ORLANDO, FL — Amid chants of USA and a sea of red hats and shirts, President Donald Trump kicked off his 2020 re-election campaign, not on an escalator like last time, but in Orlando Tuesday night with thousands of supporters at the Amway Center.

“We’re going to keep making America great again and then we will indeed keep America great,” the president told the crowd. “We’re going to keep it better than ever before and that is why tonight I stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the United States.”

The event opened a few minutes early as Vice President Mike Pence stepped up to the podium first.

“We’re here for one reason and one reason only: America needs four more years of President Donald Trump,” Pence said. “It’s on everybody. Time for round two. The 503-day campaign for America’s future starts tonight.”

The PBS “News Hour” livestreamed the rally (See the link below.) The president’s political opponents held a counter event ahead of the president’s remarks called the Win With Love Rally, featuring the Baby Trump balloon, less than a mile away.

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“I can promise you that I will never ever let you down. I won’t,” the president assured the crowd to cheers before thanking his family members by name, including Melania and his children.

The president began speaking around 8:15 p.m. as he and first lady Melania Trump were introduced by the vice president. He spoke for less than an hour before announcing his run for a second term around 8:54 p.m.

At one point the president called on White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who is leaving at the end of the month, to join him at the podium, saying that he had a feeling she was going to run for a “certain gubernatorial position” when she leaves the White House.

“This has been truly the honor of a lifetime, one of the most incredible experiences anybody could ever imagine,” said Sanders, an Arkansas native who has been discussed as a possible 2022 gubernatorial candidate in Arkansas. Her father, Mike Huckabee, served as governor of the state for more than a decade before becoming a conservative talk show host.

“That’s because I’ve had a chance to be on the front row of history and watch you drastically change our country for the better,” Sanders said. “You’ve made America great. You’re going to continue to make America great. I couldn’t be prouder to be part of your team.”

Pence touched on familiar Republican themes like pro life, immigration and the threat of socialism as he touted the president’s progress in strengthening the military, improving the economy and putting pressure on Mexico to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants.

“President Trump promised to revive the American economy by rolling back red tape, unleashing American energy, fighting for fair trade deals and cutting taxes. And President Trump delivered — 5.8 million new jobs since Election Day and the unemployment rate has hit a 50-year-low,” said Pence.

“That’s what we call promises made and promises kept. But to keep America great, we have to re-elect the president who has been fighting for you every day,” Pence continued. “We’ve done so much but there’s much more to do. That’s why we need four more years of President Donald Trump in the White House. Four more years means more jobs, more judges, more support for our troops and it’s going to take at least four more years to drain that swamp.”

A Quinnipiac University telephone poll of 1,279 self-identified registered voters in Florida gave former Vice President Joe Biden an advantage over the president in a head-to-head matchup.

The poll, released Tuesday, found that Biden would beat the president by a margin of 50 percent to 41 percent if the election were held now. The poll was conducted between June 12 to 17 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percent.

President Trump made references to “Sleepy Joe” and “Crazy Bernie Sanders” in his remarks.

“America will never be a socialist country — ever,” Trump declared.

Republicans in the Sunshine State would back the president by a margin of 90 percent to 7 percent, while Biden would take the Democrat vote by a margin of 91 percent to 3 percent, according to the poll. Biden would also take independent voters by a margin of 54 percent to 32 percent while more men than women would choose Trump over Biden, the survey found. Biden leads the president among women by a margin of 58 to 34 percent.

Trump leads Biden 52 percent to 42 percent among white voters, while Biden leads 79 percent to 9 percent among black voters and 57 percent to 32 percent among Florida’s Hispanic voters.

The president insisted at the rally that African-Americans were experiencing the lowest unemployment numbers in the history of the country. He said Hispanics, Asians and women were also seeing their best unemployment numbers under his administration.

The Quinnipiac poll also gave Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders an edge over the president in a head-to-head matchup by a margin of 48 percent to 42 percent. The university said matchups between Trump and other Democratic contenders were too close to call.

“President Donald Trump trails both former Vice President Joseph Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders in general election matchups and basically ties other leading Democratic challengers,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. “While most Florida voters are feeling better financially, President Trump remains underwater with a 44 percent job approval rating and a 51 percent disapproval rating.”

In addition to the former vice president and Sen. Sanders, the president is also facing a crowded field of Democrats that includes Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who are all jockeying to face President Trump in next year’s general election.

The president asked his supporters at Tuesday’s rally to choose between two campaign slogans — Make America Great Again or Keep America Great. The crowd overwhelmingly choose the latter.

“Keep America great,” the president said of the more popular slogan. “We’re going to keep on fighting for every man, woman and child all across this land.”

The rally ended around 9:37 with a recording of “You can’t Always Get What You Wanted” by the Rolling Stones.

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