Former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump again attacked undocumented migrants this Sunday at a campaign rally in the key state of Wisconsin, where he said: “Horrible people” are crossing the border of the country. “It’s an invasion of savage criminals”the tycoon said at an event in the town of Juneau, population just over 2,000 and located in Dodge County, a rural area in southern Wisconsin, one of seven states that will decide presidential elections on November 5.
The former US leader (2017-2021) criticized the current administration of President Joe Biden, as well as the vice president and his rival for the upcoming elections, Democrat Kamala Harrisfor the management of the southern border, and reiterated his promise to carry out “the largest expulsion carried out in the country” if he reaches the White House.
Trump not only stoked the thorny issue of immigration during the nearly two-hour rally in that state, during which, after winning the 2016 election by fewer than 23,000 votes, he did not managed to repeat his victory four years later, losing to Biden in 2020 by fewer than 23,000 votes. 21,000 votes.
And the former president today again criticized the federal response to those affected by Hurricane Helenewhich after entering northwest Florida on September 26, caused more than 230 deaths and significant damage in six states in the southeast of the country.
The Republican the hoaxes have been taken up which are circulating on the Internet that the federal government is not helping those affected by Helene because it has spent its funds to help migrants arriving in the United States.
In Juneau, he again criticized the Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) for the “worst response in history” given after a hurricane, and insisted on the false information according to which the agency would only offer $750 to victims while the Biden government would “send” millions of dollars to foreign countries. »
FEMA explained this week that this is only immediate and initial assistance that survivors can receive to cover their basic and urgent needs such as food and water, but can then access a series of relief funds.
Trump proposed this rally a day after giving another on the same stage where On July 13, he was the target of an attempted murder in Butler. (Pennsylvania), where a bullet fired by a young man posted on a roof, then shot, injured his right ear.
Harris, for his part, visited North Carolina on Saturday, the state hardest hit by Hurricane Helene, where he highlighted FEMA’s response and promised that federal aid will bring “will be long term”. .
