At a rally in north Georgia, Donald Trump again claimed that the 2020 election in Georgia was fraudulent, alleging that the election of US senator Jon Ossoff was illegitimate.
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election → claim → Ossoff
Ossoff, who faces US congressman Mike Collins in November, does not represent Georgia’s values, Trump said.
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Trump → face → values
“And he was never elected,” Trump added.
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Trump → elect → ?
Ossoff has maintained a consistent lead against Collins, with most recent polling showing him with a nine-point lead against his Republican rival.
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polling → maintain → rival
Trump claimed he was about to complete the “most successful” two-year run of a president in history, touting stock market gains, low unemployment and poverty rates, and the establishment of “Trump accounts” for newborns.
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he → claim → newborns
Trump again said that American voters would receive a $5,000 government check if Republicans hold the US House of Representatives, claiming that $21tn in foreign manufacturing investments pledged on his watch would offset the trillion-dollar cost.
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21tn → say → cost
Most of those pledges remain unfulfilled.
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Most → remain → pledges
Trump also touted his immigration record and the overthrow of the Venezuelan government.
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Trump → tout → government
“Forty-eight hours, and that war was done,” Trump said.
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Trump → do → ?
He described the early days of the war on Iran from the perspective of Oval Office meetings and damage reports, particularly of strikes against Iranian leadership.
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He → describe → leadership
“They’ll blow up Israel, they’ll blow up the Middle East,” Trump said of Iran and the imperatives of launching attacks.
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Trump → blow → attacks
“Iran is the only country where nobody wants to be president.
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nobody → want → ?
The Iran war has caused a spike in gasoline and diesel prices.
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war → cause → prices
Trump was dismissive of critics citing the increased cost of living on his watch, describing the term “affordability” as Democratic propaganda.
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Trump → cite → propaganda
“In the past 17 months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States,” he said.
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he → admit → States
An undocumented migrant is rarely “admitted” in any official way.
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migrant → admit → way
Trump returned to his regular themes at the rally, which began at about 2pm.
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which → return → pm
About 1,200 people packed grandstands at Dalton municipal airport.
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people → pack → airport
Trump took the stage at about 4.20pm, 80 minutes after his scheduled start, with about 300 people standing unshaded in the Georgia afternoon sun.
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people → take → sun
“Donald Trump is the greatest president of all time,” said Tracy Spencer of Chattanooga, Tennessee, as she awaited the president’s arrival in Marine One.
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she → say → Marine
Asked how she addresses the increasing criticism of the president from disillusioned conservatives, she scoffed.
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she → ask → conservatives
“Well, none of my friends and family are expressing that to me, because they know better,” she said.
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she → express → me
“But I have heard the rumors that there are some people that think that, and I would say to those people that growth doesn’t happen overnight and that there are growing pains.”
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growth → hear → people
Trump obliquely discussed his administration’s attacks on anti-discrimination policies he terms “DEI” while describing the “handsomeness” of a US soldier he encountered at the White House.
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he → discuss → House
“Everything is based on merit,” Trump said.
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Trump → base → merit
“I really have my difficulties with the supreme court, but … our country now is based on merit.”
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country → have → merit
Two protesters briefly unfurled a banner with an anti-ICE slogan.
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protesters → unfurl → slogan
They were hustled out of the grandstands by security quickly.
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They → hustle → security
The assault of a protester in Ohio by Trump supporters in the stands on Monday was not repeated.
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assault → repeat → Monday
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