CLAREMONT, N.H. – Little more than two months before people start voting, Donald Trump and his Republican rivals are increasingly focused on a pivotal constituency: Trump voters.
“We have to slam it on Election Day,” Trump said Saturday during a Veterans Day speech devoted mainly to military policy but which included a copious amount of politics and attacks on President Joe Biden.
As he does in nearly every speech, Trump cited his large lead in the polls, and told supporters they are essential to his hopes of winning the Republican presidential nomination, starting with the Jan. 15 caucuses in Iowa.
Republican rivals say Trump is the wrong choice for the times – and could find himself to be a multi-convicted felon by the time the general election rolls around in a year.
‘Life was pretty good’
In chilly New Hampshire on Saturday, loyal Trump voters said they are inclined to stick with him because the economy and foreign policy appeared to be better back in his day.
“A lot of people in the middle class realize -wait a second- life was pretty good under Trump, and they really get it,” said Steve Paul, 56, an IT worker who drove two hours from his home in the White Mountains, through a mix of wintery weather, to see Trump.
Paul and others who lined up on the sidewalk outside Stevens High School in Claremont to see Trump cited high energy costs as another key point of pain with the current economy.
“He’s proven himself,” said 72-year-old retiree Bob Stransbery. “You may…
