Fresh out of a historic victory in Iowa caucuses, former president Donald Trump traveling to New Hampshire and complained to his supporters about having to leave the White House after losing the 2020 election.
Fans had lined up for hours outside in the snow for a chance to see the presumptive Republican nominee in person — excited about his victory in Iowa, seeming confident he will be president again.
During his speech, Trump said it “was ridiculous that we had to leave, but we had to leave, we had to follow the laws of our country.” He quickly doubled down on his 2020 election lies: “They don’t investigate people who cheated in the election. They investigate people who figure out they cheated and prosecute them. But they don’t investigate people who cheated like hell. We must have fair and free elections.
Of course, Trump is being sued for trying to rig the 2020 election and overturn the results in key states – and like rolling stone reportedhe and his allies work diligently to predetermine the outcomes of the 2024 election and make sure they favor Trump.
Trump’s victory in New Hampshire in the 2016 Republican primary helped pave his way to the nomination. This time, Trump is already the party’s standard bearer – a fact clearly demonstrated after he won the Iowa caucuses by almost 30 points, despite a barely there campaign.
Trump spoke Tuesday at the Atkinson Resort & Country Club in southern New Hampshire. Dozens of Trump supporters stood outside the venue for hours Tuesday as heavy snow fell, leaving a thick layer of ice on attendees’ cars. A very MAGA crowd filled a packed grand ballroom, where attendees patiently waited several more hours for Trump to arrive and take the stage.
During his speech, Trump expressed confidence in winning New Hampshire next week, but he called on his supporters to help him build a significant margin of victory. “We need to show margins like never before, and that’s what happened last night,” he said.
Shortly after beginning his speech, Trump brought out his former GOP challenger, Vivek Ramaswamy, who endorsed the former president after placing fourth in Iowa on Monday. (Just two days ago, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: “Vivek is not MAGA. “)
“We are in the middle of a war in this country,” Ramaswamy said. “This is not a war between blacks and whites, nor between Democrats and Republicans, but in a deeper sense: between the permanent state and the ordinary citizen, between those of us who love the United States of America. America and a marginal minority who hate this country and what we stand for. And now we need a commander in chief who will lead us to victory in this war. »
Several Trump supporters spoke with rolling stone as they waited outside in the snow before the event began.
“I knew he would win (Iowa). It was obvious. It has so much meaning,” said Bridget Trepsas, 75, who lives in nearby Salem. rolling stone. Standing under an umbrella, Trepsas says she is “in love with Trump” because “he doesn’t do anything.” He says it like it is. And when he talks to people, it’s like he’s talking to me.
“He’s a family man,” Jerry Bolduc says of Trump. “He believes first in God and in America. And that’s what I am. He suggested that journalists should not be neutral political observers: “Very soon you will have to choose one side or the other. It’s eat or be eaten. That’s what it’s all about, man.
Chau Kelley, who held a red “Vietnamese Americans for Trump” banner, said she came “to show support for President Trump with all the persecution they have been carrying out.” (She did not specify what “persecution” was taking place or by whom.) Kelley says she came to the United States as a political refugee and fears it will turn into “a communist hell” like Vietnam .
While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finished second in Iowa, New Hampshire is considered fertile ground for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. Although Trump still leads the polls in the Granite State, Haley leads the polls. has been earn on him.
“Nikki Haley is counting on Democrats and liberals to infiltrate your Republican primary,” Trump warned during his Tuesday speech, adding that doing so was “artificially boosting her numbers here.”
In recent weeks, Trump and his allies have blanketed the state with negative television ads attacking Haley. The Trump campaign has run ads highlighting Haley’s promises to cut Social Security benefits — a position that is popular with donors, but not with the voters. (Like the Democrats emphasizedTrump pushed for Social Security cuts as president.)
During his speech Tuesday, Trump said Haley “has an impact on Social Security and she wants to raise the age very substantially…We don’t have to do that for our seniors.” You deserved it.”
The pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again Inc. ran ads in New Hampshire attacking Haley on immigration, using similar language like Adolf Hitler The Rhetoric of “Blood Poisoning” Trump used during the election campaign.
Trump is expected to hold another rally on Wednesday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The New Hampshire primary will take place on January 23.