President Trump holds rally in Minnesota after touting progress on immigration, trade
DULUTH, Minn. (KMSP) - President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, Wednesday evening, marking his first visit to the state since a campaign rally shortly before the 2016 election.
The rally, scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m., has been moved to the AMSOIL Arena to accommodate a larger crowd.
President Trump kicked off the rally Wednesday night in Duluth, Minn., by running through what he called a string of White House victories from the economy to North Korea, and promising tight security at the Mexican border amid the ongoing immigration controversy.
The president told a raucous crowd that he expects to win the historically liberal state in 2020.
"I hate to bring this up -- but we came this close to winning the state of Minnesota," Trump said, referring to Hillary Clinton's narrow win there in 2016. "And in two and a half years, it's going to be really easy, I think."
"We got back our hostages, and I didn't pay $1.8 billion dollars," Trump said, referring to the Obama administration's secretive payment to the Iran regime.
Cheers of "build the wall" prompted Trump to reply, "The wall has been started. San Diego and lots of differnet places, but boy it's tough -- they want to do anything they can to obstruct and make sure it doesn't happen. But it's happening."
"My friends, we are the last Midwestern state still dominated by Democrats whose sole purpose is to resist, block and obstruct President Trump's agenda," Minnesota Republican Party chair Jennifer Carnahan told rally-goes. "Our neighbors in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota have all turned red and now it's our turn. Let's show the world that there is no blue wave coming in Minnesota."
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