Former President Trump on Monday denied being 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 and Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz compared it to a 1939 rally by Nazi sympathizers at the same location.
‘I’m not a Nazi. “I’m the opposite of a Nazi,” Trump told thousands of supporters at Georgia Tech.
“Now the way they talk is so disgusting and just horrible.”
Trump spent the day in the crucial swing state of Georgia, a day after entertaining supporters in New York.
Former President Donald Trump denied being a Nazi on Monday night
‘My father… I had a great father, a tough guy. I used to always say: 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 govern like a dictator.
And the event was their first rally since Madison Square Garden a day earlier, when speakers delivered a series of raw remarks.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe described Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage,” prompting condemnation from some Hispanic leaders.
In his speech, Trump attacked Harris for using profanity on a hot microphone and also responded to former first lady Michelle Obama for launching a blistering attack on his mental abilities and his history of sexual assault allegations.
It must have hit a nerve with Trump, 78, who would become the oldest president to take office if he wins the November election.
He lashed out at her on social media during the day and opened his speech by hitting her back.
‘Do you know who is nasty to me? Michelle Obama,” Trump said after taking the stage at Georgia Tech.
Trump spent the day campaigning in the critical state of Georgia, while his opponent Kamala Harris was in Michigan, talking about the economy.
Thousands of Trump supporters packed McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia
Trump criticized Obama, as well as Fox News, on his social media platform.
‘I always tried to be very kind and respectful… She opened up a little bit to something. She was unpleasant. It shouldn’t be like this. “That was a big mistake she made.”
Obama made his first campaign appearance alongside Kamala Harris on Saturday.
He pointed to Trump’s history of sexual abuse allegations, as well as his former chief of staff, John Kelly,’s recent assessment that he would rule like a dictator if re-elected.
Trump responded with a post on his social media platform.
“FoxNews spends too much time promoting Democrats, their surrogates and their agenda,” he said on Truth Social.
“Today I saw, again and again, an angry and totally out of control Michelle Obama trying to save Comrade Kamala Harris’s dying campaign.”
Lawyer Alina Habba was one of the preparatory acts on Monday night.
Much of the rest of the speech was typical Trump pitch: take a quick survey of who had already voted; ask your audience who was better off now than four years ago; and promising to tell Harris, “You’re fired.”
“We are going to have the greatest victory in the history of our country on November 5,” he said, referring to it as “liberation day.”
But he also claimed a double standard by recounting details of how Harris was caught on a hot microphone using profanity.
‘She used the F word. Did you see that? No, it’s terrible,’ he said. “If that had ever happened to me, it would have made front-page headlines.”
Harris was caught talking to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about the difficulty her campaign was having reaching young men.
When he realized there was a camera on, he said, “We just told all the family secrets, dammit,” before bursting into laughter.