President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s “working like a dog” to defend the Republican majority this November with campaign speeches in different states leading up to Election Day.
“A good president tends not to win,” Trump said in Greenville, North Carolina. “So, we’re going to try and change it. Now I’m doing something different. I’m working like a dog.”
Trump campaigned for Republican candidates in North Carolina, including former RNC chair and US senate candidate Michael Whatley. Trump called Whatley’s opponent — former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “a super liberal sociopath,” emphasizing his record on crime, including releasing prisoners during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“These are real rough ones, and he released them into our society, and he’s going to become your senator, and it’s crazy,” Trump said, seeming to suggest that he believes Cooper will likely win the race.
This month, the Senate Leadership Fund put a pause on their spending in North Carolina, but Trump indicated he would keep campaigning in the state, as soon as next week.
Trump acknowledged some trepidation about the result, given he selected Whatley to run.
“I’m the one that got him into this. I hope, I hope it works. I hope it works out,” Trump said.
He also announced more investments in the state, saying “the Department of War will be investing $1.5 billion dollars to produce cutting-edge semiconductor chips right here in North Carolina.”
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick came on stage to announce that mining company Sibelco is going to manufacture quartz, or the “foundation of semiconductors,” in North Carolina.
Several protesters interrupted Trump’s speech at different times, which has become a regular occurrence on the campaign trail lately. Trump called them “losers,” and later, after another interruption, Trump said, “They’re so sad — but don’t hurt them.”