townhall.com By Matt Vespa
Donald Trump’s Minnesota rally wasn’t anything you haven’t heard before. He ripped into Joe Biden, said he was destroying the country, and ginned up the crowd as always. Despite being a traditionally Democratic state, local Minnesota outlets noted how both parties are keeping watch. Trump came very close to wresting the state from Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The Iron Range region, a stronghold for Democrats and chock-full of union families is beginning to drift into the GOP camp. Yet, the former president’s dysfunctional podium led to some chuckles, which he incorporated into his act.
“The friggin’ place is falling down,” quipped Trump. “It keeps tilting further left, like too many other things,” he added. “What a crappy contractor this was.”
Trump was able to abscond to Minnesota to headline this event as the hush money trial against him is in recess (via MPR News):
NEW: Donald Trump’s Minnesota rally practically turns into a stand up comedy skit as he ditches the teleprompter.
Amazing.
Trump even used props including a Biden Tic Tac dispenser to highlight Bidenflation.
At one point, Trump said Biden was “high as a kite” and demanded that… pic.twitter.com/fM5P7hAY5e
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 18, 2024
Trump boasted that the steep tariffs he imposed on foreign steel while serving as president bought the Iron Range, the iron mining area of northeastern Minnesota, “roaring back to life.” The area’s population is heavily union and blue-collar workers and used to be solidly Democratic, but the region has been trending Republican in recent elections.
He also made a profane attack on President Joe Biden, calling him “a horrible president” who is “destroying our country” and then adding, “He’s a horrible human being too.”
Trump then shifted to calling the president a “non-athlete” and attacked his golf game, accusing him of inflating his golfing abilities and making other misrepresentations…
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