The scene here in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where President Donald Trump will rally supporters tonight. 64° and overcast.
Lots of “Run, Forest, Run,” signage outside of Donald Trump’s Fayetteville, NC rally for Dan Forest’s gubernatorial campaign. Forest spoke before Trump last week in Winston-Salem.
A protester briefly held up a sign here at Donald Trump’s Fayetteville, NC rally, before he was escorted out by security.
In remarks here in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Republican Senator Tom Tillis boasted, “I voted for several hundred conservative judges, including two on the Supreme Court and another on the way.”
President Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive imminently for his Fayetteville, NC rally. Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is playing so loud over the speakers the press riser is vibrating from the bass.
And we’ve been informed President Donald Trump is ten minutes out from Fayetteville— here’s a pic of me with @ryanobles previewing his remarks (📸 by @JoshNBCNews)
POTUS has landed in Fayetteville, NC.
And now they’re blasting “Macho Macho Man” by the Village People.
Speaking in Fayetteville, NC, President Donald Trump talks Ruth Bader Ginsburg, says, “You may agree, you may not disagree with her, but she was an inspiration to a tremendous number of people, I say all Americans.”
In NC, Trump talks SCOTUS vacancy following the death of Justice Ginsburg: “So, Article 2 of the Constitution says that the President shall nominate Justices of the Supreme Court. I don’t think it can be any more clear, can it?" Chants of "Fill the Seat"!"
In NC, Trump says, "I will be putting forth a nominee next week, it will be a woman, it will be a woman. Unless—ok let’s do a poll." Trump now polling audience by asking them to cheer if they'd like a woman or a man. "We haven’t chosen yet, but we have numerous women on the list"
Trump now discussing his friendship with Rush Limbaugh. "Rush is doing great, we love Rush..He's been so important, he's the king. 39 million listeners."
"And we gave Rush, because he's such an important person, and does such an important job, the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
Trump now segueing from his love of Rush Limbaugh to other conservative commentators he likes. "We don’t have to mention Sean, and Laura, and so many others. Lou-- the great Lou Dobbs…Tucker’s been very good lately. Tucker’s been very good. Tucker Carlson. He’s come a long way.”
Trump again repeating the claim that Churchill "stood on the buildings in London as they were bombing London, and made speeches, & made statements, & had everything, and sometimes they had press conferences, and the fake news wouldn’t show up" Via @ddale8: cnn.com/2020/09/13/pol…
Trump calls Bob Woodward "shot," says, "try doing a book on someone else, see how much television time they give you like that." (Woodward has written 18 books, 12 of which have hit #1)
President Donald Trump suggests, without cause, Joe Biden is using performance enhancing drugs, telling supporters in NC, "They give him a big fat shot in the ass, he comes out, and for two hours he’s better than ever before. The problem is, what happens after that?"
Trump offers his thoughts on Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Mike Bloomberg during the Democratic primary, before getting to Tom Steyer, or as he calls him, "Who’s that guy, the other millionaire who just kept spending money? What was his name?"
President Donald Trump has been speaking for an hour and 40 minutes in Fayetteville, NC— prompting some of his supporters to trickle off the tarmac to head home.
Trump says people feel bad for Former Vice President Joe Biden, “Maybe I'll sign an executive order you cannot have him as your President.”
One hour and 46 minutes after he took the stage, President Donald Trump wraps remarks in Fayetteville, one of his longer campaign rallies in recent memory.
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