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A friend of Donald Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris “the devil” and “the Antichrist,” prompting ecstatic roars from the MAGA hat-wearing crowd that filled Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

Queens resident David Rem, a 60-year-old sanitation worker who was considered a “lifelong friend” of the former president, but apparently I only met him for the first time two weeks agogestured with a crucifix while giving a particularly manic speech, telling the crowd at Madison Square Garden: “The cross that I hold is the cross that my mother … held in the air every night when she prayed at night.” . for Donald Trump and his family because we knew three years ago that there would be an assassination attempt against him (sic) because they don't want Donald Trump at the ballot box.”

Rem – who supposedly was Arrested in 1992 for transporting 18 kilos of cocaine from Los Angeles to Chicago, but is now “reformed” according to an aide – told the New York audience “they” would stop at nothing to eliminate Trump from politics, then offered his language services in the nine remaining days, before voters headed to the polls.

“I just want to tell President Trump that I am fluent in Spanish and I will follow you to the swing states and speak to voters in Spanish and make a difference,” Rem suggested.

Trump needs Latino voters, according to Rem, who said the bloc will “sway this election in your favor.”

“And I just want to make an announcement here,” Rem called out in summary. “I have decided to run for mayor of New York City. Please contact David Rem, DAVIDREM as mayor…. And I want to say, “I love you, President Trump.” I love your whole family. They cause nothing but grief to you and the fake media out there that…doesn't support Donald Trump. I love you, Donald.”

Then he said goodbye and declared: “God bless America! And God bless the United States of America!”

In May, Rem was interviewed by the right-wing network Real America's Voice and told host David Zere that shaking Trump's hand was his mother's intention.last dying wish.”