Former President Donald Trump described President Joe Biden’s actions on the border as ‘bulls**t’ as his supporters cheered in the blistering heat at a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday.
‘Last week, Crooked Joe signed an executive order that is pro invasion, pro child trafficking, pro woman trafficking, pro human trafficking … it’s a pro-drug dealer bill It’s weak, it’s ineffective, it’s bulls**t what he signed,’ Trump said after taking the stage.
His supporters cheered and repeatedly shouted chanted ‘bulls**t!’
The southwest is currently facing a blistering heatwave, but Trump’s campaign said it was taking precautions as thousands showed up despite the extreme weather.
Temperatures were upwards of 90 degrees as lines gathered. The forecast for the day had temperatures upward of 100 degrees.
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives onstage to speak during a campaign rally at Sunset Park
Trump commented on the heat during the rally.
‘By the way it’s 110 but it doesn’t feel like it to me right?’ he said. ‘So we’ll stay out here for a little while … If anybody goes down, if you start going down, we have people that will pick you up right away,’ he said.
It was Trump’s first visit to the state since he was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
But those who actually showed for the event rejected the guilty verdict and argued it would actually benefit Trump.
‘I think it’s great because it’s a boost for him. Everybody sees through their BS,’ said Dianne Blair, a 68-year-old retiree and Trump supporter from Henderson just outside Las Vegas.
‘I rock with him 10 times harder than before,’ said Zach Hammond, 30, of Las Vegas.
The event was part of the GOP presidential hopeful’s swing through the west over three days that included a campaign stop in Arizona, fundraising events in California and a rally in the battleground state.
The Trump campaign told DailyMail.com it raised approximately $33 million over the weekend.
Nevada is one of the biggest battlegrounds of the 2024 presidential election. Biden won it in 2020 by less than 34,000 votes. But the pandemic and persistent inflation have taken a toll.
The Nevada Senate race in the 2022 midterms was one of the tightest in the country and Nevadans elected a Republican governor that year.
A series of recent polls out of the Silver State have Trump leading. The Fox News poll from early June has Trump up by five points at 45 percent compared to Biden’s 40 percent among registered voters.
Trump’s visit comes as he is looking to woo minority voters including Latinos away from Biden.
On Sunday, his campaign announced the launch of ‘Latino Americans for Trump.’ The campaign called it a coalition of notable Latinos from communities across the country.
Sylvia Ruiz, who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 made the five hour drive from Fresno, CA to Las Vegas for her first Trump rally.
‘He sacrificed a lot for us,’ Ruiz said, noting Trump’s legal troubles.
Ahead of Trump’s visit to the state the Democratic National Committee put up billboards in English and Spanish focused the ex-president’s economic record.
‘As Donald Trump returns to Nevada this weekend for the first time as a convicted felon, voters will remember this crook left Nevada’s workers out to dry as president,’ DNC spokesperson Stephanie Justice said in a statement.
She accused him of implementing a ‘tax scam’ that benefitted the ultra-wealthy and corporations.
‘Now, he’s promising tax handouts to his billionaire donors instead of putting the interests of working Nevadans first. Nevada voters know that Trump is too corrupt and unfit to serve, and will reject him again in 2024,’ she went on.