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Donald Trump peddled lies and criticized Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign rally at Madison Square Gardens on Sunday.

The Republican nominee was joined by an army of speakers, including vice presidential candidate and Ohio Sen. JD Vance, billionaire Elon Musk and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Even his wife, Melania, made an unexpected appearance.

The crowd of several hundred people, which filled the streets of New York before the rally, erupted when the president took the stage and spoke in the deep blue city. Despite the political bias, the MAGA crowd made its presence known in Midtown.

I will end inflation. I will stop the invasion of criminals in our country. And I will bring back the American dream, we need the American dream to come back home, Trump said.

Trump's Manhattan rally comes as Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, announced a swing state blitz in the final days before Election Day. Harris spent Sunday visiting several locations in the Philadelphia area. The vice president and Walz are expected to travel to Wisconsin and Michigan on Monday.

Key PointsShow Latest Update 1730080842Former Donald Trump lawyer and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani takes the stage and repeats conspiracy theories and misinformation

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who just received a judge's order to divest his assets to the Georgia election officials he defamed, took the stage at Madison Square Garden for Donald Trump's rally on Sunday .

It started with Pope John Paul II calling New York City great.

Within a minute of taking the stage, he was making references to 9/11 and the New York Yankees.

Giuliani missed a reference to East Palestine, Ohio, calling it New Palestine and referred to a subway derailment. East Palestine was the victim of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals that derailed and polluted the city. There is no metro system in East Palestine.

The former mayor then brought up 9/11 again and compared it to the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel. He said he was on Israel's side and claimed that Palestinians are taught from the age of 2 to kill Americans.

At one point, Giuliani said I won't do a conspiracy, but I won't do a conspiracy, after which he immediately advanced the baseless conspiracy theory that Democrats were behind the attempted assassination of Trump, saying they better not do it again.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 02:00

1730076610AOC asks Puerto Rican Democrats to send clip of MAGA podcasters' racist remarks to their families

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has asked her Democratic Puerto Rican supporters to widely share a clip of MAGA pdocaster Tony Hinchcliffes' racist remarks about Puerto Rico with their families in an effort to convince them not to support Donald Trump in upcoming elections. elections.

Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage during a speech he gave to open Donald Trump's campaign rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden. He also made vulgar and racist comments about Latinos in general.

She cut short detractors claiming she was being too sensitive in passing, saying she didn't give a damn about crude humor, but she was annoyed that Hinchcliffe didn't own his words when he insisted on the fact that he was making fun of everyone during his opening set.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:50

1730075852Trump wraps up rally at Madison Square Garden

Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden is over.

A live rendition of New York, New York started after it ended. Trump took the stage with former First Lady Melania Trump during the song, swindling her endorsement of the singer throughout the song.

Immediately after New York, New York, the YMCA ended and Trump left the stage.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:37

1730075290Trump supports limiting free speech rights in US, says US flag burners should be jailed for a year

Donald Trump has proposed a bill that would see people who burn the American flag sentenced to a year in prison.

Burning the flag is a protected means of protest, and criminalizing it would limit Americans' free speech rights that people like Trump and his new pal, Elon Musk, frequently claim to defend.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:28

1730074979Trump jokes he's not 100% sure his father is in heaven before insisting he's a good person

Donald Trump joked that he wasn't 100% sure his father was in heaven, but said if he was, he would look down and wonder why people were trying to put him in prison.

I am a good person, Trump insisted.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:22

1730074482Trump claims Kamala Harris never worked at McDonalds, and that's why he went to work at one in a staged photoshoot

Trump claimed Kamala Harris lied about working at McDonald's when she was younger, and he said that's why he went to work at McDonald's for a day.

In fact, Trump held a basket of fries during a photo op held at a McDonald's restaurant that closed for the day to facilitate the event.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:14

1730074181Trump says he has a little secret he thinks will help Republicans keep the House

Donald Trump hinted that he and House Speaker Mike Johnson had a little secret that he said would help Republicans keep the House, but said he wouldn't reveal it until after the election.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:09

1730074095Trump spends several minutes talking about Elon Musk and his rockets, saying he's going to let RFK Jr go wild on everything except the oil and gas industry

Donald Trump spent several minutes talking about Elon Musk and his impression on a Space X rocket. He claimed that Musk's dark MAGA hat was the best-selling MAGA hat the week after its launch.

He then said he was going to let Robert F. Kennedy rant about health care, but he was going to keep him away from the liquid gold of the oil and gas industry.

Trump then praised former First Lady Melania Trump for owning the best-selling book in the universe and admitted he was worried about what she might write about him in the book.

He continued to praise his family, including his youngest son Barron, who he called the king of the Internet.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:08

1730073796Ricky Martin and Republican lawmakers push back against MAGA podcasters' racist remarks about Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin asked Americans to vote for Kamala Harris after Tony Hinchcliffe, a MAGA podcaster who opened Donald Trump's rally on Sunday, called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage and made vulgar comments and racists against Latinos.

This is what they think of us, he wrote in Spanish to his 18.6 million followers on Instagram. Vote for @kamalaharris.

He wasn't the only one upset by the podcasters' remarks; two Republican lawmakers who represent Latinos also pushed back on his comments.

Rep. Jenniffer Gonzlez-Coln, a non-voting member of Congress from Puerto Rico and a Republican, called the comments despicable, misguided and disgusting.

She added that there was no place for such abominable and racist comments like these.

Senator Rick Scott and Representative Maria Salazar also criticized the remarks in a statement.

This rhetoric does not reflect the values ​​of the GOP, Salazar wrote. Puerto Rico sent more than 48,000 troops to Vietnam, and more than 345 Purple Hearts were awarded. This bravery deserves respect.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:03

1730073642Melania Trump makes shock appearance at her husband's Madison Square Garden rally

Melania Trump took the stage at her husband's New York rally in Paradise City by Guns n Roses, then launched into a dark but misguided rant about how bad things are in the Big Apple and the rest of the country .

GnR frontman Axl Rose has spoken out against Donald Trump's use of the band's songs, without permission, during his public appearances.

Hello Madison Square Garden! began the former first lady, calling the metropolis the undisputed global capital of industry, where the titans of finance, fashion and entertainment come together. New York is an unforgiving city, Melania continued, seemingly empathizing with the audience about the complexity of our lives, even in the best of times.

Graig GraziosiOctober 28, 2024 00:00

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