He comes back: Trump said he would “withdraw” the White House

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TEHRAN— A year after losing the race to re -enter the White House, Donald Trump set the path for a turbulent midterm election season, attended a campaign event in Arizona where he inspired his followers, revived the baseless allegations of electoral fraud, and indicated a 2020 presidential bid.

Trump lashed out at his critics and used the rally to support loyalists and election opponents running for state and federal office this year in a speech aimed at restoring his influence within the Republican Party.

“This November, we have a chance to do something very beautiful,” Trump told worshipers in the audience who waited several hours in the Arizona desert town of Florence.

“This is possibly the most critical election we have ever experienced, but I believe 2024 will be even more important. This is the year when we will take back the White House.”

The rally was the first event of the former president’s campaign of the year, coming just days after the one-year anniversary of the January 6, 2001, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Thousands of Trump supporters descended on the U.S. Capitol that day after he vowed to “fight like hell” to prevent Congress from proving Joe Biden’s election victory.

Trump planned to host a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club to commemorate the occasion, but canceled due to concern from some Republicans that it would not look good.

The Arizona event, on the other hand, gave Trump ample opportunity to air his frustrations.

He took to the stage just after 7 p.m. local time and unleashed a 90-minute rant against President Joe Biden and the “radical left,” criticizing his successor on issues from the coronavirus and the economy to immigration. and the failed withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

At a time when Biden was struggling to pass voting rights reforms in the Senate, his predecessor rang out, calling for same -day voting (Democrats want to expand early voting); paper ballots (rather than the electronic one commonly used in the US); and termination of ballot harvesting (the process by which third parties are allowed to collect and deliver ballots in certain states).

And within minutes of the start of his speech, he reiterated his false claim that the election was “deceived”, asserting without evidence that “the proof is everywhere – the media simply refused to talk about it. “

The gathering was a stark reminder of Trump’s continued power over the party, as well as his signature brand of reward-and-retribution politics.

Loyalists such as state politician Mark Finchem, who accompanied demonstrators outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, and congressman Paul Gosar, who was recently censured for an animation video depicting his murder in a Democratic representative, attended the event.

Former television host Kari Lake, whom Trump chose to replace Arizona’s current Republican Governor, Doug Ducey, also joined him on stage.

While Trump remains popular with his supporters, some Republicans are concerned that some of the candidates he has sponsored may not be popular with the general public.

Limitations on his authority were also revealed this week, when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would fight for re -election as the Republican leader of the chamber, and no one appears to oppose him – despite continued pushing Trump to remove him.

Meanwhile, as the Associated Press reported, prominent Republicans in Washington are working behind the scenes to persuade Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, one of

Trump’s most ardent opponents in the party, who ran for a Senate seat. And, on Saturday, Glenn Youngkin was sworn in as Virginia’s first Republican governor since 2010, despite conducting a campaign to distance himself from Trump.

However, Trump will remain there as America prepares for midterm elections, in which Democrats are more likely to lose their majority, making it harder for Biden to deliver on his ambitious plan in the first term.

All 435 seats in the House, as well as 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate, will be contested.

Trump has announced he will make a decision on whether to run for president again after the midterm elections, but he and his colleagues have been working for months to bring proponents of the “stolen election” myth to office.

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