Las Vegas Sun

March 18, 2024

In Nevada rally, Trump says he ‘likes where we stand in the election’

Trump in Elko

Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press

The audience cheers as President Donald Trump arrives at Elko Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, in Elko for a campaign rally.

ELKO — President Donald Trump is scoffing at the idea of a “blue wave” sweeping Democrats to big victories on Election Day, saying he thinks it’s “being rapidly shattered.”

He told supporters “all the Democrats want is power and they’ve got this blue wave deal going. Not looking like a blue wave.”

Trump is listing a number of GOP candidates he says will prevail, including Dean Heller, who’s seeking another term as a Nevada senator. He “likes where we stand in the election” on Nov. 6.

Trump also accused Democrats of backing an “extremist immigration agenda” and claims that he’s “already figured out” how to solve the complex issue of immigration, though he’s giving no details.

“We’re going to make a lot of people happy,” he says. “I think I’ll keep it a little bit low-key until the election.”

He also poked fun at former vice president Joe Biden on a day when both were campaigning in Nevada.

Trump was in rural Elko for a rally a short time after Biden appeared hundreds of mile south in Las Vegas.

The president mocked the potential 2020 White House contender as ‘1 percent Joe’ — a reference to Biden’s low showing in earlier presidential runs.

Trump said Barack Obama came along in 2008 and took Biden “off of the trash heap and made him vice president.”

Trump boasted of the size of his audience in Elko and said Biden drew only a few hundred in Las Vegas “and he was thrilled — that’s one of the biggest crowds he’s ever had.”