[391] Well over a hundred Republican representatives promised to contest the counting ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. [30], Trump started spending money on the 2020 race on November 24, 2016 (sixteen days after the end of the 2016 election). [21] Previously announced candidates include the following officials and judges:[23], Trump released the following list of core priorities for his second-term agenda on August 23, 2020.[24]. "[544], Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the election system is Safe and Secure, Tried and True. However, votes had to be postmarked by November 3 to count as legal votes in Pennsylvania, and Trump himself has described late votes as election fraud. Operations: Meghann Olshefski • Lauren Dixon • Kelly Rindfleisch • Sara Antel • Sara Horton. March 2020 His failure to contain a deadly pandemic would overtake his re-election campaign. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. [45] Political observers consider the rise in presidential fundraising as a symptom of the permanent campaign. [39] Trump's February 2017 rally in Melbourne, Florida, was the earliest campaign rally for an incumbent president. That makes sense though, considering Joe Biden is basically the Loch Ness Monster of the swamp. Sign up for Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing. [356] As a result, they cancelled all in-person campaign events scheduled in the coming days, including a rally in Orlando-Sanford International Airport. [171] Lara Trump, while working for the reelection campaign, had reportedly held private political meetings with government officials such as Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Veteran Affairs Committee chairman Phil Roe and Representative Ron DeSantis. The quote was taken wholly out of context, as Biden was instead attributing this quote to "Trump and Pence", while Biden was stating that images of violence were actually that of "Donald Trump's America today". [144], On April 14, 2019, the campaign announced that it had raised $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, far outpacing the campaigns of his individual Democratic opponents in the same period. [370] Although Trump was leading in the vote count of those states at the time, experts believed that many of the still-uncounted votes—which included votes from large cities and mail-in ballots—would turn out to favor Biden. [26] The archive includes screenshots and searchable text from emails sent by 2020 presidential candidates. [455] The Committee to Defend the President PAC received contributions from, among others, Enterprise Products executive Ralph S. [285] According to Media Matters, Trump surrogate Sean Hannity also misrepresented Biden's words to his radio and television audiences at least 17 times in July. 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On March 28, the president held a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during which he reveled in his alleged "exoneration" calling for Democrats to apologize for the Russia investigation and to stop the "ridiculous bullshit". President Donald Trump’s last rally before the 2020 election in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Nov. 3 Peter van Agtmael—Magnum Photos for TIME These failures have made Trump … The President directed his Administration to secure and distribute needed medical supplies to states in need – resulting in billions of PPE delivered so far. Trump also said the "FBI director is wrong" about the need to inform the FBI about a foreign government attempting to influence an election. [433] In early August, Trump complained in a phone call to Adelson that he had not done enough for him. Acting Homeland Security Secretary, Clarifying his comments the next day, Trump said, "A person was on a plane, said that there were about 6 people like that person, more or less, and what happened is the entire plane filled up with the looters, the anarchists, the rioters, people that obviously were looking for trouble. When CNN asked U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr for his input, Barr claimed he did not know whether it was illegal to vote twice. [95], Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee ultimately raised a combined $55 million in the first quarter. [50][51][52] Three August 2020 DHS draft reports did not mention antifa as a domestic terrorism risk and ranked white supremacy as the top risk, higher than that of foreign terrorist groups. [82], On March 4, there were a series of local rallies held by allies of the campaign in some fifty cities. Biden, while achieving record-breaking fundraising in August, outspent Trump by nearly double that same month. Easier than 2016! [source], Donald Trump's campaign website does not include a statement about labor. Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump has enforced immigration laws to protect American communities and American jobs. Originalist judges are necessary to protect and preserve our constitutional republic, built on the truthful recognition that our rights are God-given, not government-given. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[17][18][19]. [443][444], In a period spanning 2015–2020, the Trump campaign (including its 2016 and 2020 versions) used at least $58.4 million of donor funds to pay for legal and compliance work. Let the 2020 election bury the mistaken notion once and for all that the 2016 election was a historical accident, an American aberration. [346], On September 23, Eric Trump shared a video on Twitter, showing Joe Biden looking away from the camera during an interview with Telemundo. Trump was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center in the evening. 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They took a phone call that was a totally appropriate call—I call it a perfect call because it was—and they brought me to the final stages of impeachment, but now we have that gorgeous word. 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But President Donald J. Trump is above all a brand – one that propelled him to an unexpected victory in 2016 and one he hopes will secure his reelection in the fall. Five people died from the events, while dozens more were injured, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened over 170 investigations into the events. [294], Trump laying a wreath at the tomb of Andrew Jackson at, Trump speaking at his rally in Nashville, Tennessee, March 15, 2017, Rally in Louisville, Kentucky, March 20, 2017, Domestic trips made by Donald Trump as U.S. president, May 2017: Launch of first advertising campaign, June 2017: Fifth rally, first fundraiser and visits to swing states, Notable expenditures and allegations of grifting, Amount spent by outside groups in support of campaign. [434], At the end of the first quarter of 2017, the campaign's three committees ("Donald J. Trump for President", "Trump Victory", and "Trump Make America Great Again Committee") reported raising a combined $13.2 million, the majority of which had come from small donors. Trump's re-election campaign focused on the economy, jobs, immigration, and foreign policy. (This was more than 5 times what the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee had paid for legal and compliance work during an equivalent period eight years earlier.) Under President Trump’s leadership, Congress passed historic tax cuts and relief for hard-working Americans. [source], Donald Trump's campaign website says, "President Trump’s proposed budgets have made school choice a priority. [219][220] In his speech, Trump referenced Tlaib: "that's not somebody that loves our country. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. [40][44], Political observers who bolster the opinion that a permanent campaign has had a significant impact on recent presidencies argue that decisions by presidents have increasingly been made with considerations to their impact on voter approval. "[221] Trump also named Omar and continued that Omar "looks down with contempt" on Americans, the crowd of Trump supporters reacted by chanting 'send her back! [160] Trump also made remarks on the homicide rate in Chicago, and called on the mayor, Rahm Emanuel, to "get tough"; Emanuel responded the following day, stating: "It is not about being tough, it's about being smart and strategic. The Federal Election Commission in Washington, D.C., has totally dropped the phony case against me concerning payments to women relative to the 2016 Presidential Election. [167][166][169] The event was closed to the media. [462] On December 1, 2020, he tweeted that Biden's election was illegitimate: "If the issues we raised are not resolved...[Biden] cannot be considered 'president' but [should] instead [be] referred to as the #presidentialoccupant." [189] The campaign tapped White House political director Bill Stepien and Director of Public Liaison Justin Clark as senior political advisors, who would focus on delegate organization and to ensure the 2020 Republican National Convention would run smoothly. That day, Trump fired back at Democratic presidential candidates Beto O'Rourke ("be quiet") and Joe Biden ("boring") who had previously criticized him. The Trump Administration brought in financial experts to modernize the way FSA offers and services student loans." [450], In April 2020, it was revealed that Brad Parscale was paying $180,000 per year to Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., and another $180,000 per year to Lara Trump, wife of Eric Trump. "Trump in Texas: 'I'm the builder president. While the media and Democrats refuse to do so, President Trump has called out China for its actions to ensure we prevent a similar threat from arising again. A campaign-style video of Trump shaking hands and posing for photos during the visit was released by the White House. [159] He also condemned "predators and criminal aliens" and called them "animals". That’s a very ugly word to me. 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[212][213][214], On June 24, Trump and the GOP launched WinRed, a centralized small-dollar fundraising platform designed to compete with Democrats' ActBlue.[215][216]. U.S. We have already conducted more than 65 million tests, far outpacing any other country. [32][34][35], By February 1, 2017, Trump's reelection campaign had already raised over $7 million. At that time, Trump had not yet contributed any of his own money to his reelection effort, although he was reportedly considering contributing $100 million. [93], On March 29, it was reported that Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, had been hired as a consultant by the campaign's digital vendor Giles-Parscale. While Democrats were focused on their impeachment sham, President Trump took swift and decisive action to stop travel from China in January and enhanced airport screenings to help stop cases from coming into the United States as long as possible. On September 9, 2020, Trump released a new list of 20 potential nominees to the Supreme Court. [37][38] One of the advantages of having his campaign committee fund the events is that organizers can more discriminately screen attendees, refusing entry to non-supporters. At that point, results from states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia were unclear. [452][453] This is the first time in U.S. history a sitting vice president has founded such a political organization. [411], Trump got a slight bounce following the 2020 Republican National Convention, after which a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Biden's national lead reduced to seven points. President Trump’s boundless optimism and certainty in America’s greatness is reflected in his second-term goals and stands in stark contrast to the gloomy vision of America projected by Joe Biden and Democrats. Ballotpedia features 324,488 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. [44] In his second year, 45% of his domestic travel was to these states, and his third year 39% of his domestic travel was to these states. [106] Subsequent airings of the advertisement substituted this clip. [57][58][59] Political observers point out that presidential job approval is highly partisan,[60] with Gallup writing in March 2020: The 92% approval among Republicans and 42% among independents are close to his highest ratings for those groups. His refusal to acknowledge that fact, buttressed by his ― and his enablers’ ― endless lying about it and baseless attempts to overturn it, culminated in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and Trump… There's nothing wrong with listening." Clark asserted to the AP that he was speaking about how "Republicans historically have been falsely accused of voter suppression. He, Trump visited Phoenix, Arizona, where he toured a Honeywell factory that is making N95 respirator masks. Social issues: Limit access to abortion, ban on transgender troops in the military, protect Second … [402] By the end of August, Trump was polling ahead of Biden in key states such as Ohio where he led 50% to 45%, and was polling neck-and-neck with the Democratic candidate in other battleground states such as Florida.[412][413]. "'On behalf of the most forgotten people,' Mr. Cramer said to the president as both men took the stage to deafen applause, 'the unborn babies, thank you for standing for life. "[415][416], It is estimated Sheldon Adelson will donate $200 million to Trump and the GOP for the 2020 election cycle. President Trump signed a six-year extension of CHIP to fund healthcare for 9 million. Eric Beach and Ed Rollins serve as co-chairmen of Great America PAC. Trump campaigned in Minneapolis and Duluth. [143] Press were barred from the event, a break of precedent since reporters were permitted to the first fundraisers held by each of Trump's two predecessors. The Trump Administration successfully litigated WTO disputes targeting unfair trade practices and protected our right to enact fair trade laws." This theoretically helped discourage primary challengers. He began spending his reelection effort within weeks of his election and officially filed his campaign with the Federal Election Commission on the day of his inauguration. [36] In contrast, both Reagan and George H. W. Bush did so approximately twelve, George W. Bush approximately eighteen, and both Clinton and Obama approximately nineteen months before those elections. List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign political endorsements; List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign non-political endorsements This page was last edited on 16 January 2021, at 06:58 (UTC). Federal Election Commission filings do not reveal how much the Trump campaign spent on any specific case as contrasted with routine legal work. [175], On March 10, Trump held a rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. [377] On that day, election-calling organization Decision Desk HQ forecast that Trump had lost the election to Biden. '"[185], During a campaign rally in Houston on October 22, Trump defined himself as a nationalist, acknowledging the controversial use of the word.[186]. "[224] Despite attacking four Democratic congresswomen as being too critical of America, Trump continued a recent trend of criticizing major American cities; at the rally, Trump singled out the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. The Trump Administration successfully implemented the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to empower states with the flexibility they need to educate their students. He received criticism for suggesting the deceased representative John Dingell may have gone to hell. 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