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Oct 10, 2019
Politics: Trump to host first post-impeachment inquiry rally in Democratic stronghold
(Reuters)
- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday will hold his first campaign
rally since Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against him,
choosing a large arena in a Democratic stronghold in Minnesota to mount
his latest public defense.
U.S.
President Donald Trump arrives at an event to sign executive orders on
"transparency in federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room
of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2019.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Supporters
of the Republican president will gather inside the 20,000-seat Target
Center in Minneapolis for the 7 p.m. CDT rally, while protesters promise
to voice their opposition outside.
Trump’s path to re-election
in November 2020 depends on clinching a cluster of farm and Rust Belt
states decided by slim margins in 2016. Minnesota, which Trump lost by
1.5 percentage points to Democrat Hillary Clinton, is a key target, his
campaign said.
Unlike 2016, when it spent little money and time
in the Midwestern state, the campaign has already hired staff and
organized voters there. Thursday’s visit marks the president’s fourth
trip to the state in the past 16 months.
The visit comes against
the backdrop of an impeachment investigation by the Democratic-led U.S.
House of Representatives that has upended Washington.
The probe
centers on a whistleblower’s allegations that Trump used military aid to
secure a promise from Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice
President Joe Biden, a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic
presidential nomination, and his son Hunter, who was on the board of a
Ukrainian energy firm.
Trump has denied wrongdoing. The White
House said on Tuesday it would refuse to participate in the “partisan
and unconstitutional” impeachment inquiry.
Alex Conant, a Republican strategist born in Minnesota, said the rally venue held a symbolic meaning.
“I
think he wants to have the biggest crowd possible. If he gets 15,000 to
20,000 people on a Thursday night in Minneapolis, that sends a signal,”
Conant said.
Trump’s visit has generated local backlash. The
city’s mayor was criticized for initially suggesting Trump was not
welcome. The Minneapolis police union began selling pro-Trump T-shirts
after the police chief said off-duty officers could not wear their
uniforms to political events.
Vice President Mike Pence, who is also making a visit to Minnesota on Thursday, is scheduled to meet with the police union.
City
and state leaders are holding several news conferences on Thursday to
highlight Democratic causes and publicly reject Trump’s platform. Local
labor leaders are planning a late-afternoon march to protest Trump’s
visit.
“I believe in the people of Minnesota. In the end, I think
we will see people voicing their opinions without any incident,” said
Amy Koch, a Republican strategist in Minnesota who plans on attending
the rally. No Republican presidential candidate has won Minnesota since Richard Nixon in 1972. A
poll released by Alliance for a Better Minnesota on Wednesday showed
52% of registered voters in the state would vote for the Democratic
candidate next year, while 42% would vote for Trump. The survey of 1,175
voters was conducted with the left-leaning Public Policy Polling.
Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw in Philadelphia; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Peter Cooney
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