The Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum is starting to fill up with supporters for the #TrumpinAZ rally - the venue seats 14,000 and event organizers are expecting a packed house - the President is scheduled to speak in three hours
Monica George showed up at the Coliseum at 10:00 AM. George says illegal immigration is the most important issue for her:
"My parents came here legally. Everybody should come in legally. Wait their turn. It's like cutting in line. Don't like it. That's why I'm here."
"My parents came here legally. Everybody should come in legally. Wait their turn. It's like cutting in line. Don't like it. That's why I'm here."
AZ Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward encouraging supporters to vote for Republicans down the ballot
Kimberly Guilfoyle firing up the crowd with jobs numbers and citing positive economic conditions
Guilfoyle: "We are creating an army across this country"
Donald Trump Jr tells crowd he's a "pretty good social media troll" because "it's genetic"
Trump Jr. says his father "is not a highfalutin schmuck like these other guys"
We are waiting for the President to take the stage - crowd is very energized - a man in a sombrero is cutting a rug to Michael Jackson's "Beat It" in front of the press pen - the wave is picking up steam around the coliseum
We have heard Sinatra's "My Way" several times now, each time it sends the crowd into a frenzy - also lots of Lionel Richie fans in attendance
President Trump takes the stage in Phoenix saying this is a political movement unlike any other
President Trump claimed 20,000 people were turned away from the event and that there are no empty seats inside
Many Arizona politicos joined President Trump on stage - but when Governor Ducey and Senator McSally were called to the stage the crowd audibly bood and hissed
still lots of protestors on site as the rally let's out, getting in shouting matches with supporters
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