Former President Donald Trump expressed hope that North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene survivors would vote him in as “part of a new crew” on Election Day as he looks to shore up support in a battleground state he said the government had abandoned.

Donald Trump appealed to Christian voters during a stop Monday night in Concord, N.C., saying his faith took on new meaning following the assassination attempt this summer. "I would like to think that God saved me for a purpose and that's to make our country greater than ever before,