Former President Donald Trump campaigned in his home state of New York on Saturday.
Trump headlined the annual gala of the New York Young Republicans Club to outline what his campaign has to offer. During his comments, he referred to President Joe Biden, who beat him in 2020 as “Crooked Joe,” the same nickname Trump gave to his 2016 opponent, Hilary Clinton.
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“This campaign is a righteous crusade to rescue our nation from very corrupt political class. They are corrupt, they’re incompetent, and they probably hate our country,” Trump said. “If you put me back in the White House, however, their reign will be over, and America will be a free nation. Once again, it will be a free nation.”
Trump pointed to his previous administration’s financial influence, claiming it created the “greatest economy in the history of the world” in contrast to the phasing out of Biden’s campaign phrase “Bidenomics.” During the Biden administration, the country has seen inflation at a 40-year high.
The former president also alluded to a decreased belief in the “American dream” concept. Trump pointed to polling demonstrating an influx of Black, Latino, and Asian voters registering for the Republican Party.
“The Republican Party is the American dream, not the Democrat Party,” Trump said.
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Trump made a couple of campaign stops in Iowa before his Saturday speech. Iowa is the first state to have a caucus or primary ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The caucuses are scheduled for Jan. 15.
The former president has maintained a massive lead in the polls for the GOP presidential nomination despite the various indictments against him, ranging from charges related to mishandling classified documents to subverting the 2020 presidential election. He has pleaded not guilty to all 91 felony charges against him.
