Trump to supporters: ‘Our country is at stake like never before’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 06:17:19 +0000

PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence greet people in the audience at the Hispanic Heritage Month Reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C. (AP)

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump, the target of an impeachment inquiry over alleged abuse of power, warned supporters Saturday that “our country is at stake like never before.”

The video message posted on Twitter came in response to Democratic lawmakers’ investigation of accusations that Trump tried to strong-arm the Ukrainian president into providing dirt on Joe Biden, one of the American President’s main 2020 election rivals.

American rights are being threatened by Democrats, Trump said, stating that they “want to take away your guns, they want to take away your health care, they want to take away your vote, they want to take away your freedom.”

“We can never let this happen,” he said. “Because our country is at stake like never before. It’s all very simple. They’re trying to stop me because I’m fighting for you – and I’ll never let that happen.”

In subsequent tweets, Trump repeated his charges that the impeachment investigation is a “Witch Hunt,” adding that Democratic lawmaker Adam Schiff, who is leading the impeachment probe, had defamed and libeled him, and should resign from Congress.

The President later retweeted more than a dozen video clips of Republican politicians and media allies defending his conduct in the Ukraine scandal and criticizing Democrats.

This culminated with a retweet of a Trump-approved ad attacking the conduct of Biden and his son, Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice president.

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