Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at Georgia Tech’s McAmish Pavilion in Atlanta on October 28, 2024. (Photo by Jacob Nguyen)
With Election Day just eight days away, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returned to Georgia on Monday for two events, including a rally at Georgia Tech’s McAmish Pavilion.
In the afternoon, President Trump traveled to Powder Springs to speak with about 1,000 clergy members who were attending a faith conference at Worship with Wonder Church.
Trump took to the stage at a nearly packed McAmish Pavilion just before 7 p.m., surrounded by students and enthusiastic supporters decked out in “Make America Great Again” regalia and waving placards with the number 47 on their backs. They were greeted with cheers.
The former president called his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, a “fascist” and blamed her for the nation’s ills, from inflation to the border crisis. His remarks prompted a chorus of “Lock her up!” from the audience.
In between insults, Trump said things like adding tech mogul Elon Musk to his Cabinet in an unspecified position, tax credits for caregivers, cutting energy prices by 50% and repealing electric vehicle mandates. , worked on some of his own policy proposals.
Much of the speech often returned to the border crisis, with Trump promising “the largest deportation in history” of illegal immigrants. He also promised to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime power that allows the president to detain or deport natives or nationals of enemy countries. President Trump also promised to “ban sanctuary cities” and cut off all welfare assistance to illegal immigrants.
President Trump also introduced a video targeting transgender people with a military intercut that included a profane scene from Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket.” He promised to eliminate transgender people serving in the military and prevent transgender women from participating in sports to cheers from spectators.
By the time President Trump finished his 90-minute rally, more than half of the attendees had already left McAmish Pavilion.
Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign continued to seek to distance itself Sunday from comments made during Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s off-color joke in which he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash” was condemned by both Republicans and Democrats, with the Trump campaign saying, “The joke does not reflect President Trump or his views.” I was forced to issue this statement. campaign. “
Jacob Nguyen contributed to this report.
