Posted on 01/16/2024 1:29:41 AM PST by Libloather
Donald Trump urged the Republican party to unite behind him so he could 'take the country' back from Joe Biden after decimating his rivals in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night.
The former president, 77, praised all of his fellow candidates and paid tribute to his family - including Melania's late mother-in-law - as he spoke to supporters after his 30-point win in the first primary contest.
It took just half an hour for Trump's landslide victory to be called as thousands of his die-hard supporters turned up to vote in sub-zero temperatures and wind chills as low as minus 30 degrees.
But Trump quickly looked forward and said the 'big night is going to be in November when we take back our country' in the general election.
Instead of mocking the rest of the Republican field he applauded them for their campaigning and called them 'very smart people, very capable people'.
**SNIP**
‘They’re coming from mental institutions and insane asylums,’ he said. ‘And their terrorists.’
He called for ‘unbelievable harsh penalties’ for people who carry out mass shootings.
‘I‘m going to come down very hard on criminals,’ he said. He promised 'deportation that we haven’t seen in this country for a long time.'
It was shortly after 11 pm that Trump turned to the criminal and civil trials he is facing, which allies credit with propelling him to victory.
‘I go through a lot of courthouses because –they call that election interference,’ he said.
‘We can’t have that.’
‘The big night is going to be in November when we take back our country,’ he vowed, wrapping up a 22-minute speech.
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No doubt they will try and hire a Lee Harvey trans to do the job.
Anyone know what is being done about election integrity? ALL of this is meaningless if the elections are going to be fixed AGAIN.
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