(Florence) Former US President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Arizona on Saturday evening, an opportunity for him to repeat, in front of a conquered public, his criticisms of his successor Joe Biden and his unproven allegations of fraud during 2020 elections.
Posted at 10:48 a.m.
After forgoing a press conference he wanted to hold on Jan. 6, the first anniversary of his supporters’ deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, he will this time face a sympathetic crowd.
“Many topics will be discussed,” he said in a statement on Friday, announcing his intention to reiterate his unsubstantiated allegations about alleged massive fraud in the November 2020 presidential election, but also to talk of Afghanistan, inflation “and many other” issues.
“There will be a lot of people and it will also be broadcast on TV. See you Saturday night! “, he concluded.
Will participate in the event in particular Kari Lake, candidate for the post of governor of Arizona, to whom Donald Trump has given his support and who has said in the past that she would not have certified the victory of Joe Biden in this state -key if she had been in office at the time.
The very Trumpist CEO of the company MyPillow, Mike Lindell, who spent millions in the effort to overturn the election, will also be there.
Donald Trump retains great influence over the Republican Party, many of whose elected officials wishing to keep their seats in the next elections wish to benefit from his dubbing and therefore often subscribe to conspiracy theories suggesting that the presidential election has been stolen – or at least do not deny them. not openly.
The rally in Florence, a rural town southeast of the state capital, Phoenix, will be the billionaire’s first with a sizeable audience since October, and the turnout could give an idea of his popularity with Republican voters.
Donald Trump, banned from Twitter and who since leaving the White House has preferred to intervene on ultra-conservative media and committed to his cause, gave an interview on Tuesday to public radio NPR.
After recommending that Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 – a politically sensitive issue in the United States – he cut the interview short when the journalist questioned his unsubstantiated allegations of presidential fraud .
His rally will also take place 24 hours after the announcement of the abandonment, by a major television service, of the pro-Trump channel One America News Network (OAN).
The ex-president has repeatedly advised his supporters to turn to this ultra-conservative and conspiratorial channel, which is trying to compete with Fox News among the right-wing electorate.