Trump rally live updates: Former president hints at 2024 run in Iowa
Former President Donald Trump kicked off a flurry of events in the final days of the midterm elections with a rally Thursday night in Iowa.
Trump took the stage in Sioux City, Iowa, around 8.40 p.m. EST on Thursday night. He appeared with Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley ahead of their midterm election bids next week.
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The appearance came after the former president gave perhaps the greatest hint yet he is planning to run in 2024, appearing with former campaign staff in a new video in which they beg him to make another play for the White House. He again hinted at a 2024 run during the rally, telling his supporters to “get ready.”
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After his appearance in Iowa tonight, Trump is heading to Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio for rallies before Election Day on Nov. 8.
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Trump devotes the final chunk of his speech to the consequences the country faces if Democrats are able to take control of the House and Senate on Tuesday and urges Iowans to vote Republican.
Set to a backdrop of ominous music, Trump warns if they don’t, they will be forced to live in a country where crime is the law of the land and American values will fall by the wayside.
He also says a win for the GOP on Tuesday is the first step in his still unofficial comeback.
And with that, the rally ends, with the familiar outro music of ‘Hold On I’m Coming’ by Sam and Dave.
Trump tells the crowd to “get out and vote” and says: “We need a landslide so big that the radical left cannot rig or steal it.”
He hits on a 2024 again: “In 2024, we are going to take back our magnificent White House. We are going to take it back, I should have never left.”
Trump says he is confident Grassley and Reynolds will win their contests Tuesday but decided to come to Iowa “just in case.”
TRUMP IN IOWA: “You could take the 5 worst Presidents in American history and put them together — and they would not have done the damage Joe Biden has done to our nation in 2 short years.” pic.twitter.com/pqWtLdJ2pR
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 4, 2022
Trump teases a third run for the White House Thursday night, telling the energized crowd in Iowa that he will “very very very probably do it again.”
His comment is met by thunderous applause.
Ever the showman, the former president waits a beat and says, “Get ready!”
Trump turns his attention to Chuck Grassley: “I’m looking at him, he is looking like he’s 40 years old. he helped me more than just about anybody. he loves this state and the farmers and he loves ethanol. ”
Trump then says it’s going to be a bleak Thanksgiving because of inflation.
“I don’t think you are getting a turkey for Thanksgiving because you’re not.”
He suggests getting bacon instead.
Trump says the world is heading toward “World War III” and says any issues the economy is facing can be traced back to Biden.
He also says he is the president who stood up the most for Iowa farmers and is taking credit for eliminating the death tax.
Trump is using his MAGA-megaphone to tick off a list of grievances he has routinely complained about including the 2020 election, the FBI, and DOJ.
“They are playing games with election integrity,” he said.
He is reminding the crowd that “they are coming after me because I am fighting for you” and says Joe Biden is worse than the top five worst U.S. presidents in U.S. history.
He is now showing a short video, WWE-style, that starts off with “Let’s get ready to bumble!” that highlights verbal missteps Biden has made. He’s trotted out the video previously, so you can see it here.
“Let’s get ready to BUMBLE!”
President Trump’s Biden gaffe compilation ?? pic.twitter.com/FvXFOZX58m
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Trump is telling the crowd that they have to “crush the communists” and vote Republican. He claims liberals are have “skipped over Socialism” and is on to something much worse.
“They come after me, Trump, Trump, Trump.”
Trump is going after President Joe Biden, claiming he is going after his MAGA movement.
He claims the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that the 2020 election was rigged and that he won. He says, “Your favorite president got screwed.”
Biden had some choice words for MAGA on Wednesday night during his speech from Union Station in Washington D.C.
