Trump says he 'shouldn't have left' the White House

The former president made the remarks during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Last Updated: November 4, 2024, 8:26 AM EST

With two days to go until Election Day, the candidates making in their final appeaks to voters over the weekend.

After popping up on "Saturday Night Live," Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in battleground Michigan on Sunday. Former President Donald Trump is hitting three swing states on Sunday: Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.

Nov 4, 2024, 4:26 am

More than 78 million Americans have voted early

As of 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, more than 77 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 42,654,364 were cast in person and 35,348,858 were returned by mail.

A man waits in line with other community members in East Tampa to enter the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library at a early voting polling precinct to cast their ballots in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 2, 2024.
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Nov 02, 2024, 5:09 PM EDT

Georgia judges hand down decisions in mail-in ballot cases

Two Georgia judges handed down rulings in election cases regarding mail-in ballots.

Judge Robert Flournoy ordered to extend the deadline to return mail-in ballots for approximately 3,200 Cobb County voters whose ballots were sent out late.

Cobb County previously said that "a surge of absentee ballot applications …..combined with an equipment failure” had caused a delay in sending out over 3,000 absentee ballots by the deadline. A lawsuit was filed and backed by the Democratic National Committee.

The affected voters must now postmark their ballots by 7 p.m. on Election Day and be received by the county by 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 — the same deadlines for overseas ballots, according to the ruling.

All ballots must now be sent immediately with express shipping and overnight return envelope, the judge ordered.

On Saturday morning, a Fulton County judge rejected a GOP lawsuit filed overnight that was seeking to prevent voters from hand-returning their mail-in ballots this weekend.

The lawsuit from Georgia Republicans was filed late Friday night and accused Fulton County of violating election laws by allowing voters to return their ballots in person after the early voting ended.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Nov 02, 2024, 4:08 PM EDT

Walz warns Trump 'spirals' deeper every day

Gov. Tim Walz hit the ground in Nevada Saturday during his final, seven-battleground state campaign swing ramping up to Election Day.

During brief remarks in Las Vegas at the campaign office this morning, Walz highlighted the actions of former President Donald Trump in recent days, including "what he said about Liz Cheney." The governor contrasted that to the “dignity, the grace, the vision, the compassion” of Vice President Kamala Harris.

In this screen grab from a video, Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks in Nevada, on Nov. 2, 2024.
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He also highlighted the danger of Trump, saying that day-by-day he "spirals" deeper during his rallies.

“And I don't know if it spirals any deeper ... You just think they can't hit bottom. And a new clip comes out, because every damn rally this guy does is some other insult,” Walz said.

Nov 02, 2024, 4:08 PM EDT

Trump pushes false claims, goes on long tangents at NC rally

Returning to North Carolina just three days out from Election Day, former President Donald Trump reiterated his false and baseless claims that his political opponents like to “cheat” and suggested that poll watchers asking for voter identification will get arrested by Democratic officials in an attempt to suppress them.

People started teetering out of the open airfield about 20 minutes into his speech as Trump started his speech pushing misleading claims about crime and the economy before going off on multiple unrelated tangents.

Trump suggested that election results should be called on Tuesday night – again attacking voting machines and claiming that paper ballots are cheaper and safer despite numerous experts and officials repeatedly confirming the safety of voting machines.

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Gastonia, N.C., Nov. 2, 2024.
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Trump turned on the public pressure for Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.

"I'm not going to say that he has done a great job. But if we don't win... I'm going to call him up and say you did a s****y job, but I think we're going to win," Trump said.

Trump touched on a number of topics including making baseless claims that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from Black Americans.

At one point, he raved about the size of former NFL quarterback Brett Favre's hands, who he met at a rally this week in Wisconsin.

"His hand was like three times the size of a normal hand. His fingers were like sausages. I said, 'They're that big,'" Trump said.

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump reacts on stage during a campaign rally in Gastonia, N.C., Nov. 2, 2024.
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Trump also asked if any women in the crowd were offended by his comment that he would protect women 'whether they like it or not,' and when one woman in the crowd raised his hand, the former president appeared to mock her.

“This woman is very smart. She said, was that Pelosi? Who the hell is that? You are a smart one," Trump said despairingly.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh

Nov 02, 2024, 3:25 PM EDT

Vance stumps with Donald Trump Jr. in Nevada

In his third and final swing to Nevada before Election Day, Sen. JD Vance stuck to his usual stump speech in the closing days of the 2024 presidential election.

Vance continued to attack Vice President Kamala Harris for not taking any actions these past nearly four years.

“She's the sitting Vice President, and she acts like Joe Biden is nowhere to be seen," Vance said.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance stands on stage with Donald Trump Jr. at a campaign rally, Nov. 2, 2024, in Las Vegas.
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Vance was joined at his Vegas rally by the former president's son, Donald Trump Jr.

When Trump Jr. took to the stage, he told the crowd they had an opportunity to take the country back.

"JD is right. Kamala Harris isn't going to be the candidate of change that the media keeps telling you she is," he said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

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