By Robyn Kenney | December 19, 2019
President Donald Trump — ever the fighter — held a “Merry Christmas”-themed Keep America Great Rally on Wednesday night in the battleground state of Michigan, which he won by a close margin in the 2016 presidential race. The swing state is one of the most crucial states in the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
“It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached,” the president said — a comment that brought loud applause from supporters.
In partisan political fashion, House Democrats moved to impeach the president on Wednesday night.
They did so regardless of the probability that impeachment will die once it reaches the Senate.
Trump continued to criticize “Crazy Nancy Pelosi” and other Democratic leaders as having “branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame” for unfairly impeaching him and inventing crimes against him with no evidence but hearsay.
Trump: "It doesn't really feel like we're being impeached. The country is doing better than ever before, we did nothing wrong" pic.twitter.com/P54oG19BbA
— Wayne Dupree ?? (@WayneDupreeShow) December 19, 2019
Trump praised the fact that every single Republican in the House voted against impeachment.
“Every single Republican voted for us … Whoa,” he said, claiming victory over the phenomenon that former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders noted recently will backfire, costing Democrats votes and causing an inevitable rise in Republican Party unity.
Related: ‘History Will Not Look Kindly on These Dems,’ Said Sarah Sanders
Democrats voted to impeach the president on two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
During the rally on Wednesday night, Trump discussed his strong military spending, the record U.S. economy under his administration, and his readiness to turn Space Force into the sixth branch of the United States military.
“You have Democrats who do not like our military,” the president said, the crowd jeering its disapproval at Democratic leadership.
The news of impeachment put Donald Trump in a unique position to speak to his supporters on a day when the media made it appear he was doomed.
The president, unrelenting and determined, tweeted this just hours before arriving in Battle Creek:
SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS. THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, AND AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence was also in Battle Creek. He introduced the president, boldly wishing supporters Merry Christmas and continuing to criticize the Democrats’ rank partisanship.
Pence called the House impeachment vote a “disgrace” as the audience chanted, “Four more years!”
During his speech, Trump urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to “go home and take care of her district” — referring to the crisis in the streets of some parts of California, due to rampant homelessness and drug addiction. The growing presence of tent cities has brought drug waste and other types of pollution to the local environment.
Trump made it clear he was asking the citizens of Michigan to take action next year and get back to the voting booth. “The word is that we are much higher in the polls than we ever were in 2016 in Michigan,” he announced — a comment that brought more loud cheers of approval.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2019
The president ended the rally by praising “Michigan patriots” and the “might of the American Midwest.”
He left supporters and more with this strong message: “Now we’ve done it. We have done more than I promised.”
This piece originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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