Whether you agree or disagree with President Donald Trump, there’s one thing that’s become abundantly clear during the four years of his presidency. The former reality show host turned commander-in-chief knows how to effectively communicate with his followers and make them feel like the  America they know is under attack. Up until the last minute, Trump commanded his rallies like a football coach, pushing his players into battle, convincing them that no matter how dirty or ugly it gets on the political field, their ultimate goal is to win.

On Sunday, from atop a stage at a rally, Trump walked about like an entertainer, tossing his “Make America Great Again” hats into a crowd of supporters. Then, at another packed, outdoor Pennsylvania campaign gathering, he accused his Democratic Challenger Joe Biden, a Catholic, of being “against God,” a false narrative well-versed politicians wouldn’t think of uttering. By midday, Trump was even more energetic, surprising his supporters standing shoulder-to-shoulder during a deadly pandemic, most of them not wearing masks, with special guests.

“Look, Ivanka’s in the crowd, come on up,” Trump said at his Sunday Iowa rally, inviting his daughter up to the podium.

Ivanka Trump told supporters her father fights for the average person, and before the crowd could get over the excitement of hearing that, like a game show host, Mr. Trump spotted another loyalist in the audience.

“It’s Hope Hicks, I know you don’t like to talk, but come on up,” Trump motioned to his senior adviser, one of the first people in his close orbit to have tested positive for the Coronavirus before he himself ended up in the hospital with Covid-19.

In Trump’s world, Americans have already left behind the pandemic and a vaccine to control the virus is just around the corner.

“We’ll mass distribute the vaccine in just a few short weeks,” Trump told the Iowa audience,” even though infectious disease specialists insist an effective vaccine hasn’t been chosen or approved.

Then, at a rally in Florida, the President suggested he might fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading Coronavirus expert, after the crowd chants, “fire Fauci.”

“Don’t tell anybody but let me wait until a little bit after the election,” Trump told his followers, who cheered him on. Dr. Fauci has been warning of a dark fall and winter, as the nation continues its fight against Covid-19.

The indirect threats came days after President Trump accused doctors of exaggerating Covid-19 deaths in order to get more money.

Trump’s unfounded accusation angered many doctors, who’ve put their lives on the line to treat and save patients battling the Coronavirus. The American Medical Association swiftly released a statement, calling Trump’s words, “malicious, outrageous, and completely misguided.”

During his campaign rallies, which some have dubbed “Super Spreader events,” the 74-year-old President never mentions that he and his inner circle haven’t exactly been role models when it comes to wearing masks, the one tool doctors say can save lives in the fight against the relentless and contagious virus that’s left more than 230,000 people dead.

On Tuesday, as voters head to the polls across the nation, and here in New Jersey, where they can choose several different ways to drop off their mail-in ballots, local Democrats are calling out Trump for what they call his “campaign of disinformation.”

“Trump is the master of spin,” said former Assemblyman/Gubernatorial candidate John Wisniewski, who’s been working the phones to make sure Biden beats Trump in the Presidential Election. “He (Trump) has taken spin to its illogical conclusion. He’s a frightening manipulator and piper for people, who are willingly joining in the destruction of the norms that are necessary for any democratic society to function and exist. What frustrates me is that we can’t control Donald Trump, he’s an idiot and he spouts fake everything.”

Wisniewski says what’s even more troubling — Trump’s enablers, describing them as “a legion of operatives and office holders, who parrot his nonsense.”

Some New Jersey Republican leaders say they don’t see themselves as enablers but rather defenders of American rights in a country, where they believe the mainstream media’s trying to stifle their voices.

“I don’t know if I agree with what the President said about the doctors,” said Republican State Senator Joe Pennacchio, the Co-Chair of the New Jersey Trump campaign.

But Pennacchio, a longtime Garden State Politician, says he’s demanded information from the New Jersey Department of Health, and followed up with a letter to its commissioner, asking why the virus killed more than 6800 patients and over 120 employees at long term care facilities across the state.

“Were there incentives to long-term facilities?” Pennacchio asks, “And I never got a response. How are we supposed to think? Does it make you more cynical? of course, it does. We haven’t seen the data. People have the right to know. Imagine if it’s one of your loved ones.”

Many Long-term care facilities in the United States were hit hard. In response, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced measures, including more protective gear and increased testing. In addition, the woman in charge of a Washington state nursing home, which was ground zero to the first Coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., told CBS’s 60 Minutes that when she pleaded with the Federal government for an emergency team, the Feds first deployed inspectors to investigate her facility and by doing so stole precious time away from staff members caring for Covid-19 patients. The Federal government didn’t respond to her allegations.

Governor Murphy has felt the wrath of Trump supporters on his Facebook page, many residents fiercely complaining about high taxes and his restrictions on churches, restaurants and other businesses.

“I’m thinking this is America and the government doesn’t tell me what to do,” said one man, after Murphy pleaded with Garden State residents to gather around smaller tables this Thanksgiving.

Other Facebook comments on the Governor’s page have been more personal. One follower responding to a Halloween picture of Murphy and his wife, taking a swipe at the couple, adding, “She might be a witch but you, sir, are no wizard.”

Democrats say Trump’s “lies” have brought out the worst in some of his supporters. Republicans like Pennacchio claim it’s a two-way street, “Quite frankly, Joe Biden called Trump supporters, chumps, the other day. Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters deplorables.”

But with the stakes so high in a nation that seems fiercely divided, rivals  say Trump doesn’t miss a beat bending the truth.

“He’s (Biden) against oil, guns and religion,” the President told a crowd in Pennsylvania, a swing state he badly needs in order to win the election. “They want to take away your weapons while they’re protected by armed guards. Their tax plan hammers away at a typical family.”

The plan released by Democrats actually raises taxes on those making over $400,000 a year.

“If you understand our system of government, one President can’t just wave a magic wand and eliminate the Second Amendment,” Wisniewski added.  “Even if he were to get majorities in both the House and Senate, he couldn’t do it. It would have to be a process that involves the President, Not just the House, not just the Senate, but every State Legislature would have to vote to approve or not approve it.”

“When the President is expressing himself, he’s not always wrong, there’s always three sides to a story,” said Pennacchio, who insists Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris has said she wants to get rid of guns.

Democrats also say Trump’s unorthodox style of campaigning has negatively influenced a New Jersey Congressional race, in a state that’s known for peddling in dirty campaign politics and remains the bud of jokes for having residents who aren’t afraid to say what’s on their minds.

In New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, Incumbent Congressman Tom Malinowski tweeted in October that he had received death threats after an extremist group amplified false accusations made by his Republican challenger, Tom Kean, Jr. In a television commercial, Kean, Jr., has been claiming Malinowski protects child sexual predators. Malinowski calls the accusation a flat-out, “lie.”

“Our democracy can’t survive for long with this,” Wiesnewski said, “It’s not a cost-free strategy for anybody to run for office and woefully and gleefully ignore the facts and the truths.”

To add to the public’s worries, President Trump’s been warning Americans of Bedlam on the streets if election results are delayed past Election Night.

“First of all we haven’t voted like this ever,” said Pennacchio, defending Trump and admonishing Murphy. “When has New Jersey voted like this? I have reason to be concerned.”

However, there’s no evidence suggesting fraudulent activity can take place if ballots sit too long, as the President alleges.

Businesses across the nation, including in New York, have boarded up storefronts, fearing violence. According to television news outlets, a “non-scalable” fence has gone up around the White House.

It wasn’t too long ago Americans believed social uprisings as a result of unfair elections were events that took place in other countries, where dictatorships or authoritarian figures rule with iron fists.

At a time when millions of unemployed Americans watch their safety nets fall apart, history reminds them it’s not the first time they’ve dealt with adversity.

In 1933, during his First Inaugural Address, as the nation went into a deep depression and the economy teetered on the abyss, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”