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Speakers at the event included former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, and former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker.
The rear parking lot of Koffee Korner Café at 201 N. Broad St. in Lansdale was the site of Team Trump Bus Tour rally Saturday afternoon, as Republicans continue to make a push in the eleventh hour of the campaign in communities across the major battleground state.
At 3 p.m., Tennessee Rep. Mark Green, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker, former Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Kash Patel, former Director of the White House National Trade Council and former ex-federal prisoner Peter Navarro, former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, political activist Dave Bossie, former White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, and attorney Leo “Leo 2.0” Terrell hyped up more than 100 Trump supporters and Republican voters with three days to go before Election Day.
“We are the home of Ronald Reagan, and the sad thing about having Ronald Reagan is, he was the last president to have an attempted assassination,” said Maldonado. “He came out and said, ‘God saved my life in order to restore America to its rightful purpose.’ That happened to Donald J. Trump. God saved his life too and God saved his life in Pennsylvania.”
Maldonado said the election was in Pennsylvania voters’ hands.
“We got it baby,” he said. “We’ve been all over the country, but nothing maters like this state. This state is going to deliver the next President of the United States of America. In order for my vote to count, and my family’s vote to count in California, it all depends on you.”
Maldonado said voters had a big job to do in the next two-and-a-half days.
“I ask you to do it fore me and my family, so my vote can count,” he said. “Get out and vote. This is the most important election for the next generation.”
Whitaker, of Iowa, asked those in attendance if they wanted four more years of high inflation and high taxes.
“It’s very simple here – as the former Acting Attorney General,” he said, “I can tell you I worked first-hand on reducing crime in America, dismantling criminal organizations, and backing men and women in law enforcement. And when we get back in the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, we’re going to do it again. Get everybody out. Get your friends out, and make sure we make America great again.”
Patel told the crowd that Republicans lost the last election in five states by 55,000 votes.
“That can come down to your town and your county alone,” he said. “What you have to do is send that man back to Washington, D.C. He can’t do it himself. You guys have to get out there and get uncomfortable – I’m asking you to out to the counties next door and neighbors you haven’t talked to and ask them if they’re better off now than they were four years ago?”
Bossie, who worked on Trump’s campaign, said everybody has to turn out Tuesday to vote for Trump.
“All of you who have not, you better pack a lunch, bring an umbrella, bring a jacket, we don’t care how long the line is,” he said. “We have to vote. Don’t let anybody tell you it’s closed. Don’t let anybody tell you your vote won’t count.”
Donalds asked the audience if they wanted an America with no tax on tips, on overtime and on Social Security.
“It’s about getting out to the polls and getting out to vote,” he said. “I know you know people here that are busy, they’ve got stuff going on, they’re working a job, they’re not into this politics thing, they said it doesn’t matter. If Donald Trump is President, the forgotten men and women of this country will be first, second and third, and Washington, D.C. will be last.”
As Donalds continued, at least two protesters began braying loudly like sheep and spinning noisemakers.
“The drive is ours now. Donald Trump is going to work for you. I promise you on that. Donald Trump don’t sleep. He’s also like Santa Claus – he’s making a list and checking it twice, and if you don’t vote, you’ll be on that list.”
Donalds said the spirit of Americana is alive and well in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
“That spirit is only executed by your vote,” he said. “Let’s go win in three days. God Bless America!”
Navarro, whose speech was also drowned out by noisemakers and a cowbell from protestors, said he was there to thank each and every Republican for what they have done in the past days, weeks, months, and years.
“It is you here that can transform the Republican Party from the Party of Wall Street to the Party of Main Street, right here in Lansdale,” he said, before asking voters to bring 10 people each with them to the polls on Tuesday. “When you go to the polls, you’re going to bring a cooler with food and water because you’ll probably be there a long time. Let’s take this home.”
Terrell said he was proud to be at a Trump rally and that they were going to win on Tuesday.
“I know you’re going to vote, but you have an obligation to get 10 of your friends and neighbors to get to the polls and vote,” he said. “We need to enlarge our numbers. We got to do it by getting on the phone, talking to our neighbors and getting them to vote. The reason why we’re here is because we love this country; the reason why you’re here is you love this country.”
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By Tony Di Domizio Gidley, a Michael Huckabee mentee, urged Pennsylvanian Republicans in Lansdale to get to the polls.
“As we face all these challenges, all these difficulties, it’s you in Pennsylvania that matter,” he said. “Because, if that blue wall starts to crack on Election Night, it’s going be a good one. It’s got to start here; it’s got to finish here.”
After the rally, Koffee Korner owner Yanni Lambros thanked those in attendance for coming out and invited people to use the bathroom, sit inside to eat, or chow down on food and drinks his staff had available outside.
Lambros said he was “one of the lucky ones” who asked a question at a recent town hall event in Oaks, which led to the campaign asking if he was willing to host something at his business. He jumped at the chance.
“I feel good,” he said after the rally. “Good turnout, a lot of people, and a lot of peace, except for one disrupter showing up. No one bothered her and we did our own thing.”
He said his hopes for Tuesday is for Trump to win.
“After the Election, either way, my real hope is everybody can stop fighting with each other. I have a lot of friends that are Democrats. I don’t hate on them, they don’t hate on me. If it gets too heated, we agree to disagree,” he said. “There’s good Democrats and there’s good Republicans; there’s bad Democrats and bad Republicans. A lot of people are good and bad on both sides, but you can’t let all the good people on both sides go down for the small amount of bad on both sides.”
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