Trump blasts ‘bulls–t impeachment’ inquiry at
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LAKE CHARLES, La. — President Donald Trump on Friday pressed his argument that the House impeachment inquiry is nothing more than a new attempt to overturn his election based on “a lot of crap.
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Trump found a sympathetic audience in Louisiana, where an arena packed with his supporters roared at his profane denunciations of the proceedings hundreds of miles away in the nation’s capital.
“They’ve been trying to stop us for more than three years with a lot of crap,” he said, referring to the investigation into Russian election interference that concluded earlier this year.
“They know they can’t win on Election Day so they’re pursuing an illegal, invalid and unconstitutional, bulls— impeachment,” the president thundered at his second political rally in as many days.
Trump also pressed his unproven claims against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who sat on the board of a Ukrainian gas company when Biden was vice president.
Trump complained about a double standard in news media coverage. He said if any of his children were similarly accused, the media wouldn’t call the allegations unsubstantiated — “They would be saying, ‘Where’s the nearest cell?’”
There has been no evidence of wrongdoing by either Joe Biden or Hunter Biden.
House Democrats have opened an impeachment inquiry over Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, in which he asked that country’s president during a telephone call in July to investigate Biden.
An intelligence community whistleblower complained that Trump was abusing his office for personal political gain.
A supporter holds up a sign as Trump speaks during his rally.AFP via Getty
Trump insists he didn’t do anything wrong and has called the conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy “perfect.”
Zelenskiy has said he was not pressured by Trump.
Trump claimed Democrats are “rage filled” and have opened the impeachment inquiry because they “have gone completely insane” in their “nonstop battle” to overturn the 2016 presidential election result.
“Nancy Pelosi hates the United States of America, or she wouldn’t be doing this,” Trump said of the Democratic speaker of the House, who had long resisted calls to initiate impeachment proceedings.
Pelosi has said “no one is above the law” and Trump must be held accountable for actions that she says jeopardize US national security, the integrity of American elections and the Constitution.
Trump came to Louisiana to unite a squabbling Republican Party against the Deep South’s only Democratic governor, hoping to keep John Bel Edwards from notching a primary win in Saturday’s election.
Republican loyalties are split between two major candidates: Ralph Abraham, a third-term congressman and physician from rural northeast Louisiana, and Eddie Rispone, a businessman and longtime political donor from Baton Rouge who is making his first bid for office.
Both Republican candidates claim long-term support from Trump.
“Tomorrow, you’ve got to vote John Bel Edwards out,” Trump said, criticizing the Democrat as bad for the state. “If he doesn’t get 50%, then one of our two great candidates will win that.”
The president is not endorsing either GOP candidate to maximize chances that Edwards will fall below the 50% vote threshold needed to avoid a runoff, according to a White House aide and a campaign aide, both of whom asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss strategy.
Trump plans to endorse whichever GOP candidate makes it to a runoff against Edwards, the aides said.
In Louisiana, all candidates run against each other, regardless of party, on the same primary ballot. With polls showing Edwards well in the lead, national Republicans have bombarded the state with millions in advertising and visits from Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Donald Trump Jr. to urge anti-Edwards votes and force a Nov. 16 runoff.
Trump acknowledged the reality of college football season in the South and urged everyone to vote before they head to Saturday’s big matchup between Louisiana State University and Florida State.
He said people should vote before they go to the game, otherwise they will feel guilty and “it will ruin your entire afternoon.”
John Bel Edwards speaking in 2017.Getty
Trump called Edwards “a liberal Democrat who has sold you out,” even though Edwards isn’t the type of liberal with whom the president usually clashes.
He described Abraham and Rispone, the two Republican candidates, as “pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-family, pro-life, and they’re pro-Louisiana energy if that’s OK.”
Trump also kept up a sports theme by inviting the winners of the 2019 Little League World Series to the stage.
Trump met in the Oval Office earlier Friday with members of the Eastbank All-Stars and invited them to fly home aboard Air Force One. The team is based in suburban New Orleans.
Trump said he had become accustomed to watching Japan win the event. “But this year you have the world champions,” he told the rally crowd before introducing the players one by one.
Trump encourages Louisianians to vote, says Pelosi 'hates the United States,' at second rally in as many days
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President Donald Trump held a second campaign rally in as many nights Friday, this time taking the stage in Louisiana in the hope of rallying Republican voters against the state's Democratic Gov.
John Bel Edwards.
The president was expected to be joined onstage in Lake Charles by both U.
S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and businessman Eddie Rispone, but not endorse either candidate in order to maximize chances that Edwards will fall below the 50 percent vote threshold needed to avoid a runoff in Saturday's gubernatorial "jungle primary," in which all the candidates appear on a single ballot.
The president's trip to Louisiana comes one day after another fiery rally in Minneapolis, Minn., during which Trump slammed House Democrats who have launched an impeachment inquiry against him.
Other top Republicans, including Vice President Pence and Donald Trump Jr. have paid visits to the state, which Trump won by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016.
Neither Abraham nor Rispone has been able to break away as the top competitor, even as Rispone poured $11 million of his own personal wealth into the campaign. Party leaders' efforts to keep the men from fighting each other have failed, raising concerns the backbiting could wound both GOP contenders and help Edwards. Republicans blame attacks among their own candidates for helping to elect Edwards four years ago.
Edwards isn't the type of liberal, anti-Trump Democrat with whom the president usually clashes.
Louisiana's governor is an anti-abortion, pro-gun West Point graduate who avoids criticizing Trump, talks about his strong rapport with the White House and calls the impeachment inquiry a distraction for Washington.
While Edwards' efforts to keep the president at bay in the governor's race have been unsuccessful, the Democratic incumbent isn't complaining about the rallies. Instead, he has downplayed them, calling it unsurprising that Trump backs members of his own party in the "hyperpartisan" environment of Washington. He said he would continue to "work well" with the president and focus on his own, bipartisan approach to governing.
"When my opponents realized just how much support my campaign had from the people of Louisiana, they started calling in help from forces in Washington, D.C.," Edwards said. "My opponents are obsessed with political partisanship because the only way they think they can win is to divide the state of Louisiana."
Republicans nationally have targeted Edwards for ouster since his longshot election victory four years ago. But work to unify around one major contender failed, with the state's top-tier, well-known GOP officials passing on the race.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump travels to Louisiana, holds second campaign rally in two nights
This article was sourced from Foxnews
President Donald Trump held a second campaign rally in as many nights Friday, this time taking the stage in Louisiana in the hope of rallying Republican voters against the state's Democratic Gov.
John Bel Edwards.
The president was expected to be joined onstage in Lake Charles by both U.
S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and businessman Eddie Rispone, but not endorse either candidate in order to maximize chances that Edwards will fall below the 50 percent vote threshold needed to avoid a runoff in Saturday's gubernatorial "jungle primary," in which all the candidates appear on a single ballot.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
In an epic moment during Trump’s latest MAGA rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the president explained his decision to stop America’s endless wars by telling the crowd how difficult it is for him to inform families of fallen U.S.
service members “their child has died.”
Keeping troops on guard to prevent Turkish incursion, Trump said, is an unnecessary risk of U.S. personnel.
“I have to sign these letters,” Trump described, saying it also was “very tough” to go to Dover Air Force Base to “meet the parents and families and wives and children, sisters and brothers” of fallen soldiers who arrive in coffins.
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