Trump headlines the rally at Madison Square Garden after vulgar, racist comments from allies

NEW YORK: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump led a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday (October 27), which began with a series of vulgar and racist comments from allies of the former president.

Trump, a New York celebrity for decades, hoped to use the event at the iconic venue known for Knicks basketball games and Billy Joel concerts to deliver his closing arguments against Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, even as the state supported most recently a Republican presidential candidate in 1984. .

‘I want to start by asking a very simple question. Are you better off now than four years ago?” Trump said at the start of his speech. The crowd shouted, “No.”

He further promised that he would stop an “invasion of criminals coming into our country” if he won the November 5 election. Harris a “person with a very low IQ”.

The list of at least two dozen opening speakers varied widely, from former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to Trump’s sons Eric and Don Jr.

Some of Trump’s introductory speakers used racist and misogynistic language to warm up a large crowd.

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and Trump’s former personal attorney, falsely claimed that Harris was “on the side of the terrorists” in the war on terror. Israeli-Palestinian conflict and wanted to bring Palestinians to the United States.

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe used foul language when he joked that Latinos “like to make babies” and called the Caribbean U.S. territory of Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash.”

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin posted a clip of the comments on his Instagram, writing in Spanish: “This is what they think of us.”

Although Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, those who live on the island cannot vote in the U.S. general election. However, millions of Puerto Ricans who have moved to the mainland United States can fully participate in the elections, and many have taken up residence in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.