The campaign trail can be hectic, but even in these times, as an American, you have to keep your priorities in mind, even if you’re running for president. Here’s how former President Donald Trump started his Wednesday by going to early voting in his home state of Florida:
president @realDonaldTrump on the way to early voting in the Florida primary 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/KI7p3wwKz8
– Margo Martin (@margommartin) 14 August 2024
At the same time, according to Fox News reporter Aishah Hasnie, who was on site on Wednesday morning, people in North Carolina were queuing for several blocks for Trump’s afternoon rally in a rather unlikely city – the liberal stronghold of Asheville:
People are currently lined up at least three blocks to hear President Trump speak at 4 a.m. pic.twitter.com/6jw60cW3XM
— Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) 14 August 2024
At the beginning of his remarks, Trump thanked the current lieutenant governor of the Old North State, Mark Robinson, who is running as a Republican gubernatorial candidate in November, and his wife:
President Trump thanks and endorses Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor, Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson @markrobinsonNC pic.twitter.com/GiwBj2M4sB
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) 14 August 2024
As my colleague Neil McCabe noted in a previous column, he claimed the focus of Trump’s speech would be on the U.S. economy… and that’s exactly what Donald Trump talked about with his supporters. We also wrote more about that move on Wednesday morning:
Stories from McCabe: Is Trump’s North Carolina economic speech marking a turning point in his campaign?
Trump in the election campaign today – can he stay true to his economic policy message?
The former president quickly ran through a list of solutions that he and his running mate, Senator JD Vance (R-OH), will implement immediately to reduce inflation and rising prices within a matter of months:
“Are you better off with Harris and Biden now than with a person named President Donald J. Trump?” – President Trump in Asheville, NC pic.twitter.com/ise5ErlCfz
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) 14 August 2024
Trump asked a question that many had been asking, while Harris reluctantly began to reveal parts of her possible political plans as president:
“Why didn’t you do it, Kamala? You’ve been there for three and a half years.” – President Trump in Asheville, NC pic.twitter.com/FVNY5ZsCOv
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) 14 August 2024
Towards the end of his speech, Trump asked the eminent question and warned the rally attendees that Kamala Harris would take even more damaging policies if she were allowed to move into the White House:
“Are you better off with Harris and Biden now than with a person named President Donald J. Trump?” – President Trump in Asheville, NC pic.twitter.com/ise5ErlCfz
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) 14 August 2024
Just a reminder… the parliamentary elections are less than three months away – in 83 days:
President Trump: With the facilitate of everyone in this room, in 83 days, we will defeat SUPERLIBERAL Kamala Harris, we will take back the White House in a historic landslide, and we will take back our country! pic.twitter.com/mRouKjfUXQ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) 14 August 2024
You can view the full remarks here:
LIVE: President Trump in Asheville, #NorthCarolina
Send an SMS with the text TRUMP to 88022 https://t.co/RgUIACDNj8
– Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) 14 August 2024
UPDATE: We almost forgot to include this entertaining part of Trump’s rally in which he reprimands Vice President Harris for stealing his plan to abolish the tip tax – and he points out why she is the last person Americans should want in the Oval Office after Joe Biden:
“She can’t solve the problem because she IS THE problem.” – President Trump in Asheville, NC pic.twitter.com/m2OpnWCR1K
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) 14 August 2024
