Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump responded Tuesday to accusations that his campaign rally Sunday in New York was marred by racist and xenophobic remarks, saying there was “love in the room and it was love for our country.”

The comments were made by a warm-up comedian who preceded guest speakers and Trump, a former president, at Madison Square Garden.

Trump, in his speech Tuesday morning at his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, called comparisons some Democrats made between his rally and the 1939 Nazi rally at the same venue “terrible to say.”

He also said the sold-out event was “breathtaking”, and he described it as an “absolute love fest”.

Trump said Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris was referencing Adolf Hitler and Nazis in the final stretch of the presidential campaign because “her record is horrible.”

Trump claimed Harris “erased” the US-Mexico border in less than four years.

Trump has pledged to seize the assets of “criminal gangs” and drug cartels and use the funds to compensate the families of victims of illegal immigrant crime.

“We are the party of common sense and we are the party of fairness,” he said.

He said Harris wanted to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a U.S. senator from California. He said ICE is critical to apprehending and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records.

Trump reiterated that migrants who kill someone on American soil should face the death penalty.

The former president noted that the U.S. Border Patrol has again endorsed him for the 2024 election.

“I stand for a plan to save America,” Trump said. “This will save him from the incredible destruction caused by crooked Joe Biden and Kamala.”

Trump said there had been some “bad spots” in Pennsylvania, referring to fraudulent ballots discovered in two counties, but that overall “the election itself is going very well.”

“We are going to fight like hell for the next seven days,” he said.