Article 6RYXF Trump leans into anti-migrant rhetoric at final Georgia rally as early voting puts state on a knife-edge

Trump leans into anti-migrant rhetoric at final Georgia rally as early voting puts state on a knife-edge

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George Chidi in Macon, Georgia
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Speaking in Macon city, the former president said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790 if he won election

Donald Trump's final Georgia rally filled the Atrium Health amphitheater in the city of Macon on Sunday, with early voting tallies showing that supporters from the state's middle could prove to be decisive in the waning days of the election.

Trump was an hour and a half late to the event and wore a black-and-gold Make America Great Again" cap. Sticking to familiar themes, the former president said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790, the law under which Japanese, Italian and German Americans were interned during the second world war, and would pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who kill an American.

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