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Top social-media posts from Donald Trump's Phoenix rally

Kaila White
The Republic | azcentral.com
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani fires up the crowd before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s speech at the Phoenix Convention Center on Aug. 31, 2016.

After visiting Mexico City for a meet-and-greet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a speech on immigration at the Phoenix Convention Center Wednesday night.

Here are some of the most popular tweets and Instagram posts from the day's festivities.

Before the rally

Before doors opened at 3 p.m., much of the commentary and humor centered around Trump's press conference with Peña Nieto.

Action outside the center

A man held up a sign saying "give me a $1 and I won't vote for Trump."

Protesters hit a Trump piñata and did Zumba.

Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer arrived and fans swarmed her, asking for her to pose for selfies with them.

Supporters inside the center before the rally

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio handed out business cards with his portrait on one side and a slogan on the other, according to a tweet from New York Times correspondent Nick Corasaniti.

“Who is America’s Toughest sheriff?? It’s SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO and he says ‘Be cool’ ….Stay in school, to be way cool and not a fool…. STAY OFF DRUGS!!!”

“They're not french fries at Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix,” one Vice News reporter tweeted with a photo showing the menu of “American Fare” including “American fries.”

Before appearing onstage with Trump, a group of “Angel Moms,” mothers and a father who had lost a loved one in a crime committed by someone in the country illegally, posed in the center.

'Make Mexico Great Again Also'

During his speech before Trump took the stage, former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani wore a "Make Mexico Great Again Also" hat. The phrase trended on Twitter almost immediately.

Trump's speech draws praise and criticism

Fans and staffers posted support for Trump ...

But political commentator Jon Ralston wasn't so kind.

All in all, it was a relatively tame rally. And for anyone uninterested in the politics, someone at the rally sold shirts about building a wall to keep Tucson — and the University of Arizona — out of Arizona.