(AFP) – Explaining an outer garment, a “family photo” that was not what it seemed, and a spray tan spat: with just a month to go until election day, it was another week to remember on the US campaign trail.
That jacket – Melania Trump is out and about promoting her self-titled memoir. She says the now-infamous jacket she wore bearing the slogan “I really don’t care, do u?” was actually “a message for the media, to let them know I was unconcerned with their opinions of me.” She wore the coat traveling to visit a migrant detention center when her husband was in power — triggering an almighty scandal.
Happy families? – Derrick Anderson, campaigning for a Virginia seat in the House of Representatives, ran into trouble over a photograph that appeared to show him posing with his family. But the woman and three charming children were actually the wife and kids of a longtime friend. Anderson’s website said he was engaged and lived with his dog. A spokesman said he was not trying to mislead voters.
Spray tanning – Staunch Republican Liz Cheney is now campaigning against Donald Trump and joined Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on stage. “I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray tanning,” she told the crowd. Never keen to let a jibe go unanswered, Trump branded Cheney “pathetic” and “low IQ.”
I am a knucklehead – Tim Walz chose the nationally televised vice presidential debate to describe himself as a knucklehead. When questioned about previous comments in which he said he was in Hong Kong when the Tiananmen Square massacre happened in 1989, Walz said he “misspoke.” Pressed further, Walz explained: “I’m a knucklehead at times.”
Birthday boy Carter – Former president Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 this week, was motivated to reach the landmark and vote in the election for Harris, friends and family said. “He will be voting by mail-in ballot,” Jill Stuckey told AFP. “He’s always been very politically active.”
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