{"id":1956871,"date":"2023-06-25T23:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T03:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-michigan-gop-hes-defending-citizens-freedom-not-just-his-own\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T23:57:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T03:57:38","slug":"trump-tells-michigan-gop-hes-defending-citizens-freedom-not-just-his-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-michigan-gop-hes-defending-citizens-freedom-not-just-his-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump assures Michigan GOP that he defends citizens&#8217; freedom, not just his own."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-tells-michigan-gop-hes-defending-citizens-freedom-not-just-his-own%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>NOVI, Mich.\u2013Michigan Republicans cheered loudest and longest for former President Donald Trump when he declared that there\u2019s a hidden agenda behind Democrat attempts to criminally convict him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take away your freedom,\u201d Trump stated during a June 25 speech, drawing a sustained standing ovation. \u201cThey want to silence me because I will never let them silence you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appearing in Michigan for the first time since launching his third run for the presidency, Trump spoke for an hour to the sold-out crowd at the Oakland County Republican Party\u2019s Lincoln Day Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The audience of more than 2,000 people at the Suburban Collection Showplace was so appreciative that, at times, cheering and applause drowned out what Trump was trying to say.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump\u2019s speech, attendee Jena Wesley told The Epoch Times: \u201cIt\u2019s the truth. They\u2019re not after Trump. They\u2019re after us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5356176\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/26\/id5356176-tempImageUfhkRQ-1200x900.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Michigan residents Lisa Russo (left) and Jena Wesley pose outside the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Mich., where former President Donald Trump delivered a speech on June 25, 2023. (Janice Hisle\/The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re trying to take away everything that we have, everything that the American country stands for,\u201d Wesley said. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to take away God, family and country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wesley\u2019s friend, Lisa Russo, agreed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"engaging-heading\">\u2018Takeover\u2019 of Country?<\/h2>\n<p>Trump, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-bedford-says-presidential-records-act-has-not-been-aggressively-enforced-until-trump\/\" title=\"Sarah Bedford claims that the Presidential Records Act was not effectively enforced until the Trump administration.\">federally indicted earlier<\/a> this month for alleged improprieties with classified documents, says he has done nothing wrong. He has also pleaded not guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/ny-attorney-general-makes-unusual-prediction-in-trump-case_5330967.html\">state charges<\/a> in New York over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-ratcliffe-says-manhattan-da-case-clearly-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Donald Trump indicted: Ratcliffe says Manhattan DA case 'clearly unconstitutional'\">allegedly falsified business records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted grave consequences \u201cif these corrupt persecutions succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leftists \u201cwill complete their takeover of this country and they will destroy your way of life and the United States of America forever\u2026 it will never be able to come back from that,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThat\u2019s why this is the most important election we\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said it is outrageous that President Joe Biden\u2019s administration \u201cordered his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-xi-jinping-worried-about-leaving-china-chinese-leader-set-to-meet-president-biden-virtually\/\" title=\"Is Xi Jinping Worried About Leaving China? Chinese Leader Set To Meet President Biden Virtually\">top political opponent<\/a> to be arrested\u2013that\u2019s me,\u201d he said wryly.<\/p>\n<p>His arrest, Trump said, is based on \u201cfake and fabricated charges right in the middle of an election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federal authorities have pushed back against critics\u2019 claims that the Trump prosecution is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/his-glory-music-festival-supports-judeo-christian-values-in-america\/\" title=\"His Glory music festival supports Judeo-Christian values in America\">primarily politically motivated<\/a>, saying that \u201cno one is above the law\u201d\u2014although under the U.S. system of justice, individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"engaging-heading\">China Benefiting, Not Michigan<\/h2>\n<p>Trump also hit hard against what he called Biden\u2019s \u201cmaniacal push\u201d for an all-electric car mandate and other policies that hurt Michigan\u2019s position as a leading automobile manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>China, which has dominated world production of electric vehicles, is benefiting from Biden\u2019s advocacy for those cars, Trump said. And that, he said, is happening \u201cbecause Biden is being paid off \u2026 he\u2019s being paid millions and millions of dollars in bribes,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>He called Biden \u201cthe most corrupt president in the history of our country,\u201d and said the scandal surrounding Biden\u2019s alleged influence pedding is \u201c100 times bigger than Watergate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Republicans have been investigating allegations that Biden and his family received large sums of money from foreigners during his time as vice president, possibly in exchange for favorable policy decisions that Biden could have influenced because of his position at the time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3759562\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/04\/02\/GettyImages-1231470915.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    A Volvo XC60 hybrid car is seen plugged into a charging point outside a Volvo dealership in Reading, west of London, on March 2, 2021. \u2013 Chinese-owned Swedish automaker Volvo said on March 2 it will produce only electric vehicles by 2030 and sell them all exclusively online. (BEN STANSALL\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>While Trump said he doesn\u2019t fault people who want to buy an electric vehicle, that should be the buyer\u2019s choice and not an order imposed by the U.S. government, Trump said. He drew laughs from the audience when he took digs at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-michigan-gop-hes-defending-citizens-freedom-not-just-his-own\/\" title=\"Trump assures Michigan GOP that he defends citizens' freedom, not just his own.\">electric vehicles\u2019 short-lived batteries<\/a> and unreliability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people want to be able to drive more than an hour and a half,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also joked that there is a group of Americans who love electric cars: \u201cThe tow truck companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president told Michiganders that if voters return him to the White House, he would \u201cstop the assault on the internal combustion engine, which is what you do here.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"engaging-heading\">\u2018April Fool\u2019s Day\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump also said he would \u201cunleash American energy and save tens of thousands of Michigan jobs from destruction.\u201d He warned: \u201cYou are headed toward a fall like nobody\u2019s seen before, and that\u2019s with this crazy policy they have for all-electric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Biden is advocating for all sorts of policies that make no sense, including raising taxes and interest rates, opposing requiring voter ID, and supporting open borders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ovation from the enthusiastic crowd of Michigan Republicans. Accusing Democrats of a hidden agenda, former President Donald Trump vowed to protect the people&#8217;s freedom, earning thunderous applause and a prolonged standing ovation during his speech on June 25 in Novi, Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1196,"featured_media":1956872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}