US Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks at a rally on the White House Ellipse, Washington, D.C., October 29, 2024 (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

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UPDATE, NOV 2:

I joined GB News on Saturday morning to analye the threat of Donald Trump refusing to accept the outcome of Tuesday’s election.

Setting out the “toss-up” race, I set out Trump’s tactic of falsely proclaiming a “rigged” vote if he loses.

Even when he won in 2016, he said the polls were rigged. Famously — or infamously — in 2020, he said for months that the election was illegitimate. He proved no fraud, lost more than 60 court cases, but still he called out supporters to “Stop the Steal”.

I fear he will do this again.

I add, “You had a panel on GB News last night that fed the narrative that the election was rigged. That only stokes the prospect that my native country will have violence if Trump does not accept the outcome.”

UPDATE 1307 GMT:

In a 7-minute interview, I spoke with Ireland’s RTE Radio 1 on Thursday morning about overnight developments in the US election, going beyond polls to talk about the contest between issues and spectacle.

I really hope we get beyond the polls. This isn’t a horse race or a football match.

Do the issues get fair play, whether they are women’s rights, the economy, immigration, health care, climate change, the threat to democracy?

Or do we have this spectacle where Donald Trump can make any meaningless, even false statement to grab the news cycle and mesmerize us?

I also talk about the “100%” probability that Trump will declare a rigged vote if he is not triumphant.

There should be no doubt. Donald Trump will not observe the electoral process, the US Constitution, or the orderly transfer of power if he loses this election.

UPDATE, OCT 31:

I joined Times Radio for a 14-minute analysis of the state of the Presidential campaign, beginning with the effect of the Trump rally’s demeaning of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage”.

I think a lot of Puerto Ricans will be disconcerted that the Trump rally could feature such a hateful, despicable remark.

And I don’t think it will be just Puerto Ricans. A lot of people will be at least discomfited. Let’s recall that this rally was filled with vitriol and hate: vile sexual slurs against Hispanic and Latino voters; insults of Black voters; depictions of Palestinians “taught to kill America from the age of two”; Kamala Harris called a “prostitute”, “the Devil”, and “the Antichrist”; and Hillary Clinton derided with a vulgar insult that I can’t repeat here.

Far from distancing himself from those comments, Trump embraced those comments and threatened again to use the military against “enemies within”.

UPDATE 0914 GMT:

I joined the hard-right outlet GB News on Wednesday to set out the state of the US election and to highlight the differences between the campaigns of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: As the Democratic Presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, set out the choice in the November 5 election — “freedom or division” — I spoke with British and South African outlets on Tuesday about what is at stake for the US and the world.

I set out the issues, including the threat to the US system and Americans demonstrated by Sunday’s rally for Donald Trump in New York City. And with some in the media finally paying attention to the threat, I repeat the call for a focus on those issues and a high turnout at the polls.

Listen to BBC Radio Scotland from 2:14.40

I summarize the vile remarks at Trump’s rally. Noting those about Hispanic and Latino people, including Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage”, I focus on issues such as race, ethnicity, and immigration.

I discuss Trump’s threat to deport millions of immigrants, and his sabotage in early 2024 of the bipartisan bill for border security. Then I review Kamala Harris’ record and proposed action, including a return to the border security bill, as other measures have decreased undocumented crossings from Mexico by 77% this year.

These comments at the rally and others by Trump, for years, are not just degrading to the election — they are degrading to America.

This is an election which should be about respect, tolerance, and decency and a way forward for all Americans. To issue statements which are filled with hatred, vitriol, and division further damages a country which is already in need of serious repair.

Listen to BBC Hereford and Worcester from 2:20.46

I speak with Elliott Webb about the state of the “toss-up” election, with a margin of less than 2% between Harris and Trump in the seven swing states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin in the north and North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada in the Sun Belt.

Beyond going for the undecided, you want to turn out your folks on the day. You’ve got to get them to vote early or into the voting booth next Tuesday.

The Democrats lost in 2016 because of turnout. They won in 2020 because they mobilized one of the highest turnouts in recent history.

I summarize the vital issues, cutting through misinformation:

It’s not just a question of being against Trump. It’s a question of how resilient the US system is, when we’re less than four years from a coup attempt and the man behind it saying he will go after his enemies if he gets back to the White House.