'NO.1 TERRORIST'
Trump insists Dems won’t give him credit for blowing up ‘son of a b***h’ Gen. Soleimani at raucous Wisconsin rally
PRESIDENT Donald Trump defended killing Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and slammed the Democrats’ stance on national security during a rally in Wisconsin — all while Democrats held their final debate before primary voting begins.
Trump referred to Soleimani as a “son of a b***h” while talking about how the general planted roadside bombs that left U.S. soldiers missing limbs, severely burned and dead.
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The president got a lot of criticism from Democrats after Soleimani’s killing for not giving them notice of the attack.
Democrats also said there wasn’t enough intelligence to show that Soleimani was planning an “imminent” attack on Americans.
“They're saying, 'Was the attack imminent? Was it imminent?' Does the fact that he's killed hundreds of thousands of people and thousands of Americans, and horribly killed and wounded thousands and thousands, that doesn't matter,” Trump said at the rally, which took place in downtown Milwaukee at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
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Trump took on the leading Democratic candidates at the rally as well.
“Bernie and the radical left cannot protect your family, nor can they protect our country,” Trump told his supporters.
Despite attacking Sanders, he defended him against Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who claims Sanders told her during a private meeting that he doesn’t believe a woman can win the White House.
“I don’t believe that Bernie said that. I really don’t … It’s not the kind of thing he’d say,” Trump said.
Sanders has strongly denied Warrens’ claim, and continued denying it at the Democratic candidate debate Tuesday night.
In one instance, Trump zeroed in on former Vice President Joe Biden’s tendency to mix up locations — most recently confusing Iran and Iraq.
“When you do that you can’t really recover,” Trump said.
Trump’s rally was warmed up by Vice President Mike Pence, who set the stage for Trump by ripping the Democratic candidates as too far left for Wisconsin.
“You know, I heard they’ve got another debate tonight. If it’s anything like the other ones, those people are going to be standing so far on the left I think that stage is going to tip over,” Pence said.
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Although impeachment has dominated the news Tuesday, Trump largely ignored the topic during his rally.
When he finally got around to it, Trump called the impeachment “partisan” and accused the Democrats of wasting America’s time with “demented hoaxes” and “witch hunts.”
The president took time to talk about his effort to roll back energy- and water-saving regulations. He promised to replace energy-efficient light bulbs and low water flow dishwashers, showers and toilets.
“Your dishes are going to be beautiful,” Trump promised.
The Trump administration’s energy-saving regulation rollbacks could increase greenhouse gas emissions and lead to thousands of more deaths from poor air quality, according to a by New York University Law School's State Energy and Environmental Impact Center.
In the 2016 election, Trump narrowly won Wisconsin by fewer than 23,000 votes. He is expected to make frequent visits to the state in the coming months.
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Wisconsin is also a big part of Democrats’ 2020 strategy — one of the reasons the Dems chose Milwaukee as the location to host their national convention happening in July.
“I think the Wisconsin vote is very important, very important,” Brenda Stoetzer, 60, from Hickory Hills, Illinois, said to the Associated Press.
Trump’s first rally of the year was in Ohio, which is hosting its primary March 17.
Wisconsin’s primary is on April 7.
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