Trump takes stage at Madison Square Garden after speakers open with racist remarks – live | US elections 2024

At his rally in New York City, Donald Trump said that, if elected, he would support a tax credit for family caregivers who take care of a parent or a loved one.

“They add so much to our country and are never spoken of,” he said.

Trump also said that he would make interest on car loans fully tax deductible, “but only for cars made in America.”

Donald Trump is delivering his speech at a rally in Madison Square Garden

Remarks by Melania Trump, the former president’s wife, followed Elon Musk’s speech.

“Our lives are complicated, even during the best of times, and sadly today, a declining quality of life, coupled with economic instability makes it difficult for business to thrive,” she said.

“New York City and America need their magic back,” she added, “a country of tomorrow that will shape our future and reset expectations for the generations.”

She introduced the next speaker: Donald Trump.

Elon Musk is delivering remarks at Donald Trump’s campaign event in New York City

During Donald Trump’s campaign rally in New York City, the CEO of the UFC, Dana White, said that Kamala Harris is “not an agent of change.”

“Change is needed, but change will not come from the status quo, and she is the status quo. If you want real change, you’ll vote for proven leadership,” he said.

Later, Howard Lutnick, the CEO of the Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, took the stage. He spoke about the firm’s history before expressing his support for the former president.

“Donald Trump loves this city, no matter how crappy they treat him. He is back because he loves you and he loves this city,” he said.

McDonald’s seems to be a recurring theme in the speeches at Donald Trump’s campaign event. Earlier, JD Vance questioned Kamala Harris’s stint at the fast food joint.

Now, the former president’s son Donald Trump Jr is on the stage and used McDonald’s as an example of rising food costs.

“Let me tell you, if Donald Trump Jr has sticker shock at McDonald’s, we have a serious problem,” he said.

Lara Trump called New York City “the greatest city on Earth in the greatest country on Earth,” pointing to her father’s contributions to the city’s development.

“New York City made Donald Trump, but Donald Trump also made New York City,” she said. “He changed the skyline of this city, rebuilt it.”

Former president Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump and his wife, Lara Trump, are speaking at the campaign rally in New York City.

“This is so much more than a political movement. This is the greatest family in the world. We are fighting for a country we love,” Eric said.

“Somebody tried to kill him, and despite that, every single time he stands up and he says ‘fight, fight, fight’,” he added.

Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential pick, is speaking at Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden.

“I’ve got the easiest job in American politics,” he said. “Think about this. All I’ve got to do is remind people what life was like when Donald J Trump was President of the United States.”

Then, Vance said Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic VP pick, has the “hardest job in American politics” because he has to defend Vice-President Kamala Harris.

“Please say a prayer for Tim Walz, because they’re asking him to do the impossible,” he added.

The international reggaetón star Bad Bunny shared Kamala Harris’s message to Puerto Ricans.

Bad Bunny has been more involved in politics in recent months, especially in Puerto Rico, where he purchased billboards in protest of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party.

Phil McGraw, best known for his television show Dr Phil, is delivering remarks at Donald Trump’s rally. He said he doesn’t agree with everything the former president says, but still endorses him.

He defended Trump from people who call him a bully.

“To be a bully, there has to be an imbalance of power, and when there’s not, it’s just called a debate, and he’s just better at it than anybody else,” McGraw said.

Speakers double down on Trump rhetoric at Madison Square Garden

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Hulk Hogan, the retired WWE wrestler, has taken the stage, sporting yellow sunglasses and a red “Trump-Vance” tank top. He took a few jabs at Vice-President Kamala Harris.

“Kamala is responsible for the border crisis, and Kamala is also responsible for inflation,” he said. “She acts like she’s the victim, and then all of a sudden, she flips, she flops, she spins and turns it around and acts like she’s gonna be the damn hero.”

The disgraced former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is expressing his support for former president Donald Trump at a campaign event in New York City.

“He’s liberated us in the deepest and truest sense,” Carlson said about Trump. “And the liberation he has brought to us is the liberation from the obligation to tell lies. Donald Trump has made it possible for the rest of us to tell the truth about the world around us, and that’s the single most liberating thing you can do for people.”

Vivek Ramaswamy, Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in that order, took the stage at Donald Trump’s campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. Ramaswamy made transphobic remarks, while Gabbard listed some of the ways she believes Vice President Kamala Harris will harm the country.

“A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for economic hardship, high cost of living, poverty and homelessness,” Gabbard said. “And a vote for Donald Trump is a vote for economic prosperity and opportunity for every single one of us as Americans.”

So far, the speakers at Donald Trump’s rally in New York City have resorted to lewd language and racist remarks in their speeches.

A standup routine from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, for example, was filled with racist stereotypes of Latinos, Jews and Black people.

“I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico,” said Hinchcliffe, whose joke was flagged by Democrat Kamala Harris’ campaign.

Speaker Mike Johnson made an appearance at Donald Trump’s rally in New York City.

He said he felt a resurgence of the Republican party and pointed to a widespread dissatisfaction with current policies under the Biden administration.

“We’re in a battle between two completely different visions for who we are as a nation and who we’re going to be,” Johnson said. ‘“This is not your father’s Democratic Party. They are now full on Marxism and socialism.”

Kamala Harris unveiled her plan for Puerto Rico, the economically embattled US territory