With just eight days until Election Day, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump continue to make their last pitches to voters in key battleground states. Both candidates have focused lately on metro Atlanta. With Trump hosting a rally at McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus Monday, strategists say his campaign is focused on left-leaning counties that helped flip Georgia blue in 2020.
Trump held an event in Powder Springs and then addressed voters at the rally in Atlanta.
More than 3 million Georgians have already cast ballots, but campaigns say the final week of early voting could be the biggest yet as both campaigns fiercely fight over the battleground state.
That's it for Monday's live coverage of former President Donald Trump's two metro Atlanta events.
But with Election Day still a week away, there will be plenty more visits by the candidates and their top surrogates as they compete for every Georgia vote.
Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will be in Savannah and Columbus Tuesday. And former first lady Michelle Obama will be in Atlanta with her voting initiative, When We All Vote.
Stay with ajc.com as we continue coverage of the final stretch of this unique campaign season.
Former President Donald Trump closed out his rally at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion, receiving cheers as he promised to "make American great again."
The Republican nominee danced to the Village People's "YMCA" to applause from many in the crowd, which started to empty out before his speech ended.
The rally ended back-to-back events in metro Atlanta that started hours earlier with a speech at a faith summit in Powder Springs.
More than an hour into his remarks, former President Donald Trump repeatedly mispronounced his opponent's name, something the Republican frequently does during campaign stops and news appearances.
But on Monday, Trump didn't only mispronounce Vice President Kamala Harris' name.
While thanking her for her support, Trump also mispronounced the name of his largest Georgia donor - former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler - calling her LOFF-ler instead of LEFF-ler.
We're in the shout-out phase of Donald Trump's speech, and he's complimenting a long list of his most loyal supporters.
He's praising former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, among others.
He also singled out someone who wasn't in the audience: Gov. Brian Kemp, who the former president said has "done a very good job."
The once-full lower bowl of Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion is starting to empty before Donald Trump finishes his speech.
Groups of attendees were spotted leaving the arena about 30 minutes into the Republican presidential nominee's remarks, leaving behind rows of empty seats.
Mindful of a gaping gender gap that threatens his third campaign for president, Donald Trump renewed a pledge in Atlanta he first made weeks ago to “protect the women of our country.”
Scattered groups of women at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion stood to applaud his lines.
As Trump’s campaign leans into a message of hypermasculinity, the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows a chasm in Georgia. Trump leads 59% to 28% among men, while Harris holds an edge of 55% to 37% among women. About 11% of men are undecided, compared with 6% of women.
A few days ago, Donald Trump's former top aide John F. Kelly drove intense campaign coverage when he told several media outlets that the Republican met the definition of a fascist.
On Monday at Georgia Tech, the former president tried to turn that argument on its head by repeatedly calling Vice President Kamala Harris a "fascist," while also complaining that he has been called a Nazi.
Trump has long promised of "retribution" against his political enemies if he prevails in November, but has more recently targeted specific people, including a threat to fire special counsel Jack Smith after he brought two federal indictments against him.
Former President Donald Trump said his father taught him never to use the words "Nazi" or "Hitler."
But he said his Democratic opponents freely use those labels for him.
“Everyone who isn’t voting for her is Nazi," Trump said.
Trump said he's been called both "Hitler" and "Nazi" during the campaign.
“I’m not a Nazi,” Trump said. "I’m the opposite of the word 'Nazi.' ”
“It's incredible now, the way they talk is so disgusting," Trump continued. "It’s just terrible the way they talk. They don’t mean it even. They have called me everything from a mad genius looking to take over the world to a very, very stupid person. I've covered from stupid to mad genius that will eventually succeed in taking over the world. No, these are bad people. "
Donald Trump ridiculed Kamala Harris’ speaking style, saying she’s unfit for office because she relies on scripted speeches.
“One word and your political career is over,” Trump said at the start of a rambling speech. “And isn’t it great to have a guy that doesn’t need to look at a teleprompter.”
Former President Donald Trump questioned the amount of money former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband made by selling shares of Visa earlier this year.
Two months later, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was investigating the company for monopolizing the debit market. Some have questioned the timing of the sale. Paul Pelosi is said to have made $500 million from the trade.
"Nancy Pelosi a total thief, she owns a lot of Visa said," Trump said, attributing sale of the stocks to Pelosi rather than her husband.
"I'm always proud to say I lost money doing this. I'm rich as hell, I don’t give a damn. All the things I could have done. It's such an honor to be president, I don’t care if it costs me a couple of million bucks. More than that."