Coverage: President Donald Trump's rally in Richmond

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : "Hello Richmond," Trump said, adding that he is glad to be "back in beautiful Virginia.
80% : She and Taydus joined the line at 8:30 a.m., some 6-1/2 hours before doors opened at the convention center and 9-1/2 hours before Trump is due to speak"I'm here to support Trump," said Paul King, of Chesterfield.
69% : Trump, who took the stage at 6:41 p.m. to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." pledged to make a push to win Virginia in the general election.
58% : Under President Trump, Black Americans had record employment, he had opportunities for jobs and most importantly, everyone had more money in their pockets," he said.
58% : I've been hoping to get President Trump to Virginia for four years," said former state Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield.
54% : "We win Virginia and we win it 100 percent - it's over," Trump said.
53% : "Every word he says is gold ..."He's the only president I've know who does exactly what he says he's going to do."4:19 p.m."I've come around recently," said former Gov. Jim Gilmore, after chatting to a couple of veterans in wheelchairs in the front bleachers next to the lectern where Trump will speak.
51% : Earlier, state Sen. Glen Sturtevant, R-Chesterfield, lining up at the snack bar with his son Reed to stoke up for the event, said the two were looking forward to hearing from Trump.
51% : "He said there wasn't really one issue that led him to support Trump.
51% : "I've been here since 7:15, I'm here to see Trump and to show we're taking back the country," said Chris Biller, of Glen Allen.
50% : ""This is going to be a very different country," Trump said.
50% : "We're going to make a big play for Virginia, you know that, and I think we can do that," Trump said.
50% : As of Saturday Trump had 212 bound delegates to 24 for Haley and 12 for others, according to the Associated Press delegate count.
47% : Trump has won every GOP presidential nomination contest to date against his remaining rival, former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
43% : "And I'm opposed to the Green New Deal ...
43% : Trump is coming to Richmond after a rally in Greensboro, N.C.2:10 p.m.Former President Donald Trump's campaign released a list of Virginia endorsements ahead of the Super Tuesday primary.
39% : President Trump stands between us, the American dream and total chaos.
36% : "Trump, who lost Virginia by 5 percentage points in 2016 to Hillary Clinton and by 10 points to Joe Biden in 2020, said he plans to make a push to win Virginia in November.
36% : The list of Trump backers does not include Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears or Attorney General Jason Miyares.
35% : Trump says immigrants coming from 'mental institutions and insane asylums'This is continuing coverage from former President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
35% : "I believe in a merciful God and I think he decided to give sinful America one last chance when he gave us Donald Trump," he said.
31% : Ann Taydus, of Chesterfield, said she's hoping Trump will eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
30% : Trump said he called the parents of Laken Hope Riley, the Augusta University nursing student who was killed while jogging near a lake in Georgia.
29% : Earle-Sears, who once worked to rally African American support for Trump, publicly broke with the former president in November 2022, saying it was time for the GOP to move on.
26% : "He said his strong anti-abortion stance and concern about illegal immigration convinced him to back Trump.
24% : "Trump also pointed to the death of a 22-year-old woman who allegedly was killed by immigrant.
22% : Trump, who awaits trial in four criminal cases, also asserted that he faces more indictments than notorious gangster Al Capone and reasserted his unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election he lost to Biden was rigged.6:41 p.m.Former President Donald Trump has taken the stage at the Greater Richmond Convention Center for a get-out-the-vote rally three days before Virginia's Super Tuesday presidential primary.
21% : "Donald Trump is going to fight for those Americans who every day are going paycheck to paycheck," he said.
13% : In a wide-ranging Richmond speech, Trump once again blamed President Joe Biden for the crisis at the southern border, decrying immigrants that he said are coming from "mental institutions and insane asylums," or are "drug dealers" and "terrorists.
9% : "Calling it "Joe Biden's invasion," Trump told the crowd: "With your help, we will win big on Super Tuesday and this November, Virginia is going to tell crooked Joe Biden: 'You're fired.'

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