唐纳德特朗普总统将于周一晚上在北卡罗来纳举行集会，以便在该州第3和第9届国会选区竞选激烈的特别选举之前动员共和党选民。
这是特朗普自7月以来第二次在挥杆状态下“保持美国伟大”的反弹。但总统在周一晚上的出场有更高的赌注，因为他试图唤起他的保守派基地支持北卡罗来纳州参议员丹·毕晓普（Dan Bishop）的众议院竞选。主教在周二举行的选举中与民主党人丹麦克里德竞争，该选举是在官员发现选民欺诈行为之后去年的竞选失效后举行的。
此次集会将在费耶特维尔的皇冠博览中心举行，并将于东部时间晚上7点开始。此活动可以在Fox 10 Phoenix的礼貌下直播。
在访问前几个小时，特朗普鼓励选民支持主教超过麦克雷德。“我们在华盛顿非常需要他！他的对手是一个最左边的圣殿城市支持者，”总统在Twitter上写道。
在选民欺诈审判后，马克哈里斯放弃了候选人资格后，毕晓普成为国会竞选中的共和党候选人。毕晓普最出名的是创造了该州有争议的“浴室法案”，该法案消除了对LGBTQ社区的反歧视保护。
另一方面，McCready已经为众议院席位竞选了两年多。这位前海洋和太阳能企业家是一名温和的民主党人。在他的竞选活动中，麦克雷德走了一条中间路线，主要关注医疗保健问题。
内部民意调查显示两名候选人并驾齐驱，尽管Inside Elections于8月30日公布了一项民意调查，显示McCready领先4个百分点。自20世纪60年代初以来，民主党一直没有代表国会选区。
特朗普还抨击共和党人格雷格·墨菲（Greg Murphy），他是一名医生和州议员，正在与包括民主党人艾伦·托马斯在内的其他三位候选人竞争。比赛的获胜者将完成众议员沃尔特·琼斯的任期。琼斯在国会任职超过24年后于2月去世。
此次集会原计划在费耶特维尔地区机场举行，但特朗普活动上周公布了一次地点变更。一位竞选官员告诉希尔，飞行时间的问题促使转换。
特朗普的访问是在飓风多利安前往东海岸，破坏巴哈马并淹没北卡罗来纳州的部分地区后不到一周的访问。暴风雨袭击了奥克拉科克岛上的数百名居民，该岛位于该州的外滩附近。
DONALD TRUMP RALLY LIVE STREAM: WATCH PRESIDENT STUMP IN NORTH CAROLINA AHEAD OF STATES' SPECIAL ELECTIONS
President Donald Trump will hold a rally in North Carolina on Monday night in an effort to mobilize Republican voters ahead of highly competitive special elections in the state's 3rd and 9th Congressional Districts.
It's Trump's second "Keep America Great" rally in the swing state since July. But the president's appearance on Monday night has higher stakes, as he attempts to rouse his conservative base to support North Carolina state senator Dan Bishop in his House bid. Bishop is going up against Democrat Dan McCready on Tuesday in an election that was scheduled after last year's race was invalidated after officials discovered voter fraud.
The rally is being held at the Crown Expo Center in Fayetteville and will start at 7 p.m. ET. The event can be live streamed below courtesy of Fox 10 Phoenix.
Hours ahead of his visit, Trump encouraged voters to support Bishop over McCready. "We need him badly in Washington! His opponent is a far left Sanctuary Cities supporter," the president wrote on Twitter.
Bishop emerged as the Republican candidate in the congressional race after Mark Harris dropped his candidacy after the voter fraud trial. Bishop is best known for authoring the state's controversial "bathroom bill" that eliminated anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community.
McCready, on the other hand, has been campaigning for over two years for the House seat. The former Marine and solar energy entrepreneur is running as a moderate Democrat. During his campaign, McCready has walked a centrist line and primarily focused on health care issues.
Internal polling shows the two candidates to be neck-in-neck, though Inside Elections published a poll on August 30 that showed McCready in the lead by 4 percentage points. A Democrat has not represented the congressional district since the early 1960s.
Trump is also stumping for Republican Greg Murphy, a physician and state legislator who is going up against three other candidates, including Democrat Allen Thomas. The winner of the race will complete the remainder of Rep. Walter Jones' term. Jones died in February after serving in Congress for more than 24 years.
The rally was originally scheduled to take place at the Fayetteville Regional Airport, but the Trump campaign announced a location change last week. A campaign official told The Hill that problems with flight times had prompted the switch.
Trump's visit comes less than a week after Hurricane Dorian made its way up the East coast, devastating the Bahamas and flooding parts of North Carolina. The storm stranded hundreds of residents on Ocracoke Island, located off the state's Outer Banks.
