I'm going to put together a thread covering Trump's big rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, featuring Elon Musk and JD Vance in addition to the big guy. Follow along for clips and commentary. 
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as JD Vance takes the stage, you can see the bulletproof enclosure for speakers at the Trump rally in Butler
a shameless JD Vance criticizes Democrats for using "dangerous inflammatory rhetoric" by accurately calling Trump "a threat to democracy."
Vance: "First, they tried to silence him. When that didn't work, they tried to bankrupt him. When that didn't work, they tried to jail him. And with all the hatred they have spewed at President Trump, it was only a matter of time before somebody tried to kill him."
it's notable that Republicans have turned Hurricane Helene and the response to it into just another way to gin up hate toward migrants. Nazi stuff.
Trump fan in Butler to Newsmax: "When storms come through, they spend all the money on illegals. What about us?"
Trump has a very large crowd in Butler
Trump fan in Butler to Fox Business: "Anybody of common sense that sees the state of our economy now and what we had four years ago, it's a shoo-in. To me, there's no way Trump can't win."
(Who wants to tell him?)
(Who wants to tell him?)
"They tried to kill him" -- Eric Trump
minutes after JD Vance attacked Democrats for allegedly incendiary rhetoric, Lara Trump says the election is "good versus evil."
Lara Trump says God spared Trump's life "because He was not finished with Donald Trump."
Lara Trump shouts out and praises QAnon conspiracy theorist Scott Presler and invites him on the stage
Scott Presler on stage at the Trump rally in Butler: "We will protect your raw milk"
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Trump's WWE-style entrance in Bulter, complete with what sounds like a live performance by Lee Greenwood
Elon Musk has not appeared on stage so far at the Trump rally in Butler but is there
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1842686364057469173
Trump begins in Butler: "I love that chart. I love that graph."
Corey Comperatore is memorialized roughly where he was sitting when he was shot and killed during Trump's previous Butler rally
the Trump rally is now featuring an extended, operatic commemoration of the shooting that took place at Trump's previous rally in Butler
CNN and MSNBC are both taking Trump's Butler rally live, which is not the norm
Trump on Corey Comperatore: "Corey was really excited because somebody gave him great seats right up front here with the people from North Carolina, the ladies from North Carolina, this is their 227th rally. I don't know what's going on with them. Those beautiful ladies."
Trump: "Over the past 8 years, those who want to stop us from achieving this future have slandered me, impeached me, indicted me ... and who knows, maybe even tried to kill me."
TRUMP: Who wants sex change operations for illegal aliens?
CROWD: Boooo
TRUMP: In holding bins
CROWD: Boooo
TRUMP: In holding bins
Trump is standing in silence while medics attend to somebody in the crowd. People start singing the national anthem to pass the time.
"12 weeks ago we all took a bullet for America" -- Trump
(note that his crowd is totally out of it after they had to stand around in silence for about 5 minutes)
(note that his crowd is totally out of it after they had to stand around in silence for about 5 minutes)
Trump: "The Congo. A lot of people coming out of the Congo, in Africa. They're coming out from Asia. They're coming out from the Middle East, Yemen. They're coming out from Yemen. A lot of people coming out of Yemen. And they're known terrorists ... from countries unknown also."
Trump: "We got hit from covid. Some people would call it the China virus. And we a great job with that too ... we left with the stock market that was higher than it was just prior to covid coming in. So what we did was something really incredible."
Trump: "You leave from the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania, you go drive down to Washington DC and you drive down and you end up getting murdered."
(Note how bored Trump's audience is.)
(Note how bored Trump's audience is.)
Trump brings Elon Musk on stage, who he claims "saved free speech." Elon jumps up and down, claims he is "dark MAGA," and praises Trump.
Elon Musk lies that Democrats "want to take your right to vote" and says "the 2nd Amendment is there to ensure we have the 1st Amendment."
"President Trump must win," Musk adds. "This is a must win situation."
"President Trump must win," Musk adds. "This is a must win situation."
Trump on Starlink: "Whatever the hell that is."
peep the dude behind Trump's right shoulder who is clearly throwing up a middle finger here
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1842692572143382955
Trump claims that Ronny Jackson is "one of the most popular people in Congress" and "one of the most talented"
Trump in Butler: "Stop the steal. Because we have a lot of votes. We have plenty of votes."
Trump, with a teleprompter visible next to him, says "isn't it nice to have a president that doesn't need a teleprompter"
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Republican governors in affected areas have acknowledged that Trump's comments here are not accurate
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1842704103409123384
Trump: "She even endorsed free sex changes for illegal aliens in detention at taxpayer expense. I don't think Elon like that idea. These are not ideas that Elon Musk likes too much."
Trump: "We're gonna move our education back to the states, so places like Indiana and Iowa and Idaho and states that you don't hear too much of because they're so good and so well run -- they're gonna run their own education."
Trump: "We will begin the largest deportation operation in the history of the United States. Dwight Eisenhower right now has that record."
Trump: "I gave you the biggest tax reduction in history. You would've gotten even a bigger one. You were gonna be just very happy. You were gonna say, 'I like that guy very much.'"
Trump: "We're gonna bring back the car business like it was 50, 60, and 70 years ago."
Trump: "We will reach Mars before the end of my term."
Trump: "Keep transgender insanitacy"
Freudian slip
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1842709003924811949
Trump wraps things up in Butler with some double jerking
i mean ...
with Trump still on stage, an opera concert is now happening at the Trump rally in Butler
can't say i've seen this one before
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