by John Solomon
Former President Donald Trump continued his push Saturday night into deep blue America, transforming the home of the iconic Coachella music festival into a sea of Republican red as he promised to reverse California’s decline into an abyss of debt, illegal aliens and crime.
“I make this pledge to you: Nov. 5, 2024, will be liberation day in America. Liberation day. Liberation day, we’re going to be liberated,” Trump told the thousands gathered to see him in California
“I will rescue California and every town across America that’s been invaded and conquered. And we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell out of the country, which is No. 1,” he added.
Trump’s appearance in the Golden State followed one day after he went to deeply Democratic Colorado and promised to relieve weary residents in Aurora from violent Venezuelan gangs.
LOW TAXES
END INFLATION
SECURE BORDERS
DRILL BABY DRILL
SAFE CITIES pic.twitter.com/AiDyA7Txst
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) October 13, 2024
The push into blue territory has been designed by Trump’s team to both project strength against a struggling Kamala Harris in her home state and to rally Republicans in winnable House seats in hopes of capturing full control of Congress in 2024.
During Saturday night’s speech, Trump tied the plight of California to the policies that Harris has espoused as a native of the state’s liberal wing of Democrats.
After all we have been through TOGETHER, we stand on the verge of the 4 GREATEST years in the HISTORY of our COUNTRY. With your help from now until Election Day, we will redeem America’s Promise, and we will take back the NATION that we LOVE. November 5th will be the most… pic.twitter.com/XGrB28fwQ5
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2024
“California is a paradise lost, but we’re bringing it back,” he said “California stood as the beacon of what our country aspired to become. It really did. It had everything. It had the weather. It had the water. The state had the best schools, the safest communities, and a booming middle class.
“But all that was eradicated by decades of the very policies that Kamala Harris wants to now force upon America,” he added.
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John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist, author and digital media entrepreneur who serves as Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of Just the News. Before founding Just the News, Solomon played key reporting and executive roles at some of America’s most important journalism institutions, such as The Associated Press, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Newsweek, The Daily Beast and The Hill.
