Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will hold almost simultaneous rallies in Milwaukee, the largest city in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.
Are Russia and China trying to influence the US election?
Russian influence impacted the 2016 US presidential election, undermining many voters’ confidence that their elections were safe from foreign meddling. Authorities warn that Russia hasn’t backed off, and China has entered the ring. Watch DW’s report on what those efforts are:
US says Georgia ‘voter fraud’ video linked to ‘Russian influence actors’
US intelligence agencies blamed “Russian influence actors” for a video that falsely purports to show a Haitian immigrant claiming he had voted multiple times in the battleground state of Georgia.
“This judgment is based on information available to the IC [intelligence community] and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities,” said a joint statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The video shows a man who claims to be a Haitian immigrant and talks about how he’s intending to vote for Harris multiple times in two Georgia counties. He claims to have secured US citizenship within a matter of months. It’s apparent in the video from his eye movements that he’s reading a statement from a source near the camera.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the video was “obviously fake,” and likely made by Russian trolls “attempting to sow discord and chaos on the eve of the election.”
The US intelligence community has repeatedly warned that Moscow’s influence operations were pushing divisive narratives and promoting support for Trump. Russia denies the accusation.
Survey: If the elections were in Germany, Trump would lose in a landslide
If the election on November 5 were to be held in Germany, it seems Harris would easily beat Trump.
Pollsters infratest-dimap, working on behalf of the public broadcaster ARD, asked German voters which of the candidates they found more convincing, and the answer was clear: Some 74% said Harris, while Trump could persuade only 11% of respondents.
