- President Donald Trump flew to Michigan on Wednesday to hold a campaign rally in a key battleground state while Congress debated and voted to impeach him.
- The president held the rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, home to Rep. Justin Amash, who left the GOP earlier this year and supports impeachment.
- Brad Parscale, Trump's 2020 campaign manager, opened the rally on Wednesday night and was quick to slam Democrats and the impeachment process. Vice President Mike Pence took the stage second.
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President Donald Trump flew to Michigan on Wednesday to hold a "Merry Christmas" campaign rally in a key battleground state while Congress debated and voted to impeach him.
The president held the rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, home to Rep. Justin Amash, who left the GOP earlier this year to become an independent and supports impeachment.
Brad Parscale, Trump's 2020 campaign manager, opened the rally on Wednesday night and was quick to slam Democrats and the impeachment process.
"It is unbelievable how much they don't care about your voice here in Michigan," Parscale said. "They want to erase your vote in 2016 and they don't even want to give you a chance in 2020."
He added, "I have a feeling they don't even know where Battle Creek, Michigan is."
Trump won Michigan in 2016 by a tiny 11,000-vote margin over Hillary Clinton.
Vice President took the stage next and told the crowd Trump was watching the House vote.
"The president's gonna be out in just a few minutes, but he wanted to wait to see that strong, unified Republican vote on the floor of the Congress tonight," Pence said.
When he took the stage just after 8 pm, Trump was reflective.
"I just said to the first lady you're so lucky I took you on this fantastic journey — it's so much fun, they want to impeach you, they want to do worse than that," he said. "And by the way, it doesn't really feel like we're being impeached."
Trump went on to focus on the economy as the House officially voted to impeach him on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges. He discussed the stock market, job creation, and auto companies in Michigan.
"We've set brand new records in the history of the various stock markets," Trump said. "I have the greatest economy in the history of this country and nobody talks about it."
He added, "If Crooked Hillary would have won, your economy would have crashed."
Trump went on to talk about recent polling, arguing that he's beating all the Democratic contenders. He attacked Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who he called "Crazy Pocahontas" and argued his 13-year-old son Barron would attract a bigger crowd of supporters in New York City than Warren would.
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