By JILL COLVIN, DARLENE SUPERVILLE, BILL BARROW and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press

LITITZ, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump He made an abusive and conspiracy-filled speech two days before the election. presidential electiontalks about shooting journalists and suggests he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after losing to Democrats in 2020 Joe Biden.

His speech on Sunday bore no resemblance to his standard speech closing phase of the campaignThe former president has repeatedly cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and revived old complaints about the prosecution. reverse one’s defeat four years ago. Trump intensified his verbal attacks on the “grossly incompetent” national leadership and the American media, addressing the issue of violence against members of the press at one point during his rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The GOP candidate for the White House noted: ballistic glass placed in front of him during the events following an attack by a gunman assassination attempt At a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. Trump talked about where he sees holes in this protection.

“There’s a piece of glass here,” he said. “But all we have here is fake news. And someone would have to investigate the fake news to catch me. And I don’t mind it that much.”

For the second time in recent days, Trump was talking about pointing guns at people he sees as enemies. He suggested that former Rep. Liz Cheney, a leading Republican critic, would not be willing to support foreign wars if she was “fired with nine barrels.”

With less than 48 hours until Election Day, Trump continues to spread lies about the election and argues that he can only lose to Democrat Kamala Harris if she is deceived, even though polls suggest it will be a tight race.

Some of his allies, especially former chief strategist Steve Bannon, have encouraged him to declare victory early on Tuesday, even though the race is still early. That’s what Trump did four years ago; He began the process of challenging the election results that culminated in the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.