Former President Trump denied Monday that he was a Nazi, a day after holding a controversial rally at Madison Square Garden where speakers used crude and racist language.
Even before the event, critics including Hillary Clinton’s running mate Tim Walz and Kamala Harris compared it to a 1939 gathering of Nazi sympathizers at the same location.
‘I’m not a Nazi. I am the opposite of a Nazi,” Trump told thousands of supporters at Georgia Tech.
‘The way they talk is so disgusting and just horrible.’
Trump spent the day in the crucial swing state of Georgia, a day after hosting supporters in New York.
Former President Donald Trump denied Monday night that he was a Nazi
“My dad, I had a great dad, a tough guy. He always said: never use the word Nazi. Never use that word,” Trump said.
It comes after a series of officials who worked with Trump described him as a “fascist” or said he would rule as a dictator.
And the event was its first gathering since Madison Square Garden a day earlier, when speakers made a series of rude comments.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage,” prompting condemnation from some Spanish leaders.
In his speech, Trump attacked Harris for using profanity on a hot microphone, and also hit back at former first lady Michelle Obama for making a blistering attack on his mental faculties and his history of sexual abuse allegations.
She must have struck a chord with 78-year-old Trump, who would become the oldest president to be inaugurated if he won the November election.
He scolded her on social media during the day and opened his speech by hitting back.
“You know who’s mean to me? Michelle Obama,” Trump said after taking the stage at Georgia Tech.
Trump spent the day campaigning in the critical swing state of Georgia, while his opponent Kamala Harris spoke about the economy in Michigan
Thousands of Trump supporters gathered at the McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia
Trump lambasted Obama and Fox News on his social media platform
“I’ve always tried to be so kind and respectful… She opened up something. She was dirty. That shouldn’t be the case. That was a big mistake she made.”
Obama made her first campaign appearance alongside Kamala Harris on Saturday.
She pointed to Trump’s history of sexual abuse allegations and his former chief of staff John Kelly’s recent assessment that he would rule as a dictator if re-elected.
Trump responded with a message on his social media platform.
“FoxNews spends way too much time promoting the Democrats, their surrogates and their agenda,” he said on Truth Social.
“Today I watched again and again as an angry and completely out of control Michelle Obama tried to save comrade Kamala Harris’ dying campaign.”
Lawyer Alina Habba was one of the warm-up participants on Monday evening
Much of the rest of the speech was Trump’s standard offering: take a quick poll on who had already voted; asking his audience who was better off now than four years ago; and promised to tell Harris, “You’re fired.”
“We will achieve the greatest victory in the history of our country on November 5,” he said, referring to the day of liberation.
But he also claimed there was a double standard when he shared details of how Harris was caught on a hot mic using foul language.
“She used the F-word. Have you seen that? No, it’s terrible,” he said. “If that ever happened to me, it would have been front-page news.”
Harris was caught talking to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer about the problems her campaign was having reaching young men.
When she realized a camera was rolling, she said: “We just told all the family secrets, s***” before laughing.