One night before the nation’s first presidential primary, President Donald Trump will be in New Hampshire Monday for a rally in which he hopes to “shake up the Dems a little bit.”
Trump’s “Keep America Great” campaign rally begins at 7 p.m. at the Southern New Hampshire Arena, where crowds began camping out Sunday night in hopes of getting in.
Voters in the Granite State head to the polls Tuesday to vote in the nation’s first 2020 presidential primary.
The president’s Democratic challengers have been campaigning in New Hampshire since the end of the nationally ridiculed Iowa caucuses last week.
In a new poll released Monday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has the lead among those vying for the party's nomination, but 40% of likely voters say they could still change their mind.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg has vaulted past former vice president Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren into second place, with 17%, up five points since a week ago. Biden, who was just a point behind Sanders Feb. 3 with 22%, has dropped eight points into fourth place with 14%. Warren is in third place, but is down from 19% to 15%.
Trump has the wind at his back after a week of big wins.
First, Monday's Iowa Democratic caucus was plagued by delays thanks to a new app designed to make it easier and faster for delegates to choose their favorite candidate.
Instead, technical difficulties caused delays of more than 48 hours in reporting full results, fueling GOP claims Democrats can’t even run a single state caucus, much less the entire federal government.
Buttigieg and Sanders finished in a first-place tie in Iowa, a race so close the Associated Press said it was unable to declare a winner. And Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez is still facing calls for his resignation in the wake of debacle.
On Tuesday, Trump delivered a State of the Union address that roused congressional Republicans but soured Democrats, as evidenced when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped her copy of Trump's speech in half.
»MORE: Trump snubs Pelosi, who then tears up her SOTU copy
Less than 24 hours later, Trump was acquitted in his historic presidential impeachment trial. Democrats failed in their months-long effort to remove Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
On Thursday, Trump said the move to impeach him began the moment he announced his candidacy, and decried those who led the effort as “evil, corrupt, dirty cops, leakers, liars ... and bad people.”
»‘Hail to the Chief:’ Trump claims vindication after Senate acquittal
Trump vented about his grievances against the impeachment process and ticked off names of the “vicious and mean” people he felt had wronged him: Pelosi, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and former FBI Director James Comey.
He detailed the timeline of investigations, remarking of the Russia probe: "It was all bulls---." But then he reveled in the verdict delivered by the GOP-controlled Senate the day before.
“Now we have that gorgeous word. I never thought it would sound so good,” Trump said. Ït’s called ’total acquittal.”
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