CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CN) – On the eve of Super Tuesday, a hefty crowd turned out on Monday for President Donald Trump’s rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he lashed out at the Democrats vying for a chance to beat him in November.
Primary election voters in South Carolina last week picked Joe Biden as their top choice for a Democratic nominee, but on Monday as North Carolina voters prepared to cast their ballots in Tuesday's election Trump bashed the former vice president.
“I honestly don’t think he knows what office he’s running for,” Trump said. He’s not going to be running it,” Trump added, referring to the White House. “Other people are going to. They're going to put him into a home and other people are going to be running the country and they’re going to be super left radical crazies."
Trump claimed that Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders do not spark as much enthusiasm as his campaign does.
The two top-polling Democratic candidates were not the only ones to receive criticism from Trump on Monday.
“The Democrat party has gone crazy,” Trump said. “Whether it’s Bernie Sanders’ plan to eliminate private health care, Elizabeth Pocahontas’ plan, by the way she’s history … I thought she was making a comeback but you know those embers never burnt long. In fact, she’ll probably lose the state of Massachusetts to Bernie so she doesn’t know what to do.”
Trump said that Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar – who withdrew from the presidential race Sunday and Monday respectively – should be “impeached” for supporting Biden.
“Mayor Pete Buttigieg, he quit last night and then I hear a senator from a state we’re going to win, she dropped out,” Trump said. “Sounds like they made a deal. They both supported sleepy Joe. You know why? They made a deal.”
Trump sang his own praises during the rally on Monday, claiming credit for the economic spike that followed the stock market downfall amid coronavirus fears last week.
"Do you think our opponents were thrilled when they saw the stock market today?" Trump asked the crowd.
The president also took a moment to weigh in on local races.
“We must devote everything we have toward victory in November. November 3 to be exact,” Trump said. “Together we will elect a Republican Congress to create a fair, safe, sane and lawful system of immigration. “
Noting that he won the state during the 2016 election, Trump told the audience that Republicans will win North Carolina “by a landslide” this time around. He stated an opinion that the Republican party “has never been so unified as it is now.”
While the race for the presidency is seemingly at the forefront of the American public’s political concerns, the winners of state-based campaigns – especially in a swing state like North Carolina – could determine which party holds the most sway in Washington.