It’s rally getting weird
President Trump’s campaign stop in Georgia Sunday featured outlandish claims about Democratic candidates and Oprah Winfrey and discussions about the size of his campaign crowds.
“There have never been crowds like this,” Trump said in Macon, Ga. “Just so you understand, in the history of politics, you’ve never had crowds like this for midterm elections.”
The president has put Republicans’ election chances squarely on his shoulders, albeit while shifting away from House races to focus on the Senate.
In the final six days of the campaign, he’ll have headlined 11 rallies, including three Monday — the day before elections in which control of Congress is at stake.
Vice President Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump Jr. are also all making the rounds.
In Georgia, Trump claimed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams would take away Second Amendment rights and give “illegal aliens” the vote.
“And she brought Oprah here to help her,” Trump pointed out. “Oprah was a friend of mine until I ran for office. Once I ran for office we diverged slightly.”
Winfrey visited Georgia on Thursday.
The president claimed to have been featured on the last week of her long-running talk show.
“I think they’re trying to burn the tape,” he joked about an episode in which he never appeared.
“But Oprah was here to endorse Stacey and I am here to endorse Brian, and . . . I hope you’re going to listen to my endorsement,” he said, referring to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp.