In Michigan, former president Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to “make America safe again” while campaigning in Michigan.
As part of a battleground campaign swing designed to counter the Democratic National Convention, Trump stood alongside sheriff’s deputies in the city of Howell.
“Kamala Harris will deliver crime, chaos, destruction and death,” Trump said. “You’ll see levels of crime that you’ve never seen before … I will deliver law, order, safety and peace.”
He presented a bleak portrait of life in the US and the threat of a Harris presidency, though he was short on specifics and heavy on hyperbole.
Donald Trump speaking about crime during a campaign event at the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in Howell, Michigan.Credit: AP
“It’s just insane,” Trump said. “You can’t walk across the street to get a loaf of bread. You get shot, you get mugged, you get raped, you get whatever it may be. And you’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it, and it’s time for a change.”
Trump making such claims, surrounded by supportive law enforcement officers, stood in stark contrast to the Democrats’ convention. Speaker after speaker found ways Monday night in Chicago to remind Americans that Trump is the first former president ever convicted of felony crimes, has been found civilly liable for sexual assault, and still faces multiple indictments, including for his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat to Biden.
Then Hillary Clinton, whom Trump defeated in 2016, stood back from the podium and smiled as delegates chanted: “Lock him up! Lock him up!” – a turnabout from Trump supporters’ chants about Clinton eight years ago, despite the former secretary of state having never been charged with any crime.
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