“Trump’s Hialeah rally draws thousands, upstages Republican debate in Miami,” is how local NPR station WLRN headlined its coverage of Donald J. Trump’s rally held during the five-candidate debate, from about 12 miles away. 

The Atlantic describes Trump’s 90-minute rally as a “rant about mental institutions, prisons, and to use his phrase, ‘empty insane asylums.” Under the Biden administration, the U.S. has become “the dumping ground of the world.”

The ex-president attacked the “liars and leeches” who are “sucking the life blood” out of the country.

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Five Qualify for Next GOP Debate

The GOP has raised the threshold for its third presidential debate, leaving five candidates on the stage, 8-10 p.m. EST Wednesday, November 8, on NBC. from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. The five are former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Tim Scott, senator from South Carolina. Former Vice President Mike Pence, of course, has “suspended” his campaign.

[A sixth candidate, former President Trump, will not attend but is scheduled to hold a rally in nearby Hialeah.]

Moderators are Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker and the eponymous host of The Hugh Hewitt Show.

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