2:30
- ABC News
- Donald Trump
- June 19, 2019
Trump breaks out old playbook for 2020 kickoff
Fake news. Hillary. Lock her up. Build the wall. Trump played the hits.
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\"We went through the greatest witch hunt in political history -- the only collusion was committed by the Democrats, the fake news media and their operatives, and the people who funded the phony dossier, crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC,\" he said. \"It was all an illegal attempt to overturn the results of the election, spy on our campaign, which is what they did, and subvert our democracy.\"
Vice President Mike Pence took the stage prior to the president and said, \"We're here for one reason and one reason only: America needs four more years of President Donald Trump.\"
The crowd began chanting, \"Four more years!\"
\"It's on everybody,\" Pence said. \"Time for round two.\"
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While Pence didn't name any of the 2020 Democrats running for president, he looked to define the Democratic opposition as far-left radicals who want \"more taxes, more regulation and less freedom.\"
\"Today, Democrats openly advocate socialism -- an economic system that has impoverished millions of people around the world and stole the liberty of generations,\" Pence said. \"The choice in this election will not just be a choice between two candidates, but a choice between two futures.\"
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First lady Melania Trump walked out with the president and briefly spoke to the crowd.
\"It has been my honor to serve this country for the past two years. And I'm excited to do it for six more,\" she said. \"I'm proud of all that my husband, this administration and our entire family have done on behalf of the American people in such a short time. He truly loves this country and will continue to work on your behalf as long as he can. All of us will.\"
Since Friday, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee have been hosting a \"National Week of Training\" across the country for 16,325 attendees at more than 970 events, including \"Trump Victory Leadership Initiative\" training sessions and \"MAGA Meet-Ups,\" according to numbers provided to ABC News by the campaign.
America First Policies also kicked off its voter registration drive in Orlando on Tuesday with the aim of spending more than $20 million and registering voters in Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.
\"There are millions of patriotic Americans who believe in the America First movement, but aren't registered to vote,\" America First Policies President Brian O. Walsh said.
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Trump flipped Florida red in 2016 with just 1.2% more votes than Clinton. It was the first time the state supported a Republican president since President George W. Bush's 2004 reelection.
While they've taken a beating from Republicans in the Sunshine State since 2016, Florida Democrats don't believe the state has slipped out of their grasp in 2020.
\"Democrats are still very competitive here,\" Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., told ABC News.
Trump beat Clinton for Florida's 29 electoral votes by 112,911 votes, a greater margin of victory than President Barack Obama's 2012 win over now-Sen. Mitt Romney., R-Utah.
Last year's hard-fought midterm election -- so close that it prompted a recount -- ended with Democrats losing every statewide race except agriculture commissioner: Rep. Ron DeSantis defeated Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum in the gubernatorial race, and then-Gov. Rick Scott unseated Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., the only Democrat besides Obama to win statewide since the 1990s.
Despite the recent string of defeats, state Democrats point to their success in flipping two House seats in South Florida, and the razor-thin margins in the last few statewide contests.
\"At the end of the day, it will be a close race, and it will be dog-eat-dog,\" said Nelson, who's endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. \"The state has been influenced by Trump, utilizing the powers of the president as well as Republican administrations in Florida. You combine all of that in what is effectively a 50-50 state, and you see the trends that occurred in the last two elections.\"
As part of their push to take back Florida, Democrats are investing in the state earlier than ever before.
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In a call with reporters on Monday, Democratic National Committee officials said the party already has 90 field organizers on the ground and has spent millions to register 200,000 voters ahead of 2020.
The party is also centering its message against Trump on health care, including the administration's decision not to defend the Affordable Care Act in court, a winning issue for the party in 2018 and one that wasn't on the table in 2016.
Priorities USA, a Democratic super PAC, launched a six-figure digital advertising campaign in Florida ahead of Trump's visit on Tuesday, targeting the president on health care and the Republican tax cut that he signed into law in 2017.
For Our Future, a progressive super PAC backed in part by billionaire Tom Steyer, is directing its $80 million budget toward organizing in Florida and other battleground states. The group, modeled on some of the conservative organizing groups funded by the Koch Brothers, has worked to keep Democratic voters engaged in between cycles and around issues.
One of the group's focuses in Florida will be activating some of the 1.4 million ex-felons who are now eligible to vote in the state, according to CEO Justin Myers.
Multiple 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including Biden, have traveled to the state. The party plans to hold its first round of primary debates in Miami later this month.
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In Orlando, only 20,000 attendees were allowed inside the Amway Center, where some Trump supporters had lined up nearly 40 hours before the event.
The festivities began well before the president even traveled to Florida on Tuesday, with \"45 Fest,\" an outdoor event at the Amway Center beginning in the morning and featuring food trucks, live music and massive TV screens for the overflow crowd that was expected to descend on downtown Orlando.
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