Donald Trump is rallying supporters Monday night in New Mexico, a state he lost to Hillary Clinton by eight points in 2016.
Trump is kicking off a three-day swing out West rallying supporters in Rio Rancho, a suburb of Albuquerque, this evening.
He will spend the night in the Albuquerque area, then travel to California for a slate of fundraising events Tuesday in Palo Alto and Beverly Hills. Trump will attend additional fundraisers in Los Angeles and San Diego on Wednesday before returning to Washington.
According to voter registration statistics from the New Mexico Secretary of State, 33% of voters in Sandoval County, where the rally is being held, are registered Republicans as of August 2019. Forty-three percent are registered Democrats.
Trump’s last trip to New Mexico was met with resistance: protesters lit fires, smashed a door and threw rocks outside his Albuquerque rally in May 2016, the scene of chaos taking place in the weeks after he became the presumptive Republican nominee. Inside the convention center, sporadic protesters disrupted Trump’s rally.
Trump is doing his normal spiel, then looked out to the crowd and said that over the last 3 years, they have gotten better looking.
HUH??
Is Trump looking at the same people we are??
Oh, and he also made a joke about #MeToo, because he’s a pig.
WATCH:
TRUMP: "With the #MeToo [1] movement I can't say this, but you're better looking [than three years ago]. Including the men." pic.twitter.com/QJm53YCrRC [2]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2019 [3]
.@realDonaldTrump [4] flirts with the crowd:
"I don’t know about me, but you all look much better than you did three years ago.
You’re wealthier.
And even with the Me Too movement – we can’t say this, but I’ll say it anyway – you’re better looking. Including the men."
— Nikki Schwab (@NikkiSchwab) September 17, 2019 [5]