Presidential candidates Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance were on stage together in Michigan this Saturday, July 20, for their first rally since the Republican convention. The Republican duo wants to reconquer this key state next November, narrowly won by Joe Biden in 2020.
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Buoyed by his triumph at the Republican convention and the crisis shaking Joe Biden’s candidacy, Donald Trump promised this Saturday a ” tsunami » Republican. This during his first campaign meeting since he was the victim of an assassination attempt.
Appearing without the white bandage that covered his entire ear in his final days, but with a more discreet dressing, the Republican candidate was cheered in a packed sports arena of 12,000 spectators in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He had won this key state in 2016, but which Joe Biden took from him in 2020.
” I took a bulletlast week, for democracy “, Donald Trump said at the beginning of his speech, to defend himself from recurring accusations of extremism regarding his rhetoric and his political project, while reaffirming without proof that the 2020 election had been rigged.
For his first meeting alongside Donald Trump, JD Vance, his running matereceived a standing ovation. Introducing his partner on stage, the Ohio senator highlighted his Midwestern roots, a card that could appeal to Michigan voters, our New York correspondent reports, Loubna Anaki.
” The Democratic Party is not the party of democracy, quite the opposite! »
Donald Trump, for his part, has multiplied his promises of tax cuts, the fight against inflation and taxes on imports to protect the ” made in america ” In the middle of a speech of almost two hours, peppered as usual with anecdotes about his relations with heads of state, such as the ” bright » Chinese Xi Jinping who « controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist “He also renewed his diatribe against migrants, whom he accuses of the worst crimes, promising the ” largest eviction operation » of the history of our country.
Donald Trumpafter his near-death experience, has cast aside his intended turn toward unity and embraced the divisive rhetoric that has marked his political career. The presidential candidate did not fail to once again mock the divisions that are roiling Joe Biden’s campaign because of his age. Right now, the Democratic Party bosses are frantically trying to overturn the results of their own primaries to get rid of corrupt Joe Biden! The Democratic Party is not the party of democracy, quite the opposite! ” he said.
Joe Biden, a ” weak old man »
Donald Trump criticized Democrats ” who do not know who their candidate is “, assuring that Joe Biden would have an IQ of ” 50 “, ” 60 “, Or ” 70 ” The septuagenarian lashed out in invectives, calling Joe Biden of ” stupid ” and of ” weak old man “, and his Vice President Kamala Harris, of ” crazy. “The Republican even had fun doing a live poll of his supporters, at the end of which, the majority voted for Joe Biden to stay in the race. A Biden-Harris campaign official castigated a speech ” peddling the same lies and waging the same campaign of revenge. »
With the Democratic Party more divided than ever, Donald Trump boasts of having unified the Republican Party and has promised ” to unite the United States once back in the White House “.
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