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President Donald Trump will highlight his bid to win a second term in the White House at a rally at Madison Square Garden next week, citing rising anti-immigrant fears and calling for a rally to stop an “immigrant invasion.” On day one, he doubled down on his promise to implement a massive deportation program.
Trump’s allies defended him Sunday against Democratic claims that he is a “fascist” and an authoritarian-in-waiting, with warnings from former chief of staff John Kelly. , President Trump announced a doctrine that could lead to the most extreme consequences. If he defeats Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on November 5th, he will become the best president in modern history.
“America is an occupied country,” Trump said as Democrats projected messages reading “Trump is free” and “Trump praised Hitler” outside New York City’s famous arena.
The massive rally was the final step in Trump’s bid to overturn the results of the last election and pull off one of the biggest upsets in American political history, leaving office in disgrace in 2021. It was advertised as a start. Before Trump spoke, some of the former president’s biggest supporters hurled vile racially-based rhetoric. Former House candidate David Rehm called Harris the “antichrist” and “the devil,” while others slammed Hillary Clinton, “illegal aliens” and the homeless. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.”
Tony Hinchcliffe criticizes Latinos and Puerto Rico in opening remarks at Trump rally
The Trump campaign later denied the remarks, with press secretary Daniel Alvarez saying in a statement to CNN, “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or his campaign.”
Much of President Trump’s speech was filled with lies and exaggerations. It was exactly the kind of rhetoric that the Harris campaign believes could encourage moderate voters and disaffected Republicans to elect a vice president. But it also represents a bet by the Republican candidate that he can drive out huge turnout and energize voters who don’t normally vote but agree with his hard-line policies.
Most of all, Harris promised Americans that they could move on from Trump’s extreme actions that tested the rule of law and constitutional constraints on the president’s first term. The choice faced by the government has become clear.
The former president’s virulent anti-immigrant rhetoric ranks with the most flagrant acts of sedition by a major Western figure since World War II. But it also marked the second installment of President Trump’s closing speech, with sharp economic commentary targeting the frustrations of many Americans who are suffering from soaring food prices even as inflation has slowed. Supplemented.
“I want to start with a very simple question: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Trump asked. “I am here today to bring a message of hope to all Americans. With your vote in this election, we will end inflation. I will stop criminals from entering our country and Reclaiming the American Dream.” Harris also announced her platform proposing Medicare coverage of home health care, including tax credits for “family caregivers who care for parents and loved ones.” He also stated that he would promote the
“If Kamala Harris is given four more years, our economy will never recover. If I win, we will immediately build the greatest economy in the history of the world,” he said.
The former president based his first presidential campaign in 2016 on inflammatory rhetoric against Mexican immigrants. Eight years later, he is suggesting that immigration is the direct cause of the nation’s economic frustrations, a conceit that far-right leaders have used throughout history.
President Trump’s gloomy appearance heightened the palpable tension gripping the country a week before an election that could be a turning point for the nation. Supporters of each candidate are concerned about what will happen if their candidate loses. The showdown revealed two contradictory visions of the future and what it means to be American. President Trump’s warnings that his presidency envisions unlimited powers dedicated to “retaliation” have reinforced the sense that a fateful moment is drawing near.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz alluded to President Trump’s rally in downtown Manhattan and the infamous pro-Nazi rally held in the same location in 1939 at the former arena. Democrats are now openly branding the former president a “fascist.” The Minnesota governor said, “There are direct parallels to the mass gatherings that took place at Madison Square Garden in the mid-1930s…I don’t know for one second exactly what they were doing there.” I hope you don’t think so.”
Sunday’s tumultuous events underscored how the 2024 presidential election is breaking away from traditional frameworks, with Trump unlikely to be able to compete in New York state next week. But the former president’s homecoming to a city where he built a skyscraper to reflect his outsized personality showed how candidates seek headlines far from battleground states. Harris traveled to the red state of Texas on Friday to highlight the Republican Party’s hard-line abortion policies, warning that they could spread across the country if Trump wins. An event will be held in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Both candidates are in the final weeks of the campaign, with polls showing close races in battleground states and across the country. The election has already begun, with 40 million Americans voting early in person or by mail. According to a CNN poll, there is no clear leader nationally, with Harris at 48% and Trump at 47%. The race will be decided in battleground states including the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as the Sunbelt states of North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. The outcome could hinge on just tens of thousands of votes and could lead to several days of tense counting, only heightening fears that the election could become a contested one.
Early voting explains why Harris will deliver her closing arguments at a Tuesday night rally on the Washington Ellipse, a full week before Election Day. The symbolism is strong, as it is the site of President Trump’s infamous rally on January 6, 2021. President Trump told the crowd to “fight like hell” or there would be no nation, before the mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to wreak havoc. Certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory. Ms. Harris’ rally will provide an emphatic exclamation point to her campaign’s increasingly important theme that Mr. Trump represents an existential threat to American democracy.
That message was central to Biden’s campaign until he called off his re-election bid in July. Mr. Harris did not initially prioritize the same subject, but he has gradually become interested in it. But some Democrats worry that Americans are more interested in how they can quickly improve their country’s economic situation. “How effective is it to attack Trump for being a fascist? This topic has never been more persuasive than Harris’ economic plans and contrasting messages featuring her pledge to protect reproductive rights.” “No,” said an Oct. 25 email to Democrats from Future Forward, a top super PAC supporting the Harris campaign, first reported by The Watch. be. It was obtained by The New York Times and CNN on Sunday.
In recent days, Trump has capitalized on claims by Democrats and Kelly that he is an aspiring authoritarian.
As a result, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a Republican vice presidential candidate, tried to redefine the former president’s recorded comments by extracting them and criticizing the media for accurately reporting what his boss said. Vance referred to political opponents in a fiery interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday’s “State of the Union,” when the former president openly considered turning the military and National Guard against “the enemy from within.” He claimed that he had not done so. However, Trump has previously said he was referring to people such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Representative Adam Schiff.
Jake Tapper and JD Vance get into heated argument over President Trump’s ‘enemy within’ comment
“He said he wanted to use the military to go after the far-left lunatics who were rioting, and…he also called them the ‘enemy within.'” “In their conversations, Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff individually said they were a threat to this country,” Vance said.
Trump and Harris are targeting strategic sectors of the core electorate in the final stages. Ms. Harris, for example, made a new effort Sunday to win over black male voters, some of whom appear to be leaning toward Mr. Trump. The vice president’s discussion with a black man focused on providing better opportunities at a West Philadelphia barbershop, where more people are needed to counter President Trump’s dominance in rural Pennsylvania. Participated in And she emphasized the important nature of the Commonwealth and its 19 electors. If Trump were to win the presidential election in 2016, that could hinder his path to the White House.
“We’re going to do it. Victory is going to run through Philadelphia, it’s going to run through Pennsylvania,” Harris said.
The vice president is also trying to use the already significant gender gap to his advantage, targeting another constituency that could help him get to the White House: women voters. She appeared in Michigan on Saturday with Michelle Obama. Although Mr. Obama is a passive politician, he remains extremely popular among Democrats. In a powerful speech, the former first lady appealed not only to women but also to “the men who love us,” saying that President Trump’s history of establishing a conservative Supreme Court that overturned the federal right to abortion was a momentous moment for the world. warned that it would have a negative impact. women’s health.
“Please, don’t hand over our fate to people like Mr. Trump, who know nothing about us and deeply despise us,” Obama said. “Because a vote for him is a vote for us, our health, and our values.”
