{"id":211687,"date":"2019-04-27T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T02:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=211687"},"modified":"2019-04-27T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T02:25:00","slug":"trump-cheers-economy-criticizes-democrats-at-wis-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/27\/trump-cheers-economy-criticizes-democrats-at-wis-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cheers economy, criticizes Democrats at Wis. rally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Thank you Green Bay, Wisconsin! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!! (Photo<\/a>: @realdonaldtrump\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 President Donald\u00a0Trump\u00a0cheered the thriving U.S. economy and criticized his Democratic presidential opponents Saturday night as he rallied supporters with familiar themes.<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0pointed to the economy’s 3.2% growth in the first quarter before drawing even more applause by citing gains in employment and reductions in family poverty in Wisconsin. The state helped propelTrump’s 2016 victory, and Democrats are focused on reclaiming its electoral votes in 2020.<\/p>\n

Turning to presidential politics,\u00a0Trump\u00a0referenced his nicknames for two of the leading Democratic presidential contenders \u2013 \u201cSleepy Joe\u201d Biden and \u201cCrazy Bernie\u201d Sanders \u2013 and predicted that Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy was already over.<\/p>\n

Turning to his nickname for Warren,\u00a0Trump\u00a0said: \u201cI think Pocahontas, she’s finished, she’s out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0warned his supporters that Democrats would take away their guns, promised anew to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and pledged to come up with a plan for health care after the next election.<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had shared their love of golf with a quick round on the president’s course in Northern Virginia earlier in the day. No announcement of concrete advances in U.S.-Japan trade relations followed the meeting, though\u00a0Trump\u00a0told his\u00a0rally\u00a0audience that Japan was investing $40 billion in the American auto industry.<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0scheduled the mid-evening\u00a0rally\u00a0at the same time members of the White House Correspondents’ Association gathered for their annual dinner. He had refused the association’s invitation again, a break from past practice by the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there any place that’s more fun than a\u00a0Trump\u00a0rally?\u201d he asked, having assured them there was no one he’d rather be with.<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0has long derided the news media as \u201cfake news\u201d and \u201cthe enemy of the people.\u201d At the correspondents’ dinner Saturday night, WHCA President Olivier Knox told attendees that nicknames like \u201c fake news\u201d and \u201cenemy of the people\u201d are not \u201cpet names, punchlines or presidential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also skipping the correspondents’ dinner to attend the\u00a0rally\u00a0was press secretary Sarah Sanders. In rare public praise for his chief spokeswoman,\u00a0Trump\u00a0called Sanders to the stage to say a few words.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m so proud to work for the president,\u201d Sanders said, and noted that she received a very different reception during the event she attended last year \u2013 the correspondents’ dinner in which the evening’s comedian lampooned her.<\/p>\n

The president opened the\u00a0rally\u00a0on a sombre note, offering his condolences for the victims of a synagogue shooting near San Diego. He said America stands with the victims, denounced anti-Semitism and praised the law enforcement response.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur entire nation mourns the loss of life, prays for the wounded and stands in solidary with the Jewish community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0singled out an off-duty Border Patrol agent who fired back at the suspected shooter. The agent, who was not identified, was working as a security guard at the synagogue. He fired as the suspect fled but only hit his car.<\/p>\n

The agent \u201chelped disrupt the attack and saved so many lives,\u201d\u00a0Trump\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

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