NORFOLK, Va. — Former President Donald Trump has held onto Republican control of North Carolina, The Associated Press has reported. Republicans have held a narrow lead in the state since 2012.
The fast-growing Southern state gave Trump his smallest margin of victory — 1.3 percentage points — over Democrat Joe Biden four years ago.
Trump campaigned in Gastonia, west of Charlotte, and Greensboro last week, with a stop in Salem, Virginia, in between. He was in the eastern city of Kinston on Sunday and in Raleigh on Monday. Those four rallies will bring his total events in North Carolina since Oct. 1 to nine. His running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, has been in the state six times during the same period, most recently last Friday.
“It’s an amazing place. You’ve been through a lot,” Trump said, alluding to the hurricane before repeating a debunked claim that the Federal Emergency Management Agency prioritized people living in the country illegally over hurricane victims.
“Your government has not helped you too much, I can tell you. Your government, FEMA, has let you down because they wanted to spend the money on illegal migrants instead.”
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