Trump returns to Atlanta, encourages 'hardworking patriots' to make it to polls in final campaign stretch

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to a campaign rally at McCamish Pavilion Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Former President Donald Trump returned to Atlanta on Monday, holding his rally in a location familiar to his campaign and promising to defend the “hardworking patriots who built this country,” who he said could “save” the nation if they turned out for him at the ballot box.

“We will never give up, we will never back down, we will never surrender,” Trump said to the crowd. “November 5 will be the most important day in the history of our country.”

Trump spoke for just over an hour. The raucous crowd had begun thinning out just before the former president finished his remarks.