In St. Paul speech, Trump claims he can win Minnesota if GOP leaders 'guard' vote in Minnesota

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Tickets topped out at $100,000 for 10 seats and three photo opportunities with Trump.
60% : Hundreds of Trump backers packed a ballroom at the RiverCentre for the speech.
52% : The former president delivered his remarks to the Minnesota Republican Party's Lincoln Reagan Dinner, a fundraiser with ticket prices topping out at $100,000 for 10 seats and photo opportunities with Trump.
43% : It's not clear how much of the money will go to Trump and the Minnesota GOP, though Emmer said his own campaign is donating $100,000 to state Republicans to aid in their 2024 presidential election efforts.
38% : Ahead of the speech, state GOP Chairman David Hann thanked Trump for visiting, saying the former president views Minnesota as a battleground state.
32% : Recent polling shows Trump and Biden close to tied -- with a KSTP poll putting the current president at 44% and the former president at 42%.
30% : Trump called the charges "bulls -- " and "lawfare" waged against him by Democrats.
28% : Trump said he views Minnesota as winnable in November and called on Minnesota Republicans to make sure that happens.
27% : "At a 2020 rally in Duluth, Trump said he wouldn't return to Minnesota if he lost the state to Biden, but he downplayed his statements in an interview with KSTP-TV this week, saying he believed he had actually won the state.
24% : Trump lost Minnesota to Biden by 7 percentage points and to Hillary Clinton by 2 percentage points in 2016.
15% : "We have all the votes we need, and I'm counting on the chairman and Tom and everybody to make sure that just, just give us an honest count," said Trump, alluding to supposed electoral fraud.
15% : "Minnesota voters have repeatedly rejected Donald Trump and his efforts to ban abortion, take away their health insurance, and attack our democracy," Martin said.

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