The South Shore Press hit the road and traveled to Dayton, Ohio, where former President Trump delivered a speech in support of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno.
It did not take long for the former Commander in Chief to blast the Big Apple and trash living conditions across New York State.
The first salvo slamming the Empire State came from President Trump concerning his numerous civil lawsuits and criminal charges he faces here in New York State.
First, the former President’s lawyers now say he cannot get a bond to secure the $454 million civil penalty he now owes due to a fraud case brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James. New York’s top prosecutor accused President Trump and his businesses of inflating their worth to obtain loans.
A judge in mid-February agreed, ordering President Trump and his businesses to fork over $454 million.
At the Ohio rally the former Commander in Chief took aim at the ruling, and said businesses will bolt both the Big Apple and New York to avoid the cross hairs of a hyper partisan prosecutor who will target them for political beliefs.
“A lot of people want to leave because of the lawfare that’s going on. A lot of companies are leaving because they don’t want to get caught up in the crap that I got caught up into, where they come after you for no reason whatsoever,” said President Trump.
Political prosecutors aren’t the only folks President Trump took aim at. He also said another reason why people are fleeing the Empire State is because of crime. According to the MTA, crime on New York City subways is up 13% since the start of the year. New York Governor Kathy Hochul just deployed the National Guard there to keep the peace and limit criminal behavior.
“They let violent criminals roam the streets, roam the subways. But they go after Trump all the time. People get tired of it. Companies don’t want to be subject to that,” added President Trump at the Dayton International Airport.
While President Trump spoke for approximately one hour, 29 minutes, and 23 seconds, national media also took one word that the President said, “bloodbath,” and falsely framed it as though the former Commander in Chief claimed America would face a “bloodbath if he were not elected.”
“He’s predicting a bloodbath. What does that mean? He’s going to exact a bloodbath? There’s something wrong here,” said former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“He’s talking about a bloodbath for America. These idiots on Twitter, these idiots on cable news, these idiots on Sunday talk shows, claim ‘he was talking about the auto industry.’ It’s just bull$hit,” said MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.
President Trump in fact was speaking about how President Biden’s forced EV mandates would destroy jobs and crush the economy, leading to a “bloodbath” within the auto industry.
Here is the full transcript of President Trump’s “bloodbath” comments:
“Let me tell you something to China. If you're listening President Xi and you and I are friends but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you're building in Mexico right now. And you think you're going to get that, you're going to not hire Americans and you're going to sell the cars to us no. We're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected. Now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole. That's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it, but they're not going to sell those cars. They're building massive factories,” said Trump.
President Biden actually did use the exact word “bloodbath” in warning political supporters what would happen if he lost the Democratic Presidential nomination to Senator Bernie Sanders in 2020.
This was confirmed by the headline in “The Guardian” newspaper printed on just over four years ago on March 7th, 2020: “Biden warns against primary bloodbath as Sanders sharpens attacks ahead of key contests.”
Following the Ohio rally, President Trump took to TRUTH Social to defend his remarks and blast the media for taking them out of context.
"The Fake News made a big deal out of the word 'Bloodbath,' knowing that it was about our shrinking auto manufacturing business, and the fact that they use the same name all the time,” wrote President Trump.