Trump Holds Two Campaign Rallies In Separate States On Day Off Of Court - 'The Man Just Doesn’t Stop'

On Wednesday, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump will hold two campaign rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, two battleground states that are crucial to winning the White House this November. The rallies are Trump's first return to the campaign trail since the hush money trial brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) began last week. 

Judge Juan Merchan has required Trump to be present in the courtroom during his criminal trial, which takes place on weekdays, excluding Wednesdays. The 45th president has repeatedly lamented the case against him, explaining that it is election interference that prevents him from campaigning. "This is what took me off and takes me off the campaign trail! Because I should be in Georgia now. I should be in Florida now," Trump told reporters outside the courtroom. "I should be in a lot of different places right now campaigning, and I'm sitting here.  And this will go on for a very long time. It's very unfair."

The presumpitve GOP nominee has also faced limits on his freedom of speech after the New York judge issued a gag order that prevents Trump to comment on witnesses in the case. Trump was found to have violated the order on nine seperate occassions on Tuesday, resulting in a $9,000 fine.

Despite the setback, Trump has been attempting to make the most of his situation. The former president has held multiple events in New York City both before and after his court appearances. Last month, Trump held an early morning meet-and-greet with members of the local Steamfitters union. The crowd, made up of scores of hard-working construction workers, welcomed Trump with chants of  "USA" and "We want Trump," 

The Manhattan campaign event mirrored the New York native's visit to a bodega in mid-April in a predominantly Latino community. As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, Trump was welcomed to the Sanaa Convenient Store by dozens of fans and got the opportunity to meet with co-owner Maad Ahmed and small business activist Francisco Marte. The location is central to one of Trump's key campaign pillars: law and order. The bodega was the sight of a brutal assault of 61-year-old store clerk Jose Alba, who ended up killing his attacker, ex-convict Austin Simon, in self-defense. The district attorney's office brought charges against Alba following the incident, but after immense public backlash, the charges were dropped, and the assaulted store clerk sued the city.

While left-wing prosecutors have attempted to hinder Trump's campaign, he isn't allowing it to stop him. The two rallies on Wednesday will take place in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in the mid-afternoon before heading to Freeland, Michigan, for an evening rally with supporters. The rallies are the first time that Trump has been able to get to the campaign trail after he was forced to cancel an event in North Carolina two weeks ago due to severe weather.

Trump's resolve in the face of persecution has seemed to pay off in recent months, given the substantial polling lead he has over President Biden. A recent poll from Emerson College found Trump was leading in every swing state. Trump's biggest lead was in North Carolina, where he led Biden by five points, 47 percent to 42 percent. The 45th president also led in the other swing states by a few points, some within the margin of error of three percent.

The poll found that Trump led in Arizona by four points (48 percent to 44 percent), Georgia by three points (47 percent to 44 percent), Wisconsin by two points (47 percent to 45 percent), Pennsylvania by two points (47 percent to 45 percent), Nevada by one point (45 percent to 44 percent), and Michigan by one point (45 percent to 44 percent).

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