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2024 election updates: Trump, Harris hit more battlegrounds

PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Penn., Sept. 29, 2024.
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Trump sparks backlash after calling Harris ‘mentally impaired’
By Alexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Oren Oppenheim, Tal Axelrod
Last Updated: September 29, 2024, 9:19 PM

With just over five weeks to go until Election Day, the candidates are campaigning in battleground states and making their case for why they should lead the country.

Former President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd in Erie, Pa., on Sunday after an event on Saturday in Wisconsin.

Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, was scheduled to speak in Las Vegas on Sunday night after fundraisers in San Francisco on Saturday and in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Latest headlines:

  • Trump again calls Harris 'mentally impaired'
  • Justice Department sues Alabama over alleged voter purge
  • Walz attends Michigan-Minnesota game
  • Harris pushes for more resources for Border Patrol agents
  • Trump, campaigning in Michigan, talks about Harris and Zelenskyy
Here's how the news is developing:

Sep 29, 2024 9:19 PM

Trump again calls Harris 'mentally impaired'

A day after calling Harris "mentally impaired," Trump used similar language against Harris and President Joe Biden at a rally on Sunday in Pennsylvania.

"Crooked Joe became mentally impaired. Sad, but lying Kamala Harris, honestly, I believe she was born that way,” Trump told a crowd in Erie, Pa. “There's something wrong with Kamala, and I just don't know what it is, but there is definitely something missing."

PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Penn., Sept. 29, 2024.
Brian Snyder/Reuters
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Penn., Sept. 29, 2024.
Brian Snyder/Reuters

At a rally in Wisconsin on Saturday, Trump declared, “Kamala is mentally impaired. “If a Republican did what she did, that Republican would be impeached and removed from office, and rightfully so for high crimes and misdemeanors.”

-- ABC News' Lalee Ibssa


Sep 28, 2024 5:56 PM

Justice Department sues Alabama over alleged voter purge

The Department of Justice sued the State of Alabama and its top election official on Friday for allegedly removing voters from its election rolls too close to the November election.

Last month, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced that he had begun inactivating the voter registrations of 3,251 people who had been previously issued noncitizen identification numbers.

PHOTO: Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen speaks during the inauguration ceremony on the steps of the Alabama state Capital in Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 16, 2023.
Butch Dill/AP
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen speaks during the inauguration ceremony on the steps of the Alabama state Capital in Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 16, 2023.
Butch Dill/AP

The National Voter Registration Act prohibits states from removing voters from rolls within 90 days of a federal election, and Alabama's voter roll maintenance commenced 84 days ahead of the November election, the Justice Department alleged.

Read more here.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous


Sep 28, 2024 6:04 PM

Walz attends Michigan-Minnesota game

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat in a suite at the ‘Big House' on Saturday watching the University of Minnesota, his state’s college football team, play the University of Michigan following a rainy morning spent with students, Michigan fans and athletic staff and the Gophers’ head coach, PJ Fleck.

The governor landed earlier this morning – dressed in a blue ‘Harris-Walz’ sweater, not his Gophers’ maroon and gold– in nearby Superior Charter Township, where he greeted student organizers at the airport.

These students had shuttled a yellow school bus onto the tarmac that said ‘Put me in Coach’ along with other decorations. He was also greeted by Rep. Debbie Dingell and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans.

PHOTO: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, wearing a camouflage hunting cap, greets students from U-M after his flight arrived in the rain at Willow Run Airport in Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.
Paul Egan/Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, wearing a camouflage hunting cap, greets students from U-M after his flight arrived in the rain at Willow Run Airport in Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.
Paul Egan/Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network

Walz then made his way to Michigan’s stadium and met with Wolverine fans at a tailgate outside. He called the stadium a "shrine to football," and talked with several fans.

Going inside the stadium, Walz walked down a tunnel and onto the field before greeting a familiar face– Minnesota’s coach Fleck. First Lady Gwen Walz also came over to have a conversation as well.

The Walzes then spoke with five Minnesota cheerleaders and had some fun moments with Goldy Gopher, Minnesota’s mascot. He also met with some Michigan athletics staff.

Later in the evening, former President Donald Trump was scheduled to attend the Georgia Bulldogs-Alabama Crimson Tide game.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray



Sep 28, 2024 12:02 AM

Harris pushes for more resources for Border Patrol agents

Vice President Kamala Harris was asked by reporters what she had discussed earlier with Border Patrol agents while touring the border wall in Arizona.

The vice president said the agents work long hours and need more support.

"I’m here to talk with them about what we can do to continue to support them and to also thank them for the hard work they do," she said.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie


Sep 26, 2024 1:59 PM

Melania Trump advocates for 2nd Trump term in 1st interview of 2024 cycle

Former first lady Melania Trump, sitting down for an interview with Fox & Friends, attempted to pitch her husband to voters.

"I think American people need to decide what they really want. Maybe some, you know, strong tweets, but everything else great for this country. So it's all in Americans people's hands on Nov. 5," she said, arguing her husband was a strong leader in terms of the economy and immigration.

Despite her lack of a role on the campaign, Melania Trump said that she supports her husband's third bid to the White House.

"I know how passionate he is to make America great again," she said.

PHOTO: Former first lady Melania Trump arrives on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Leon Neal/Getty Images
Former first lady Melania Trump arrives on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Leon Neal/Getty Images

Melania Trump was also asked some personal questions about her relationship with Trump.

"Did you fall in love then?" co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked after Melania Trump described meeting Donald Trump for the first time.

"It was a connection. It was a connection," Melania Trump responded.

"His being," she later said when asked what she loves most about Trump. "His humor, his personality, his kindness, he's, he's very special, his positivity, his energy. It's unbelievable. Yeah, so we have a beautiful relationship."

ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soorin Kim and Kelsey Walsh


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