Wrapping up Sunday: Trump, Harris make final pitches, former president’s election ad airs on NBC
Former President Trump
and Vice President Kamala Harris are making their final appeals to voters ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, primarily targeting swing states that will likely decide the winner.
On Sunday, Trump held rallies in Lititz, Pennsylvania; Kinston, North Carolina, and Macon, Georgia. His running mate, J.D. Vance, was in Raleigh, North Carolina; Aston, Pennsylvania, and Derry, New Hampshire.
Harris, meanwhile, campaigned in Michigan, where she attended church in Detroit and made stops in Livernois and Pontiac before holding a rally in East Lansing. Her running mate, Tim Walz, held events in Atlanta and Gwinnett County, Georgia, as well as Charlotte, North Carolina.
An election ad for Trump aired on NBC toward the end of the broadcast of NASCAR’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway and the NFL’s coverage of the Minnesota Vikings vs Indianapolis Colts game on Sunday night.
Trump’s appearance on NBC’s airways appeared to be connected to Harris’ surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” due to a Federal Communications Commission rule requiring networks to offer free airtime to both candidates.
NBC News filed an Equal Time notice with the FCC late Sunday following backlash over Harris’ appearance on SNL. The network disclosed Harris’ appearance after it was accused of violating the longstanding rule.
The notice came after commissioner Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the FCC, criticized NBC’s decision to host Harris in the final episode of SNL ahead of Election Day, while not offering equal time to Trump or other candidates.
“This has all the appearances of, at least some leadership at NBC, at SNL, making clear that they wanted to weigh-in in favor of one candidate before the election. That’s exactly why, for decades, we’ve had an equal time rule on the book, is to prevent that. Because remember, broadcasters are placed in a special position of trust,” Carr told Fox News Digital Sunday morning.
“They’re not just like any other person with a soapbox on the corner. They have a license from the federal government that obligates them to operate in the public interest,” Carr said.
Continue to follow Fox News Digital for live updates from the campaign trail.
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