Former President Donald Trump, speaking in Wisconsin Saturday, called on voters in Democrat-run states to do a "major protest vote" for him to reject the Democrats' threat to democracy for pushing to remove him from ballots.
Colorado, because it attempted to remove him from the ballot, should engage in such a vote, and "Illinois is really the same thing, and Maine is another one," Trump said.
"Illinois has one of the worst-run states in the country, headed by a governor, J.B. Pritzker, whose family threw him out of the family business so he became governor instead," said Trump. "His state is going to hell. It's horrible what's happening. So if you live in Chicago and your state is going to hell, vote for for Donald Trump. We'll do a good job. We'll clean it up."
He pointed out that over Labor Day weekend, 117 people were shot in Chicago, with 17 dying.
"This is worse than Afghanistan," Trump said. "This is worse than any place. It's a war zone."
He added that other states should "also vote for Trump in protest" because their way of living has been changed.
"We'll clean up this mess and you'll say, 'We're never voting for a Democrat. We like Trump and his friends,'" said Trump.
The GOP nominee added that illegal immigration and crime rates are at "levels never thought possible before."
"You're not safe even sitting here," he told the crowd Saturday. "I'll be honest with you, I'm the only one that's going to get it done. Everybody saying that and I'm starting to believe it myself."
The protest vote goes for any state, Trump added.
"You're being overrun by criminals, you're being overrun by people who are not being checked," said Trump. "They're not being vetted. They're taking over our country. They're forming armies in our country."
In Aurora, Colo., Venezuelan gangs are reportedly taking over streets and apartment blocks, but Trump said that's "just one example. "
"Other places are probably even in worse shape," he said. "We just haven't heard about them yet and a lot of governors don't like talking about it."
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