Former President Donald J. Trump called immigration the most important issue of the election Tuesday in a closing speech delivered by aides hours before Vice President Kamala Harris’ remarks at the Ellipse in Washington. said.
Trump stood with the mother of a 12-year-old young woman in front of supporters and reporters at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida, which featured a news program and account of the undocumented immigrant responsible for the murders. I played the video. My one year old daughter was killed.
“So, I know we’re talking about inflation and the economy, but to me, nothing is more important than the destruction of the foundations of this country,” said Migrants who crossed the border illegally. mentioned. “I think the biggest issue is what’s going on at the border. I see that more and more every time we talk.”
The video told the story of Jocelyn Nangaray, a 12-year-old girl from Houston. Two Venezuelan men living in the country illegally were charged with her murder.
Immigration and the economy are the top two issues for voters in many polls. Trump, who believes his focus on illegal immigration was the reason for his 2016 victory, has made it clear to his advisers that he wants to talk about immigration and encouraged them to add content related to it.
Trump’s event at Mar-a-Lago was added to the schedule on Monday, a day after his Madison Square Garden rally sparked outrage. The comedian, who was the opening act for the rally, joked that he called Puerto Rico a floating “heap of trash” and in another referenced a black man in the audience who was carving a watermelon. Other speakers said Harris has “pimps” and is the “antichrist” and called Democrats a bunch of “perverts.”
Mr. Trump’s advisers had largely supported ignoring the controversy, but after some backlash on social media from Puerto Rican congressmen, a campaign spokesperson said the comedian’s jokes were He said it did not reflect Trump’s views on Puerto Rico.
Tuesday’s incident comes as some of his campaign aides seek to move beyond the rally headlines. Most of his aides were skeptical that the headwinds would hurt his standing with voters, but they believed it was an unnecessary headache in the final days of the 2024 campaign.
Trump also said Tuesday that Harris is waging a campaign of hate, irritated by Democrats who compared her rally to a pro-Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939. It seemed like there was. He described the Garden gathering as a “festival of love.”
