{"id":2246853,"date":"2024-05-17T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-attends-barrons-graduation-before-heading-to-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:30:41","slug":"donald-trump-attends-barrons-graduation-before-heading-to-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-attends-barrons-graduation-before-heading-to-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump attends Barron&#8217;s graduation, then goes to fundraiser"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdonald-trump-attends-barrons-graduation-before-heading-to-fundraiser%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=2246853&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--><p>Former President Donald Trump takes a \u2062break from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a> to attend a Republican\u200c fundraiser \u2064in Minnesota, a traditionally Democratic \u2064state he aims to carry in November. He headlines the state GOP&#8217;s event after attending his son Barron&#8217;s graduation in\u200d Florida. Trump sees Minnesota as a \u200cwinnable state despite historical trends. The fundraiser\u2062 is anticipated to draw a\u2062 full\u200c house of around 1,400\u200c attendees.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> will head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Minnesota<\/a> on a day off from his hush money trial for a Republican fundraiser Friday night in a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump will headline the state GOP\u2019s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner, which coincides with the party\u2019s state convention, after attending his son Barron\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-key-policy-areas-where-the-democratic-leadership-and-black-voters-disagree\/\" title=\"4 Key Policy Areas Where The Democratic Leadership And Black Voters Disagree\">high school graduation<\/a> in Florida. Trump attended the graduation Friday morning with his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Melania Trump\">Melania Trump<\/a>, and her father, Viktor Knavs.<\/p>\n<p>Trump will use part of the day granted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">trial judge<\/a> for the graduation to campaign in Minnesota, a state he argues he can win in the November rematch with President Joe Biden. No Republican presidential candidate has won Minnesota since Richard Nixon in 1972, but Trump came close to flipping the state in 2016, when he fell 1.5 percentage points short of Democrat Hillary Clinton.<br \/>Trump returned to Minnesota several times in 2020, when Biden beat him by more than 7 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure><figcaption>Barron Trump, son of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Melania Trump, receives his diploma during his graduation ceremony at Oxbridge Academy, Friday, May 17, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think this is something Trump wants to do. He believes this is a state he can win. We believe that\u2019s the case as well,\u201d David Hann, the chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota, said in an interview.<br \/>Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota, a Biden ally, said the Trump campaign is \u201cgrasping at straws\u201d if it thinks he can win the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden campaign is going to work hard for every vote,\u201d Smith said in an interview. \u201cWe\u2019re going to engage with voters all over the state. But I think Minnesota voters are going to choose President Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s youngest son, Barron Trump, graduated from the private Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida. The former president had long complained Judge Juan M. Merchan would not let him attend the graduation before Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2984540\/judge-lets-trump-go-sons-graduation-hush-money-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"agreed not to hold court Friday\">agreed not to hold court Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, standing right with Melania Trump and her father, Viktor Knavs, attends a graduation ceremony for his son Barron at Oxbridge Academy Friday, May 17, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hann is co-hosting Friday\u2019s dinner along with Trump\u2019s state campaign chairman, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who represents a central Minnesota district. Hann said Emmer was instrumental in bringing the former president to Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner coincides with the party\u2019s state convention. Tickets started at $500, ranging up to $100,000 for a VIP table for 10 with three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-sours-ukraine-ties-so-much-that-white-house-sends-kamala-harris-to-meet-zelensky\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Sours Ukraine Ties So Much that White House Sends Kamala Harris to Meet Zelensky\">photo opportunities<\/a> with Trump. Hann declined to say how much money he expects it will raise, but he anticipates a full house of around 1,400 people.<\/p>\n<p>All the money from the dinner tickets will go to the state party, Hann said, though he added that some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>money<\/a> from photo opportunities may go to the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, seated right with Melania Trump and her father, Viktor Knavs, attends a graduation ceremony for his son Barron at Oxbridge Academy Friday, May 17, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Experts are split on whether Minnesota really will be competitive this time, given its history and the strong Democratic Party ground game in the state. But Hann said there\u2019s \u201cgreat dissatisfaction with President Biden\u201d in the state, noting that nearly 19% of Democratic voters in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Super-Tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Super Tuesday<\/a> primary marked their ballots for \u201cuncommitted.\u201d That was at least partly due to a protest-vote movement over Biden\u2019s handling of the Israel-Hamas war that has spread to several states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an interview aired Wednesday by KSTP-TV of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Trump said his speech would focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economic issues<\/a>. And he repeated a false claim he made in March to KNSI Radio of St. Cloud that he thought he won Minnesota in 2020, even though there\u2019s no evidence that there were any serious irregularities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think we have a really good shot at Minnesota,\u201d Trump told KSTP. \u201cWe have great friendships up there. We\u2019ve done a lot for industry. We\u2019ve done a lot for everything in Minnesota. Worked hard on Minnesota. Tom Emmer is very much involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump will make a stop in Minnesota during a break from his hush money trial to attend a Republican fundraiser on Friday evening. He plans to headline the state GOP&#8217;s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner, coinciding with the party&#8217;s state convention. 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