Donald Trump warned Tuesday that America will become a one-party state if the GOP and his supporters fail to carry him to victory in the upcoming presidential election.
Speaking to a crowd in battleground Colorado, the Republican presidential hopeful said “history will record that the year 2017 is when America truly lost its independence” if his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, succeeds in her bid for the White House.
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“This is our final shot, folks,” Trump said, repeating a line he often uses while encouraging his supporters to mail in their ballots and show up to vote. “In four years, it’s over. You’re never going to be able to win.”
The GOP nominee claimed the national electorate is “tilting” toward Democrats so rapidly that “it’s going to be a one-party system” if Republicans fail to take back the White House this cycle.
“This is your final shot for the Supreme Court [and] for the Second Amendment … so hopefully you’ll do what you have to do,” he told the audience in Colorado Springs. “Get out of bed and vote no matter how you’re feeling — no matter how.”
Trump’s warning comes amid new polls that show him trailing Clinton nationally, in some cases by double digits, and only slightly ahead of her in reliably Republican states like Texas, Utah and Arizona.
The former secretary of state currently leads her GOP opponent by 7 percent — 48.9 to 41.9 percent — in the RealClearPolitics national polling average.
