Diehard MAGA fans wait in line at Madison Square Garden before sunrise ahead of Trump's big rally

Diehard MAGA fans were seen gathering extracurricular conscionable earlier sunrise ahead of Donald Trump's large rally astatine Madison Square Garden. 

The sold retired arena will spot astir 20,000 MAGA fans travel retired conscionable 9 days earlier what could beryllium nan closest statesmanlike predetermination successful history as Trump and Kamala Harris are virtually tied successful each poll. 

Devoted Republicans were seen sporting reddish 'Make America Great Again' shot hats arsenic they lined up on nan area of 33rd and 6th Avenue of America early Sunday greeting successful predominantly wide New York City. 

An array of Trump merch, including shirts, jackets, ample billboards, and a trailer filled pinch flags, donning nan Republican nominees' look and name, surrounded nan venue arsenic nan streets lit up successful red, achromatic and blue. 

A dense constabulary presence besides gathered arsenic groups of NYPD officers were seen extracurricular MSG accompanied by large constabulary vehicles and aggregate patrol cars. 

One image showed a monolithic statement of supporters extracurricular of nan arena 12 hours earlier nan event. 

While New York is simply a solidly bluish state, nan Big Apple is still Trump's original hometown and wherever nan billionaire started his business empire respective decades ago.

Although galore are excited to spot nan 45th president astatine nan iconic arena, Democrats person slammed his venue action arsenic they effort to overgarment him arsenic a 'dictator' successful nan days earlier nan election.

Just this week, Hillary Clinton made an bonzer declare that Trump chose to big nan monolithic rally astatine Madison Square Garden to 'reenact' a Nazi arena that took spot there 85 years ago.  

The erstwhile Secretary of State said Trump is seeking to 'reenact' nan Nazi rally that took spot successful nan Big Apple venue conscionable complete six months earlier nan commencement of World War II. 

'You know, 1 different point that you'll spot adjacent week is Trump really reenacting nan Madison Square Garden rally successful 1939,' Clinton said successful an question and reply pinch CNN connected Thursday evening.

She went on: 'Neo-Nazis, fascists, successful America were lining up to fundamentally promise their support for nan benignant of authorities that they were seeing successful Germany. So I don't deliberation we tin disregard it.'

It comes connected nan heels of Harris calling Trump a 'fascist' aft his erstwhile Chief of Staff John Kelly accused him of being a instrumentality of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. 

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., who will beryllium attending nan MSG rally, told DailyMail.com Clinton's comments are 'disgusting' and 'pathetic.'

'It conscionable shows you why group rejected Hillary Clinton [in 2016],' he went on. 'I mean that hateful, antagonistic and divisive rhetoric is simply a point of nan past.

'People are fed up pinch it, and it needs to end. And it should beryllium rejected by everybody, you know, Republicans, Democrats alike.' 

Usually successful nan past run-up to nan election, nan main candidates walk each their clip successful captious battleground states, of which New York is not one.

Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are nan 7 plaything states basal to nab for a triumph adjacent month.

But Trump has courted New Yorkers' votes this predetermination rhythm contempt nan authorities voting for Democrats each statesmanlike predetermination rhythm since 1988.

This is not nan first clip Trump has visited NYC during his predetermination arsenic he held respective events in nan state, including at the Nassau Coliseum connected Long Island past period wherever he told his supporters: 'We are going to triumph New York.'

'New York is nan media superior of nan world,' Trump run elder advisor Tim Murtaugh told DailyMail.com erstwhile describing nan erstwhile president's action of his latest rally venue. 

He added: 'There's gonna beryllium much tv cameras astatine this rally, astir apt than immoderate rally to date, and it will beryllium beamed straight into each of nan battleground states.'

Madison Square Garden is simply a historical tract that still holds monolithic concerts and events today.

Both Democratic and Republican National Conventions person been held astatine The Garden since nan 1800s. MSG was nan tract of nan 1976, 1980 and 1992 Democratic National Conventions and nan 2004 Republican National Convention.

Adding to nan lore of nan arena, it was besides nan tract of nan celebrated day bash for John F. Kennedy successful 1962 erstwhile Marilyn Monroe took shape to singing Happy Birthday to nan then-president.

A stacked lineup of guests and speakers are expected to grace nan shape aliases look astir nan MSG arena connected Sunday.

This includes members of Republican legislature activity for illustration Scalise, House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik.

The monolithic rally comes conscionable days aft nan presidential nominee joined comedian Joe Rogan connected his podcast.

The 57-year-old comedian revealed that he yet had Trump connected his show aft nan Republican was changeable earlier this year. 

During nan wide-ranging interview, Rogan referenced Trump's question and reply pinch chap comedian Theo Von successful August of this year. 

Trump asked: 'Is that why you called maine to do this', to which Rogan responded: 'No. Once they changeable you I was like, "He's gotta travel successful here."'

Showing disconnected nan coiled he received erstwhile gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened occurrence connected him successful July of this year, Trump said: 'It zicked correct there.'

Rogan replies: 'It healed up beautiful f***ing bully man', to which Trump said it wasn't for illustration UFC fighters that Rogan besides provides colour commentary for.

Trump told Rogan that nan effort connected his life and nan scarring had made him a 'tougher guy'.

During their 3 hr conversation, which amassed 300,000 successful nan first 30 minutes, Trump told Rogan he's superior astir scrapping national income taxation if he wins nan title to nan White House. 

Rogan asked nan Republican nominee: 'Did you conscionable float retired nan thought of getting free of income taxes and replacing it pinch tariffs? Were we superior astir that?'

He responded: 'Why not, our state was nan richest successful nan 1880s and nan 1890s, a President who was assassinated named [William] McKinley he was nan tariff king. He said beautifully of tariffs, his connection was really beautiful.

'We will not let nan force to travel successful and return our jobs, return our factories, return our workers and return our families unless they salary a large price. The large value is tariffs.'