With 23 days left until Election Day and voters already casting their votes, former President Trump will return to California for a rally in the Coachella Valley on Saturday.
The event is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Calhoun Ranch polo fields outside the desert city of Coachella.
The visit of President Trump’s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, to his home state is a powerful blow to not only California itself, one of Trump’s favorite campaign refrains, but also the liberal policies of the Bay Area native. It’s an opportunity to eat.
And in Coachella Valley, thriving agriculture The large Latino farmworker population is a backdrop for President Trump’s emphasis on the region’s water and agricultural needs, as well as immigration. According to reports, almost 98% of Coachella’s attendees are Latino. US Census.
The rally site is just outside the 41st Congressional District, where Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, is challenging Republican Rep. Ken Calvert. This region will be crucial in determining who wins the seat and potentially which party gains control of parliament.
Trump’s visit to the Golden State is his second in the past month since he stopped to speak with reporters at the Rancho Palos Verdes golf course, sandwiched between two big-ticket fundraisers in Beverly Hills and the Bay Area in September. This will be his second visit to the Golden State.
President Trump has announced that he will hold a rally on October 27th at Madison Square Garden in New York, another heavily Democratic state. California Republican strategists, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the former president’s motives included a desire to increase his share of the popular vote. Over 5 million Registered Republican.
President Trump held a rally in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday. This is the state that lost by more than 13 points in 2002. President Trump falsely claimed that Aurora was hijacked by Venezuelan gang members. He also visited Nevada on Friday night.
Speaking Thursday at the Detroit Economic Club, he insulted the city and warned that he foresaw what would happen to the country if Harris were elected president.
“If she were elected president, the whole country would look like Detroit,” Trump said. “We’re not going to let her do that to this country. We’re not going to let that happen.”
Democrats in Michigan, one of the states likely to determine which party wins the White House, panicked.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer said, “Detroit is the epitome of grit, defined by winners who get their hands dirty to build their city and create their community. I never understood it,” he wrote on the former social media site X. It is known as Twitter. “So don’t talk about Detroit. And you better believe Detroiters won’t forget this come November.”
Republicans in the state were also surprised by President Trump’s remarks.
“Not since Henry Ford gave the world wheels has Michiganders been so proud of the city of Detroit. The Lions and Tigers have soared high, the city has come to life, and Donald Trump has arrived. We completely condemn that progress,” said an outraged Republican strategist who was granted anonymity and contacted a Times reporter after hearing the remarks. Speak up. “I don’t think he should be surprised if they give votes to Kamala Harris to reward her comments. And it’s not just Detroit residents. Hundreds of thousands of voters are giving their votes to Kamala Harris. I would be extremely proud of the city.”
Harris said President Trump’s comments about Detroit represent a trend.
“My opponent, Donald Trump, destroyed yet another great American city while in Detroit. This is just further evidence on a very long list of reasons why he is unfit to be President of the United States. ” Harris said. he told reporters Thursday in Las Vegas.
President Trump similarly criticized Milwaukee earlier this year in a meeting with House Republicans just before the Republican National Convention was held in the battleground state of Wisconsin. He also disparaged Philadelphia and Atlanta, which are in the states that will decide which party wins the White House.
