Today’s episode with campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Nearly a month after promising to “go after CNN with full force,” North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson claims he has filed suit against the news channel. It was last month when CNN published reports of racist comments the Republican gubernatorial candidate allegedly posted on an online pornography forum.
* In Michigan, Republican Congressman hopeful Tom Barrett placed an ad in a Black-owned newspaper, falsely telling readers that Election Day is November 6 instead of November 5. The Republican candidate blamed an administrative error, but the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus filed a complaint with the attorney general’s office, requesting an investigation into whether Barrett’s campaign tried to suppress black turnout .
* Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz will unveil a “Plan for Rural America” in Pennsylvania, which focuses on adding 10,000 health care workers in rural areas, expanding access to telemedicine, lowering child care costs, expanding of the child tax credit, and increase access to markets, credits and land for farmers and producers.
* In Michigan’s closely watched battle for the U.S. Senate, Senate Republicans’ top super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, is investing another $10.5 million in hopes of boosting former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers give over Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
* At Donald Trump’s final campaign rally in Pennsylvania, he thanked independent presidential candidates Jill Stein and Cornell West by name and boasted to supporters that far-left third-party candidates are helping him.
* At the former president’s event late last week in Colorado, he suggested so “very close” to winning the Rocky Mountain State, claiming he had seen a poll that showed him “slightly” ahead in Colorado. Such a poll does not appear to exist in reality; his campaign is not broadcast in the state; and Trump lost Colorado by double digits four years ago.
* Around the same time, Trump said he believes Barack Obama could vote for him, which could be the most ridiculous claim the Republican has ever made.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
