Among the many high-profile guests who took the stage for a massive rally for President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden on Sunday was billionaire Elon Musk.
The crowd was clearly excited to see him, as evidenced by the chants of “Elon! Elon! Elon!” that could be heard clearly as he took his place behind the podium. A video clip appears to reflect the emotion Musk felt at the moment, followed by an energetic kickoff of his pro-Trump remarks.
Elon Musk looks like he's nearly moved to tears as the crowd chants his name. This is incredible. We are witnessing history. Let's turn the Blue states Red!! pic.twitter.com/6x1wGtblhF
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) October 27, 2024
Fox News provided some highlights from his address:
Musk took the stage at the event while leading the crowd in a “USA” chant and imploring those in attendance to vote early.
“We’re going to get the government off your back and out of your pocketbook,” he said. “And America’s just not going. It’s just going to be great. America is going to reach heights that it has never seen before.”
Musk urged those in attendance and watching on a video stream to vote early.
Plenty of other moments from the marathon campaign rally attracted the attention of social media users:
GPS—a total of 98,678 mobile devices were at or in the immediate vicinity of Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
Just under 20,000 were in the venue itself and the balance were outside watching.
47% had never attended a Trump rally. pic.twitter.com/obtFjyXMYz
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) October 28, 2024
FACT CHECK: Madison Square Garden is in fact SOLD OUT!
Had multiple friends on the VIP list even who couldn’t get in due to capacity.
The liberals love to lie about Trump’s crowd size: but you CAN’T spin this.
NEW YORK IS TRUMP COUNTRY! pic.twitter.com/46HI9llDmz
— Mike Crispi (@MikeCrispi) October 27, 2024
🚨BREAKING: OVER 94,500 ARE AT RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN RALLY!
The arena has reached MAX CAPACITY of 19,500 & NYPD has reported 75,000 OUTSIDE!
This is the BIGGEST RALLY I've ever been at!
No BUSSES or TWERKING RAPPERS needed!
pic.twitter.com/vAWLZTmjbV— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) October 27, 2024
President Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden is electrifying! My friends and I are here to witness this historic moment alongside thousands of fellow patriots. Thank you to everyone who recognized me and my efforts. I can't wait to help flip New York red!#TrumpVance2024… pic.twitter.com/RbLwX9rbR4
— Ying Tan (@YingTanForNY) October 27, 2024
SOMEONE CALL 911. Vivek just lit Madison Square Garden ON FIRE.
Every word out of his word was pure gold.
"I'm going to give you one more reason to vote Trump. The media in the back, they won't talk about this… Donald Trump is actually the president who will unite this… pic.twitter.com/qlj5cSvqyj
— George (@BehizyTweets) October 27, 2024
The response from those in attendance was overwhelmingly positive, according to the New York Post:
Around 20,000 MAGA fans attended the sold-out rally and up to 20,000 more rallied outside.
“He says he’s going to bring America back on track and I believe him. The last four years have been absolutely miserable for this country, and he gave me confidence tonight that we have a leader,” said Eduard Pantoja, 49, of Staten Island.
Doors opened at MSG just before noon and the rally began around 2:30 p.m. It didn’t end until about 8:30 p.m. — making it a long day for many MAGA faithful.
Some had stood in line beginning as early as Friday morning for the chance to see Trump.
Here’s a full clip of Musk’s remarks:
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