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Trump holds first rally after assassination attempt in Michigan along with VP pick Vance
Former President Donald Trump is holding his first campaign rally since he survived an attempted assassination last week, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his new running mate. Exactly a week after the July 13 shooting in Pennsylvania that left Trump with a bloodied ear, killed one man...
Trump, Vance to hit the campaign trail for first time together
(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Former President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail in the battleground state of Michigan — days after accepting the Republican nomination for president at the party’s convention for the third time. This time, though, Trump will be joined by his running...
2024 Election Latest: Trump and Vance rally in Michigan as calls for Biden to drop out persist
President Joe Biden says he’s ready to return to the campaign trail next week, even as a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called for him to step aside. Meanwhile, after wrapping their national convention in Milwaukee this week, Republican officials, strategists and activists are exuding a confidence not seen in decades.
Back on campaign trail, Trump talks shooting, trade, more in Grand Rapids
Welcomed with cheers, applause and chants of “USA, USA,” former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday with a rally in Grand Rapids — the first since the attempt on his life one week prior. (July 20, 2024)
Plants provide peace, therapy at east-side shop
Since she was 5 years old, Shyla Nash-Wendling watched her mother, Robin Eaton, running her own business. At first, Eaton had a scrapbooking business; now she owns Michigan Pantry, which opened in 2013 in Holland.
Donald Trump says he’d welcome facing Whitmer this fall
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he'd like to run against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this fall while ribbing Democrats on a Grand Rapids stage about their ongoing intraparty debate over President Joe Biden's ability to stave off a second Trump presidency. Trump criticized efforts by Democratic...
Trump supporters feel "safe" for first rally post assassination attempt
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The streets of Grand Rapids were packed with thousands supporting former president Donald Trump on his campaign trail Saturday. “We actually found out about the rally, the day he got shot, we decided we wanted to come them, and found out away to support our president," Joe Horne, a rally goer said.
Trump joined by Vance for rally, wastes little time in lobbing insults at Biden
Donald Trump returned to the rally stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, two days after his 92 minute-long Republican National Convention, and one week removed from being wounded by a would-be assassin’s bullet. Though his nearly two-hour-long speech began with graciousness in the wake of his near-death experience, it wasn’t...
Trump holds first rally after assassination attempt with his new running mate, Vance, by his side
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump is holding his first campaign rally since he survived an attempted assassination, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his new running mate. “It was exactly one week ago, even to the hour, even to the minute," Trump said, reflecting on...
'Safest place in Michigan': Police chief, attendees feel safe at first Trump rally post-assassination attempt
GRAND RAPIDS — Trump rallies are always as much a festival or revival as they are political campaign events. People routinely tailgate, blasting music or chanting any of the slogans that accompanied former President Donald Trump’s successful 2016 run for the White House. And merchants, everywhere, try to...
Trump-Vance campaign rally in Michigan today
(Grand Rapids, MI) — Former President Donald J. Trump and running mate JD Vance are set to appear at their first campaign rally together. Today’s rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan is also the first campaign event since Vance was announced as Trump’s running mate. Thousands are expected...
Republican field in Michigan Senate race thins as party coalesces around former Rep. Mike Rogers
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit-area businessman Sandy Pensler has withdrawn from the Republican Senate race in Michigan just ahead of the state’s primary, throwing his support behind former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers for the party's nomination. Pensler made the announcement at Donald Trump’s rally in Grand Rapids...
WATCH LIVE: In first rally since attempted assassination, Trump speaks in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — After days of anticipation, Republican Nominee Donald Trump will make his first stop on the campaign trail since the attempt on his life one week ago. Trump, along with Vice Presidential Nominee JD Vance, are set to appear at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids this afternoon. The campaign rally drew thousands of people to downtown hours before the doors opened.
Trump says he 'took a bullet for democracy' at massive battleground state rally alongside running mate Vance
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump declared Saturday that he “took a bullet for democracy” while firing up a crowd of voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at his first rally since surviving an assassination attempt last week. More than 12,000 people piled into the Van...
A 'God moment' in Michigan as Trump preaches to faithful
Renee White was seated behind Donald Trump one week ago when shots rang out as a gunman tried to assassinate the former US president at a Pennsylvania rally. On Saturday, she was attending his first campaign event since the shooting, convinced God has placed a "protective hedge" around the Republican seeking a return to the Oval Office.
Trump says at Michigan rally he would welcome run against Whitmer if Biden drops out
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Amid mounting pressure for President Joe Biden to step out of the 2024 presidential race, former president Donald Trump pointed to one candidate he wouldn’t mind running against if his current opponent bows out: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. “You have a terrible governor here,...
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