Donald Trump lamented political correctness after being stunned by a “beautiful” woman in the crowd at his Arizona rally.
The former president continues his West Coast tour in an attempt to turn Arizona red again after Joe Biden won the state in 2020.
Trump was discussing why crowds flock to see him at his rallies when he heard a woman shout, “Because we love you!”
After raucous applause, Trump attempted to address and then congratulate the supporter, who has not yet been identified.
‘Where is that woman? Stand up! Look at her. Wow! “I would say it’s beautiful,” he said, before suggesting that praise would get him into trouble.
Donald Trump lamented his political correctness after being surprised by a “beautiful” woman in the crowd at his rally in Arizona.
Trump was discussing why crowds flock to see him at his rallies when he heard a woman shout, “Because we love you!” After raucous applause, Trump attempted to address and then congratulate the supporter, who has not yet been identified.
‘Is she your wife? Did you know? I would say she is a beautiful woman, but if I said that about my political career, you can’t say that. So I can’t call you a beautiful woman.
Then he covered his face as if to reveal a secret and mockingly whispered: ‘but it is!’
Trump added: ‘It’s crazy what happened! Nowadays you have to be politically correct.
Political correctness and the “woke mind virus” is one of the former president’s signature issues.
The former president pledged Sunday to hire 10,000 additional border patrol agents if he is re-elected as president, as he steps up his attacks on Kamala Harris over immigration, just after a supporter was arrested with firearms outside her office. rally at Coachella on Saturday.
The Republican presidential candidate said he would meet the goal by asking Congress to fund a 10% pay raise for border patrol agents and a $10,000 retention and signing bonus, at a rally in the border state of Arizona, a countryside of electoral battle.
Flanked on stage by leaders of the Border Patrol union, who have endorsed Trump, the former president said, “This will ensure that we can hire and retain the Border Patrol agents we need.”
Trump is locked in a tight race with Harris ahead of the election. Illegal immigration is a top voter concern, and most voters consider Trump best suited to address it, opinion polls show.
The former president pledged Sunday to hire 10,000 extra border patrol agents if he is re-elected as president, as he intensifies his attacks on Kamala Harris over immigration.
The Republican presidential candidate said he would meet the goal by asking Congress to fund a 10% pay raise for border patrol agents and a $10,000 retention and signing bonus, at a rally in the border state of Arizona, a countryside of electoral battle.
Trump helped kill a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year that would have funded the hiring of 1,500 additional customs and border patrol agents, and 1,600 additional asylum agents.
There are currently approximately 20,000 US border patrol agents.
Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, and President Joe Biden have criticized Trump for his role in pressuring congressional Republicans to kill the bipartisan border security bill, accusing him of sabotaging it for political gain.
Some 7 million migrants have been arrested illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border during the Biden administration, according to government data, a record number that has fueled criticism of Harris and Biden from Trump and his fellow Republicans.
Harris has outlined her plans to fix “our broken immigration system” while accusing Trump of “fanning the flames of fear and division” over the impact of immigrants on American life.
Harris also called for tighter asylum restrictions and vowed to make it a “top priority” to stop the deadly opioid fentanyl from entering the United States.
On Friday, Trump called for the death penalty for “any immigrant” who kills a U.S. citizen.
Trump has noticeably toughened his anti-immigration rhetoric in the final weeks of the campaign.
Last month he called illegal immigrants in the United States who commit violent crimes “monsters,” “cold-blooded killers” and “vile animals.”
Studies generally find there is no evidence that immigrants commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born Americans, and critics say Trump’s rhetoric reinforces racist tropes.