南希·佩洛西正在反击没有标签她称之为“危险的”,这引起了她的一些反对——南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特(Tim Scott)呼应了一些对选举欺诈的担忧在他的政党中变得受欢迎.
唐纳德·特朗普更多地分享了他下周将做的事情,而不是在迈阿密辩论他的2024年竞争对手。
以下是周四的活动要点。
佩洛西对无标签
“危及我们的民主”:这是前众议院议长南希·佩洛西对“无标签”组织的评价可能推出第三方“统一”票鉴于选民对共和党和民主党的领先者不满,他将参加2024年的总统竞选。
“我认为没有标签对我们的民主是危险的。我毫不犹豫地说,”佩洛西在非营利组织“第三条道路”的一次活动中说。
2023年10月16日,在纽约92NY,前众议院议长南希·佩洛西在舞台上与大卫·鲁宾斯坦对话。
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No Label的联合创始人、前参议员乔·利伯曼很快用一个反问进行了回击。
“你知道什么是民主的‘危险’吗?当领导人试图告诉美国人他们可以想什么,当他们试图阻止竞争参与政治进程。这显然是我的朋友众议员南希·佩洛西今天早上说的,这是错误的,”利伯曼在一份声明中说。
——美国广播公司新闻的艾比·克鲁兹、哈贾赫·巴和凯尔西·沃尔什
蒂姆·斯科特强调选举的公正性
周四,在爱荷华州独立的见面会上,当被问及2020年大选的完整性时,斯科特没有辩护,但他表示,他对2024年的信心比过去几年更大。
“我今天比2020年和2022年更有信心,”斯科特回答道,引来笑声。
他接着挑出佐治亚州和宾夕法尼亚州,对这两个州在2020年使用的邮寄选票提出了毫无根据的担忧:“对我来说,这听起来像是在邀请高水平的欺诈。有人不同意吗?”
他说,签名验证和选民身份法是“从我的角度来看的常识”,但他也谈到了减少投票箱和为提前投票提供紧凑的窗口。
-ABC新闻的加布里埃拉·阿卜杜勒·哈基姆、弗里茨·法罗、利比·凯茜和哈贾·巴
特朗普的辩论“旋转室”
前总统特朗普和他的竞选团队继续试图将焦点从即将于11月8日在迈阿密举行的共和党辩论上转移开。
特朗普不仅在佛罗里达州的海厄利亚举行集会,他的竞选团队刚刚宣布,在他发表讲话后,他们将举行“特朗普团队旋转室”。
在整个共和党初选中,特朗普表示他看到参加辩论毫无意义鉴于他在民调中遥遥领先,他将面临其他候选人的审查。
苏努努滔滔不绝地谈论哈利
前南卡罗莱纳州州长妮基·黑利和新罕布什尔州州长克里斯·苏努努一起参加了伦敦德里的穷小子餐厅(Poor Boy's Diner)的市政厅会议,在那里,苏努努-特朗普的直言不讳的批评者-对她大加赞赏,并将获胜称为“2024年的问题”
“这才是最重要的。如果你不能在2024年11月跨过终点线,就从选票上滚开,”他说。
有一次,哈利取笑苏努努,问他是否会支持她。
“我一天比一天接近。一天比一天接近,”他反驳道,后来澄清他的意思是,随着该州共和党初选的临近,他越来越接近获得全面支持。
拉马斯瓦米说,他正在用广告进行反击
维维克·拉马斯瓦米指责他停滞不前的投票-在第一次初选辩论中获得越来越多的支持后-针对他的广告。
就在告诉记者他“将把钱花在他的嘴上”的一天后,拉姆斯瓦米的竞选团队宣布在爱荷华州和新罕布什尔州购买八位数的广告。
竞选发言人Tricia McLaughlin告诉ABC新闻,竞选在爱荷华州投资700-800万美元,在新罕布什尔州投资300-400万美元。
拉马斯瓦米说,这笔钱不会用于更多的活动,因为他已经有很多了:“我认为,如果选举是在参加活动的人群中举行的,我认为我们现在可能会赢得爱荷华州和新罕布什尔州。”
Nancy Pelosi slams potential 3rd-party group in 2024, and more campaign takeaways
Nancy Pelosi is pushing back onNo Labels-- "perilous," she calls it, earning some pushback of her own -- as South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott echoed some of the election fraud fears that havebecome popular among his party.
And Donald Trump share more of what he will be doing next week instead of debating his 2024 rivals in Miami.
Here are campaign takeaways for Thursday.
Pelosi vs. No Labels
"Perilous to our democracy": That's what former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to say about the group No Labelspossibly launching a third-party "unity" ticketto run in the 2024 presidential race given voter dissatisfaction with the Republican and Democratic front-runners.
"I think that No Labels is perilous to our democracy. I say that completely without any hesitation," Pelosi said at an event with the nonprofit Third Way.
No Label co-founder and former Sen. Joe Lieberman soon shot back with a rhetorical question.
"Do you know what is 'perilous' to democracy? When leaders try to tell Americans what they are allowed to think and when they try to prevent competition from participating in the political process. That's apparently what my friend Rep. Nancy Pelosi said this morning, and it is wrong," Lieberman said in a statement.
Tim Scott weighs in on election integrity
During a meet-and-greet in Independence, Iowa, on Thursday, Scott did not defend the integrity of the 2020 election when asked but did say he has more confidence heading into 2024 than in years past.
"I'm more confident today than I was in 2020, and 2022," Scott replied, drawing laughter.
He went on to single out Georgia and Pennsylvania as he raised baseless concerns about the mail ballots used by those states in 2020: "That to me sounds like an invitation for high levels of fraud. Anybody disagree?"
He said signature verification and voter ID laws are "common sense from my perspective," but he also talked about reducing drop boxes and having compact windows for early voting.
-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow, Libby Cathey and Hajah Bah
Trump's debate 'spin room'
Former President Trump and his campaign continue to attempt to pull the focus away from the upcoming GOP debate, on Nov. 8 in Miami.
Not only is Trump counterprogramming with a rally in Hialeah, Florida, his campaign just announced they will be holding a "Team Trump Spin Room" after he speaks.
Throughout the Republican primary, Trump has indicated he seesno point in attending the debates, to face scrutiny from the other candidates, given his large polling lead.
ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kendall Ross
Sununu gushes about Haley
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley attended a town hall alongside New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu at the Poor Boy's Diner in Londonderry, where Sununu -- a vocal Trump critic -- lapped praise on her and called winning "the issue of 2024."
"That's all that matters. If you cannot cross the finish line in November of '24, get your ass off the ballot," he said.
At one point, Haley poked fun at Sununu, asking if he was going to endorse her.
"I'm getting closer every day. Getting closer every day," he retorted, later clarifying he meant that he was getting closer to an endorsement overall as the state's GOP primary draws nearer.
Ramaswamy says he's fighting back with ads
Vivek Ramaswamy is blaminghis stagnant polling-- after an earlier brush with increased support around the first primary debate -- on advertisements targeted at him.
Just one day after telling reporters that he's "going to put [his] money where his [mouth] is, Ramswamy's campaign has announced an eight-figure ad buy in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Campaign spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin tells ABC News that the campaign is investing $7-8 million in Iowa and $3-4 million in New Hampshire.
Ramaswamy has said that the money will not go to more events, as he already has a lot: "I think if the election was held amongst the subset of people who go to events, I think we'd probably win Iowa and New Hampshire right now."