Former President Donald Trump has held a rally in deep-blue California, part of an unorthodox campaign move in the final stretch of the neck-and-neck United States presidential race.
The Saturday night event near the Coachella Valley — best known for its annual music festival — came just 22 days ahead of the November 5 vote.
The final stretch of the election is typically reserved for mad-dash visits to the most competitive battleground states, which this year include Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada.
That makes Trump’s stop in California — a Democratic stronghold all but assured to vote overwhelmingly for Vice President Kamala Harris — atypical.
In the last presidential election, in 2020, Trump lost in California to Democrat Joe Biden by nearly 30 percentage points.
Speaking at the rally, Trump said: “The radical left Democrats have destroyed this state, but we are going to save it, and we’re going to make it better than ever.”
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