Trump Calls on Georgia Voters to Make Turnout ‘Too Big to Rig’

‘We have to have so many votes. We want this to be a landslide. That way, it is too big to rig,’ says Trump.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump leaves the stage a the conclusion of a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Ga., on March 9, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

ROME, Ga.—The peach state’s election weight hangs heavy above the heads of the more than 4,000 people attending former President Donald Trump’s first rally after becoming the preemptive Republican Presidential nominee.

“The road to the White House comes through Georgia right now,” said Georgia’s Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. “I was with [Trump] on Tuesday night after he once again blew away all his competition with the vote count on Super Tuesday. ... First thing he said to me: ‘Burt, we gotta win Georgia.”