Trump says he wants God to be the 'election counter' at North Carolina rally

Donald Trump is hoping for immoderate divine involution travel Election Day. 

Speaking to thousands of MAGA fans astatine a sold-out rally successful Greenville, North Carolina, the ex-president claimed that helium has monolithic enactment from the Carolinas to California.

'I was successful California,' helium told the assemblage which featured section assemblage students and North Carolinians from crossed the eastbound fractional of the state. 'We person immoderate of the biggest crowds you person ever seen.' 

Continuing connected astir the greatness of his assemblage size successful California, wherever helium precocious held a rally successful Coachella, Trump suggested that if the Lord were willing, the erstwhile president could truly usage his assistance connected November 5. 

'I'd emotion to person God to travel down and beryllium the ballot antagonistic conscionable for 1 time and spot however good we bash successful California,' Trump said. 

'The ballot antagonistic is acold much important than the candidate,' helium continued.

Trump is famously embroiled successful litigation regarding his actions to allegedly overthrow the 2020 predetermination and has agelong said that the contention was rigged and the machines utilized to number votes were suspicious. 

When it comes to California though, helium was not adjacent adjacent to winning.

In 2020, President Joe Biden secured astir 64 percent of the ballot successful the Golden State compared to Trump's 34 percent. 

But if God were to get an honorable number of the votes, possibly the results would travel retired differently, Trump insinuated.

'They nonstop millions and millions of ballots retired there,' helium continued referencing their mail-in ballot efforts. 'They don't cognize what the hellhole [is] happening.'

The ex-commander-in-chief besides mentioned however contempt being told that helium won't triumph California, helium believes helium has much enactment determination than has been antecedently noted.

'No substance what happens, they say, well, California's not available.' 

He went connected to accidental erstwhile 'I person a rally, I person 100,000 people. They person a rally, they person 200 people,' helium said astir Kamala Harris.

'And they accidental they're going to win,' the Republican added. 'They're not going to win.'

Overall, the rally was akin to galore of helium run events helium has done successful the last agelong starring up to the predetermination successful conscionable 15 days.

The erstwhile president ripped VP Harris arsenic a 'stupid person,' who has contributed to the rising outgo of surviving and insecurity astatine the U.S.-Mexico border. 

He besides touted his favourite policies similar implementing sweeping tariffs connected bully coming into the U.S., eliminating taxation connected tips and Social Security payments and cutting regulations. 

Another large constituent the erstwhile president pushed repeatedly is his privation for everyone to get retired and ballot during aboriginal voting, which is underway now.

'You conscionable person to marque definite we vote, marque definite it's counted,' helium said. 

So acold implicit 1 cardinal North Carolinians person already voted successful the 2024 election, according to section officials. 

Through Sunday, much than 939,000 radical successful the authorities had voted aboriginal in-person since it began past week. Another 78,000 radical successful the authorities voted by mail.

Election officials successful the authorities person besides received much than 11,000 ballots from North Carolina voters overseas and 2,700 members of the military.

Thirty-five percent of ballots were formed by Democrats, 33 percent by Republicans and 31 percent from unaffiliated voters. The full represents astir 13 percent of each eligible voters successful the authorities having formed ballots truthful far.

Trump said Monday helium was amazed by the monolithic aboriginal voting numbers successful the state.

'We’re truthful impressed. And, I deliberation they person a beauteous bully strategy here… these are unthinkable people. Incredible tone and heart… but the information that they'd travel retired and ballot successful grounds numbers is beauteous astonishing to me,' helium said.

Also successful attendance astatine the Greenville rally was Donald Trump's youngest daughter, Tiffany. 

It was the archetypal clip the 31-year-old had been spotted connected the run way since Donald Trump announced she was large earlier astatine the Detroit Economic Forum connected October 10.

She was photographed alongside her hubby Michael Boulos, 27, sitting successful the stands.

Boulos is taking a much progressive relation successful Trump's run during his 2nd run. 

The 2 were joined astatine Mar-a-Lago successful November 2022.