Former President Donald Trump cast November91裸聊视频檚 presidential election as 91裸聊视频渏udgment day91裸聊视频� and declared himself a 91裸聊视频減roud political dissident91裸聊视频� during a speech before conservative activists outside of Washington Saturday as he again cloaked his campaign in religious imagery.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference ahead of his win in the South Carolina Republican primary, Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of the future if President Joe Biden wins a second term as the two prepare for an expected rematch election.
91裸聊视频淔or hardworking Americans, Nov. 5 will be our new liberation day. But for the liars and cheaters and fraudsters and censors and imposters who have commandeered our government, it will be judgment day,91裸聊视频� he said to loud applause. 91裸聊视频淲hen we win, the curtain closes on their corrupt reign and the sun rises on a bright new future for America.91裸聊视频�
Trump also cast himself as a 91裸聊视频減roud political dissident91裸聊视频� days after comparing himself to Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the top political opponent of Russia91裸聊视频檚 autocratic leader Vladimir Putin, who died in a remote Arctic prison after being jailed by the Kremlin leader.
91裸聊视频淚 stand before you today only as your past and hopefully future president, but as a proud political dissident. I am a dissident,91裸聊视频� he told the crowd.
Trump was speaking at this year91裸聊视频檚 CPAC gathering as voters headed to the polls in South Carolina. The former president easily beat his last remaining Republican primary rival, Nikki Haley, in the state where she served as governor for two terms. While Haley has vowed to remain in the race until next month91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淪uper Tuesday91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� when more than a dozen states will vote 91裸聊视频� Trump91裸聊视频檚 campaign is hoping he can reach the delegate threshold to clinch the nomination in March.
Last year, Trump used his speech at CPAC to tell his supporters that his 2024 campaign would be one of 91裸聊视频渞etribution.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚n 2016, I declared: I am your voice. Today I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution,91裸聊视频� he said then.
This time, he cast himself as a savior standing between his supporters and near-anarchy as he spoke of 91裸聊视频渉oards of illegal aliens stampeding across our borders,91裸聊视频� warned the country91裸聊视频檚 social safety net and education system would 91裸聊视频渂uckle and collapse,91裸聊视频� and claimed that, 91裸聊视频渢he gangs will be invading your territory.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭hese are the stakes of this election: Our country is being destroyed and the only thing standing between you and its obliteration is me,91裸聊视频� he declared, casting Biden91裸聊视频檚 leadership as 91裸聊视频渁n express train barreling toward servitude and to ruin.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频滱 vote for Trump is your ticket back to freedom, it91裸聊视频檚 your passport out of tyranny and it91裸聊视频檚 your only escape from Joe Biden and his gang91裸聊视频檚 fast track to hell. And in many ways, we91裸聊视频檙e living in hell right now,91裸聊视频� he said, adding that: 91裸聊视频渢he unprecedented success of the United States of America will be my ultimate and absolute revenge.91裸聊视频�
Violent crime is, in fact, down nationwide, according to the most recent FBI statistics. And despite public perception, recent data on the economy has shown that growth accelerated last year while inflation returned closer to the Federal Reserve91裸聊视频檚 2% target, proving wrong Wall Street and academic economists who had been predicting a recession.
This year91裸聊视频檚 CPAC conference has featured a parade of Republican lawmakers and MAGA personalities who have echoed Trump91裸聊视频檚 attacks on Biden91裸聊视频檚 border policies, his handling of the economy and Trump91裸聊视频檚 assertion that the 91 felony charges he faces across four separate jurisdictions are nothing more than a baseless attempt by the Biden administration to damage his candidacy. There91裸聊视频檚 no evidence that Biden influenced the charges in any way.
In response to Trump91裸聊视频檚 speech, Ammar Moussa, the Biden campaign91裸聊视频檚 rapid response director, called the former president a 91裸聊视频渓oser.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淯nder his presidency, America lost more jobs than any president in modern history, women in more than 20 states have lost the freedom to make their own health care decisions because Trump overturned Roe, and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party lost their damn minds putting Trump91裸聊视频檚 quest for power over our democracy,91裸聊视频� Moussa said in a statement.
The lineup has featured a handful of Republican vice presidential hopefuls including former candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, as well as foreign leaders like El Salvador91裸聊视频檚 president, Nayib Bukele, former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, and the president of Argentina, right-wing populist Javier Milei.
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Colvin reported from Columbia, South Carolina.
Adriana Gomez Licon And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
