Trump news: Fears of new White House super-spreader debacle as president invites guests to public event

Biden and Harris campaign on economy as battleground shifts to Democratic support

The opposition were also visiting Arizona yesterday, with Biden and Harris making their first campaign appearance together since first teaming up.

The pair were joined by Cindy McCain, widow of the longtime local Republican senator and Trump enemy John McCain, as they argued the president had failed to protect the people he was elected to serve.

Their campaign in America’s southwest followed Biden’s tour through Pennsylvania, as the former vice president returned to in-person campaigning to take aim at the economic toll – and warn of impending doom to the future of American healthcare – following the coronavirus pandemic and administration’s failures.

"You’re facing real challenges right now, and the last thing you need is a president who exacerbates them, who ignores you,” he told a group of supporters in Phoenix.

Senator Harris, speaking the day after her debate with Pence, told supporters that “this election more than any other in our lifetime will affect every part of our lives with consequences that will affect generations.”

Alex Woodward was observing their progress.

Fox axes commentator who called Kamala Harris a ‘lying b****'

The right-wing network says it has no intention of booking pundit Harlan Hill again after this odious tweet about the Democratic running mate during Wednesday night’s debate.

Amazing that career-ender hasn’t been deleted.

Fox ought to consider ditching evangelist Darrell Scott too, who took part in a panel on The Ingraham Angle and, arguably even more shockingly, referred to Harris as “Hillary in blackface”.

Josh Marcus has this on Hill.

Embattled Republican senator accidentally posts ‘generic’ Pence congratulation after debate

Kelly Loefller is having a rough time on social media at the moment, having already been widely panned for tweeting a wrestling GIF cheering the president’s alleged recovery from coronavirus with 213,000 Americans dead (7,125 in her own state of Georgia).

Then came this:

Why on earth was Trump raving about ‘certain little tiny fish’ jeopardising California’s water supply on Fox last night?

There was actually some basis for this baffling segment, as Gino Spocchia is here to explain.

The president was actually referring to the endangered delta smelt, a silvery blue, three-inch fish that smells like cucumbers and can only be found in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Trump falsely claims Virginia’s governor ‘executed a baby’

Another noteworthy moment from the president’s latest Hannity nuisance call was his grotesque lie about Democratic governor Ralph Northam, issued as he seeks to shore up the evangelical pro-life vote ahead of Election Day.

Trump continued that attack on Twitter last night, by the way:

Matt Mathers has the full story.

President says 2020 will be 'one of greatest, most fraudulent elections ever'

In a final recap from last night, here’s Gino Spocchia again on Trump’s latest effort to lay the groundwork for challenging the election result in the event that he loses.

‘The president realises he’s losing and he’s panicking about it’

For Indy Voices, John T Bennett examines the president’s madcap interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox yesterday and says it betrays his very real fear fear of defeat.

‘Trump knows gender violence and white supremacy go hand in hand’

Also for Voices, Danielle Campoamor has this on the president’s hostility towards Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, his ugly track record and his fairly blatant endorsement of dangerous fringe groups.

President to undergo ‘televised medical evaluation’ and host Florida rally on campaign return

Now that Trump has been given the all-clear to return to campaigning by his doctors after apparently recovering from the coronavirus, he will kick things off with an in-person interview and “televised medical evaluation” (?!) on Tucker Carlson’s Fox show this evening, followed by a rally in Florida on Saturday night.

Is this a good idea?

Dr Michael Saag, interviewed by CNN, says no.

"He's really pushing this, and he's putting people at risk if he goes out any time before Sunday."

Kayleigh McEnany has, of course, been on Fox and Friends to insist everything is fine, despite having contracted Covid herself earlier this week.

Don Jr ‘wouldn’t stand a chance’ if he ran for New York mayor, says Trump

Well, you can’t fault him for brutal honesty there.

Matt Mathers has this report on a quickly-quashed rumour about the president’s eldest son’s future prospects.