With Kamala Harris Flailing, the Left is Resorting to Russia Hoax 2.0; Swing-State Voters Trust Trump Over Harris On the big Issues — But Race Still Too Close to Call

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With Kamala Harris flailing, the left is resorting to Russia Hoax 2.0:

“Russia, Russia, Russia” is suddenly in re-runs as Democrats and allied media blast out “new” stories of supposedly sinister ties between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Is there any better evidence of their desperation as Election Day nears?

The latest claims: As president, Trump cozied up to Putin, even sending the Russian leader COVID testing equipment during the pandemic.

Worse, they gripe, the ex-prez continued to speak with Vlad after leaving office.

Many of the yarns come from an upcoming book by Bob Woodward.

“Trump secretly gave Putin Covid test machines,” gasps The Guardian, crediting Woodward.

Axios even parroted Dem charges that Trump’s Putin calls “could be illegal.”

(Quick — there’s still time to indict him yet again before the election!)

Meanwhile, The New York Times spun one of its typical thin-reed, anti-Trump tales (on its front page, natch!) speculating that the ex-prez favors Russia over Ukraine because he believes Kyiv helped Hillary Clinton in 2016 and because he bought Putin’s “shtick” about the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Same-old, same-old: For years, the left bloviated about Trump-Russia “collusion” — though endless probes failed to find anything beyond Trump’s habit of over-the-top flattery of people he hopes to influence.

The new charges are equally meritless. Even the Times admits Trump in office took a “relatively hawkish stance on Russia.” --->READ MORE HERE

Swing-state voters trust Trump over Harris on the big issues — but race still too close to call:

New Wall Street Journal polling of seven battleground states shows a race too close to call virtually everywhere — but with advantages for Republican Donald Trump on the election’s key issues.

Overall, the former president tops Kamala Harris 46% to 45%. And in all the states but one, the race is a genuine jump ball in the estimation of pollsters GBAO and Fabrizio Lee, Democratic and Republican firms respectively.

While the vice president leads on multi-candidate ballots in Arizona and Michigan (47% to 45% in both), as well as Georgia and Wisconsin (46% to 45% in both), Trump has a narrow edge in Nevada (47% to 42%), North Carolina and Pennsylvania (46% to 45% in both) among 600 registered voters in each state polled between Sept. 28 and Oct. 8.

Harris has seen gains on President Biden’s numbers in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.

But voters solidly prefer Trump on several questions about what the candidates bring to the table, including experience, where even states not leaning to him overall see him as the more seasoned choice.

On “who is best able to handle” illegal immigration — which voters say is their second-top concern — respondents give the ex-prez a 16-point lead (52% to 36%).

In Nevada, Trump’s up a staggering 25 points on this question, but he’s ahead in every state here.

Trump is +10 on the economy, with 50% of swing-state voters seeing him as the better bet than Harris on their No. 1 election issue.

That trend carries everywhere, with his biggest leads being +12 in Georgia and +11 in Pennsylvania. --->READ MORE HERE

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