We’re at the Lancaster Airport in Lititz, Pennsylvania, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to rally supporters at his second of three stops in the Keystone State today— at the moment, Trump’s on stage in Allentown (stop 1), where he’s railing against Savannah Guthrie.
President Donald Trump takes the stage in Lititz, PA, immediately marvels at the size of his audience: "That's a lot of people. They've got themselves a big, big surprise coming. It's just like four years ago."
Trump again fixates on Biden calling a "lid" early (he hasn't called a lid today?) before saying the campaign just announced Biden will give a speech in Delaware (Biden is giving remarks in Georgia tomorrow and Florida the day after).
Trump brings up rally bogeywoman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, telling supporters in PA, "AOC plus three, I heard she was very upset that I was calling her AOC plus three." (Ocasio-Cortez reacted last week in a tweet, pointing to 115 GND co-sponsors in the House and Senate)
We are at the multimedia presentation part of the rally, a new feature where POTUS pauses his remarks so the campaign can play a supercut of Biden attacks ads.
Trump weighs in on former President Barack Obama hitting the trail in the final days of the campaign, telling supporters, “And by the way, Barack Hussein Obama showed up too,” before hitting Obama for crowd sizes.
In extended remarks, Donald Trump offers praise for the Pennsylvania Dutch in the audience, says, "they’re great people, but they’re not known for going out and voting, for a lot of reasons. Don’t tell anyone, but the Pennsylvania Dutch are voting en masse."
Trump spots Jeffrey Lord in the audience: "I see the great Jeffrey Lord there, formerly of CNN, and then he became a Trump guy, and CNN said, ‘We have to get this guy off.’" (Lord was hired as a pro-Trump contributor & fired for tweeting a Nazi salute) money.cnn.com/2017/08/10/med…
Trump now boasting of poll margins in Utah, West Virginia, and Georgia.
Trump says, if Joe Biden loses, "and you know, who knows what happens, it’s called an election, he should be ashamed of himself because he didn’t work," comparing Biden's campaign schedule to his own, as he continues to cram supporters into rallies amidst a spiking pandemic.
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It’s 37° F in West Salem, Wisconsin— one week out from Election Day, President Donald Trump will rally supporters at MotorSports Management Company. Warming up the crowd is MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who has dropped the word “MyPillow” conservatively 20 times in his remarks.
WI GOP Congressional Candidate Derrick Van Orden also spoke during today's Trump rally pre-program in West Salem-- per Van Orden, President Donald Trump is expected to do a lap around the racetrack here at MotorSports Management in the Presidential state car, aka the Beast.
And President Donald Trump's motorcade just did a lap here at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway, while R.E.M.'s "Losing my Religion" played over the speakers.
Speaking in Pensacola, FL, Trump hits Biden on remarks about fossil fuels, says, "Somehow, they didn't like that in Texas and Pennsylvania and a lot of other places."
Trump, who just recovered from Covid last week, tells supporters, "we're rounding the turn, normal life, it’s all we want, fully resuming, we want normal life to fully resume, and that’s happening."
Trump tells supporters in Florida, "We're doing really good in Iowa. People don't know it but we're doing great. How can they not go with us when I've given farmers, $28 Billion dollars. Thank you, China very much, ethanol and everything else."
Trump tells Sinclair's Eric Bolling, "I have no problem with a mask, and frankly some people don’t like it, some people don’t like it scientifically, I mean, you know, you have a lot of different views on the masks." (The overwhelming scientific evidence calls for mask-wearing).
Trump says, "When you see my rallies, a lot of those people are actually wearing masks...No, to me it’s not a big issue, I say wear it, it’s ok, I have no problem with it.” (But habitually mocks Biden for social distancing and wearing masks at rallies)
Asked if there's systemic racism in police departments across the country, Trump points to racial diversity in police departments, before saying, "I guess there always is, and it’s a shame, but we have to respect our police and we have to let them do their jobs."
Spotted outside Donald Trump’s rally in Macon, GA— Senator Kelly Loeffler.
Brian Kemp tells supporters in Macon, GA, "Thanks to you, and our great President Donald Trump, we defeated Stacey Abrams. I just wanted to make sure you knew that. And that has been what has kept our state in the right direction," ahead of Trump's rally here tonight.
Here’s the scene in Macon, GA, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks in one hour at his third and final campaign stop of the day. The Village People’s “Macho Man” has played, conservatively, four times so far.
The scene in Greenville, North Carolina, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to rally supporters in two hours’ time. Social distancing isn’t happening, and masks aren’t happening much either.
Spotted in Greenville, NC ahead of Donald Trump’s rally this afternoon:
In remarks here in Greenville, NC, ahead of Donald Trump’s rally here, NC GOP chair Michael Whatley tells supporters, “There is no path that gets us to the White House without leading through North Carolina.”
Sean Hannity asked President Donald Trump if he'd tested negative yet for Coronavirus, and the President refused to answer, instead leading Hannity on a segue on the experiemental drugs he's been treated with
Trump, who has Covid, says, "I think I'm going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we can, if we have enough time to put it together, but we want to do a rally in Florida, probably in FL on Saturday night, might come back and do one in Pennsylvania, on the following night.”
To his credit, Hannity presses Trump on if he's still testing positive for Coronavirus-- Trump again doesn't answer, says, "the test will be tomorrow, and the actual test, because there's no reason to test all the time, but they found very little infection or virus, if any."