Trump Returns To Campaign Trail With A Familiar Message In A Changing World
Amid slumping poll numbers, the president delivered a dark message, trying to tie Democratic opponent Joe Biden to the extreme left. Trump's campaign promised a massive crowd, but didn't deliver.
by Domenico Montanaro
Jun 20, 2020
4 minutes
Updated at 11:06 p.m. ET
In his first campaign event since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, President Trump reached back into his culture war playbook to paint an image of a left-wing extremist dystopia that will take hold if he is defeated and Democratic opponent Joe Biden is elected this November.
"If the Democrats gain power, then the rioters will be in charge and no one will be safe and no one will have control," Trump said to a crowd, which failed to fill the arena, but reached into the thousands in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday night. "Joe Biden is not the leader of his party. Joe Biden is a helpless
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