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[h=2]Trump brings out the big guns: Ivanka, Sarah Sanders, Kellyanne Conway, Sean Hannity, Judge Jeanine, Rush Limbaugh ALL join the President on stage at his final rally as he bids to halt the Democrats' blue wave[/h]
  • President Donald Trump held his final campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
  • He was joined on stage by GOP all stars and big names
  • Sean Hannity echoed one of Trump's favorite lines when he slammed fake media
  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway didn't address the crowd
  • Ivanka Trump told Missouri: 'We love you'
  • There was about a 10 minute pause for a medical emergency
  • Crowd sang 'Amazing Grace' and others said The Lord's Prayer during that time
  • Lee Greenwood gave a live performance of 'God Bless the USA'
  • The stop is the president's last pitch to voters before Election Day
  • Missouri is home to one of the most competitive Senate races of this cycle
  • Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and GOP candidate Josh Hawley are running neck-and-neck in the polls
  • This will be Trump's second stop in four days for Hawley
 

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President Donald Trump brought an all-star parade of conservative stars and GOP celebrities to his final rally here as he made his last plea to voters before they head to the polls in a midterm election seen as a referendum on his presidency.
First daughter Ivanka Trump, Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanne Pirro, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway were called to the stage as Republicans attempt to stop a blue wave from giving Democrats power on Capitol Hill.
'In less than two years time we have accomplished so much more than we could imagine, we are so ahead of schedule,' Trump said of his record as president.
He also pointed out this was rally number three for him in one day.
'We have these massive crowds. This is my third one today,' he said.
'These events they say you do one a month and then you recover,' he added. 'You don't do three in one day.'
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FINAL PUSH: President Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh look to Lee Greenwood as he sings

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Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (right) and Ivanka Trump, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, and Fox News' Jeanne Pirro (from left) clap as Sean Hannity from Fox News takes the stage
 

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Trump's rally was a mash up of his greatest campaign hits: he attacked the media, slammed the 'elites,' reminded the crowd of Hillary Clinton's infamous 2016 'deplorables' speech, hammered at Democrats, praised Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and invoked fears of the migrant caravan.
Shouts of 'lock her up' filled the arena as the crowd waved 'Make America Great Again' signs and 'Keep America Great' slogans.
But there was a quieter moment here too, an almost 10 minute pause for a medical emergency, as an elderly woman was taken away on a stretcher and a man in a suit signaled the president she was OK.
While medics were helping her, the president told the crowd to be patience and advised them to pray.
With that the arena burst into a rendition of Amazing Grace while others recited the Lord's Prayer.
 

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'That was beautiful,' Trump said.
The president sounded a positive note on the election even as Republicans are starting to concede that Democrats will take control of the House.
'There's something happening out there folks,' he told the crowd.
He also had warnings of what could come under Democratic power: 'Your taxes are going to triple,' he warned the crowd.
'The contrast in this election could not be more clear. Democrats produce mobs,' he said. 'That's what's happened. Republicans produce jobs.'
As he's done at previous rallies, he again invoked the confirmation battle for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to stir up the crowd.
'We energised the Republican Party with that,' he said. 'The Democrats overplayed their hand.'
He also again attacked Kavanaugh accuser Judy Munro-Leighton, who recanted her story although he did not mention her name.
'The accuser of Brett Kavanaugh admitted she had never met him,' Trump told the packed arena. 'She made up the story It was false accusations. It was a scam. It was fake.'
'Lock her up, lock her up, lock her up,' the crowd roared in response.
But Trump didn't clarify he was talking about Munro-Leighton and not Christine Blasey Ford, who publicly testified against Kavanaugh.
He mentioned neither woman by name but he repeatedly praised Kavanaugh.
'He hung in there and I hung in there too. False accusations. False accusations. They want to ruin a man or a woman. And it was headed up all by the Democrats,' the president said.
It was Hannity who garnered some of the biggest applause as he took the stage and echoed one of Trump's favorite attack lines.
'By the way all those people in the back are fake news,' he said as the crowd roared.
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Sean Hannity said earlier Monday he would not take the stage with Trump but he appeared with him in Cape Girardeau

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Fox News host Jeanne Pirro also appeared on stage with Trump

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RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel rallied the crowd to get out and vote

He also echoed Trump's campaign slogan 'promises made, promises kept.'
Hannity had said earlier Monday he would not be taking the stage at the rally but merely interviewing the president.
Instead he bounced up there when Trump called him to come out.
'Don't you love Sean,' Trump asked the crowd. 'When he's on your side there's nobody you want better.'
Hannity and Pirro both spoke for a few moments with Pirro - who Trump called 'Justice Jeanne' in his introduction - urged people to get out and vote.
'If you like the America that he's making now you gotta make sure you get out there tomorrow,' she said.
McDaniel also rallied the crowd, following a crowd of female surrogates that joined Trump on the campaign, first daughter Ivanka Trump, press secretary Sarah Sanders and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.
'The president was in Michigan the night before we won in 2016. He's in Missouri tonight,' she said.
 

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders joined Trump on stage but didn't address the crowd

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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway also came to the stage but didn't speak

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The two women flanked Trump but didn't speak after their speeches at a rally in Indiana were criticized by government watchdogs

Sanders and Conway, who spoke at Trump's rally in Fort Wayne earlier in the day, didn't address the crowd, but flanked the president as he spoke to his supporters here.
Their silence follows criticism of their speaking at the president's previous rally.
They joined Trump on stage at his raucous Indiana campaign rally – but said they were there in their 'personal capacity.'
However, Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington told DailyMail.com: 'This event raises serious questions about their compliance with the Hatch Act, not the least because of the fact that the remarks were delivered in front of the Presidential seal. We will be taking a closer look at this rally and the Office of Special Counsel's precedents.'
The Hatch Act limits official actions that government employees may take in politics, while also protecting personal political activity that government officials, like other Americans, are entitled to exercise.
Ivanka Trump, who spoke at the president's other two rallies on Monday, gave a short version of he same remarks she gave earlier in the day, telling Missouri 'we love you.'
'The economy is strong and tomorrow is about ensuring it stays that way,' she said.
The Show Me Center was filled to the rafters with supporters who did the wave while waiting on Trump to take the stage.
They pounded their feet on the bleachers and yelled 'USA, USA, USA' when Trump took the stage as Lee Greenwood gave a live performance of his famous song 'God Bless the USA.'
The president gave them the red meat lines they loved and cheered.
Trump pushed an 'us vs. them' mentality as he scorned the 'elites' repeatedly and reassured the crowd they were better than them - smarter than them.
'I know the elites, and they're not very smart. They've got a lot of hatred in their hearts,' he said.
'Let them be called the elites. We are the super elites,' he added.
 

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Sean Hannity garnered some of the biggest applause as he took the stage and echoed one of Trump's favorite attack lines. 'By the way all those people in the back are fake news,' he said as the crowd roared

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Ivanka Trump spoke at her third rally of the day when she joined the president on stage in Missouri

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Jared Kushner looks out from back stage before President Donald Trump arrives to speak

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Rush Limbaugh fired up the crowd before Trump spoke

Rush Limbaugh fired up the crowd with the kind of rhetorical red meat Trump's base eats up, getting the arena filled with shots of 'lock her up' when he mentioned Hillary Clinton and praising the president to his adoring fans.
'These rallies, I have to tell you, are the envy of official Washington,' he said. 'You realize there isn't a single elected official who could do' what Trump does.
Limbaugh, a native of Cape Girardeau, said it was 'the night of a lifetime.'
'Donald Trump wants America to be great again. It's not a slogan, it's an objective,' the conservative talk radio show host said. 'I could not be more honored to be a part of one of these rallies.'
It was Trump's third stop in one day, coming after rallies in Cleveland, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
All three states feature competitive Senate contests in states Trump won in 2016.
The Trump campaign had announced on Sunday that his final event would feature conservative stars Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and have Lee Greenwood singshis famous tune 'God Bless the USA.'
But Hannity denied on Monday he would campaign on stage for Trump in Missouri even though the campaign said he was a 'special guest.'
But when he took to the Fox News set inside the Show Me Center before Trump arrived the crowd went crazy, cheering and applauding. They rushed up to set, waving at Hannity, who paused to shake a few hands.
'USA, USA, USA,' they shouted as the bright TV cameras flashed on to signal Hannity's arrival. They waved their 'Make America Great Again' signs and some even danced along to 'YMCA,' which was blaring on the speakers.
Hannity tweeted a statement earlier in the day saying he was simply going to interview the president and cover his rally, saying it was 'something I have done in ever election past.'
Hannity took almost 24 hours to deny that he was campaigning for the president and tweeted about it shortly before Fox News also said they had banned a Trump campaign ad accused of racism for linking the immigrant caravan to an illegal immigrant cop-killer.
Hannity tweeted: '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.'
Limbaugh is a native of Cape Girardeau, and a rock star among conservatives, who are devoted to his radio show.
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President Trump's stop in Missouri was his third of the day

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Hannity interviewed President Trump for his Fox News show before he took the stage

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Rush Limbaugh joins Lee Greenwood in singing as President Trump listens

The stop is the 11th rally in six days Trump is holding as he tries to stop a blue wave from giving Democrats power on Capitol Hill.
With independent political prognosticators and most Republicans alike conceding Democrats are likely to win control of the House of Representatives, the battle has become focused on the Senate.
And Missouri is also the battleground of one of the closest Senate races in the country where Republican favorite Josh Hawley is trying to unseat Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in a grudge match campaign the GOP has been trying to win for years.
Trump won the state won by 18 points in the 2016 election.
McCaskill has long been in GOP's sights, given she's a Democrat in a ruby red state. Republicans failed to unseat her six years ago when Republican candidate Todd Akin's campaign imploded after he said women who are 'legitimately raped' rarely get pregnant.
In this year's contest she has touted her moderate credentials, even airing a radio ad where she insists she's 'not one of those crazy Democrats.'
And she points out that's she voted with President Trump on about 48 percent of legislation on which he has expressed an opinion.
Republicans have been determined to knock her off and cleared the field for Hawley, plus brought in their big gun: President Trump.
This will be the president's second appearance in four days for Hawley - Trump was in Columbia, Missouri, for him on Thursday. And it's his seventh appearance for Hawley this election cycle.
Missouri does not allow early voting so it will all come down to who turns up at the polls on Tuesday.
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Josh Hawley campaigned with Trump for the second time in four days, this time in Cape Girardeau

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The Show Me Center was packed for Trump's final rally

Cape Girardeau sits in the southern part of the state - where locals often call it Missour-a - and is a GOP stronghold.
Hawley will need every Republican voter there to come out and check his name on the ballot Tuesday as polls show the contest is neck-and-neck.
The RealClearPolitics polling average of the race has it at a tie.
In Columbia, Missouri, on Thursday night, Trump's speech focused heavily on the Senate contest.
He attacked McCaskill straight off the bat.
'She'll say nice things about me but she won't vote with me,' he said.
He slammed her again on Monday but she was a less of a focus of his ire.
'On Tuesday she won't agree with me on border security,' he said, echoing a repeated line that McCaskill is only emphasizing her agreement with him for the election.
He told the crowd a vote for McCaskill was a vote for Democrats Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Maxine Waters.
'Claire McCaskill will be a disaster for your jobs, your state,' he said.
And he praised Hawley as someone who will be a 'tireless champion for the great people of Missouri. He is great on jobs, he is great on taxes and there is nobody tougher on crime.'
Hawley, in his remarks on Monday, echoed his remarks on Thursday in Columbia when he sought to link McCaskill to Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, who lost the state in 2016 by nearly 19 points.
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ALL TIED UP: Polls show Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill running neck-and-neck with GOP challenger Josh Hawley

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Trump completed 11 campaign rallies in six days, his last Monday night in Missouri

'When I look at Sen. McCaskill's record, I have to say it reminds me of another career politician that you recently defeated,' Hawley said. 'It reminds me of the person Claire thinks should be president — Hillary Clinton.'
'Claire McCaskill has spent her lifetime in politics just like Hillary,' Hawley said. 'Claire McCaskill wanted us to call Hillary Clinton 'Madam President.' On Nov. 6, we're going to call Claire McCaskill 'fired.''
McCaskill has dismissed Hawley's attempt to tie her to the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.
'I think the people of this state know that I'm not Hillary Clinton and I think he's just being told to say that because it polls well,' McCaskill said. 'I think Missourians know better.'
Trump has a serious stake in keeping the Senate in his party's control.
The upper chamber can act a firewall against a Democratic-controlled House, which will give Republicans a trifecta of problems: investigations into the Trump administration, subpoenas of officials, and stifling the GOP agenda.
The president's final six-day, 11 rally push has focused on states he won with tight Senate contests: Tennessee, Missouri, Montana, Indiana and Ohio.
 

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