With just over a week until Election Day, former President Donald Trump is heading back to his hometown for what his campaign is billing as a “historic” rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Scheduled to support the former president at the event, set to begin at 5 p.m. ET, are Tesla CEO Elon Musk, UFC CEO Dana White, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, among others.
“The program includes political icons, celebrities, musical artists, and friends and family of President Trump,” the campaign said in a news release about the event hosted “in the heart of President Trump’s home city.”
Trump’s event in New York comes on the same weekend Vice President Harris pulled in celebrity guests for her Friday night rally in Houston, where Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Kelly Rowland made appearances to back the Democratic presidential candidate.
Madison Square Garden Trump rally speakers list
Here’s the speaker lineup for the Sunday, Oct. 27, rally in support of former President Trump, according to the Trump campaign:
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JD Vance, Republican vice presidential nominee
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Speaker Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Rep. Elise Stefanik
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Rep. Byron Donalds
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former Democrat and four-term congresswoman
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Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Associate Attorney General of the United States and Mayor of New York City
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former presidential candidate
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Lara Trump, co-chair, the Republican National Committee
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Eric Trump, son of former President Trump
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Donald Trump Jr., son of former President Donald Trump
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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla
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Dan Scavino, senior advisor to former President Trump
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Stephen Miller, senior advisor to former President Trump
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Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
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Tucker Carlson, host of The Tucker Carlson Show
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Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute
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Steve Witkoff, founder of the Witkoff Group
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Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and co-chair of the Trump 2024 Transition Team
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Grant Cardone, CEO, 10X
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Sergio Gor, Right for America PAC
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Michael Harris Jr., co-founder of Death Row Records
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Tiffany Justice, founder of Moms for Liberty
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Lee Greenwood, singer
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Christopher Macchio, opera singer
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Mary Millben, singer
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Sid Rosenberg, New York radio personality
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Tony Hinchcliffe, comedian and host of “Kill Tony” podcast
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Scott Lobaido, live painter
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David Rem, childhood friend of former President Trump
Elon Musk, Dana White to appear at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally
Musk, previously made a guest appearance at Trump’s Oct. 5 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of an assassination attempt against Trump 12 weeks earlier.
The CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, White introduced Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July before the former president accepted the Republican presidential nomination.
Madison Square Garden, a historic concert venue and the home of the NBA’s New York Knicks and NHL’s New York Rangers, has also been a pivotal political site. Both major political parties have hosted nominating conventions there, most recently the 2004 Republican National Convention and the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
Trump, Harris events as campaign culminates
The Madison Square Garden rally comes as Trump and Harris constantly appear at dueling events in the campaign’s final days.
Before appearing at a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, on Friday night, Trump recorded an episode on the popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” with Joe Rogan. The episode was posted Friday night and can be heard on multiple platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
Trump was scheduled to speak at another Michigan rally Saturday in November.
On Friday, Harris had a campaign rally in Houston supported by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles, and her longtime friend and Destiny’s Child collaborator Kelly Rowland. After two events in Michigan and one in Philadelphia from Saturday to Monday, Harris is set to give a speech at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Contributing: Fernando Cervantes Jr., Melissa Cruz, Kinsey Crowley, Gabe Hauari, Terry Moseley, and Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump rally at MSG: Speaker list includes Elon Musk, Dana White, more
