The remarks came after Trump in recent days defended past comments that there were “very fine people” who marched with self-proclaimed neo-Nazis and white supremacists at the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.
By Colby Itkowitz , Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow Seung Min Kim and Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter with the Morning Mix team Email Bio Follow April 27 at 11:24 PM President Trump began his political rally in Wisconsin Saturday night with a full-throated condemnation of anti-Semitism and hate crimes hours after a fatal shooting at a synagogue in San Diego.
“By the way, Saturday night, is there any place that’s more fun than a Trump rally?” he said. “Can you imagine Sleepy Joe, Crazy Bernie? . . . I think Pocahontas, she’s finished . . . can you imagine any of those people up here doing what I’m doing?”He mentioned White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, which led to an impromptu chant of “Sarah, Sarah” and some of the loudest applause of the night. He invited her to join him onstage.
“I promise at the end of six years, I‘ll be glad to — you’re going to be left with the strongest country you’ve ever had, I promise you,” he said. Recent statewide elections in Wisconsin have been fought on a razor’s edge, with Trump winning the state over Clinton by about 23,000 votes in 2016, and Tony Evers, the Democratic candidate for governor, defeating incumbent Gov. Scott Walker by just under 30,000 votes in November.
Like most battleground states, Trump’s potential weakness is in the suburbs, echoing the revolt of suburban voters nationwide that helped deliver control of the House to Democrats in fall’s midterms.
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