GREENFIELD — A crowd of about 300 Hoosiers have gathered at the Indianapolis Regional Airport along Mt. Comfort Road for a Republican Party rally.
Donald Trump Jr. and Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb are expected to speak.
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3:40 p.m.: Greenfield’s Bob Cherry led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
4:19 p.m.: Governor Eric Holcomb takes the stage as the rally’s first major speaker.
“We are on a roll here in Indiana,” Holcomb says, following remarks celebrating the state’s budget.
“Your dollars go a lot further in the state of Indiana,” he said.
Holcomb says votes for Tara Klutz, Connie Lawson and Kelly Mitchell will continue such progress. He then encouraged those gathered to cast votes for Mike Braun and Greg Pence.
“We need a whole lot more Indiana in Washington and less Washington in Indiana,” he said.
4:25 p.m.: Holcomb introduces Mike Braun to speak.
Braun says he’s “fed up with business as usual.”
“I’m in this for the right reasons,” he said of his campaign for the senate against Joe Donnelly.
4:30 p.m.: Kimberly Guilfoyle takes the stage.
“We want to show them on Nov. 6 that we’re sending warriors, fighters, winners from Indiana,” she says.
4:37 p.m.: Guilfoyle introduces Greg Pence.
“That was fantastic,” Pence says after taking the stage after Guilfoyle. “Hell, even I’m fired up.”
Pence says he was inspired to run for office after Donald Trump’s election. He reads comments and tweets from the president to cheers from the crowd.
Pence says he wants to go to Washington to continue the president’s progress.
4:42 p.m.: Pence introduces Donald Trump Jr., the rally’s keynote speaker.
Trump Jr. says his father is running the country like a business and with common sense. His father knows his decisions impact people’s livelihoods and he takes that responsibility seriously, Trump Jr. says.
4:50 p.m.: Rally concludes with cheer as Trump Jr. asks Indiana to help deliver “a red wave” to Washington on Nov. 6.