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'Intimidated' vendor said to have been 'too afraid' to put up anti-Trump rally billboards

Anti-Trump conservatives at The Lincoln Project have two billboard trucks circling Madison Square Garden during the former president's rally, but those were reportedly almost nixed because of an "intimidated" vendor.

Jacob N. Kornbluh, senior political reporter at The Forward, reported on Sunday that the group of former Republicans is going around the venue where Trump is hosting his controversial rally, and they're "broadcasting their recent ad that features Trump's actual words in German overlaid on footage of Nazi-aligned German forces."

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'Slaughter these people': Trump rally speaker amps up rhetoric in calling for more votes

Donald Trump's Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden in New York featured a speaker who suggested MAGA needs an electoral "slaughter" for the former president to be elected again.

Miami-based private equity manager Grant Cardone, speaking at the rally, ratcheted up the rhetoric as he condemned Vice President Kamala Harris and her "pimp handlers."

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'Very Hitlerian': Protesters cause MAGA outrage at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally

Madison Square Garden, NY — Robert Jones would have been in church on Sunday if he hadn’t felt called upon to sing on a street corner outside Madison Square Park.

“He’s a con with a cult,” Jones sang as former President Donald Trump’s followers strolled by.

Jones, from Chicago, was just one among a crowd of protesters who came to share their concerns about what a second Trump administration would mean for the U.S.

The Chicagoan told Raw Story he feared good people were being led astray by a man who put his name in God’s Bible.

“Trump is a liar,” said Jones Sunday. “We all know that.”

Jones fears Trump’s followers respond to racist dog whistles that see him embrace the support of South African Elon Musk but argue those who cross the southern border have “bad genes.”

“It’s people of color that’s a trigger,” he said. “We have to take the chains off our brains.”

Mike Hisey, 61, came dressed in pajamas, a Trump mask with wild yellow hair and a walker.

He’s been protesting Trump for eight years and used to wear a convict’s yellow jumpsuit until recently.

“He’s really mentally declined," Hisey said. “It’s just an image of fragility.”

Hisey called Trump supporters “Soft Nazis.” He was not the only protester to speak of fascism.

“It’s the maintenance of white supremacy,” said Eric, 70. He called Trump’s rhetoric “absolute bulls---“ and “Very Hitlerian.”

Mostly the Trump supporters ignored such protests, but they roared with rage when one man flipped them the bird and screamed, “F—- Trump.”

Shouted one man, “Get deported!”

Eric had a similar message for Trump: “Go home. Crawl into bed with Melania.”

Kim Jong Un imitator to cheering Trump supporters: 'Death to Democracy!'

Madison Square Garden, NY — Hordes of Trump supporters of supporters waiting to enter former President Donald Trump’s New York City rally Sunday got a message of affirmation from a Kim Jong Un lookalike.

“Death to Democracy,” he cried.

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Leaked memo reveals plan for Trump to skip 'traditional background checks' if elected: NYT

An internal memo from those closest to Donald Trump puts forth a plan for the former president to "bypass traditional background checks" and give appointees "immediate access to classified secrets after taking office," according to Maggie Haberman of the New York Times.

Haberman, along with Jonathan Swan and Charlie Savage, on Sunday published a piece in which they reveal the details of the memo, which "says that if elected he should use private firms to check appointees’ backgrounds and give them immediate access to classified secrets after taking office."

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'No more elections': Fake Kim Jong Un punks MAGA host by mocking 'Supreme Leader' Trump

A comedian impersonating North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un surprised MAGA TV host Bobby McNeily when he mocked former President Donald Trump's authoritarian tendencies.

At a rally for Trump at Madison Square Garden, McNeily of the Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) caught up with a man who resembled Kim.

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'Wasted time': GOP strategist undercuts Trump's NYC rally moments before it starts

Moments before a wide array of speakers were set to hit the stage in New York City's Madison Square Garden to boost the fortunes of Donald Trump, a Republican Party strategist told CNN that the MAGA rally is a waste of time.

Speaking with CNN's Rahel Soloman, Doug Heye bluntly stated that, with only nine days before election day, time not spent in the crucial battleground states is a mistake that could come back to haunt the former president.

With scenes from inside and outside the arena appearing on the screen, Heye was asked about the wisdom of spending time in a state where Trump was clobbered in 2020.

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"Whether you're talking about Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, I'd say time spent out of the seven key states that are the swing states that could turn this election by and large is wasted time," he told the host.

"Your time is better spent in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Nevada, Arizona et cetera, than it is in Texas or in Washington, D.C. or in New York," he elaborated. "But with this Trump event yes, it's gonna get a lot of coverage –– although a lot of people, especially young males, who Trump wants to win with big margins, will probably be watching football."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene complains about people 'hating' her for her opinions

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested Sunday that some Americans hated her because of her political opinions.

During a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, Newsmax correspondent Mike Carter talked to Greene about how MAGA supporters were received in New York City.

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'Yes, I was in a cult': J6 rioter backing Harris after admitting being 'all in with MAGA'

As part of interviews with three Donald Trump supporters who headed off to Washington, D.C. to attend the post-election "Stop the Steal" rally, one woman called it the biggest mistake of her life and has become a full-throated supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, 71-year-old Pam Hemphill pointed out that she went to the rally on a lark with some airline tickets that were gifted to her and ended up inside the Capitol building which she now views as a "huge mistake."

According to the report, for her actions, the life-long Republican ended up imprisoned for 60 days and, upon her release, has since sought to make amends by stating she got caught up in the fiery rhetoric.

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The Journal is reporting, "After her release from prison, Hemphill’s perspective gradually shifted. She recoiled after seeing people in her orbit supporting Jan. 6 defendants who had harmed police officers. And she participated in social-media discussions where researchers exposed her to court records and overwhelming evidence that convinced her Biden won fairly. She broke with Trump and the Jan. 6 community last year. "

"Yes, I was in a cult. Yes, Trump is a cult leader,” she admitted. “I wasn’t listening to my own critical thinking. I got caught up in all the lies.”

As for her 180-degree flip to Democrat Harris, she told the Journal, "What she’s wanting to do is actually help the MAGA, help them keep their democracy, and they don’t realize it.”

You can read more here and watch her in an interview with Chris Cuomo below or at the link:

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'She wanted to go on': Fox News exposes Joe Rogan's pro-Trump plot to nix Harris talk

Fox News host Howard Kurtz reported that Vice President Kamala Harris wanted to do an interview with Joe Rogan but the popular podcaster refused while granting a three-hour spot to former President Donald Trump.

During a Sunday panel discussion on Fox News, right-wing pundit Caroline Downey argued that Trump was "humanized" during his three-hour interview with Rogan.

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J.D. Vance cut off by NBC host after accusing Harris of having her opponents 'arrested'

On Sunday morning, NBC "Meet the Press" host Kirsten Welker was forced multiple times to contradict Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) after he stated, without any evidence, that Vice President Kamala Harris is having "her DOJ" arrest her political opponents.

As part of three interviews, including CNN and CBS, Vance showed up for that were shown on Sunday, Donald Trump's combative running mate butted heads with all the hosts and NBC's Welker was no exception.

Towards the end of his contentious interview with Welker, he changed direction and attempted to make the case that the greatest danger in the U.S. is Harris and President Joe Biden siccing the government on their critics.

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After attacking former Trump White House chief of staff John Kelly of being a "disgruntled " ex-employee seeking revenge because Trump fired him, Vance stated, "If he was what John Kelly said he [Trump] was then why did Donald Trump deliver peace and prosperity. He didn't arrest his political opponents as Kamala Harris and the Department of the Justice have in fact done."

"There's no evidence, there is no evidence of that," Welker interrupted as the Ohio Republican tried to talk over her.

"The Department of Justice has not been going after political political opponents?" Vance parried.

"Senator, there is no evidence of that," the host replied.

"The current Department of Justice under Kamala Harris and Joe Biden has absolutely been going after their political opponents of the current Democratic party and I think it's a disgrace, but it's happening," Vance insisted.

"There's no evidence that the DOJ is going after their political opponents. Donald Trump was indicted by federal grand juries," the NBC host shot back.

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'Do you want us to go to war?' J.D. Vance gets sassy with host over Russia's vote meddling

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance suggested CBS News host Margaret Brennan wanted war with Russia because she asked about stopping the country from meddling in elections in the United States.

In an interview that aired on Sunday, Brennan told Vance that the U.S. "Director of National Intelligence on Friday said Russia is behind a fake video that is circulating of someone tearing up ballots in Pennsylvania."

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They 'don't know jack': Former GOP official trashes Trump's voter outreach efforts

Reacting to a report from MSNBC's Vaughan Hillard that Donald Trump's ground game in getting out voters is more than lacking, former RNC chair Michael Steele claimed the people put in charge have no idea what they are doing.

As Hillyard explained, the Trump campaign is scrambling now after pouring too much of its resources into stopping election fraud and not enough on making sure voters will turn out.

After pointing out that the two organizations tasked by the RNC with getting out GOP voters have no "wins" to boast about, Steele, co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend," jumped in.

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"I was just going to say, I can just tell you as a chairman of a political party, you can't outsource your ground game to folks who don't know jack about the ground or the game," he told the panel.

"So, you are where you are at this point," he added.

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