Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has rallied his Make America Great Again (MAGA) base at an event in New York City, again vowing to crack down on migration while slamming his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.
Trump repeatedly attacked migrants during his speech at Madison Square Garden, pledging to follow through on his campaign promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in United States history if elected.
“November 5 will be the most important date in the history of our country and together, we will make America powerful again,” said the former president, who painted a portrait of a country plagued by economic and social crises.
Trump was joined by a slew of Republicans and other allies during the event. Many launched into ad hominem attacks against Harris – one speaker called her “the devil” – and used incendiary rhetoric against migrants, immigrant communities, and perceived opponents.
Trump also blamed Harris – whom he described as a “radical left Marxist” who is unintelligent and “unfit” to serve as president – for the problems the country faces. “You’ve destroyed our country,” he said, referring to the US vice president.
The rally comes just nine days before Americans go to the ballot box on November 5 to elect their next president, with polls showing Trump and Harris locked in a neck-and-neck fight for the White House.
The election is hinging on seven critical battleground states – including Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania – where the race remains too close to call.
“And it’s there that the candidates will concentrate their efforts in the last nine days of this election campaign,” Fisher said.
Both the Harris and Trump camps have been urging their supporters to get out to vote in the final stretch of their respective campaigns.
More than 41 million Americans had already voted in early in-person voting or via mail-in ballots by midday on Sunday, according to a tally by the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
