President Trump sought to rally support for Republican candidates among young voters through a midterm election-style event organized by Turning Point USA, a group founded by the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk
President Trump sought to rally support for Republican candidates among young voters through a midterm
President Trump sought to rally support for Republican candidates among young voters through a midterm election-style event organized by Turning Point USA, a group founded by the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The rally, called “Build the Red Wall,” is part of Turning Point’s strategy to bolster Republican support in the so-called Red Wall states of Arizona and Nevada. These states voted for Trump in the 2024 election, despite being won by President Biden in the 2020 election.
“If you want a poor and weak America, a country that is riddled with crime, death, disease, and nothing but problems, you should vote Democrat. If you want a rich and strong country that you’re going to be proud of, you must go out in the midterms and vote Republican,” Trump said at the Friday evening rally in Phoenix, per the Washington Times. “We need that.”
Trump expressed his concerns about the political reality that the party in the White House usually loses seats in Congress due to voters’ ongoing dissatisfaction. He highlighted his achievements and remarked that he doesn’t understand why anyone would choose to vote for Democrats given his record.
“It doesn’t make sense. Even if you have a president who’s doing as good a job, and I think I’m doing the best job of anyone, really,” Trump said. “But if you add it all up, no one’s done what we’ve done.”
The president then quipped that he would hire “a couple of psychiatrists” to figure out
The president then quipped that he would hire “a couple of psychiatrists” to figure out what “is going on” in the minds of Americans who cast ballots for Democrats.
Trump emphasized his accomplishments, boasting about his tax cuts, immigration reforms, and initiatives aimed at preventing biological men from competing in women’s sports. He also proudly spoke about the situation in Iran, stating that the Strait of Hormuz is now open to shipping traffic and that negotiations to resolve the conflict are close to completion.
“This will be a great and brilliant day for the world because Iran has just announced that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open and ready for business and full passage,” he said, though by Saturday, Iranian military officials proclaimed the Strait closed amid reports of Iranian attacks on shipping.
Turning Point was established to engage young voters and attract them to Republican candidates. After Kirk’s assassination last September, his wife, Erica Kirk, became the CEO and chair of Turning Point USA. She spoke at the event to introduce Trump.
“Charlie’s voice is not silenced. It is roaring and roaring back louder, frankly, than ever before,” Trump said, per the Times. “His message is unstoppable. His mission is totally unstoppable.”
The Utah judge overseeing the case against Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, on Thursday unsealed
The Utah judge overseeing the case against Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, on Thursday unsealed a ballistics report from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after the report was unable to definitively match a bullet fragment to the suspected murder weapon but confirmed a match with the spent casing.
Prosecutors allege that separate testing found DNA consistent with Robinson’s on the gun, a towel, and three of the four rounds found inside the weapon. While the conclusions of the report had already been made public in prior court proceedings, the full document is now available from the court and includes additional details, Fox News reported.
The tested material includes a “deformed/damaged” piece of the bullet jacket and four lead fragments, said the outlet.
The text was included as an exhibit with a defense motion that was filed under seal on January 9. This motion requested that the judge prevent the government from conducting any further testing until a defense expert had the opportunity to examine and photograph the evidence.
Judge Tony Graf ruled that there was no reason to keep the filing classified, as he found it did not contain any “private or inflammatory information.”
