The ex-President just confirmed it to a crowd in New Jersey….“
Donald Trump, an ex-President, campaigning in a Amusement Park???
(FUNNY…FUN???)
In Blue state New Jersey????
And STILL crying?
“As you know, I’ve come here from New York, where I’m being forced to endure a Biden show trial — all done by Biden,”
Trump said.
Trump’s tirade came after a pivotal week in his New York criminal trial, where Daniels’ eye-popping testimony resulted in an excruciating few days for the former president. And Monday is set to be another big day at the courthouse, when Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen is expected to take the stand.
But Trump on Saturday avoided mentioning the witnesses or jurors in the case, likely aware that any public attack would violate the gag order imposed by Justice Juan Merchan. While Merchan already held Trump in contempt for violating the order 10 times and fined him a total of $10,000, the judge also threatened Trump last week with jail time for future violations.
Surrounded by roller coasters and amusement park thrills along a boardwalk in Wildwood, the former president railed against the trial that has largely taken him off the campaign trail. This was only the third rally Trump has held since the case began almost one month ago.
But in recent events, Trump has been escalating his attacks on the justice system and Biden. During a private donor retreat last week in Palm Beach, Trump accused Biden of “running a Gestapo administration.” And on Saturday, he said the president is “surrounded by fascists around the Oval Office.”…
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Ahead of Trump’s rally, Biden’s campaign and surrogates knocked his visit to New Jersey and his team’s recent assertion that they believe states like Minnesota and Virginia are in play. They also took a jab at Trump’s plans to campaign in New York.
“They’re talking about holding concerts in Madison Square Garden to turn out voters in states like New York and here, on planet Earth, in the Biden campaign, we’re going to remain laser focused on the pathway to 270 electoral votes,” Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler told reporters on Friday….
image…Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Wildwood, N.J., Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) | AP