Trump attacks AOC and McConnell during a rally in Ohio, claiming he received “200 million” votes in the 2020 election.


Donald Trump boasted about his popularity and took aim at a litany of enemies on the left and right during his Ohio rally on Saturday night.

He blasted progressive New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‘s Green New Deal as ‘crap’ and called Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell a ‘Democrat‘ in a speech at Youngstown’s Covelli Centre.

The ex-president also riled up the crowd with yet another hint that he’s looking to run for the White House again in 2024, telling supporters ‘we’re gonna take back’ the White House.

Wading into the culture wars, he also said at one point: ‘We don’t want them teach transgender to our children without parental consent.’

‘I really believe it’s 200 million people we’re talking about, not the 75 million, which is a record in the history of our country for a sitting president,’ Trump told supporters after accusing the Biden administration of weaponizing the Justice Department when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago.

‘Not the 75 million people that voted – I think it’s a lot more than that.’

The former president also appeared to have on his mind reports of growing concern among the establishment GOP over the electability of Trump’s more fringe midterm candidates.

He took aim at suggestions that Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance is trying to distance himself from Trump in order to appear more moderate. He won the battleground state over President Joe Biden by a margin of eight points.

Donald Trump appeared on stage shortly before 8pm on Saturday night in Youngstown, Ohio

Donald Trump appeared on stage shortly before 8pm on Saturday night in Youngstown, Ohio

Donald Trump appeared on stage shortly before 8pm on Saturday night in Youngstown, Ohio

‘JD is kissing my a**, he wants my support,’ Trump said of Vance, who was present and spoke at the rally. ‘I’m 18 points up. If I was 18 points down, he wouldn’t want my support.’

It comes as the election continues to exacerbate divisions within the Republican Party between factions headed by Trump and McConnell.

‘Mitch McConnell ought to get on the ball’ to halt inflation, the ex-president said, adding that the Senate Minority Leader is ‘like a Democrat.’

He later took aim at his favorite Republican punching bag again, declaring: ‘ Mitch McConnell is a disgrace, and I hope you’re gonna do something about it, JD.’

Trump’s calls to remove McConnell from the leadership role he’s long held have fallen largely on deaf ears so far – but multiple Senate hopefuls backed by the ex-president have signaled that they’re willing to turn against the Kentucky lawmaker.

He also saved ire for Democrats, mocking Ocasio-Cortez over the Green New Deal proposal she led.

Trump said his fellow New Yorker was a ‘poor student’ in college and ‘didn’t take courses in the environment.’

‘Other than that, she knows a lot about what’s going on,’ he said. ‘She’s got a good line of crap, I’ll tell you that.’

Trump took the stage shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday night.

His speech saw the former commander-in-chief hop between various grievances about political enemies and Democrats running for Congress in November.

The crowd, which had been noticeably thin for much of the night, filled out just before the former president was due on stage.

His lineup of speakers, four Congressional hopefuls and House Reps. Bill Johnson and Jim Jordan, were joined by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for a previously-unannounced speech.


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