'I took a bullet for democracy,' Trump tells Michigan crowd week after deadly rally

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : They said the "agree" with his message and liked what Trump had to say Saturday.Kelly Harrison, chair of the Clare County Republican Party, described the rally as "awesome."
79% : About 12,000 people filled Van Andel Arena Saturday, July 20, when Trump delivered a 115-minute speech, and U.S. Sen. JD Vance, his recently-announced running mate, participated in his first campaign event with the ex-president.
77% : She said it was her first time seeing Trump at a live event.
72% : "Another way Saturday's rally was significant: The Van Andel Arena event came the same week Trump accepted the Republican nomination at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where he also revealed Vance as his vice president pick.RELATED: Trump's Michigan rally line stretched over 1.5 miles, but didn't discourage his faithfulBigly predictionsTrump on Saturday said the convention demonstrated unity among Republican Party members.
72% : Vance introducedVance's 12-minute-long remarks hit some of the highlights from his Republican National Convention address, delivered after Trump announced Vance as his latest running mate.
59% : The averages as of July 16 show Trump at a 3% lead over Biden in the state, with Trump at 46% and Biden at 43%.
57% : This election cycle, Trump continues to hold a lead over Biden in the battleground state of Michigan, according to polling averages collected by The New York Times.
54% : "The crowd first roared with applause when two mega-screens at opposite ends of the arena aired a 2-minute promo video featuring images of Trump and the former president's voice-over expressing his feelings of political persecution as images of his recent courtroom appearances flashed on the screen.
53% : "I shouldn't be here right now, but something very special happened," Trump told the Grand Rapids crowd.
53% : "Less than four months from now, we are going to win Michigan," Trump said.
52% : "Trump previously campaigned in Grand Rapids -- Michigan's second-largest city -- on April 2, when he gave remarks to an invite-only crowd of about 120 people at the DeVos Place Convention Center in downtown Grand Rapids.
47% : "In four short years, I did more for Michigan auto manufacturing than anyone in history," Trump said.
40% : "If we swamp them, they can't cheat," Trump said in the video.
37% : "I will end the Biden-Harris electric vehicle mandate, on day one," Trump said.
32% : Trump then asked the gathering to cheer loudest for the candidate they preferred he face in November's election: Biden or Harris.
32% : "When you vote for Biden, you're probably voting indirectly for Harris," Trump said.
32% : Vendors sold shirts featuring the widely-circulated image from last week, of Trump raising his fist while bleeding from his ear.
31% : "We will stop the plunder, rape and slaughter of our American suburbs," Trump told the crowd.
31% : "A rotation of political figures warmed up the crowd before Trump by advocating for the former president's policies and criticizing his critics.Pete Hoekstra, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, encouraged the crowd about the GOP's chances at winning in November.
30% : "Trump also repeated disproven claims the 2020 election was rigged.
27% : "Attendees then chanted, "fight, fight, fight" -- a callback to the words Trump spoke as Secret Service agents removed him from the rally stage during the assassination attempt.
26% : Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor, and faces other felony indictments.
25% : "It couldn't happen to a nicer guy," Trump said, referring to Biden's political challenge with a sarcastic tone that inspired laughter from the crowd.
24% : Since a televised debate against Trump in June, when critics said Biden appeared frail and unfit for seeking a second term, a growing chorus of Democratic leaders have called for the president to end his campaign.
22% : "Although he did not reference her by name Saturday, Trump seemed to recount the Garcia story while reiterating his deportation plans.
21% : ""They're dumping their criminals into the United States of America, and we're not going to take it anymore," Trump said.
16% : During his remarks in April, Trump painted a grim picture of what he called an "invasion" of migrants coming into the country illegally and committing crimes.
15% : "You have a terrible governor here," Trump said.
15% : Mike Pence, the vice president during Trump's first term in the White House, has said he would not endorse Trump.
14% : Trump on Saturday pushed several policy ideas, claiming he would use another term as president for "reversing every single Biden-Harris disaster.
9% : "They keep saying, '(Trump's) a threat to democracy," Trump said.
7% : At various points Saturday, Trump called Biden "that low IQ guy" and "that stupid guy.
6% : "Trump took verbal shots at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat often critical of Trump.

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