‘It’s bulls**t!’: Trump leads Vegas crowd in foul-mouthed chants as he rips Biden’s desperate last-ditch immigration decision
Former President Donald Trump described President Joe Biden’s actions at the border as “bulls**t” as his supporters cheered in the sweltering heat at a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday.
“Last week, Crooked Joe signed an executive order that’s pro-invasion, pro-child trafficking, pro-trafficking in women, pro-human trafficking… it’s a pro-drug dealer bill. It’s weak, it’s ineffective, it’s nonsense what he signed. Trump said after taking the stage.
His supporters cheered and repeatedly shouted “bulls**t!”
The Southwest is currently facing a sweltering heat wave, but Trump’s campaign said it was taking precautions as thousands of people showed up despite the extreme weather.
Temperatures soared into the upper 90s as the lines gathered. The forecast for that day predicted temperatures of over 100 degrees.
Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at a campaign rally in Sunset Park
Trump commented on the heat at the rally.
“By the way, it’s 110, but it doesn’t feel that way to me, does it?” he said. “So we’re going to be here for a while… If anyone goes down, if you go down, we have people that will come and pick you up right away,” he said.
It was Trump’s first visit to the state since he was found guilty of 34 charges of falsifying corporate records to conceal the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
But those who actually showed up for the event rejected the guilty verdict and argued that Trump would actually benefit from it.
‘I think it’s great because it’s a boost for him. Everyone sees through his BS,” said Dianne Blair, a 68-year-old retiree and Trump supporter from Henderson, just outside Las Vegas.
“I’m rocking ten times harder with him than before,” says Zach Hammond, 30, of Las Vegas.
The event was part of the Republican presidential candidate’s three-day tour of the West, which included a campaign stop in Arizona, fundraising events in California and a rally in the battleground state.
The Trump campaign told DailyMail.com it raised about $33 million over the weekend.
Nevada is one of the biggest battlegrounds for the 2024 presidential election. Biden won the 2020 election by fewer than 34,000 votes. But the pandemic and persistent inflation have taken their toll.
Nevada’s Senate race in the 2022 midterm elections was one of the tightest in the country, and Nevadans elected a Republican governor that year.
A series of recent polls from the Silver State have Trump in the lead. The Fox News poll from early June shows Trump up five points to 45 percent, compared to Biden’s 40 percent among registered voters.
Trump’s visit comes as he seeks to drive minority voters, including Latinos, away from Biden.
On Sunday, his campaign announced the launch of “Latino Americans for Trump.” The campaign called it a coalition of notable Latinos from communities across the country.
Sylvia Ruiz, who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, made the five-hour drive from Fresno, CA to Las Vegas for her first Trump rally.
“He sacrificed a lot for us,” Ruiz said, pointing to Trump’s legal troubles.
Ahead of Trump’s visit to the state, the Democratic National Committee put up billboards in English and Spanish highlighting the ex-president’s economic record.
“As Donald Trump returns to Nevada for the first time this weekend as a convicted felon, voters will remember that this crook sidelined Nevada workers as president,” DNC spokesperson Stephanie Justice said in a statement.
She accused him of committing a “tax fraud” that benefited the ultra-rich and corporations.
“Now he’s promising tax payouts to his billionaire donors instead of putting the interests of working Nevadans first. Nevada voters know that Trump is too corrupt and unfit to serve, and that they will reject him again in 2024,” she continued.