Trump caps Pennsylvania campaign: 'The only way we can blow it is if you blow it'
Former President Trump on Monday held two rallies in Pennsylvania, capping his campaign efforts in a crucial battleground by levying attacks on Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), musing about college athletes wrestling migrants and welcoming Megyn Kelly onto the stage.
"We’re certainly on the two- or three-yard line, and the only way we can blow it is if you blow it. I’ve given you the ball. I mean, you’ve got to go and vote," Trump told supporters in Pittsburgh.
Trump held four rallies on the eve of Election Day: One in North Carolina, two in Pennsylvania and one slated for late Monday in Michigan.
His rallies in Reading, Pa., and Pittsburgh marked his final attempt to energize voters in what experts have pegged as the likely tipping point of the election. A Decision Desk HQ/The Hill average of polls from Pennsylvania shows the race between Trump and Vice President Harris essentially deadlocked, and Harris spent the entire day campaigning in the commonwealth.
Trump's remarks in Pittsburgh were broadly similar to those he had made earlier in the day, as he railed against the influx of migrants at the southern border, vowed severe tariffs on imports from other nations and floated false claims about election administration in swing states.
“Those Penn State guys, I wanted them to wrestle the migrants. I told, you know the UFC, Dana White? They killed me on this. I told Dana to set up your league of champions… and a migrant league. At the end, I want the migrant to go against the champion. And I think migrant might actually win," Trump said at one point. "That’s how nasty some of these guys are."
At another point, Trump blasted Schiff, an outspoken critic who is running in California's Senate race on Tuesday, calling him "evil" and "scum."
Trump praised Jill Stein, a Green Party nominee who is viewed as a potential spoiler for the Harris campaign, as "one of my favorite politicians."
And Trump welcomed Megyn Kelly on stage, a remarkable turnaround from 2015 when the two clashed at a GOP primary debate. Kelly, who was still at Fox at the time, pressed Trump on his demeaning comments about women. Trump later attacked Kelly, saying she had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her, wherever."
Kelly praised Trump and said he would be a "protector of women, and it's why I'm voting for him."