Former President Donald Trump claimed that he 바카라 not President Joe Biden 바카라 will protect Social Security and warned of a 바카라bloodbath바카라 if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio.
Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped airfield outside of Dayton Saturday, praised his chosen candidate in the race as an 바카라America first champion" and 바카라political outsider who has spent his entire life building up Ohio communities."
바카라He's going to be a warrior in Washington," Trump said, days after securing enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Republican nomination.
Moreno faces Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan in Tuesday's GOP primary. LaRose and Moreno have aligned themselves with the pro-Trump faction of the party, while Dolan is backed by more establishment Republicans, including Gov. Mike DeWine and former Sen. Rob Portman.
Saturday's rally was hosted by Buckeye Values PAC, a group backing Moreno's candidacy. But Trump used the stage to deliver a profanity-filled version of his usual rally speech that again painted an apocalyptic picture of the country if Biden wins a second term.
바카라If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole 바카라 that's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country," he warned, while talking about the impact of offshoring on the country's auto industry and his plans to increase tariffs on foreign-made cars.
Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer accused Trump of doubling 바카라down on his threats of political violence.바카라
바카라He wants another January 6, but the American people are going to give him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, his affection for violence, and his thirst for revenge," Singer charged in a statement.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said that Trump had clearly been talking about the impact of a second Biden term on the auto industry and broader economy.
바카라Crooked Joe Biden and his campaign are engaging in deceptively, out-of-context editing,바카라 he said.
Trump repeatedly noted his difficulty reading from his teleprompters, which could be seen visibly whipping in 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts.
A one-time Trump critic, Moreno, a wealthy Cleveland businessman, supported Marco Rubio for president in the 2016 Republican primary, and once tweeted that listening to Trump was 바카라like watching a car accident that makes you sick, but you can stop looking.바카라 In 2021, NBC News reported on an email exchange around the time of Trump's first presidential run in which Moreno referred to Trump as a 바카라lunatic바카라 and a 바카라maniac.바카라
On Saturday, however, Moreno praised Trump as a 바카라great American바카라 and railed against those in his party who have been critical of the former president, who this week became his party's presumptive nominee for a third straight election.
바카라I am so sick and tired of Republicans that say, I support President Trump's policies but I don't like the man,'" he said as he joined Trump on stage.
Trump also dismissed recent allegations against Moreno, comparing them to attacks he has faced through the years, including his criminal indictments. Trump has been charged in four separate cases that span his handling of classified documents to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
바카라He's getting some very tough Democrat fake treatment right now,바카라 Trump said. 바카라And we're not going to stand for it because I know this man. We all know this man. He's a hero, he's a winner. And we're not going to let these people 바카라 these people are sick."
The Associated Press reported on Thursday that in 2008, someone with access to Moreno's work email account created a profile on an adult website seeking 바카라Men for 1-on-1 sex.바카라 The AP could not definitively confirm that it was created by Moreno himself. Moreno's lawyer said a former intern created the account and provided a statement from the intern, Dan Ricci, who said he created the account as 바카라part of a juvenile prank.바카라
Questions about the profile have circulated in GOP circles for the past month, sparking frustration among senior Republican operatives about Moreno's potential vulnerability in a general election, according to seven people who are directly familiar with conversations about how to address the matter. They requested anonymity to avoid running afoul of Trump and his allies.
Trump, in his remarks, also accused Biden of posing a threat to Social Security as he continued trying to clean up comments from an interview earlier this week in which he appeared to voice openness to cuts.
바카라You will not be able to have Social Security with this guy in office because he's destroying the economics of our country. And that includes Medicare, by the way, and American seniors are going to be in big trouble," he warned, even though Biden has pledged to protect and strengthen Social Security as it faces a projected budget shortfall.
바카라I made a promise that I will always keep Social Security, Medicare. We always will keep it. We never will cut it,바카라 he said.
In a Monday interview with CNBC, Trump had answered a question about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid by saying that, 바카라there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements, tremendous bad management of entitlements. There's tremendous amounts of things and numbers of things you can do."
Trump also continued to criticize Biden over his handling of the border as he cast migrants as less than human. 바카라In some cases, they're not people, in my opinion,바카라 he said. Trump laced into Dolan, calling him a 바카라weak RINO바카라 바카라 a Republican in name only 바카라 and accused him of 바카라trying to become the next Mitt Romney." He also criticized the Dolan family, which owns Cleveland's baseball team, for changing its name from the Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians.
Trump was joined at the rally by Ohio Sen. JD Vance and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who have both stumped with Moreno and are considered potential vice-presidential candidates.
Trump's decision to back Moreno marked a major blow to LaRose, who had taken a number of steps to win his favor. Just days after entering the Senate race, LaRose endorsed Trump for president 바카라 reversing an earlier stance that the state's elections chief should remain politically neutral. The next month, he fired a long-time trusted aide after old tweets surfaced in which the staffer criticized Trump.
The winner of Tuesday's primary will face third-term Sen. Sherrod Brown, viewed as among the nation's most vulnerable Democrats, in November.
Brown, first elected in 2006 and uncontested in his primary this year, has managed to hold onto his seat even as the state has shifted to the right. In his most recent reelection in 2018, he defeated then-Rep. Jim Renacci by almost 7 percentage points. Two years later, Ohio voted for then-President Trump by 8 points.
