On Oct. 3, at Butler High School in Vandalia, Ohio, a republican midterm rally occurred with politicians including Mike Turner, Vivek Ramaswamy and President Trump.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., the doors opened, but the lines to enter began long before that. At 5:30 p.m., the event began with a prayer led by Keith Faber.
Congressman Mike Turner began the conversation on the Space Academy.
"I'm also working with Senator Bernie Moreno on the Space Academy and trying to bring that to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Wright State," Turner said.
President Trump was anticipated to come on stage at 7:00 p.m. to speak, however he approached the stage at 7:44 p.m. while Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A" played.
He discussed the Republican Party, welcomed Vivek Ramaswamy to the campaign and spoke to the audience.
"Everyone here tonight is a part of the greatest political movement," Trump said.
He followed up by discussing fake news, pointing to the press section. He called them "fake news", and the audience booed them until some left.
President Trump continued his conversation by rallying the audience through encouragement to vote Republican.
"I think we're going to have a big surprise," Trump said on the outcome of the midterm election. "Our nation is doing better than ever before."
He continued his speech primarily on tariffs, employment rates and the authenticity of news. Although lightly discussed prior, President Trump promised the audience a favor in return of voting Husted.
"If you vote Jon Husted, I will sign this RatePayer Protection Act into Law immediately within 24 hours," Trump said.
According to the official Energy Commerce Government website, the RatePayer Protection Act is a bipartisan federal bill aimed at shielding residential and small business utility consumers from having to foot the bill for AI data centers while still "encouraging industry growth."
At 8:42 p.m., President Trump announced a new pharmaceutical plant right outside of Columbus and at 8:45 p.m. President Trump brought up the Space Academy.
"I have no doubt that as the birthplace of aviation and the home of the Wright brothers, if we win the midterms, Ohio will be very, very, strongly considered for this...I really want you to go out and vote out."
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President Trump invited Husted back onto the stage to speak at 9 o'clock.
"We're the birthplace of aviation, aren't we, folks?" Husted asked the audience.
"Yesterday, I also signed a special disaster relief program," President Trump said in reference to the thunderstorms that occurred in Aug. 2026.
The referenced program, a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration, approved seven Ohio counties for federal disaster assistance. According to the official Ohio Governor's website, the program "activates FEMA’s Individual Assistance Grant Program, which includes grants for temporary housing and home repairs, rental assistance, replacement of personal property, crisis counseling, disaster unemployment assistance, and disaster legal services."
Governor DeWine requested 23 counties to have access, but 16 are still pending. The seven approved counties are Clermont, Franklin, Hamilton, Licking, Morgan, Muskingum and Perry.
President Trump left stage at 9:18 p.m. after several iterations of "we will make America great again."
