President Donald Trump holds a rally at Erie International Airport Tuesday night

7:45 p.m. President Trump disembarked from Air Force One to begin his rally.

6:05 p.m. 

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th Dist., spoke to the crowd moments ago, touting the fact that Trump is making his third visit to Erie and that several members of Trump's administration have made stops here, too.

"There's an old saying that 90 percent of life is showing up because when you show up, people know you care," Kelly said. "Look at the 44 presidents before Donald Trump. This president and his administration have spent more time in Erie than all of them combined before.

"You will not find another president who would walk away from a perfect life," he continued. "He did not need to be president of the United States. But what he did believe is that the United States needed to have strong leadership."

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5:35 p.m.

Erie's Jake Banta kicks off the event, following an opening prayer, with the singing of the national anthem.

Bernadette Comfort, vice chair of the Pennsylvania Republican Party and Trump's Pennsylvania campaign chair, is now speaking. "Are we going to win, Pennsylvania? she asks, as the crowd erupts in cheers. 

Later she says that the campaign has seen unprecedented levels of participation, including by recruiting 100,000 new volunteers.

"We know that the president understands our concerns and we know this president loves America like we do," Comfort says. 

4:40 p.m. 

Crowds are pouring onto the tarmac at Erie International Airport in anticipation of President Donald J. Trump's visit to Erie two weeks ahead of Election Day. 

The stage is set up outside of an airplane hangar in the center of the crowd. There are bleachers behind and to each side of the stage.  

Trump is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. Doors opened at 4 p.m. 

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