The Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), harshly criticized the singer Beyoncé, the press and the early voting system during a rally in Michigan, a key state for the presidential elections on November 5.
Trump’s rally was aimed at promoting early voting in Michigan, coinciding with the start of early voting. However, the former president went off script and ended up questioning that voting method.
Trump called the early voting process a “ridiculous system” and reiterated his belief that single-day voting, with paper ballots, is more secure. In addition, he once again spread conspiracy theories, already launched in 2020, about the possibility that votes cast before election day will not be counted, which is false.
Although the Republican Party has made efforts to promote early voting to increase participation in the elections, Trump assured this Saturday that he intends to eliminate this method, both in person and through voting by postal mail.
In a speech without a clear common thread, Trump also criticized the participation of the singer Beyoncé in a rally in Houston, his hometown, along with the Democratic candidate and vice president, Kamala Harris, in an event dedicated to the defense of reproductive rights. .
Specifically, Trump criticized her for not having performed any songs during the rally. “Beyoncé spoke for a couple of minutes and then left,” he said, adding that the audience “thought she was going to perform.”
Trump also repeatedly attacked members of the press, calling them “evil” and “fake.”
In addition, he once again insulted the city of Detroit, the most populous in Michigan, as he did at the beginning of the month. “Detroit makes us a developing nation,” he said, referring to the deindustrialization that the city suffered after the closure of automotive factories in the last two decades.
Trump’s rally took place in the town of Novi, about a 30-minute drive from Detroit. Part of the objective of the event was to attract the vote of the Arab community of Michigan, and during the event imams spoke who expressed their dissatisfaction with the management of US President Joe Biden regarding the war in Gaza. EFE
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