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Trump urges police to break laws for him, as he again sets the stage for denying America the result of an election, in case.
And Vance continues on his dishonest way of misrepresenting Harris's border responsibilities.

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Updated Sept. 6, 2024, 7:47 p.m. ET 21 minutes ago

Election Live Updates: Trump Suggests Police Officers Should Watch for Voter Fraud

His suggestion, if followed through on, could run afoul of multiple state laws and raise accusations of voter intimidation. The presence of uniformed officers at the polls has a fraught history in the United States.

Michael Gold Here’s the latest on the presidential race.

Former President Donald J. Trump, addressing the national board of the Fraternal Order of Police in Charlotte, N.C., encouraged police officers to “watch for voter fraud” in November, a push that, if followed through on, could run afoul of multiple state laws and raise accusations of voter intimidation.

As he referenced his repeatedly debunked claims of widespread election fraud, Mr. Trump suggested that police officers could intimidate people out of conducting supposed voter fraud. “You can keep it down just by watching, because, believe it or not, they’re afraid of that badge,” he said.

The group of police officers he spoke to, the largest police labor group with more than 370,000 members, had announced earlier on Friday that it was endorsing him. This is the organization’s third time supporting Mr. Trump.

His stop came hours after he summoned journalists to the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, recounting in detail multiple sexual harassment allegations against him and lashing out at the women who made them. Those remarks followed a court appearance in connection with the civil verdict against him in a case brought by E. Jean Carroll, a New York writer. Mr. Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming Ms. Carroll.

Also on Friday, his sentencing in a separate case, the criminal trial in which he was convicted of falsifying business records, was delayed until after the election.

Here’s what else to know:

Cheneys for Harris: Dick Cheney, the vice president under President George W. Bush and one of the most influential and hawkish conservatives in the modern Republican Party, will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, his daughter Liz Cheney said on Friday. Ms. Cheney, the once high-ranking Republican from Wyoming ousted from Congress after her break with Mr. Trump, had said earlier this week that she would be casting her vote for Ms. Harris.

An appeal to Latino voters: Ms. Harris focused on the economy in talking with Univision Radio, her first interview with Spanish-language news media since she became the Democratic nominee. Democratic candidates often center on immigration when reaching out to Latino voters, but for years polls have shown that the top issue for the electorate has been the economy. She hyped her efforts to build up Latino-owned small businesses, cut insulin costs and stop price gouging.

Jewish voters: JD Vance declined to denounce Tucker Carlson for praising and airing the views of a Holocaust revisionist, who claimed the Nazis’ killing of almost six million Jews was not premeditated. Mr. Vance, who is scheduled to sit for an interview with Mr. Carlson later this month, “doesn’t believe in guilt-by-association cancel culture but he obviously does not share the views” of Mr. Carlson’s guest, his campaign said. Mr. Trump on Thursday addressed a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, repeating his criticism of Jewish Americans who support Democrats.

The financial numbers are in: Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign in August raised almost triple what Mr. Trump’s campaign took in. The haul by the Harris campaign and allied party committees, $361 million, gives the Democrats a substantial cash advantage over Mr. Trump, who raised $130 million last month. August, Ms. Harris’s first full month as a presidential candidate, was the Democrats’ best fund-raising period of the campaign.

On school shootings and guns: Democrats quickly seized on comments that Mr. Vance made at a campaign event in Phoenix on Thursday, when he called school shootings an unfortunate “fact of life” and proposed increased security measures in schools. Here’s what all of the candidates said after the deadly shooting in Georgia this week and where they stand on guns.

Harris-Trump debate: Both campaigns are preparing for a presidential debate on Tuesday, hosted by ABC News. It will be voters’ first time seeing Ms. Harris contend with Mr. Trump since she became the Democratic presidential nominee.

Nick Corasaniti, Maggie Haberman, Simon J. Levien and Jazmine Ulloa contributed reporting.


Sept. 6, 2024, 7:28 p.m. ET40 minutes ago

Chris Cameron

Michigan's secretary of state took the fight over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name can be removed from the state's ballot to the Michigan Supreme Court late Friday, filing a motion to stay an appeals court decision earlier in the day that would allow his name to be dropped. The motion asked that a decision be made by Monday as the state has to certify which candidates will be on the ballot before printing them. Early voting in Michigan begins on Oct. 26.

“It must be emphasized that Kennedy is a candidate for president,” the filing said. “And so his presence or absence from the ballot affects every ballot in the state. No county can start preparing its ballots until this case and the appeals are completed.”

Sept. 6, 2024, 7:02 p.m. ET1 hour ago

Jazmine Ulloa

In San Diego on Friday, JD Vance was asked if a second Trump administration would reinstate its policy of separating families at the border. The practice drew an international outcry and remains deeply unpopular with American voters, including with many Republicans and independents. Vance dodged the question before pivoting to his usual critiques of Vice President Kamala Harris, saying she refuses to enforce border laws. “Look, every time that somebody’s arrested for a crime, that’s family separation,” he said. “You’ve got to prosecute criminals, and you have to enforce the law.”

SAN DIEGO — Asked Vance whether a second Trump admin would reinstate family separation policies:

“Look, every time that somebody’s arrested for a crime, that’s family separation… you’ve got to prosecute criminals, and you have to enforce the law” pic.twitter.com/oLkui1ANg9

— Alec Hernández (@AlecAHernandez) September 6, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/06/us/harris-trump-election