and his conspicuous absence from the rally on Tuesday. Eager to portray herself as a clean break from the past, Harris has created some distance from Biden since his <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-biden-trump-debate-takeaways-2024-6">disastrous debate performance</a> prompted a pressure campaign to get him to drop out of the race. Shortly after the rally ended on Tuesday, a clip of Biden <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/AlexThomp/status/1851430398959480976">appearing to denigrate Trump supporters</a> began to go viral on social media, underscoring why he's been largely kept at bay."I have been honored to serve as Joe Biden's Vice President, but I will bring my own experiences and ideas to the Oval Office," Harris said during her speech. "My presidency will be different, because the challenges we face are different."As the vice president began her speech, the distance sounds of chants and sirens could be heard from pro-Palestinian protests roughly a hundred yards away, a reminder of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uncommitted-democrats-biden-gaza-israel-trump-blame-michigan-2024-3">discontent within the Democratic coalition</a> over both Biden and Harris' support for Israel amid the war in Gaza.Harris' speech was also aimed at providing a sense of focus for a candidate who's had to do a lot of different things at once — re-introducing herself as someone separate from Biden, rolling out a slate of policy proposals (while explaining why they haven't been enacted yet), and making a case against the opponent — all in the span of just three months.After tackling Trump at the outset, Harris quickly pivoted in her speech toward the economy, assailing Trump's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cost-expensive-goods-price-impact-presidential-election-scenarios-trump-harris-2024-10">tariff plan</a> as an across-the-board tax on Americans. "Think about it: clothes, food, toys, cellphones," Harris said, listing a variety of consumer goods that are often imported from overseas.She re-upped her proposal to enact a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grocery-costs-inflation-kamala-harris-ban-price-gouging-election-trump-2024-8">federal ban on price gouging</a> and spent a significant amount of time on her <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-kamala-harris-plans-to-build-3-million-new-homes-2024-8">housing plan</a>. "For years, we have heard excuses about why America can't build enough housing. Enough with the excuses," Harris said. "I'm going to cut the red tape and work with the private sector and local governments to speed up building and get it done."That gave way to a variation of her typical stump speech, with references to abortion — "one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to simply agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body" — and a slew of statements that appear to be geared more toward on-the-fence Republicans than her own base, including her pledge to sign a bipartisan border security bill into law and an affirmation that under her leadership, the US would have the "strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world."As far as closing arguments go, it may work — particularly when her opponent's own "closing argument" speech at Madison Square Garden was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-madison-square-garden-rally-overshadow-economy-puerto-rico-2024-10">drowned out</a> by one comedian's offensive joke about Puerto Ricans.

Why Kamala Harris made her 'closing argument' in front of the White House

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Harris is drawing an even sharper contrast between herself and Trump on abortion.</li><li>Harris wants to restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land if she wins in November.</li></ul>At the Shell Energy Stadium in Houston on Friday, bright screens flashed "Freedom," "Vote," and "Reproductive Freedom" as supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris powered a festive rally featuring appearances by the pop superstar Beyoncé and Texas Senate Democratic nominee Colin Allred.Harris has been arguably the Biden administration's most <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/harris-trump-abortion-presidential-debate-women-reproductive-rights-2024-9">forceful voice on reproductive rights</a>, which took on even greater prominence after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.On Friday, Harris told attendees former President Donald Trump was culpable for the plight of millions of women who now live in states with near-total abortion bans. Trump was even showcased on the screens as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/1850004899913695299">he bragged about doing a "great thing"</a> in paving the way for Roe's demise."From his own mouth. A great thing," Harris said of Trump.With a little over a week remaining before Election Day and in an election that remains deadlocked — with both Harris and Trump fighting to the finish in <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-15-days-swing-states-polling-2024-10">battleground states</a> across the country — the vice president is highlighting her abortion message in hopes it'll sway voters across the country.And in an election that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-15-days-swing-states-polling-2024-10">could be decided</a> by the tiniest of margins, a few hundred votes could make all the difference.In what is <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-sun-belt-gains-trump-swing-states-polls-2024-8">a pattern seen in survey after survey</a>, Harris has built sizable leads with female voters. Meanwhile, Trump has retained a sizable edge with male voters.Harris' abortion messaging could push additional women — notably undecided independents or female voters who simply aren't tuned into politics — to her corner.By <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/jon425/status/1850000006796788038">bringing out Beyoncé,</a> as well as former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland, Harris helped give her message dramatic reach.The undecided voters who ultimately back Harris for her position on abortion rights will want to see actual progress on the issue should she win the presidency.Harris could face a Republican-controlled Senate, which would stymie any real chance of restoring Roe, especially since she supports Democratic lawmakers setting aside the filibuster to pass such a measure through a simple majority vote.It's why Harris' support of Allred, who is running in a close race against Sen. Ted Cruz, is so important for her campaign.With a near-certain loss in West Virginia, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-senate-races-2024-election-landscape-democrats-republicans-2023-1">Democrats are working in overdrive</a> to retain their Senate majority, and Texas represents their best pickup opportunity this year.Harris wants to turn the needle in her direction. And abortion rights — which fueled Democratic victories in the 2022 midterm elections — <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/us/politics/trump-harris-abortion-rights.html">continue to animate voters</a> as they head to the ballot box.

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Washington, DC [US], August 1 (ANI): Indian-origin Republican leader <keyword id="19927400" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vivek-Ramaswamy" source="keywords">Vivek Ramaswamy</keyword> has said that many <keyword id="20113176" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Americans" source="keywords">Indian Americans</keyword> in the US have been offended as <keyword id="20564937" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-Vice-President" source="keywords">US Vice President</keyword> <keyword id="20307089" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kamala-Harris" source="keywords">Kamala Harris</keyword> has "cast aside" her Indian identity. Ramaswamy recalled that <keyword id="20307089" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kamala-Harris" source="keywords">Kamala Harris</keyword> leaned onto her Indian American identity when she ran for office in California and added that she wears a different identity when it is politically convenient on a national stage. Speaking to Fox News, <keyword id="19927400" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vivek-Ramaswamy" source="keywords">Vivek Ramaswamy</keyword> said, "On a very personal level, my parents were immigrants to this country, legal immigrants from southern India, the very same part of India that her mother also immigrated from. I think it's a hard fact, it's just a fact whether you like it or not, that many <keyword id="20113176" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Americans" source="keywords">Indian Americans</keyword> in the United States are indeed somewhat offended by the way Kamala has suddenly cast aside the Indian American side of her identity." "She leaned into it when she ran for office in California, big Asian American and Indian American population. So, she wore that when it was convenient. She's wearing a different identity now when it's politically convenient on a national stage," he added. Speaking to Fox News, Ramaswamy said that Kamala Harris' leaning into <keyword id="21129061" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="identity-politics" source="keywords">identity politics</keyword> opens the door to criticism. He stated that Harris' candidature lacks vision for the US. He said, "I don't think we should be relying on these ethnic identities at all. We're American. And the problem is when you're Kamala Harris and you actually do lean into your <keyword id="21129061" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="identity-politics" source="keywords">identity politics</keyword>, then you open the door to that type of criticism." "But if you ask me, that shouldn't be how this election is decided one way or another. It should be decided on our own identity as Americans and what our vision is for the future of the country. And the number one thing missing in Kamala Harris's candidacy is that she lacks that vision for the country. That's what we've got to focus on," he added. Kamala Harris's <keyword id="22625049" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ethnic-identity" source="keywords">ethnic identity</keyword> is becoming a key issue in the US <keyword id="20099318" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="presidential-election" source="keywords">presidential election</keyword> campaign. It came under further scrutiny after former US President <keyword id="19918985" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Donald-Trump" source="keywords">Donald Trump</keyword> launched a strong personal attack on Vice President and rival in the upcoming presidential polls, Kamala Harris, by claiming that she, after being of "Indian heritage" for years, "turned black" a few years ago, CNN reported. He further claimed that Harris "all of a sudden, made a turn" in her identity and wants to be known as black. Trump made the comments at a gathering of journalists in Chicago when an interviewer asked him why black voters should consider backing a candidate with his history of racist attacks on political rivals. He responded by questioning Harris' heritage. "She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black?" CNN quoted him as saying. "I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went - she became a Black person," he said. "I think somebody should look into that too," he added. Kamala Harris is of <keyword id="19990665" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-origin" source="keywords">Indian origin</keyword>. Her mother is Indian and her father is Jamaican; both immigrated to the United States. She is the first woman of colour and the first Asian American vice president. If Harris wins the upcoming polls, she will become the first woman president of the country. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has hit back at <keyword id="19918985" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Donald-Trump" source="keywords">Donald Trump</keyword> over the latter's remarks against her racial identity and said the American people "deserve better." She asserted that today the country faces a choice between two different visions, and alleged that Trump and his campaign aim to take the country "backward." Harris was speaking at a Houston fundraiser on Wednesday (local time), hours after Trump claimed that Harris, after being of "Indian heritage" for years, "turned black" a few years ago. "In this moment, we face a choice, between two very different visions for our nation. One focused on the future, the other focused on the past. And we in this room, are fighting for the future," she told the donors. "As we work to move our nation forward...there are those who are trying to take us backward. You might have seen their agenda, they call it Project 2025 and it is a 900-page agenda of extremism," Harris added.

Kamala Harris casting aside her Indian identity has offended Indian-Americans, says Vivek Ramaswamy

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Prediction markets show Trump leading Harris in <keyword id="19952061" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="2024-election" source="keywords">2024 election</keyword> odds.</li><li>Betting platform <keyword id="22291329" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Polymarket" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Polymarket" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Polymarket">Polymarket</keyword> has seen its trading volume surge, with $1.24 billion bet in October alone.</li></ul>With the Presidential election less than three weeks away, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/harris-trump-national-polls-election-2024-10">polls are in a virtual dead heat</a> between candidates Donald Trump and <keyword id="20307089" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kamala-Harris" source="keywords">Kamala Harris</keyword>. But the election odds look somewhat different in the prediction markets, where people can bet money on the outcome of a race, and the constantly changing odds of a Harris or Trump win on these marketplaces are being closely watched by politicos. Since the start of October, there's been a notable divergence between the <keyword id="22477782" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="betting-markets" source="keywords">betting markets</keyword> and the polls. Despite numerous polling averages showing a close race between Harris and Trump, with all major battleground states within the margin of error, the betting markets have moved decisively for Trump. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/bitcoin-price-soars-crypto-president-donald-trumps-election-betting-odds-2024-10">Rumblings have grown</a> that a single person or a consortium of people could be tipping the scale for Trump on the betting platform Polymarket, placing a series of big bets totaling $30 million, in a bid to boost the narrative that he's a shoo-in for the November election. Here's what you need to know. <h2>1. What is Polymarket?</h2>Polymarket is a <keyword id="23618251" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="crypto-based-predictions" source="keywords">crypto-based predictions</keyword> market that has become one of the most popular venues for placing online bets on upcoming elections. The prediction market was founded in 2020 and requires users to place bets via stablecoins. Stablecoins are crypto tokens pegged to a fiat currency like the dollar and rarely deviate from their $1 value. Polymarket allows investors to bet on yes or no questions. For example: Will Donald Trump win the 2024 US Presidential election? Polymarket also allows its users to "trade" its bets, or sell out early for potential profits or to cut their losses. This year, Polymarket has seen $1.75 billion worth of trading volume according to data from The Block, with betting activity exploding on US election outcomes. In October alone, the betting market has seen $1.24 billion in trading volume. Before 2024, Polymarket's monthly trading volume rarely topped $10 million. <h2>2. Who is invested in Polymarket?</h2>Polymarket investors include early Facebook backer Peter Thiel, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin, and Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia. The company has raised a total of $74 million, according to data from Crunchbase. <h2>3. Where do election odds stand in betting markets now?</h2>Donald Trump has a massive lead over Kamala Harris in the betting markets. As of 11:55 a.m. on Friday, Polymarket odds showed Trump had a 60.1% chance of becoming the 47th President of the United States compared to just 39.8% for Kamala Harris. There is currently $628.5 million wagered on Trump, compared to $416.6 million wagered on a Harris victory. Kalshi, another betting market that recently received approval from a US federal appeals court to operate and take election wagers from US-based bettors, is also skewed heavily toward Trump at 57% vs 43% for Harris. However, the race is much tighter in the polls. Harris maintains a 2-point lead over Trump, at 48.3% versus 46.3%, according to the <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/" target="_blank">latest polling average compiled by 538</a>. Swing-state polls are even tighter, with 538 polling averages showing nearly 50-50 odds for the candidates in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. <h2>4. What's going on with the "Trump whale" in the betting markets?</h2>Because Polymarket is decentralized and takes bets via crypto, there's a lot of data to parse through on individual bets, like the source of the crypto wallet a particular wager came from. According to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/betting-election-pro-trump-ad74aa71?mod=hp_lead_pos1">a report from The Wall Street Journal</a>, four Polymarket accounts have bet a combined $30 million that Trump will win the election. An analysis of the four accounts by blockchain analysis firm Arkham Intelligence suggests "there's strong reason to believe they are the same entity." The four accounts, which go by the names of Fredi9999, Theo4, PrincessCaro, and Michie, have exhibited similar behaviors and were all funded by deposits from crypto exchange Kraken, according to Arkham. <h2>5. Is the $30 million "Trump whale" an influence campaign?</h2>Because the betting markets are relatively illiquid, a $30 million bet can have a big influence on moving the odds in favor of Trump. The accounts have also wagered millions of dollars on Trump winning key swing states like Pennsylvania and winning the popular vote, which is seen as a long shot. Adam Cochran, a veteran crypto investor, told The Wall Street Journal that the betting spree on Polymarket appears to be a campaign to boost the narrative that Trump has a lot of momentum going into election day. "It is by far the most efficient political advertising one can buy," Cochran to the Journal. When Trump's odds of winning the election initially soared on Polymarket on October 7, Elon Musk, who has strongly endorsed Trump and pledged to contribute tens of millions of dollars to getting him in office again, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1843363275398169020">retweeted</a> a screenshot of the election odds and said, "Victory is not enough, it must be absolutely decisive victory." To be sure, there is no evidence that the apparent "Trump whale" is trying to manipulate the betting markets, and it could just be that the person or persons have an incredibly strong conviction that Trump will win the election next month. Something similar occurred in the weeks leading up to the 2012 Presidential election, when a so-called "Romney whale" placed a flurry of bets totaling almost $7 million that Mitt Romney would win the election, using the betting market Intrade, which is now out of business. That whale ended up losing it all, as Barack Obama secured a second term. Editor's note: The story has been updated to clarify that the data provided by 538 is an average of multiple polls, not a single national poll.

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