Knoxville News Sentinel: Trump rally live blog: Trump speaks at Johnson City event to capacity crowd
JOHNSON CITY — President Donald Trump took the stage to cheers at Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee, shortly after 7 p.m. Monday for a rally in support of U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn's Senate campaign.
Trump began by talking about the turnaround in the economy and finally "putting America first."
He touted the replacement of the "job-killing disaster known as NAFTA with a brand-new U.S./Mexico/Canada trade agreement and we're calling it USMCA. No more NAFTA."
Calling it "fair, modern and balanced," he said it's the largest trade deal the United States has ever negotiated and will produce jobs so companies will stop leaving.
He talked about the importance of the election, and referred to the Democrats as obstructionists and enablers of the fake news media.
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WNU Editor: I was always impressed on how President Obama was able to get 20,000 to 30,000 to come to a major U.S. city stadium to listen to him. But 92,000 for President Trump in Tennessee ?!?!?! (see below). There was no main stream media coverage of this event, and no follow-up later. It makes you wonder if they are missing a big story?
WOW - THANK YOU TENNESSEE! pic.twitter.com/38UUDqfIz5— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2018
