Donald J. Trump has all however gained the 2024 presidential race. The AP declared the previous president the winner within the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania, which means that he’s more likely to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris to retake the White Home.
A win in Pennsylvania put Trump simply 4 electoral votes shy of formally defeating Harris. A particularly doubtless win for the previous president in Alaska or any of the excellent battleground states — Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona or Nevada — would ship him again to the Oval Workplace.
Trump and the GOP emerged victorious within the race to run the federal government’s government department after a contentious and blistering populist marketing campaign that noticed him air his many grievances about shedding the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
Trump’s marketing campaign was punctuated by the numerous rulings made in opposition to him for a number of authorized instances, in addition to a number of makes an attempt in opposition to his life. In Could, a New York jury discovered the previous (and now future) president responsible of 34 felony counts; he’ll now be the primary president to enter the White Home after being discovered responsible of a felony. Sentencing within the president-elect’s so-called “hush cash case” is scheduled for Nov. 26.
Whereas bouncing across the election’s battleground states as he realigned his Make America Nice Once more motion again to its unique kind — a presidential marketing campaign — the 78-year-old former president was shot within the ear whereas talking at an open-air marketing campaign rally close to Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump recovered shortly and attended the GOP conference in Philadelphia in August, solely to study of a potential second try on his life after a gunman was found exterior one among his golf programs in Florida in September.
Nowhere was Trump’s takeover of the Republican Celebration extra obvious than on the 2024 GOP conference. He handily vanquished Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in addition to his personal vp Mike Pence, his former cupboard member Nikki Haley and different contenders for the get together’s nomination. Trump opted out of attending all main debates and nonetheless held a double-digit lead over all challengers all through his two-year bid.
Trump’s practically two-year marketing campaign for the 2024 race — he introduced his candidacy on Nov. 15, 2022 — continued his aggressive rally fashion and populist messaging, this time utilizing his rallies as a platform to air grievances about his authorized challenges and the 2020 election in entrance of his loyal followers.
Trump carried on together with his lies concerning the 2020 election, claiming that it was stolen by the Democrats in a so-called “Large Lie” that took maintain together with his plenty. He additionally steadfastly defended the MAGA supporters who took half within the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol because the 2020 vote was being licensed by Congress. The monetary price of the president-elect’s lies concerning the 2020 election teetered towards $1 billion on the finish of 2023.
A significant gamble got here from the Trump marketing campaign over the weekend with a controversial rally at Madison Sq. Backyard. A number of Trump surrogates took the stage in New York to rail in opposition to immigrants, Kamala Harris, the Democratic Celebration and a number of election points; general it created a darkish, concluding second for Trump’s third White Home bid. Furthermore, a joke about Puerto Rico being a “floating rubbish island” by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe landed with a thud — it additionally might have price Trump a bit of the Latino vote after outrage ensured over the next days, together with from celebrities Jennifer Lopez, Unhealthy Bunny, Nicky Jam and extra.
Trump’s aggressive schedule of rallies continued into election eve. This week, he held occasions in Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.
