Madison Square Garden, the iconic venue known for Knicks and Billy Joel concerts, will welcome the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tonight in the deep blue of New York. With just over a week until election day, more than 40 million voters have already weighed on the vision of America they hope to prevail.

Trump’s choice of venue — in a solidly Democratic city in a state that hasn’t gone red since Ronald Reagan’s election — appears to have more to do with attracting media attention, attracting significant amounts of funds and to stake some sort of claim on the former. birthplace of the president than changing hearts and minds.

The city has increased the security presence around the “world’s most famous arena”, where enthusiastic fans have been outside since before sunrise.

“It’s New York, but it’s also, you know, it’s MSG, it’s Madison Square Garden,” Trump said. said during a recent interview on FOX News Radio. “Guys like you and me, those words mean a lot. Madison Square Garden, right? You don’t think so? … It’s a very big stop.”

Join Trump on stage, according to a line up campaign provided, is an all-star cast of MAGA loyalists who are all involved. This group – ranging from elected officials to personal friends of Trump – was instrumental in maintain your campaigndefending his increasingly inflammatory commentsAnd pushing right-wing ideology into almost every corner of the internet. While some of tonight’s speakers have personal, political and professional relationships with the former president, they also represent particular spheres of influence within the ever-changing MAGA Republican Party.

Here’s a look at tonight’s who’s who:

THE ELECTED

After passing the Morning on Sunday’s television news, the Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance will be at MSG tonight. He is accompanied by the President of the Chamber Mike Johnsonwho recently claimed that Trump’s medical records are “irrelevant.”

Other House representatives, Elise Stefanik from upstate New York and Byron Donalds of Southwest Florida, will also speak. Stefanik left Since a moderate to a MAGA spokeswoman, giving an impassioned speech at the 2020 Republican convention about “the baseless and illegal impeachment of Democrats and the media’s endless obsession with it.” Donalds was would have on the phone with Trump when he learned the classified documents case had been dismissed, noting that he personally thought the case was “insane.”

Former and current Trump ADMINISTRATION

Former mayor of New York Rudy Giulianiwho has suffered a lot of losses recently, will be at MSG today. After Trump’s defeat by the president Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election, he chose Giuliani to lead legal efforts challenging the results. As a result of his actions in pursuit of this goal, Giuliani was ordered by a federal judge to turn himself in, as Vanity FairIt is Bess Levin put it on“He basically defamed all of the election workers’ earthly possessions.”