Donald Trump the tribune has found the meeting stands. In his first campaign rally since leaving the White House, the former US president blasted the Biden administration’s immigration policies on Saturday, June 26, and urged his supporters to help Republicans regain a majority in Congress.
While Donald Trump has delivered speeches at Republican events since his electoral defeat to Democratic President Joe Biden, this rally in a state he won in the 2020 presidential election marks a return to the type of meetings which have been essential in maintaining the support of its electoral base.
Donald Trump stepped down in the wake of the deadly Jan.6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, shortly after a speech in which he repeated his false claims that his electoral defeat was the result of fraud. He survived a second impeachment proceeding and has retained wide influence over the Republican Party, leaving open the question of whether he will stand for re-election in 2024.
“We are going to take back America”
On Saturday, in front of a crowd of thousands of enthusiastic supporters, Donald Trump put forward some of his usual grievances, criticizing the US election and placing particular emphasis on the growing number of immigrants entering the United States through their homes. southern border.
“We’re going to take over the House, we’re going to take over the Senate, and we’re going to take over America, and we’re going to do it soon.”, did he declare.
The very narrow majorities of Democrats in both houses of Congress will be at stake in the 2022 midterm election and history favors Republicans’ chances of winning seats in those polls.
In Ohio, Donald Trump campaigned for former White House aide Max Miller, who is running against House Republican Anthony Gonzalez, one of ten House Republicans who voted for the indictment of Donald Trump after the January 6 attack.
The first of three planned public appearances
Donald Trump has promised to campaign against these ten Republicans. He also backed an opponent of Senator Lisa Murkowski, the only one of seven Senate Republicans who voted for his conviction during her impeachment trial in January, and who is due for re-election in 2022.
The Wellington rally, about 40 miles southwest of Cleveland, was the first of three public appearances planned by Donald Trump. They will be followed by a trip to the US-Mexico border with Texas Governor Greg Abbott on June 30 and a rally in Sarasota, Fla. On July 3.
His supporters said they hoped Donald Trump would use the events to help unify the party behind like-minded congressional candidates.
