Article snippet: MORE kicked off his 2020 campaign with a rally at the 20,000-seat Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. on Tuesday night. Here are five takeaways from his speech. Meet the new Trump, same as the old Trump Trump’s campaign billed the rally as the official beginning of his reelection bid, but it was easy to mistake it for any one of the many other rallies he's held over the past two-and-a-half years. Trump appeared to be more interested in airing grievances with familiar enemies, such as Democrats, the political establishment, former special counsel Trump will cast Democrats as socialists and extremists On everything from abortion rights to immigration, Trump plans to cast Democrats as far-left extremists, oftentimes in harsh terms. Trump warned on Tuesday that Democrats had become “depraved” on the matter of border security, arguing that “the Democrat position on open borders is morally reprehensible” and a “betrayal of the American middle class.” The president also seized on the abortion debate that ignited when Alabama passed one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country, saying that “virtually every top Democrat” supports “ripping babies straight from the mothers' womb.” That fight is certain to energize the president’s base of evangelical supporters. And regardless of their thoughts on socialism, Trump plans to paint the entire 2020 Democratic field as the enemies of capitalism and the American way of life. Of the 2020 presidential contenders, only ... Link to the full article to read more
Five takeaways from Trump's 2020 kickoff rally | TheHill
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