ROBSTOWN — With early voting opening on Monday, Texas Republican candidates from the Coastal Bend, Rio Grade Valley and those seeking statewide office rallied support around former President Donald Trump’s “Save America” rally Saturday.
Those who spoke at the rally, including US. Rep Michael Cloud of Victoria, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton, focused on the importance of the upcoming election, focusing on issues such as the economy, border security and the belief that there is a need to reign in the Biden administration.
Donald Trump holds ‘Save America’ rally Saturday; U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud to speak
However, beyond stressing border security and contrasting his record with that of Biden, most of the former president’s comments focused on how he is aggrieved over previous scandals like the Steele Dossier, the fallout stemming from the rioting inside and out of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and his claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential contest.
“They are coming after me because I’m fighting for you,” Trump told a few thousand supporters at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds.