Watch: Wackiest US election commercials from 2024 campaign trail

Ariana Baio

November 4, 2024 at 11:20 a.m.

With less than 24 hours to go to Election Day, our TV screens continue to be inundated with election-related commercials.

From a grenade launcher to snakes, it appears some candidates will do anything to get the attention of voters.

Who can forget Donald Trump trolling Joe Biden with his White House senior living ad: ‘Where residents feel like presidents’ or Trump attorney Will Scharf firing a grenade launcher at a stack of evidence boxes and indictments?

The Independent takes a look at the weirdest ads of 2024.

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MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Dumbfounded By Donald Trump Closing Message Montage
“I don't know that I've ever seen as much contrast in a closing message," said Joe Scarborough.
The Independent
Trump appears to reference vulgar Access Hollywood remarks in closing statements to supporters
The Republican presidential nominee jokes about his ‘grab them’ comments hours before polls close
ABC News
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Trump Boasts ‘Every Rally Is Full’ as Camera Immediately Pans to Empty Seats, People Leaving
The former president falsely claimed his rallies "do not have any seats that are empty"
CBC
Harris supporters hope final Philly rally is seismic moment that will sway voters her way
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The Independent
Monica Lewinsky reveals who she is voting for in the presidential election
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The Independent
Harrison Ford makes presidential endorsement days before 2024 election
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Associated Press
Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 loss
Donald Trump delivered a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before Tuesday's presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn't have left” the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. In remarks Sunday that bore little resemblance to the speech he's been delivering at his recent rallies, the former president repeatedly cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and resurrected old grievances after trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump intensified his verbal attacks on what he cast as a “demonic” Democratic Party and the American media, steering his rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at one point to the topic of violence against members of the press.
The Daily Beast
Michael Moore Makes Bold Election Prediction
Michael Moore made a final-hour prediction that Kamala Harris will win the 2024 presidential election, as he declared Donald Trump‘s White House prospects “toast.” “The gift that the Trump campaign keeps giving us, I don’t think they realized, I don’t think they really are in touch with where the majority of Americans are at,” he told MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin on Sunday. “The majority of Americans do not want this divisiveness, they don’t want a threat of violence. We are okay to disagree with eac
HuffPost
Ex-Prosecutor Flags Potential Donald Trump Election Night Move That'd 'Be Illegal'
Andrew Weissmann predicted the lines of attack that Republicans will use as votes are being counted in the 2024 election.
The Canadian Press
Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance
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BuzzFeed
People Are Loving Tim Walz's Extremely Petty Reason For Not Voting For Donald Trump
Well, that's certainly a reason.
HuffPost
Pete Buttigieg Hits Fox News Host's 'Fascist' Trump Question With Blistering Fact Check
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The Daily Beast
‘Come on, Senator’: Dana Bash Loses Cool Over Tim Scott’s Election Claims
Dana Bash ran out of patience while pressing Republican Sen. Tim Scott about Donald Trump and his pals' recent hints that this election may already be subject to voter fraud. The CNN host demanded to know whether Trump would honor the results of the election in the event of defeat, but the South Carolina senator neatly sidestepped the repeated questioning. “One of Donald Trump‘s allies, Steve Bannon, who was released from prison this week, told the New York Times that Trump should simply declare
The Independent
Azealia Banks switches presidential endorsement day before the election due to Elon Musk
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HuffPost
CNN Pundit Who Said Trump Caused Insurrection Now Endorses Ex-President
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