Trump readies massive MSG rally with MAGA superstars as he closes out campaign season: Live
Speakers at Manhattan rally to include JD Vance, Rudy Giuliani, Elon Musk, and Tucker Carlson
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Donald Trump is getting ready to take the stage at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night along with a number of well-known people within the MAGA movement.
Some of the speakers include vice presidential nominee and Ohio Senator JD Vance, Speaker Mike Johnson, former New York Mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump Jr, billionaire Elon Musk, and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Doors are set to open at 12pm ET and the program is expected to start at 5pm ET.
Trump’s Manhattan rally comes after a fired-up Michelle Obama ripped into Trump as “a convicted felon” facing “obvious mental decline” and a “predator found liable for sexual abuse” while campaigning for Kamala Harris in Michigan.
The former First Lady stumped in Kalamazoo with a speech in which she told crowds she had a “genuine” fear for “our country.”
Obama also railed against those holding the vice president to “a higher standard” than her political opponent.
She added: “I hope that you’ll forgive me if I’m a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known slum lord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse.”
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Obama says she has a “genuine” fear for “our country,” “our children” and “what is coming our way if we forget the stakes of this election.
“Y’all know I hate politics, but I hate to see folks taken advantage of even more,” she told rally-goers in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
“I wanted to do everything in my power to remind the country that I love that there’s too much to stand to lose if we get this one wrong.”
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Michelle Obama was greeted with screams as she took to the stage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, referring to the city as “Kamala-zoo.”
“We need all of you. Because right now, as you know, this race is close. It’s too close for my liking. And I came out here to Michigan because I am someone who takes her own advice to heart.
“I know that if we want to help this country finally turn the page on the politics of hatred and division, we can’t just sit around and complain. No, we’ve got to do something if we want to usher in the next generation of American leadership.”
Trump was “too scared” to debate Harris a second time, Obama told supporters. Harris is not “ducking” interviews like Trump is, she said.“She’s showing us what a sane, stable leader looks like,” she said. “She’s not losing her train of thought or stumbling over her words … That’s because Kamala Harris a grown up, and lord knows, we need a grown up in the White House.”
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Biden slams Elon Musk for anti-immigrant stance following report of Tesla boss’ illegal work history
Joe Biden took aim at Elon Musk while speaking in Pennsylvania on Saturday, following a new report that Elon Musk began is career in the US working illegally.
“The wealthiest man in the world is now [Trump’s] ally, right? Well, that wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker, when he was here, I’m serious,” Biden said.
“He was supposed to be in school when he came on a student visa. He wasn’t in school. He was violating the law. And he’s talking about all these illegals coming our way?”
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