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Former President Donald Trump rallied in Michigan Saturday night, trying to drum up support for Michigan’s Republican gubernatorial, attorney general, and secretary of state candidates ahead of next month’s mid-term and statewide elections.
A standing-room (and sitting-room) only crowd packed into Macomb Community College’s sports arena in downstate Warren for the 102-minute long speech. Trump touted his spending for a new Soo Lock, and for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in the speech.
“Without me, you wouldn’t have had that money,” Trump said. “They didn’t want to give it to you, the Democrats. We fought for Michigan. We won for Michigan. And this November, we’re going to fight and win for Michigan once again.”
Trump says Michigan Republicans need to mobilize on November to “sweep these three women (Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson) the hell out of office”.
The Republican candidates, Tudor Dixon for governor, Matt DePerno for attorney general, and Kristina Karamo for secretary of state, are all trailing in the polls.
“Frankly, your vote is the only thing that can stop it,” the former president pleaded. “So on November 8th, Michigan patriots have to shatter every record. Because they cheat like hell, these people. They cheat like hell.”
And Trump was just getting started.
“You have to defy every prediction,” he said. “You have to swamp the Gretchen Whitmer and the radical Democrats with a colossal Red Republican Wave.”
Trump says everything costs more under Democratic President Joe Biden, and he highlighted that as a reason to vote Republican “in every single race on the entire ticket in November”.
“Since I left office, the average Michigan family is paying over $107 per month for food,” Trump said. “Think of that. Seventy-eight dollars more per month for housing. Two hundred and 75 dollars more for transportation on a monthly basis.”
The former president, as he has done in multiple other appearances across the country, teased a possible 2024 presidential election run.
“I ran twice, and I won twice,” Trump said, referring to his 2016 win over Democrat Hillary Clinton and his 2020 race against Joe Biden that he still believes was stolen from him through widespread fraud. “And now, we just might have to do it again! First, we need a big Republican wave in November, And then, well, I’ll just say, you’ll be really happy (with his decision on a 2024 run).”
The Radio Results Network was the only Upper Peninsula reporter on hand for the event, which also included speeches from Michigan Republicans and conservative advocates.
Besides RRN News, the Upper Peninsula was also represented at Saturday night’s Republican rally by Marquette County Republican Party Chair Doreen Talako.
“We all need to vote red, period,” Talako said. “We need to bring people to their senses and vote for Republicans. “We need to support these (statewide) candidates both financially and get out, and go door-to-door, and make phone calls. The only way we’re going to win is if we spread the word.”
“Is there anything you’d rather be doing on a late Saturday night than going to a Trump rally,” Trump asked the cheering crowd.
Talako answered with a big “no”. She says she has been at 15 Trump rallies, and added: “the energy level is always extremely high. Everybody has a good time here. There’s never any problems.”
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