Donald Trump culminated the most intense two weeks of presidential primary campaigning in New York history Monday night, driving an adoring First Niagara Center crowd into a frenzy as he promised to revamp trade agreements, repeal Obamacare and restore jobs to Buffalo and elsewhere in the state. 
 
 Trump seemed to speak in overdrive, lambasting opponents such as “Lyin’ Ted Cruz” and “Crooked Hillary Clinton” while calling for a rejection of the economic policies that he says has driven jobs from communities such as Buffalo. He continually cited the loss of manufacturing jobs in Buffalo and throughout New York State and promised he will “restore” the country to what he called past glory. 
 
 “We’re going to be so strong,” he said. “You’re going to be so proud.” 
 
 Trump added that “this is the last big speech I’m making in New York. We’re going to win at every element of what we’re doing.” 
 
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 On the eve of Tuesday’s Republican and Democratic primaries in New York, the biggest prize yet in the presidential nominating process of 2016, Trump neither broke new ground nor changed his message. But the New York billionaire businessman seemed to confirm the strength of his front-running status by hitting touchstone issues that resonated with a crowd that filled less than two-thirds of the arena that holds slightly more than 18,000. 
 
 Arena staff estimated the crowd at 11,000 to 12,000, and police put the figure at 11,425. 
 
 Trump drew boisterous cheers after reciting a litany of proposals and then returning to a key phrase: “And we’re going to build that wall,” referring to his oft-stated intention of build a wall at the Mexican border to stem the tide of illegal immigration. 
 
 “We’re going to have strong borders where people can come in,” he said, “but they’re going to have to come in legally.” 
 
 Trump told The Buffalo News in a phone interview Friday that he expected his campaign to soon retreat from some of the especially tough rhetoric he has used since announcing his candidacy in June. On Monday, however, he punctuated his short, staccato sentences with a finger in the air and much of his trademark combativeness. The idea of being more “presidential” seemed to be put on hold. 
 
 “I don’t want to get more presidential until I win,” he said. 
 
 Trump worked hard to play to the Buffalo crowd. He frequently reminded his audience of Buffalo’s diminished job base and its economic challenges. And as he has throughout his campaign, he blamed much of the malaise on “stupid trade deals” such as the North American Free Trade Agreement. 
 
 “Fewer cities in America have taken a harder hit,” he said, citing labor statistics showing the drastic decline of manufacturing in New York. 
 
 “It’s not your fault; it’s the politicians representing all of us,” he said. 
 
 Several times, he faulted trade deals crafted by presidents, including Bill Clinton. China enjoys all the advantages of its trade agreements with the United States, he said, and that must be corrected. 
 
 “If you want to do business in China, it’s virtually impossible to get your product in,” he said. “This is not free trade. This is stupid, stupid stupid trade.” 
 
 Bill Clinton, he reminded his audience, is married to Hillary Clinton, and Trump pointed to her sudden opposition to some new trade pacts. “NAFTA, that is a total disaster,” he said. “And Trans-Pacific Partnership? It’s going to make NAFTA look like peanuts.” 
 
 Trump blamed his GOP opponents – Texas Sen. Cruz and Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich – for failing to recognize the effects of such agreements. 
 
 “No New Yorker can vote for Kasich when he was in favor of NAFTA,” Trump said, referring to the former congressman’s votes, “when it has been a disaster for your state and this city.” 
 
 As he has for the last several days, Trump attacked Cruz for his earlier criticism of “New York values” as the embodiment of liberal politics. Trump pointed to the New York police and firefighters, as well as the dedication of working-class residents of the state. 
 
 “By the way, Ted Cruz – Lyin’ Ted Cruz, Lyin’ Ted – is one of the great liars of all time,” he said. 
 
 Trump again pointed to the response of New Yorkers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as “very close to my heart.” 
 
 “I saw the greatest people I ever saw in action. I saw the bravest people I ever saw,” he said. “That’s what New York values are all about.” 
 
 Trump then seemed to prompt about as many cheers and noise as an overtime goal in the arena that is home to the Buffalo Sabres as he finished his approximately hourlong speech. 
 
 “So here’s the story: You’re going to leave here and say, ‘That was a great evening.’ Tomorrow, you are going to vote. You’re going to make sure all your friends vote,” he said 
 
 “And you’re going to remember … this evening, and you’re going to remember to vote,” he added. “You’re going to look back in four years, and 12 years and 25 years and say, ‘That’s the greatest single vote I’ve ever cast.’ ” 
 
 Trump walked to the podium to tremendous applause at 7:30 p.m., after an introduction by Rex Ryan, head coach of the Buffalo Bills. “He’ll say what’s on his mind,” Ryan said of Trump. 
 
 Trump seemed energized by the frenzied crowd that sounded as if the arena were filled. As he has in his travels across New York in the last two weeks, Buffalo developer Carl P. Paladino also spoke before Trump’s speech. The 2010 Republican nominee for governor delivered an impassioned exhortation for Trump and minced no words in denouncing hundreds of reporters gathered in the arena – and getting the big crowd to cheer him on. 
 
 “What we’ve watched in Washington for the past seven years is disgusting, and we’re not going to take it anymore,” Paladino said. “Are we mad? Turn around and tell that to the press. We allow them to think they can continue to control our thinkingand our acting – and we’re done with them.” 
 
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 Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, also figured as one of Trump’s main cheerleaders, firing up a crowd by resurrecting his own 2007 successful campaign slogan for Erie County executive: “We need a chief executive, not a chief politician.” 
 
 Collins latched onto Trump’s opposition to foreign trade pacts, saying that “countries like China and Mexico continue to steal our jobs.” 
 
 “Enough is enough,” Collins boomed. “It’s time to take back our country – the United States of America.” 
 
 Recognizing that scuffles and fisticuffs have broken out at previous Trump rallies across the country, a public address announcer asked the crowd just before Trump took the stage to refrain from any confrontations with protesters. Police ended up ejecting about 20 people who disrupted Trump during his speech. That prompted him to utter what has become a trademark phrase when protesters interrupt: “Get ’em outta here.” 
 
 Police later said that six people were arrested, all outside the area. 
 
 Erie County Republican Chairman Nicholas A. Langworthy acted as master of ceremonies in his role as one of the major New York State GOP leaders backing Trump. 
 
 A festive atmosphere dominated the arena for more than three hours before the event, with crowds lustily applauding a previous Barbara Walters video interview of the candidate that appeared on the overhead scoreboard. 
 
 Huge cheers arose whenever Trump mentioned wiping out the Islamic State or building a wall on the Mexican border. 
 
 All of this occurred as Trump continues to lead every New York poll by a wide margin. The latest, the Marist poll released Saturday, showed Trump with 54 percent, Kasich with 25 percent and Cruz with 16 percent. 
 
 The Buffalo rally occurred amid a shakeup in the Trump campaign. He told top staff members Saturday that he wants his recent campaign hires – Paul Manafot and Rick Wiley – to take charge in coming primary states, Washington news website Politico reported. The moves shrink the role of Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. 
 
 Trump also gave his new campaign team $20 million for primaries in May and June, more than any previous level of spending in his campaign, Politico said. 
 
 News Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Zremski contributed to this report. email: rmccarthy@buffnews.com ||||| Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump Donald TrumpFive takeaways from New Hampshire Senate debate Trump losing cash race in final weeks Vulnerable GOP senator questions opponent's American heritage MORE on Monday mistakenly referred to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as “7-11.” 
 
 “I was down there, and I watched our police and our firemen, down on 7-11, down at the World Trade Center, right after it came down, and I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action," he said during a rally Monday. 
 
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 "I saw the bravest people I’ve ever seen, including the construction workers, including every person down there,” he continued. 
 
 “That’s what New York values are about.” 
 
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 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Michigan on Sept. 30, 2016. Trump tweeted Oct. 8 that he will never drop out of the race. (Photo: John Locher, AP) 
 
 WASHINGTON – With Election Day only weeks away and with some votes already cast, it’s nearly impossible for Republicans to oust Donald Trump and replace him on the ballot, political experts said Saturday. 
 
 “At this point, a vacancy would very likely forfeit the presidency irrevocably,’’ said James Bopp, a former Republican National Committee vice chairman. “I think this is gross speculation … I don’t see any prospect of Trump stepping down and there’s no authority to remove him.’ 
 
 “It would be politically suicidal for the Republican Party to do that anyway,’’ Bopp said. 
 
 Trump has come under fire for sexually aggressive comments he made about women on a leaked video tape. Trump apologized for his 2005 comments but has said he doesn't plan to step down. 
 
 "I've never said I'm a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone I'm not," Trump said in a video statement. "I've said and done things I regret, and the words released (Friday) on this more than a decade-old video are one of them." 
 
 Late Saturday afternoon he tweeted: “The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN!’’ 
 
 Other than pressure from others, including high-profile Republicans, political experts say there is little the national party can do to force Trump to step down. 
 
 “I’m sure the temptation was there a long time ago,’’ said Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University. “But it’s much too late. They’re stuck with him.’’ 
 
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 If Republicans were to have tried to replace Trump, it probably should have been by Labor Day at the latest, Baker said. 
 
 Even then, Baker said, it would probably have caused “an irreparable rupture in the Republican Party. It would have been a civil war.’’ 
 
 Bopp said Trump can’t be forced to quit. 
 
 “There has been some erroneous stories that the RNC has the power to remove a presidential candidate and they do not. They have no such power,’’ said Bopp, a well-known conservative lawyer based in Indiana. “If a vacancy occurred for whatever reason, which obviously could include resignation, then the RNC does have the power to fill the vacancy.’’ 
 
 According to the RNC rules, the committee is “authorized and empowered to fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death, declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate for President of the United States ... as nominated by the national convention, or the Republican National Committee may reconvene the national convention for the purpose of filling any such vacancies.’’ 
 
 Baker said the issue has more to do with state's ballot deadlines. “As each day goes by the filing date passes for one more state,’’ he said. 
 
 Bopp said one issue would be whether a replacement can get on the ballot in 50 states and in Washington, D.C. Laws vary from state to state. “In most states, it’s probably too late,’’ he said. 
 
 Another issue, said Bopp, is what happens to the ballots that have already been cast. Early voting is already underway in some states. 
 
 “How are those votes to be counted and that is again a state by state issue,’’ he said. 
 
 Bopp said in some states the ballot would be counted for the replacement, but in others they wouldn’t be counted at all and be considered “spoiled.’’ 
 
 “A vacancy at this point would mean a lot of lost votes,’’ he said. 
 
 Thirty seven states, plus Washington, D.C., offer some form of early voting, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Some begin 45 days before Election Day. Many states also allow mail-in absentee ballots. 
 
 With a decentralized voting system, laws vary from state to state, said Albert Samuels, interim dean of the Nelson Mandela College of Government and Social Sciences at Southern University in Louisiana. 
 
 “It may be difficult even if they wanted to, to get him off the ballot … and replace him with someone else,’’ he said. “There are some practical difficulties that they may have to confront.’’ 
 
 If Trump withdraws, the RNC would have to agree on a replacement and then tell voters to ignore the name on the ballot, said Derek Muller, an election law expert at Pepperdine University School of Law. 
 
 If the Trump campaign gets more electoral college votes than Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the electors in each state could then cast their votes not for Trump, but for the chosen replacement. 
 
 Some states require the electors to vote for the person on the ballot who won the most votes. But Muller said there are few enforcement mechanisms and it’s unlikely secretaries of state would force electors to be bound by a candidate who has dropped out. 
 
 “The biggest barrier is getting Trump to drop out,” he said. 
 
 Baker said Reince Priebus, chairman of the RNC, would have had to have called state party chairs together weeks ago to push that effort. 
 
 “There was a time when national party chairs were very strong… where a party chair could just step in and say, ‘This guy is no good, He’s going to lose it for us. Let’s get him off and replace him,'' Baker said. "But Reince Priebus is a party bureaucrat. He really doesn’t have the power to do that much.’’ 
 
 Beyond ballot issues, some experts say it may be hard for Trump to recover and for the party do damage control. 
 
 “There’s no rule book for this one,’’ Samuels said. “Candidates have done embarrassing things in the past … but to have the video and the audio and now with the internet and with social media – the ability to disseminate this and (voters) to see it over and over and over again – that’s what’s different.’’ 
 
 But Bopp said Trump should keep the focus on Democratic presidential nominee Clinton. 
 
 “He’s already apologized,’’ he said. “I think Hillary Clinton’s actions are much more important than Donald Trump’s words 11 years ago. He’s going to proceed to win the election.’’ 
 
 Samuels, however, rules out a win for Trump, saying “there’s no way around this.’’ 
 
 Experts said Republicans are also worried about the impact Trump will have on other GOP candidates on the ballot, particularly those running for the Senate and the House. 
 
 “Republicans are just hoping they can contain the damage,’’ Samuels said. “They’re afraid it will have a demobilizing effect – that you see people who just can’t bring themselves to vote for this guy. Republicans are going to have to convince those people to come out’’ and vote for other GOP candidates. 
 
 Contributing: David Jackson and Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY 
 
 Contact Deborah Barfield Berry at dberry@gannett.com. Twitter: @dberrygannett 
 
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