October 22, 2024, presidential campaign news | CNN Politics

October 22, 2024, presidential campaign news

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By Michelle Shen, Maureen Chowdhury, Michael Williams, Elise Hammond and Tori B. Powell, CNN

Updated 11:59 PM EDT, Tue October 22, 2024

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What we covered here

• Election Day countdown: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are campaigning through key battleground states this week with just two weeks to Election Day.

• Today’s events: Harris, in an interview with NBC News, said she is worried Trump might prematurely try to claim victory like he did in 2020. Meanwhile, the former president joined a roundtable with Latinos in the Miami area and held a rally in North Carolina.

• Tomorrow’s town hall: CNN will hold a presidential town hall with Harris Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET outside of Philadelphia with an audience of undecided voters. Trump declined CNN’s invitation to participate in a town hall.

• Voting resources: Visit CNN’s voter handbook to see how to vote in your area, and read up on the 2024 candidates and their proposals on key issues. Send us your election questions here.

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Obama raps Eminem's "Lose Yourself" at Detroit rally for Harris

From CNN's Rashard Rose

Rapper Eminem, center, greets the crowd on stage with former President Barack Obama, left, at a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, in Detroit on October 22.

Rapper Eminem, center, greets the crowd on stage with former President Barack Obama, left, at a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, in Detroit on October 22.

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Former President Barack Obama, who was introduced by rapper Eminem during a Detroit, Michigan, rally Tuesday, briefly rapped the opening lyrics to the song “Lose Yourself.”

“I have done a lot of rallies. So, I don’t usually get nervous, but I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem. Now I notice my palms are sweaty. Knees weak, arms are heavy. Vomit on my sweater already. Mom’s spaghetti, I’m nervous. But on the surface, I look calm and ready. To drop bombs, but I keep on forgetting,” Obama said to cheers from the audience.

“I thought Eminem was gonna be performing. I was gonna jump out. Love me some Eminem,” he continued.

The Detroit stop was Obama’s fifth rally for Vice President Kamala Harris – and the fifth battleground state – during his biggest blitz of campaigning since he left office. He and Harris are set to make their first joint appearance on the campaign trail Thursday in Georgia.

Read more on the rally here.

Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake says backing Harris is the "most conservative thing you can do"

From CNN's Veronica Stracqualursi

Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona on Tuesday argued that the “most conservative thing you can do” is back Vice President Kamala Harris, who wouldn’t try to overturn an election, attempting to assuage fellow conservatives’ feelings about backing Harris over their party’s standard-bearer.

He criticized former President Donald Trump for pressuring Republicans in Congress to tank the bipartisan border security bill, arguing that Trump “wanted to run on the issue rather than solve the problem.”

The Arizona Republican was joined on the townhall by Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Mesa City Councilmember Julie Spilsbury, a Republican and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Flake said he served alongside Harris in the US Senate, saying, “I know of her love of country and of her fine character,” and Gov. Tim Walz in the US House, calling him a “good man” and recalling that he “often worked with him on bipartisan legislation.”