Trump's late-night pitch in Michigan: Democrats are 'disgustingly optimistic'

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Donald Trump chose Michigan's crucial Kent County as the final stop of his 2024 campaign and delivered a late-night closing argument just hours earlier in Grand Rapids Election day, while state Democrats described themselves as “disgustingly optimistic.”

“With your vote tomorrow, we can solve every single problem facing our country and take America to new heights of glory,” the three-time Republican candidate promised a cheering crowd at the city’s Van Andel Arena, which holds about 12,000 people.

Trump described Grand Rapids as a “special place” before criticizing his Democratic challenger, the vice president Kamala Harris, She called her a “radical left-wing lunatic” and claimed that “everything is a disaster” under President Joe Biden.

In both 2016 and 2020, Trump concluded his White House campaigns with nightly rallies in Grand Rapids, Michigan's second-largest city, that lasted into the early hours of Election Day.

“I've always said we've got to stop here… we can be a little superstitious, can't we?” Trump joked with his supporters during his 2020 rally.

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