Florence: Donald Trump In a crowd-pleasing speech to thousands of supporters in Arizona on Saturday, he insisted again that he won the 2020 US presidential election.
Some devotees from as far away as Florida or Texas had flocked to the area just days earlier, waiting to hear a familiar list of complaints from the former president.
His patience was soon rewarded.
“We in Washington are having our lives controlled by politicians. We’re done with the mandate,” he said, in reference to rules brought in to control the coronavirus pandemic.
“The radical Democrats want to turn the United States into a communist country,” he continued.
“We won those elections. We got them a big win. We can’t let them get away with it.”
Earlier speakers had put on similar topics, slamming the 2020 election winning president Joe Biden as “weak” and “deranged”, and taking aim at the “anchor media” who were duly incited by the mob.
It was Trumpism’s biggest hit, playing all the expected notes: a stolen election, the unfairness of the media, open borders, and how the United States has become “the laughing stock of the whole world.”
There was a carnival-like atmosphere throughout the day.
Flags proclaiming “Trump 2020” and “Trump 2024” flutter in the desert air, as “Let’s Go Brandon” chants from good-natured crowds. The slogan has become code in right-wing circles when a news reporter misunderstood thick-cut Biden chants.
Jonathan Riches, attending Trump’s 40th rally, said, ‘It’s just party atmosphere.
“It’s almost like a MAGA Woodstock. It’s patriots from across the country uniting for the common good of this country. We love our president.”
MAGA is an acronym for Trump’s 2016 campaign call to “Make America Great Again.”
While some filtered out because Trump was still speaking, perhaps to avoid a parking crush, those who stayed until the end declared themselves happy with what they had heard.
“He is encouraging, because he is not losing and we are not losing because we have lost our country,” the 58-year-old said. Tony Kunio said.
“I’m supporting him because I want the country to go back to where it was before.”
Trump skipped a pledged press conference on January 6 – the anniversary of an invasion of the Capitol by his supporters – and the rally was his first major public outing since October.
As is customary, they declared it to be the “largest” crowd “can see further than the eye”, although exact figures on attendance were not immediately available.
In the lead-up to his election victory in 2016, and throughout his presidency, thousands of supporters gathered to hear his speech.
But crowds have dwindled since then, and Saturday’s turnout appeared to be much smaller than earlier rallies.
A group of Republicans appeared at the gathering on farmland in Florence, 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Phoenix, who have echoed Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was fixed.
they include Kari Lake, which Trump has endorsed in this year’s race for governor of Arizona. She has previously said that if she had been in office at the time, it would not have attested to Biden’s victory.
Trump, who lost his Twitter megaphone to his claims about the election, has been little critical of American politics since leaving office.
But he still looms large in the Republican Party, where adherence to his principles—or at least not publicly denying them—is often vital to survival for members of Congress and state legislatures.
Trump has largely left major media outlets since leaving office.
But last week, he took to National Public Radio (NPR), where he said he recommends that people be vaccinated against COVID-19 – a hot-button issue in the United States, where widespread vaccines are on the right. There is hesitation.
There were almost no masks or other anti-Covid precautions in evidence among the crowds in Florence, despite the Omicron version doing the rounds in the United States.
Across the country, more than 750,000 people are testing positive for the disease in a day.
Rally comes after 24 hours pro-trump tv Channel OAN was dumped by its main distributor.
Trump has repeatedly directed his fans toward the conspiracy theory-peddling outlet, hoping to market it to a right-wing audience dominated by Fox News.
The event also comes after the founders of Oath Keepers – a far-right militia group – and 10 others were indicted for conspiracy to commit treason over their role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Some devotees from as far away as Florida or Texas had flocked to the area just days earlier, waiting to hear a familiar list of complaints from the former president.
His patience was soon rewarded.
“We in Washington are having our lives controlled by politicians. We’re done with the mandate,” he said, in reference to rules brought in to control the coronavirus pandemic.
“The radical Democrats want to turn the United States into a communist country,” he continued.
“We won those elections. We got them a big win. We can’t let them get away with it.”
Earlier speakers had put on similar topics, slamming the 2020 election winning president Joe Biden as “weak” and “deranged”, and taking aim at the “anchor media” who were duly incited by the mob.
It was Trumpism’s biggest hit, playing all the expected notes: a stolen election, the unfairness of the media, open borders, and how the United States has become “the laughing stock of the whole world.”
There was a carnival-like atmosphere throughout the day.
Flags proclaiming “Trump 2020” and “Trump 2024” flutter in the desert air, as “Let’s Go Brandon” chants from good-natured crowds. The slogan has become code in right-wing circles when a news reporter misunderstood thick-cut Biden chants.
Jonathan Riches, attending Trump’s 40th rally, said, ‘It’s just party atmosphere.
“It’s almost like a MAGA Woodstock. It’s patriots from across the country uniting for the common good of this country. We love our president.”
MAGA is an acronym for Trump’s 2016 campaign call to “Make America Great Again.”
While some filtered out because Trump was still speaking, perhaps to avoid a parking crush, those who stayed until the end declared themselves happy with what they had heard.
“He is encouraging, because he is not losing and we are not losing because we have lost our country,” the 58-year-old said. Tony Kunio said.
“I’m supporting him because I want the country to go back to where it was before.”
Trump skipped a pledged press conference on January 6 – the anniversary of an invasion of the Capitol by his supporters – and the rally was his first major public outing since October.
As is customary, they declared it to be the “largest” crowd “can see further than the eye”, although exact figures on attendance were not immediately available.
In the lead-up to his election victory in 2016, and throughout his presidency, thousands of supporters gathered to hear his speech.
But crowds have dwindled since then, and Saturday’s turnout appeared to be much smaller than earlier rallies.
A group of Republicans appeared at the gathering on farmland in Florence, 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Phoenix, who have echoed Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was fixed.
they include Kari Lake, which Trump has endorsed in this year’s race for governor of Arizona. She has previously said that if she had been in office at the time, it would not have attested to Biden’s victory.
Trump, who lost his Twitter megaphone to his claims about the election, has been little critical of American politics since leaving office.
But he still looms large in the Republican Party, where adherence to his principles—or at least not publicly denying them—is often vital to survival for members of Congress and state legislatures.
Trump has largely left major media outlets since leaving office.
But last week, he took to National Public Radio (NPR), where he said he recommends that people be vaccinated against COVID-19 – a hot-button issue in the United States, where widespread vaccines are on the right. There is hesitation.
There were almost no masks or other anti-Covid precautions in evidence among the crowds in Florence, despite the Omicron version doing the rounds in the United States.
Across the country, more than 750,000 people are testing positive for the disease in a day.
Rally comes after 24 hours pro-trump tv Channel OAN was dumped by its main distributor.
Trump has repeatedly directed his fans toward the conspiracy theory-peddling outlet, hoping to market it to a right-wing audience dominated by Fox News.
The event also comes after the founders of Oath Keepers – a far-right militia group – and 10 others were indicted for conspiracy to commit treason over their role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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