Welcome to October Surprise, the Daily Beast's daily countdown to the biggest election of our lifetime. It's just 13 days to Election Day and here's what's happening in the race for the White House between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

THE DOWNLOAD

Kamala Harris reprimanded Donald Trump on Wednesday about newly reported comments from his former chief of staff, John Kellysuggesting the former president wants military training Adolf Hitler'S.

“It is deeply disturbing and incredibly dangerous that Donald Trump is invoking Adolf Hitler, the man responsible for the deaths of six million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Americans,” the vice president said.

Your comments follow reports from The Atlantic And The New York Times In it, Kelly calls Trump a “fascist” and recalls his admiration for Nazi generals. Kelly also expressed concern about Trump's recent threats to use the military against “the enemy within.”

The polls may show one dead heatbut one man says he is “certain” about the outcome of the 2024 election: Kamala Harris will win, predicted James Carvillethe long-time Democratic strategist.

In a comment for The New York Timesthe Ragin' Cajun makes a bold prediction. “Today I pull up my chair to the political poker table to throw my chips all in: America, everything is going to be okay. Ms. Harris will be elected as the next President of the United States.”

For one thing, he says, Harris did it extremely outraged Trump, also with that $75 million donation The latter just received it from his billionaire buddy. Additionally, Carville says Harris has the power to bridge the aisles that her opponent lacks: “If the Cheneys and the AOC understand that the Constitution and our democracy are on the ballot, so should every true conservative and everyone get real progressives.”

Obsessed with polls

A new poll from Monmouth University shows the election could go either way depending on “very small changes in voter turnout.” The poll also found that just under half of registered voters say they will either definitely (41 percent) or probably (7 percent) vote for Harris. Likewise, 39 percent of registered voters say they will definitely vote for Trump, while 6 percent say they will probably vote for the GOP candidate. The “clear” support numbers include voters who have already cast their votes

ON THE WAY

Harris has prepared for her CNN town hall at 9 p.m. ET in Chester Township, Pennsylvania. Trump has prevailed in the battleground of Georgia as his vice presidential running mate, Senator. JD Vance of Ohio, campaigning in Nevada, another key swing state. And former president Bill Clinton is on the road again to campaign for Harris in Phoenix, Arizona.

WAYBACK WEDNESDAY

Borat had already entered the election chat before its publication on October 23, 2020 Subsequent film film. But creator Sacha Baron Cohen stoked the hype just hours before streaming began by releasing a statement from his Kazakh reporter creation in “defense” of Rudy Giuliani. “Jagshemash. “I’m here to defend America’s Mayor Rudolph Giuliani,” Borat said. “What was an innocent, sexy encounter between a consenting man and my 15-year-old daughter was turned into something disgusting by fake news media.”

Of course, it was far from innocent, but it became a milestone on Giuliani's long road to infamy.

The beast of the day

Jeffrey Goldberg has pushed back against the series of denials that followed his report The Atlantic The Donald Trump was reported to have been upset about the funeral bill of a killed U.S. soldier, saying, “It doesn’t cost $60,000 to bury a damn Mexican.”

After Vanessa Guillena 20-year-old soldier born in Houston, was murdered at Fort Hood in 2020 – Trump reportedly offered Guillén's family to pay for the funeral but never did. Goldberg's bombshell report was called false by Trump's then-chief of staff. Mark Meadowsand from Kash Patelthe former chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense. A lawyer for the Guillén family and the soldier's sister, Mayra Guillenhave also spoken out, claiming that Trump never made such a bold comment.

“I have sources attending this meeting,” Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said on CNN. “I have contemporary notes from participants at this meeting that describe exactly what I described in the story. We have seen this pattern time and time again. You deny, deny, deny, and then it turns out to be true.”

SHAMELESS PLUG

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