President Trump lashed out at Democrats with false claims of election fraud and accused foreign nations of sending undesirable people to the United States as he signed a proclamation honoring the families of Americans killed by immigrants by declaring Monday ‘Angel Family Day’ in an effort to rally his anti-immigrant base and revive public support for his deeply unpopular immigration crackdown.
Trump, who lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, stood in the East Room and claimed his loss was the result of that year’s contest being “run by crooked people” as he linked Biden’s victory to the deaths of audience members’ loved ones.
“Every one of your loved ones would be alive today, everyone in this room. I think every maybe there's one where could have sneaked through during our term, but I don't think so,” he said.
He also accused Democrats of being “professional cheaters” and compared his 2020 loss to the suffering of crime victims’ families, telling attendees: “We've suffered through it together.”
“I suffer for the country,” he said.
Trump claimed that the Biden administration had allowed “25 million people ... to come into our country totally unchecked, totally unvetted.”
“They destroyed your lives,” he added.
Trump also invited several members of so-called “Angel Families” to speak, with some offering effusive praise as they each thanked him for his hardline anti-immigrant policies. The families all lost loved ones allegedly at the hands of migrants who had been in trouble...
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