Trump tells his supporters they won’t have to vote “any more” if he wins the next presidential election.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to hold a rally in Minnesota amid an election campaign following President Joe Biden’s departure from the race and the emergence of the Democrat’s heir apparent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
The event in St Cloud on Saturday comes as the former president crisscrosses the country to rally support in the run-up to the November 5 election, with polls showing him tied with Harris.
On Friday, Trump raised eyebrows during an event in Florida with the conservative Christian organization Turning Point Action, telling those in attendance that they would not have to vote “any more” if they elected him in the November 5 vote.
“You won’t have to do this anymore. Four more years, you know, everything will be fixed, everything will be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians,” said Trump, who led a campaign to overturn the 2020 election results and was accused by Democratic opponents of being a threat to democracy.
On Saturday, Trump also said he would disregard Secret Service advice to only hold campaign events indoors following an attempt on his life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. ” race.
The assassination attempt, in which Trump was grazed by a bullet, was a turning point in a presidential campaign season that had already seen several unprecedented twists and turns, including Trump’s historic conviction on criminal charges related to hush money payments. made to an adult. film actress.
Just two days before the Republican National Convention, Trump quickly embraced a message of defiance by naming Senator JD Vance as his running mate. The words “fight, fight, fight”, uttered by Trump moments after the attack, became the campaign’s rallying cry.
But Biden’s surprise withdrawal from the race earlier this week and Harris’ entry as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee have transformed the campaign season again.
Several early polls showed Harris improving Biden’s performance against Trump, while also appearing to have neutralized an expected post-RNC surge for the former president.
In Minnesota, Harris is again expected to be Trump’s top target. A Republican presidential candidate hasn’t won the Midwestern state in 52 years, but Trump’s team has repeatedly said that could be on the cards in November. Success in Midwestern swing states is widely seen as the surest path to election victory.
Earlier this week, Trump derided Harris as “radical,” “ultraliberal” and an extension of Biden’s policies on the economy and immigration during a campaign event in North Carolina, his first since Biden dropped out.
Trump also took aim at Harris’ recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after which Harris said she “would not remain silent” about the suffering in Gaza.
The statements were some of the strongest from the Biden administration, but they were met with skepticism from Palestinian advocates.
Harris was also scheduled to kick off her campaign on Saturday, attending an event in Pennsylvania before heading to a fundraiser in Massachusetts.
Earlier this week, Harris, who would be the first woman of color and South Asian descent to become president, received an endorsement from former President Barack Obama.
In her first speech since becoming the party’s presumptive nominee earlier this week, she promised to unite the country and defeat Trump.
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