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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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George Chidi in Macon, Georgia

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

Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia.
Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Atrium Health amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, on Sunday. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

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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