CNN’s Kristen Holmes Says Trump Campaign Is All In On Michigan: ‘They Believe They Can Win’ The Election Here

CNN political correspondent Kristen Holmes weighed in on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Friday after the former president touched down in Michigan to court the Arab-American vote. Trump asked about Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, a life-long Democrat, endorsing him and said he was “honored.”

CNN correspondent and guest anchor Alex Marquardt asked Holmes if Trump “feels a need to clean up what he said last week in Detroit, where he was essentially he was saying that if Harris wins, then all cities will become like Detroit, which is pretty insulting.”

“It is insulting. But I heard him say it again shortly awhile later when he was, I believe, in Chicago, talking to that economic club, saying that Detroit again was a developing nation or essentially saying that they needed to clean up and that the entire country could become like that. I don’t think he’s going to change anything that he’s saying there in terms of that messaging,” Holmes replied, adding:

Obviously, Michigan is a critical state. And one thing that Alina said that we’re hearing from his team is that they’re feeling very good about Michigan. And one thing to keep in mind right now, everywhere that Donald Trump goes from here until Election Day is targeted, they are no longer going to places that they think they’re going to win. They’re going to places that they think they need to reach voters.

One of the places they need to reach voters is those suburbs of Detroit. They feel confident about it, but that doesn’t mean they think they have it in the bag. So you’re going to see him in Michigan every week until Election Day. We have three weeks to go. They want Michigan. They believe they can win Michigan. And if they win Michigan, they believe they can win the election.

Marquardt replied, “Which you might have expected sooner. Last weekend, you and I were talking about how he was just in California and Colorado. You were out in Colorado. Kristen Holmes, thanks very much.”

Fox’s A ishah Hasnie also weighed in on Trump’s visit to Michigan, writing , “TRUMP is making a stop at a campaign office in Hamtramck right now. The Democrat Muslim Mayor endorsed him. And now Trump is courting Arab and Muslim Americans. This is actually HUGE.”

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