Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was back in Georgia on Monday for two events, including a rally at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion, with Election Day only eight days away.
In the afternoon, Trump traveled to Powder Springs where he spoke to around 1,000 clergy members who were attending a faith conference at Worship With Wonder Church.
When Trump took the stage just before 7 p.m. at a nearly-full McCamish Pavilion, he was greeted by cheers from a mix of students and die-hard supporters decked out in “Make America Great Again” regalia and waving placards with the number 47.
The former president labeled his opponent, Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, a “fascist” and blamed a litany of the country’s ills – from inflation to the border crisis – on her. His remarks were met by a chant of “Lock her up” from the audience.
Between insults, Trump worked in some of his policy ideas, including adding tech mogul Elon Musk to his cabinet in an unspecified position, a tax credit for caregivers, cutting energy prices by 50%, and ending mandates on electric vehicles.
Much of the speech returned often to the border crisis, where Trump promised the “largest deportation in history” of illegal immigrants. He also promised to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime authority that allows the president to detain or deport natives and citizens of an enemy nation. Trump also pledged to “ban sanctuary cities” and cut off all welfare support to anyone here illegally.
Trump also introduced a video targeting transgender people in the military intercut with profanity-laced scenes from Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket.” He promised to remove any trans people serving in the military and block trans women from competing in sports to cheers from the audience.
By the time Trump was finished with his 90-minute rally, more than half of the attendees had already left McCamish Pavilion.
Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign team continued to try and distance itself from comments made during his rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday.
An off-color joke calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was condemned by both Republicans and Democrats and forced the Trump campaign to issue a statement saying, “this joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”
Jacob Nguyen contributed to this report.
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