WASHINGTON – President Trump’s campaign stop Sunday in Georgia as the midterm elections loomed in the distance featured outlandish claims about Democratic candidates, media icon Oprah Winfrey and lengthy discussions about the size of his campaign crowds.
“There have never been crowds like this,” Trump toldꦦ the a♔udience in Macon, Ga., the first of two campaign stops.
“Just so you𝕴 understand, in the history of p𝔉olitics, you’ve never had crowds like this for midterm elections,” he said.
Th༒e🌺 president has put Republicans’ election chances squarely on his shoulders.
In the final six days of the campaign, he’s headlined 11 rallies, including three scheduled for Monday – the day before the midterm elections.
Vice President Mi𝐆ke Pence, Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his son Doಌnald Trump Jr. are also all making the rounds.
In Georgia, Trump claimed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams would take away the Second Amendment and give “illegal aliens” the vote.
“And she brought Oprah here to help her,” Trump pointed out, though he didn’t fully disparage the billionaire media mogul. “Oprah was a friend of mine until I ran for office. Once I ran for office we diverged slightly.”
The president said that Winfrey had visited Mar-a-La𝓡go, his exclusive Florida estate, in the past and he claimed to have been featured on the last week of her long-running talk show.
“🔯I think they’re trying to burn the tape,” h𒐪e joked, mentioning an episode of the show on which he never appeared.
“But Oprah was here to endorse Stacey and I am here to endorse Brian, and you know what? I hope you’re going to listen to my endorsement,” he said, referring to Georgia’s Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who he traveled to the Peach State to support.
Winfrey had .
Former President Obama, who campaigned for Abrams on Friday, appeared in Indiana to support Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly, who’s locked in a tough re-election race with Republican Mike Braun.
Obama also spoke in his hometown of Chicago to boost Democratic gubernatorial nominee J.B. Pಌritzker.
“My throat is a little iffy,” he said i🃏n a scratchy voice after artist Common warmed up the crowd. “That’s because backstage I was trying to sing ‘Glory.’ I realize now I’m not a professional singer.”
🅷“Actually, truthfully, I’ve just 🤪been working hard out there because we’ve had some work to do,” he said.
Meanwhile,😼 former Vice President Joe Biden spent Sunday in Pennsylvania, holding events in support of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic House candidate George Scott, who’s running in a district that leans Republican.
The first event was in༺ Harrisburg, and then the former veep headed to Scranton to appear alongside Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, who is up for re-election, and Democratic Rep. Matt Cartwright, whose district looks safe.
On Saturday, Biden visited Ohio to stump for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Richard Cordray, who’s locked in a tight battle with Republican Mike DeWine, and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Sin🥂ger John Legend was hosting an event for Ohio Democrats Sunday.
Alsoﷺ on Sunday, Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, went after Democratic gube🦩rnatorial candidate Andrew Gillum in Florida at an event for Republican Ron DeSantis.
“You can’t have a governor who is anti-police, anti-Israel and suppo🐷rts a socialist state,” G♔iuliani said.
⛄Trump arrived later Sunday in Cha🐟ttanooga, where he was joined by Pence.
His trio of rall💜ies Monday are in Cleveland, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Country music♔ star lee Greenwood will join Trump in Tennessee and Missouri, his campaign announced Sunday.
“Conservative media legends” Rush Limbaugh 🐈and Sean Hannity are slated to join𝓰 Trump at his final rally Monday night in Missouri.
A Fox News spokesperson said Hannity would on𒁃ly be hosting his show from Misso꧋uri.
Hannity: “In spite of reports, I will be doing a live show from Cape Girardeau and interviewing President Trump before the rally. To be clear, I will not be on stage campaigning with the President. I am covering final rally for my show. Something I have done in every election in the past.”
With Liz Mizrahi