{"id":113370,"date":"2024-10-12T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T10:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113370"},"modified":"2024-10-12T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T10:14:46","slug":"trump-makes-blue-state-detour-with-coachella-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113370","title":{"rendered":"Trump makes blue-state detour with Coachella rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fg39d000m64qm9spi3l2s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-45\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> schedule in the closing weeks of the 2024 election is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/10\/politics\/fact-check-trump-pennsylvania-speeches\/index.html\">dotted<\/a> with detours into overwhelmingly Democratic states.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00083b6m0dxcszc6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            From California\u2019s Coachella Valley on Saturday to New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden later this month, the former president is veering away from the monthslong slog through the swing states that the campaigns of Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-harris-election-10-11-24\/index.html\"> both expect to decide the race.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00093b6ml24ob4vd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Republicans have no illusions about winning the deep blue states he is visiting \u2013 though Trump, who for years has refused to accept his loss in 2020 and spread lies about widespread voting fraud, this week claimed he has more support than Harris in California, a state he lost by 29 percentage points four years ago.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000a3b6m12aiwjjx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf they had an honest election in California, I think I\u2019d win it in a landslide. I really do,\u201d the former president said on \u201cThe John Kobylt Show,\u201d a Southern California talk radio show, while complaining about the state\u2019s mail-in voting procedures.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000b3b6mlawms6ts@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Trump\u2019s allies argue the blue-state stops are more than undisciplined sideshows designed to satisfy the Republican nominee\u2019s whims.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000c3b6m6v658qht@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Though Democrats dominate California and New York, the states\u2019 overall size means they\u2019re home to huge numbers of Republican voters and donors, creating fundraising opportunities and helping down-ballot candidates, particularly in competitive House races.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000d3b6mi04srkkb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe have a lot of support in California, and I felt I owed it to them,\u201d Trump told Kobylt, adding that the Coachella Valley rally venue is \u201ca great piece of land.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000e3b6m3mauwabs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The events also give Trump opportunities to cast the problems facing the states he\u2019s in as the result of Democratic leadership.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000f3b6m092jerx0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/10\/politics\/trump-detroit\/index.html\">That\u2019s the playbook Trump used Thursday in Detroit,<\/a> when he warned that if Harris wins, \u201cour whole country will end up being like Detroit.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000g3b6m69wj6tse@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But unlike Michigan\u2019s largest city, Trump can make similar comments in blue states without worrying about electoral blowback \u2013 particularly in California, where Harris was attorney general and a US senator.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000h3b6mivwo1ymp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s trip to Coachella will highlight Harris\u2019 failing record and show that he has the right solutions to save every state and every American,\u201d Trump\u2019s communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000i3b6mclc8elld@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s campaign also expects to draw huge, raucous crowds, and command outsized media attention \u2013 which would pay dividends across the political map.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000j3b6m1r5eqztn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe location of his rallies matters less in this nationalized media environment. His messaging is making it to all the major media markets regardless of what he does. And the bigger the rally, the more attention it will get, right? I mean, Madison Square Garden? You guys have to cover it,\u201d a senior Trump adviser told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000k3b6mi4lehhc0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump advisers argue that the voters his campaign is targeting in the race\u2019s closing weeks are those who do not typically engage in politics \u2013 and so trips like the one he made to Aurora, Colorado, on Friday to hammer Harris on immigration provide content that has much more reach online than a typical swing-state campaign rally.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000l3b6mbql4jzmd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s the same reason Trump\u2019s campaign has had the former president sit down with popular YouTube streamers and podcasters. Harris\u2019 campaign has employed a similar strategy in recent weeks, targeting specific groups of voters with her appearances on podcasts and other interviews.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000m3b6megs6k42j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere\u2019s reason why we\u2019re doing podcasts. There is a reason why we\u2019re doing Adin Ross and MMA. There\u2019s a reason why we\u2019re doing those things,\u201d one senior Trump adviser said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000o3b6mvs1zcj1j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s rally Saturday at the Calhoun Ranch in the Coachella Valley drew criticism from a number of local officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000p3b6m55im3cad@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTrump\u2019s attacks on immigrants, women, the LGBTQ community and the most vulnerable among us don\u2019t align with the values of our community,\u201d Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez said in a statement posted on social media ahead of Trump\u2019s visit.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000q3b6m78pjof8v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe has consistently expressed disdain for the type of diversity that helps define Coachella,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know why Trump is visiting near Coachella, but we know he wasn\u2019t invited by the people who live here. He ain\u2019t like us.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000r3b6mcxdzedd3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, the former president believes large-scale rallies in blue states like the one he\u2019ll hold Saturday show how deep his support runs across the nation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000s3b6mu7l293os@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They also set the groundwork for Trump to question the election results should Harris win. One of the former president\u2019s go-to lines is \u201ctoo big to rig\u201d \u2014 the idea that he must win in such a landslide that no one will question his victory.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000t3b6maczho780@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe thinks those crowds show, and will show, there\u2019s no way she can win,\u201d a person close to Trump said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000u3b6mwnez51oa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump in many ways views these large-scale rallies as a barometer for how he is performing. In his mind, the bigger the crowd, the better he expects to do in November.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000w3b6mio1ywjau@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Tuesday, Trump will make another blue state stop in Illinois, attending an event cosponsored by Bloomberg News and the Economic Club of Chicago.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000x3b6m247sghdp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump is also planning a return to New York \u2013 where he has held rallies in the Bronx and Long Island in recent weeks, part of his effort to appeal to non-White men who have historically supported Democrats.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000y3b6m1m4cmujy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The September stop on Long Island had initially been scheduled to coincide with Trump\u2019s sentencing in his New York hush money trial in Manhattan, before the judge overseeing the case ultimately pushed the date back to after the election.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e000z3b6muxx6zkk7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Madison Square Garden on October 27, meanwhile, will give Trump a legendary theater in his hometown, a little more than a week from Election Day.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00103b6myucxbmnk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has long teased a Madison Square Garden rally. But sources close to the former president were hesitant to announce the rally, even after the deal had been done, noting the external pressure that could be put on the venue, particularly by powerful New Yorkers, to pull out.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00113b6mlzin0f2q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While Trump lost the Empire State by more than 20 points in both 2016 and 2020, he insisted in September at his Long Island rally he has a chance of winning the state in November.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00123b6mp6g24mct@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTrump has increasingly been fixated on this idea that his supporters in states not viewed as crucial to the 2024 election deserve to have an opportunity to see him and attend a rally,\u201d a person close to Trump said. \u201cIn some cases, those events can be an even bigger draw since it\u2019s the only chance a lot of people have to go to a rally.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00143b6mrex5dwbp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump is projecting confidence in how he\u2019ll perform in the blue states he\u2019s visiting. He claimed Friday in Aurora that he is \u201cvery close\u201d in the reliably Democratic state \u2014 though there\u2019s no evidence to support that.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00153b6mrmkafhlz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Still, the main strategic purpose of those trips is to hit Democrats on issues Trump\u2019s campaign sees as its strongest, including crime and border security.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00163b6mqizcyqmr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump, who has been promoting false and sensationalized claims about Venezuelan gang members taking over Colorado, attacked the state\u2019s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, on Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00173b6ms02yiofx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis guy doesn\u2019t see what you see. He doesn\u2019t see people bursting into buildings with AK-47s, military style weapons, sometimes better than our own military,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00183b6mhwtj34fc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump said he would create a federal program to expedite the deportation of undocumented gang members if he wins in November. He also called for the death penalty for \u201cany migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e00193b6meov0p0kh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper that Trump was lying about migrant crime in Colorado \u2013 but that from a political perspective, he was somewhat \u201chappy\u201d to see the former president in the state.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm25fq99e001a3b6m0fahszhk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere\u2019s no way he\u2019s going to win the state of Colorado,\u201d Bennet said. \u201cAnd so, from a political point of view, I think this was a complete waste of his time.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/12\/politics\/trump-coachella-rally\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Donald Trump\u2019s schedule in the closing weeks of the 2024 election is dotted with detours into overwhelmingly Democratic states. 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