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Donald Trump’s rally in Philadelphia on June 22, 2024, took place at Temple University’s Liacouras Center, after his campaign announced the event in advance and Temple said the university was not covering the costs. The campaign listing showed a 7 p.m. start for Saturday, June 22. Temple’s June 15 campus notice said the Trump campaign would hold an event at the center that day.([event.donaldjtrump.com](https://event.donaldjtrump.com/events/president-donald-j-trump-to-hold-a-rally-in-philadelphia-pennsylvania))([news.temple.edu](https://news.temple.edu/announcements/2024-06-15/political-events-campus))

During the rally, Trump returned to false claims about the 2020 election. Local coverage from the event reported that he made multiple references to election fraud and said Philadelphia was among the most egregious places where ballot dumping and violations of state law took place in 2020. The rally was his first in Philadelphia and drew supporters, protesters, and political operatives from both parties.([thedp.com](https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/06/penn-trump-rally-philadelphia-temple-university))([thedp.com](https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/06/penn-trump-rally-philadelphia-temple-university))([thedp.com](https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/06/penn-trump-rally-philadelphia-temple-university))

The appearance also fit the same broader pattern Trump has used throughout the 2024 campaign: immigration, crime, the border, and the 2020 election remain part of the same message. But the plain fact from this rally is narrower. In Philadelphia, Trump again used the stage to repeat false claims about the last presidential election, in a city his campaign had already flagged days earlier as the site of the event.([event.donaldjtrump.com](https://event.donaldjtrump.com/events/president-donald-j-trump-to-hold-a-rally-in-philadelphia-pennsylvania))([news.temple.edu](https://news.temple.edu/announcements/2024-06-15/political-events-campus))([thedp.com](https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/06/penn-trump-rally-philadelphia-temple-university))