自美国联邦调查局上个月搜查他在Mar-a-Lago的家以来,前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)在宾夕法尼亚州发表了近两个小时的讲话,在此期间,他对上个月对他家的突袭和乔·拜登(Joe Biden)总统本周早些时候的讲话做出了回应。
“对我家Mar-a-Lago的可耻袭击和闯入是对正义的嘲弄,”特朗普在谈到搜查时说。"联邦调查局和司法部已经变成了邪恶的怪物。"
特朗普周六在宾夕法尼亚州威尔克斯-巴雷开展竞选活动,支持道格·马斯特里亚诺(Doug Mastriano),他正在与宾夕法尼亚州司法部长乔希·夏皮罗(Josh Shapiro)和穆罕默德·奥兹(Mehmet Oz)博士竞选州长,后者正在美国参议院竞选中与民主党副州长约翰·费特曼(John Fetterman)较量。
特朗普称赞了两位候选人,同时强调了今年11月夺回众议院和参议院的重要性。
特朗普说:“两个月后,宾夕法尼亚州人民将解雇激进的左翼民主党人,你将选举道格·马斯特里亚诺为下一任州长,你将把我的朋友奥兹送到美国参议院,他是一个很好的人。”"你们将选出一批了不起的真正的美国第一共和党人进入国会."
尽管周六的集会是为了支持他在宾夕法尼亚州的候选人,但特朗普在演讲中的大部分时间都专注于自己的问题——主要是与联邦调查局、司法部、共和党人和乔·拜登的问题。
“乔·拜登来到宾夕法尼亚州的费城,发表了有史以来美国总统发表的最恶毒、最充满仇恨、最具分裂性的演讲.....他是国家的敌人,”特朗普在本周早些时候回应拜登的言论时说。
在这些高风险中,特朗普的反弹也是因为8月8日联邦调查局对他的Mar-a-Lago庄园的搜查继续产生影响,特工们在那里恢复了机密文件,作为对他离任后处理总统记录的调查的一部分。
周五,坎农法官公布了一份详细的清单,显示了联邦调查局在搜查中缴获的物品。该清单指出,一些带有从机密到绝密分类标记的文件被发现与剪报、照片和其他文件混在一起。
特朗普几乎立即对周六突袭他在Mar-a-Lago的家做出回应,称这是对政治敌人的迫害。他抨击执法部门,但没有对针对他处理机密文件的指控做出任何实质性回应。
“就在几周前,我们目睹了美国历史上任何一届政府最令人震惊的滥用权力行为,这是美国自由面临的最真实威胁的最生动的例子。特朗普说:“对我家Mar a Lago的可耻袭击和破坏是对正义的嘲弄。”。
周六排队听他演讲的人表示相信特朗普受到了不公平的攻击。
“我不觉得他做错了什么。我认为这最终会出现,但他们只是想让人们反对特朗普,”来自宾夕法尼亚州山顶的选民芭芭拉说。
特朗普出现在宾夕法尼亚州的几天前,美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)在这个战场州进行了连续访问,其间他谴责特朗普和他的“MAGA共和党人”是当今共和党的主导力量,是对美国民主的威胁。
“我们国家今天发生的太多事情都是不正常的,”拜登周四在费城独立大厅的黄金时段演讲中说。“唐纳德·特朗普和MAGA共和党人代表了一种威胁我们共和国根基的极端主义。”
拜登的言辞越来越激烈,因为他试图将11月的选举重新塑造为在那些想要拯救“国家灵魂”的人和他所说的对民主构成威胁的人之间的选择。
“乔·拜登来到宾夕法尼亚州费城,发表了美国总统有史以来最恶毒、最仇恨和最具分裂性的演讲,”特朗普说,“你们都是国家的敌人?他是国家的敌人。你想知道真相。”
排队等待这位前总统发表言论的特朗普支持者批评了拜登的言论,并表示这只会在中期选举前让他们更加兴奋。伊菲·梅杰斯和黛比·拉莎称拜登的讲话“极具分裂性”
“我们现在是坏人了。我们是美利坚合众国的恐怖分子,”梅杰斯说。
拉塔沙说,拜登的讲话显示了民主党人对特朗普仍然拥有的对共和党的权力有多么“害怕”。
“他们有点害怕所有正在奋起反抗的人们,他们的眼睛正在睁开,他们正在意识到我们政府中真正发生的事情,”拉塔沙说。“所以,让我们看看我们是否能把它们再粉碎一点,把人们再分开一点。我的意思是,没有任何统一的东西。”
他们为特朗普的支持者辩护,指出疫情和通货膨胀期间学校关闭是他们认为民主党伤害了美国人的例子。
“人们正在奋起反抗,因为我们对政府对待我们的方式感到愤怒,你知道,拜登总统并不代表人民,”梅杰斯说。
拜登将于周日再次回到宾夕法尼亚州,在匹兹堡度过他的劳动节周末。
虽然共和党人普遍倾向于在中期周期赢回对国会两院的控制权,但民主党人和一些人最近的立法胜利积极的经济新闻增加了民主党保持多数席位的机会。
2022年8月5日,前总统唐纳德·特朗普抵达威斯康星州沃克夏的一场集会。
Trump calls Biden 'enemy of the state' during 1st rally since Mar-a-Lago search
In his first rally since the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home last month, former President Donald Trump took the stage in Pennsylvania for nearly two hours during which he responded to the raid on his home last month and President Joe Biden's remarks earlier this week.
"The shameful raid and break-in of my home Mar-a-Lago was a travesty of justice," Trump said of the search. "The FBI and the Justice Department have become vicious monsters."
Trump was in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Saturday campaigning in support of Doug Mastriano, who is running for governor against Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is taking on Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in the U.S. Senate race.
Trump praised both candidates while emphasizing the importance of taking back the House and Senate this November.
"Two months from now the people of Pennsylvania are going to fire the radical left democrats and you are going to elect Doug Mastriano as your next governor, and you are going to send my friend Oz, he is a great guy, to the US Senate," Trump said. "You're going to elect an amazing slate of true America first Republicans to Congress."
And though Saturday's rally was in support of his Pennsylvania candidates, Trump spent the vast majority of his speech focused on his own issues-- mainly with the FBI, the Department of Justice, fellow Republicans and Joe Biden.
“Joe Biden came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to give the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president.....He's an enemy of the state," Trump said in response to Biden's remarks earlier this week.
Amid these high stakes, Trump's rally also comes as fallout continues from the Aug. 8 FBI search at his Mar-a-Lago estate, where agents recovered classified documents as part of an investigation into his handling of presidential records after leaving office.
On Friday, Judge Cannon unsealed a detailed inventory showing what the FBI seized during the search. The list states some documents bearing classification markings ranging from confidential to top secret were found intermingled with newspaper clippings, photographs and other documents.
Trump almost immediately launched into a response to the raid of his Mar-a-Lago home Saturday, framing it as persecution of a political enemy. He attacked law enforcement without offering any substantive response to the allegations against him regarding his handling of classified documents.
"There could be no more vivid example of the very real threats of American freedom than just a few weeks ago you saw when we witnessed one of the most shocking abuses of power by any administration in American history. The shameful raid and breaking of my home Mar a Lago was a travesty of justice," Trump said.
Those in line to hear him speak on Saturday expressed beliefs that Trump was unfairly targeted.
"I don't feel he did anything wrong. I think that will come out in the end, but they just want to turn people against Trump," said Barbara, a voter from Mountain Top, Pennsylvania.
Trump's appearance in Pennsylvania comes just days after President Joe Biden's back-to-back visits in the battleground state, during which he condemned Trump and his fellow "MAGA Republicans" as a dominant force in today's GOP and a threat to American democracy.
"Too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal," Biden said in a prime-time speech from Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday. "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic."
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Biden's ramped up rhetoric comes as he seeks to recast the November elections as a choice between those who want to save the "soul of the nation" or those who he says are a danger to democracy.
"Joe Biden came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to give the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president," Trump said "You're all enemies of the state? He's an enemy of the state. You want to know the truth."
Trump supporters waiting in line to see the former president give remarks criticized Biden's rhetoric and said it has only energized them even more ahead of the midterms. Evy Mecjes, and Debbie Latsha called Biden's speech "very divisive."
"We're now the bad guys. We are the terrorists of the United States of America," Mecjes said.
Latsha said Biden's speech showed how "afraid" Democrats were of the power Trump still has over the Republican Party.
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"They're a little afraid of all the people that are rising up and whose eyes are being opened, who are waking up to what's truly happening in our government," Latsha said. "So let's see if we can smash them down a little bit more and divide people a little bit more. I mean, there was nothing unifying about that."
They defended Trump supporters pointing to school closures during the pandemic and inflation as examples of how they felt Democrats have hurt Americans.
"People are rising up because we're pissed off about how our government is treating us and you know, President Biden does not speak for the people," Mecjes remarked.
Biden will be back in Pennsylvania again on Sunday, spending part of his Labor Day weekend in Pittsburgh.
While Republicans have generally been favored to win back control of both chambers of Congress this midterm cycle, recent legislative victories for Democrats and somepositive economic newshas bolstered Democrats' chances to keep their majorities.