Via Satellite Trump Will Return To Wisconsin For Rally With Conspiracy Promoters
- Friday, June 11, 2021, 5:30am
A rally in western Wisconsin on Saturday featuring former President Donald Trump will include speakers who have called for martial law and promoted a bizarre conspiracy theory based on the false claim that Trump can be reinstated as president.
The “MAGA Frank” rally in New Richmond is expected to draw thousands of Trump supporters. It features a number of fringe conservative figures and commentators, including many who are still calling for the 2020 election to be overturned. At its center is Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, who in January was photographed carrying notes to a White House meeting that suggested Trump should declare martial law to prevent then President-elect Joe Biden from taking office.
More recently, Lindell has said he believes Trump will be back in office by August. The New York Times reported this month that Trump himself has told people he believes this is possible. There is no constitutional mechanism for reinstating a defeated president before the next election, and numerous recounts and investigations have uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Wigderson said claims like those fueled the at the U.S. Capitol.
“When you’re telling the Republican base that the election got stolen, and oh by the way, the next election is going to get stolen, too, you’re driving people to do terrible things,” Wigderson said.
Trump Offers Incendiary Falsehood On Abortion At Wisconsin Rally
President Donald Trump made an incendiary remark at a rally Saturday night, veering from criticism of Wisconsinâs Democratic governor to a false claim that mothers and doctors have the option to âexecuteâ babies.
Speaking at a rally he hosted in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Saturday, Trump pointed to former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who was in attendance, and said Walkerâs successor, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers âshockingly stated that he will veto legislation that protects Wisconsin babies born alive.â
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Evers planned to veto a GOP-backed state bill that could have meant life sentences in prison for doctors who intentionally did not provide medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion.
Trump continued on the theme after his initial comment to claim that mothers and doctors are given the choice to âexecuteâ a baby.
âThe baby is born,â Trump said. âThe mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby. They wrap the baby beautifully, and then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby. I donât think so.â
Trumpâs claim that mothers and doctors are permitted to execute a baby after it leaves the womb is incorrect. The bill he referred to would mandate that health professionals do all they could to keep a baby alive if it was âborn aliveâ and would penalize anyone who let a baby die.
Trump Golfs With Japanese Leader Before Rally
Mr. Trump visited the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, to play golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before traveling to Wisconsin. The president and Abe met at the White House Friday evening as part of a series of talks to negotiate a trade deal.
Abe is in Washington for two days, as they discuss a range of security and economic issues. Mr. Trump wants Japan to move toward a bilateral free trade agreement, but Japan has been reluctant, preferring instead an accord that includes several countries. Together, the U.S. and Japanese economies account for nearly a third of global Gross Domestic Product .
On Friday, Mr. Trump told reporters he and Abe would talk about missiles and rockets and everything else as they work toward a deal, which he believes could happen fairly quickly.
Abe has visited the White House before, and this year, Mr. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will visit him in Japan from May 25 to 28. Mr. Trump said they may attend a sumo wrestling match during the visit.
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Trump Draws Thousands To Rally As Wisconsin Sees Record High Covid
- Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 7:35pm
President Donald Trump was back in Wisconsin on Tuesday for his second campaign rally in the state in less than a week. The visit came as Wisconsin marked a record number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Speaking to thousands gathered at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem a week before Election Day, Trump reiterated a message from his rally in Waukesha on Saturday that the United States was “turning the corner” on the coronavirus pandemic. He said talk about the virus was being driven by the media, which he called “corrupt” and “dishonest.”
“You turn on the news: ‘COVID, COVID.’ You know when theyre going to stop talking about it so much? November 4th,” Trump said.
The president also seemed to cast doubt about the seriousness of the virus, saying he and first lady Melania Trump recovered quickly from their infections.
During his speech, Trump urged the audience to vote early and to encourage their family and friends to vote. He praised a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that reversed a six-day extension for absentee ballots to be returned to Wisconsin clerks as long as they were postmarked by Election Day.
Trump credited Wisconsin voters for helping him win the 2016 presidential election.
A Trump supporter watches the President speak Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in West Salem. Angela Major/WPR
There were also 64 deaths from COVID-19 reported on Tuesday, also a single-day record.
Now: President Trump Makes Final Push To Wisconsin Voters In Kenosha Rally
KENOSHA, Wis. — President Trump has made Wisconsin a priority in this election, and spent his last day campaigning here.
His final stop in the state is a city he visited not long ago during the unrest following the shooting of Jacob Blake.
“We spent a little time with you, a little law and order, we brought law and order to Kenosha,” President Trump said.
Almost 100 million Americans have voted already, and the president is counting on a big turnout Tuesday.
But it’s not just about him — Republicans up and down the ticket are struggling, and these rallies help.
“I want to paint you the picture if the Democrats run the table, we don’t want to think about that,” said Senator Ron Johnson .
The president told supporters that Wisconsin put him over the top four years ago, and he’s counting on that happening again this year.
“Get your friends, get your family, get your neighbors, get your coworker, grab your boss by the tie and say come on boss, get out and vote,” Trump said.
From here, the president is headed to Michigan, another very important state for the president, and his final campaign stop.
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KENOSHA, Wis. — It’s a full house in Kenosha Monday night, Nov. 2, as hundreds of President Donald Trump supporters gathered in Kenosha for a rally just hours ahead of Election Day.
Wisconsin is a critically important state for Pres. Trump and it’s telling that he would spend his last night there.
Pres. Trump is set to speak at 7 p.m. at Kenosha Regional Airport.
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Trump To Hold Rally In Wisconsin County Facing Record
Trump calls CDC director ‘confused’ after vaccine mask contradictions
President Donald Trump‘s campaign rally in Wisconsin on Thursday will not only kick off a precarious string of large, in-person campaign events for the president across crucial swing states, but it’ll also be held in a state and county that’s seeing a spike in coronavirus cases as the country nears 200,000 deaths from the pandemic.
The rally, taking place at an airport hangar in Mosinee, Wisconsin, comes as the county hosting the event, Marathon County, saw 925 positive coronavirus cases as of Sept. 16 and as the president publicly clashed with the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over a timeline for a vaccine.
After a brief pause in packed rallies over the summer, the president has returned to full-steam ahead with less than 50 days to go until Election Day. He has begun holding multiple packed rallies each week that often break local guidelines and ignore the recommendations his own administration is promoting, though in Wisconsin and nationally, Trump continues to trail Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the polls.
“This week, the COVID-19 activity level for Marathon County is: HIGH,” reads the county’s coronavirus online dashboard. “High” is defined as a “significant increase in cases in the past two weeks.”
Fourteen people have died between July 15 and Sept. 7.
Despite that, the Trump campaign said the event is moving forward.
Trump Rallies In Wisconsin After State Reports Record
President Trump held rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday, a day after Wisconsin reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases. Mr. Trump made few mentions of the pandemic at the rallies, except for his own battle against it and efforts to reopen the state.
“I wish you had a republican governor because frankly you’ve got to open your state up,” Mr. Trump said in Janesville. “You’ve got to open it up. You’ve got to open your state up, get everyone back to school.”
In Muskegon, Michigan, Mr. Trump also called for the state to “open up.” “Now you’ve got to get your governor to open up your state, okay?” Mr. Trump said. “And get your schools open. Get your schools open. The schools have to be open, right?”
The crowd chanted “lock her up” and Mr. Trump responded “lock them all up.”
Later on, Mr. Trump said “a guy like Biden and the Democrats want to keep Michigan locked down and closed for business. It is so badly hurting your state.”
Referencing the alleged kidnapping plot against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Mr. Trump said “I guess they say she was threatened.” Fourteen people have been charged in connection to an alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer, including two who were photographed at an armed protest at the state Capitol to reopen the state in April.
Although the president his delivering his remarks outside at an airport, it is in a county that has a “very high case activity.”
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Trump Vows To Protect Pre
From CNNs Betsy Klein
President Trump vowed tonight to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions, even though his administrations actions say otherwise.
The Democratic healthcare plan would obliterate Medicare and terminate Medicare Advantage for nearly half a million seniors here in Wisconsin, he said, vowing that Republicans want to protect Medicare.
Republicans will always protect Americans with pre-existing conditions, 100%,” he added.
Trump also railed against Obamacare, and said essentially, weve dismantled it.
Its been brought down to size if youve noticed your premiums are going up. Theyre going up very little by comparison to how much they would have gone up if Obamacare provisions had stayed in place, he said.
Why this matters: A Democratic measure aimed at eliminating short-term health care plans that don’t have to cover pre-existing conditions failed in the Senate earlier this month. Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the sole Republican to vote for the measure. The resolution was aimed at rebuffing a Trump executive order unveiled in August that made it easier to buy these plans.
The White House supported several Obamacare repeal bills, including one in the House of Representatives that advocates argued weakened coverage of pre-existing conditions. Several moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives even cited a lack of protections for people with pre-existing conditions as a reason they voted “no.”
Watch: Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Kenosha Wisconsin
President Donald Trump is expected to hold a rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin a day before voting for the 2020 presidential election ends.
Watch Trumps remarks in the player above.
In the final day of a campaign unlike any other, Trump charged across the nation Monday, delivering without evidence his incendiary allegation that the election is rigged, while Democratic challenger Joe Biden pushed into states once seen as safely Republican, looking to secure his path to the White House.
America stood at a crossroads. Never before in modern history have voters faced a choice between candidates offering such opposite visions as the nation confronts a once-in-a-century pandemic, the starkest economic contraction since the Great Depression and a citizenry divided on cultural and racial issues.
The two men also broke sharply Monday on the voting process itself while campaigning in the most fiercely contested battleground, Pennsylvania.
The president threatened legal action to stop counting beyond Election Day. If Pennsylvania ballot counting takes several days, as is allowed, Trump charged that cheating can happen like you have never seen.
Biden, in Pittsburgh, pushed a voting rights message to a mostly Black audience, declaring that Trump believes only wealthy folks should vote and describing COVID-19 as a mass casualty event for Black Americans.
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An Influx Of Early Voting
Trump’s visit came during a historic surge in absentee voting. About 1.9 million Wisconsinites have voted early, either by mail or in person, demolishing past records.
At Mondays rallies, Trump complained about the U.S. Supreme Court allowing Pennsylvania ballots to be counted if they get back to clerks after Election Day. On Twitter and Facebook, he called the ruling a dangerous one that would induce violence in the streets.
Twitter labeled the post misleading and Facebook added a notation that voter fraud is extremely rare.
While the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the counting of late ballots in Pennsylvania, it in a decision last week. In Wisconsin, ballots will be counted only if election officials have them by the time polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on mail voting, claiming without evidence that it will lead to fraud. On Sunday, Trump told reporters he planned to mount a legal challenge in Pennsylvania before all the votes are counted in that state, saying “as soon as that election is over, were going in with our lawyers.”
Tabulating votes is expected to take much longer than usual in Wisconsin and elsewhere because of the volume of absentee ballots. Absentee ballots take longer to count in Wisconsin because they cant be opened until election day and they must then be fed through tabulators.
Trump Blames Opponents And Media
From CNN’s Eric Bradner
President Donald Trump pointed the finger Wednesday night at Democrats and the news media for the turbulent national political environment, on the same day explosive devices were mailed to the Obamas, the Clintons, CNN and other public officials.
Trump took no responsibility for the tone of the political discourse.
During a rally in Wisconsin, the President promised to bring those responsible for mailing the explosive devices to justice.
“Any acts or threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy itself. No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence as a method of political intimidation, corrosion or control, we all know that. Such conduct much be fiercely opposed and firmly prosecuted,” he said.
“We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. We can do it. We can do it. We can do it. It’ll happen.”
Then he pivoted, saying those in the political arena “must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective.”
“The language of moral condemnation and destructive, routine — these are arguments and disagreements that have to stop,” he said.
He complained of “mobs” — a reference to protesters, who opposed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and confronted Republican senators on Capitol Hill, and who have challenged GOP lawmakers and Trump Cabinet officials at restaurants and in public.
He then said it’s the news media’s responsibility to set the national political tone.
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